George Galloway has threatened to sue @HopeNotHate over a flyer distributed in #Rochdale. Leaving aside the claim about supporting dictators, is it true that “His Workers Party is full of antisemites, racists and conspiracy theorists”? Let’s look at its election candidates. 1/20

No response from Royston Business Improvement District to swift conservation local Graham Knight emails about this umbrella installation very close to active Swift nests (see arrow) risking collision for birds. Please Royston Crow Royston Town Council could we talk? #swifts

In response to Farage, a source from Ukraine’s presidential office told the BBC: “The virus of Putinism… infects people. And it can have consequences worse than covid… The task of civilized humanity is to fight this virus in the bud. Because in essence, this is fascism 2.0”

🚨‼️ This is MEGA‼️ The first record of Spix’ Macaw (Cyanopsitta spixii) young born in the wild!🤩 The species was considered extinct 24y ago, but 50 individuals bred in captivity were reintroduced in Curaçá-BA in 2020. Congrats to Natalia Diniz (dinizbio on IG) for the record!

After Afghanistan’s Men made it to the #T20WorldCup semi-finals, members of the former #Afghanistan Women’s Cricket team based in Aus have written to the ICC asking for support in setting up a refugee team. They want this letter to be shared #bbccricket

It’s just over a week until Global Birdfair. NBC will be there! Looking forward to seeing friends old and new. Find us in Swallow Marquee stands 93 & 94 where members can also pick up their copies of Cotinga and Neotropical Birding. See you there!

One week to go!

Our condolences to Hezbollah.

A reminder to NBC members Global Birdfair this weekend that our AGM takes place 6pm on Friday in the Owl Workshop. Papers have been circulated by email. After AGM business is concluded we have a talk by Serge Arias - ‘Costa Rica-The last Frontier’. There will be refreshments!

Good morning! If you are Global Birdfair today then don't miss NBC Chair Raymond Jeffer's talk 'Dominica - the Nature Home of the Eastern Caribbean. A must for Neotropical bird enthusiasts catch the talk on the Curlew Stage at 13.30.

Weather forecast looks perfect tomorrow for a trip to Global Birdfair. Dry with some sun and not too hot! Come and see us in Swallow Marquee stand 93-94.

This afternoon at the end of Global Birdfair , many thanks to Nick Nick Baker for doing our Prize draw for us. Congratulations to our four winners, all of whom have been informed of their win! 😊

Anyone know how Liz Truss's first day at Microsoft is going?

Thanks ZEISS Birding for excellent customer service at Global Birdfair Sweat-rotted strap replaced no questions asked. If only I could fit them as well as the last ones.

Two more hostages confirmed murdered. Two more lives stolen. Two more families dragged into devastation. Alex Dancyg was a Holocaust historian at Yad Vashem and Yagev Buchshtav was the husband of Rimon who was released in November. My condolences to all who knew and loved them 🕯️

Nursery teacher Maya Goren’s body was just rescued from Gaza. She was murdered on October 7th inside the kindergarten on Kibbutz Nir Oz where she worked. Her body stolen. Hamas set fire to the nursery. 16 children from that kibbutz were kidnapped. Never forget who Hamas are.

Fancy a day's Pheasant shooting this autumn? This is what the targets look like now, as they are being specially hand-reared for you by the thousand. So no, this form of shooting is not about food. Nor, in any meaningful sense (other than target practice), is it about sport.

If you’ve got 43 seconds. Nice puffins at sunrise. Bobbing on the blue blue North Sea. #puffin

Wow who made this? They are a genius.