ScotRaptorStudy Muirburn in Strathbraan, these imaes looking bac towards Amulree. Short Eared Owls present, smoke across Glen. April 11th at about 17:30 hrs

At least 5 Tree Pipit on territory Dorset Wildlife Trust Wild Woodbury today. Photographed this one high up in an Oak and then realised it was ringed. Digits match the sequences I was using whilst ringing in the Autumn, lovely to have a returning bird! Dorset Bird Club birdsofpooleharbour

An April no cheese lament

Police Scotland arrest & charge man with alleged fox hunting offences under new wildlife crime legislation ⚖️

2nd man arrested & interviewed. Footage provided to police by investigators from League Scotland

Details ⬇️⬇️
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2024/04/12/pol…

📸Not connected to current cases

Don’t think it gets any better than this.

The Long-tailed Tits were back at sunrise.
They've been gathering feathers here for a week now.
#Raptor kill sites will be visited by LTTs in a similar manner at the moment, I'm sure.
Chiffchaffs also coming regularly for feathers- post to follow.
Robert Macfarlane Stephen Moss

Dogs and National Nature Reserves really don’t mix. A conservation grazing sheep that survived 2 previous dog attacks was finally killed by a third. Why do our best reserves still cater for dog owners ahead of nature and everyone else?

A good start to the day Essex Wildlife Trust #fingringhoewick adders sunbathing whilst Nightigales provide thee soundtrack 😁 it's #workpartyfriday and the sun is shining, a gentle day today I think😎

It's interesting to watch the behaviour of the various species visiting the Jute ball. (I've spent a lot of time at the kitchen window recently.
The Goldfinch prefers to look for pieces of thread that have been blown by the breeze into the hedge.

REALLY?! Good Lord, who knew? 🤣

The Long-tailed Tits were back again yesterday, gathering nest-lining feathers.
They only produce 1 brood per yr - not surprising given the effort that goes into nest construction.
Notice how the birds balance on the unsteady bramble and carry on effortlessly with their task.

1/25 #BOU2024 #Sesh6
Hello, I’m Hugh Hanmer a Research Ecologist in the BTO Terrestrial Ecology team. I have a particular interest in gardens and supplementary feeding, especially as a site of potential disease transmission.

I was only able to find one example of a 'Common' Lizard despite a fair amount of searching on a sunny April afternoon.
Not a prime reptile location where I was looking but it seems to me that places where reptiles are 'locally abundant' are very much in decline.

Emma Burlow Ian Denton But dogs are becoming a problem now too. tracybrighten.com/environment/fr…

03/04/2024
3of4 (left) seems to be managing to get feeds, along with 1of4 and 2of4; one of which struggled with a tail this morning. 4of4's egg is showing a small dent and so may be on its way. #TawnyOwl #springwatch

Just after dawn yesterday morning, it was like Wind in the Willows meets Watership Down as a baby Rabbit grazed on grass on top of the stream's bank, as a Green Woodpecker fed on Ants and Blackbirds on worms. Then an adult male Water Vole swam upstream, just ahead of me. I

Well, there you have it. Just because someone's small, doesn't equate to a lack of intelligence.

Interesting - but I hope it doesn't catch on

These updates keep getting better, just LOOK at the difference!

Never rush your photo opportunity to get to the pub....