Harvesting mishap or in-field rejects?

Either way, that's me sorted for carrots.

Heartening to see individuals and groups in towns and villages across the fine county of #Suffolk taking action for #Swifts RSPB England

Seawatch update: 16,210 Common Terns, 3,104 Arctic Terns, 48,BlackTerns, 154 Little Terns, 51 Arctic Skuas, 7 Pomarine Skua, 2 Bonxie etc up to 17.00

Another gardening discovery today was this caterpillar of a Lesser Yellow Underwing. Some sort of snake mimicry going on with these markings.

Swift nest boxes up and ready for guests at Bramfield House School. Decorated by pupils.

It's cold and wet so here's an Orange Tip to lighten things up.

Been a good few years since my last Tufted Duck. And an early one at that. #NestRecordScheme

Found three Meadow Ladybirds (Rhyzobius litura) today in Upshire, Essex by tapping storm blown pine branches that had been lying on a field edge for several days. Presumably a source of food or shelter dropping into their usual grassland habitat. #InconspicuousLadybirds

The buzz our advisers get when they hear from #farmers about their Turtle Doves returning is off the scale. RSPB England Nature Friendly Farming Network

Bizarre and worrying situation. Environment Agency

This is what is required! A proper test of excellent ears against passive recorders!! They should be no match to well trained human ears #ornithology #CowBoyBirdSurveys

My new paper is out in Bioacoustics: 'Field tests of small autonomous recording units: an evaluation of in-person versus automated point counts and a comparison of recording quality.'
doi.org/10.1080/095246…
Thanks NSERC / CRSNG & Bowdoin Kent Island.
#bioacoustics #ARUs #ornithology

The last thing a bee sees before it is obliterated…

80 rusty-orange Black-tailed Godwits just dropped down on to Cattawade Marshes. This time next week they'll probably be in Iceland.

Another Blackcap 🪺
gone from a few grasses to this in 48hrs 😮 #Amazing
BTO #NestRecordScheme
South Shields Birder North East Breeding Birds Andy Wright Birdnesting... Tony McGuire Dr Cherry Picker The Woolie ✨ NestingUpNorth Devon Nester MickeyD Steve Wilkinson
Elkesley, Notts
23 Apr 2024

Never have we seen something like this! The birds seems to have interrupted their activity. Just in 10 min everything turned into a Mad Max scenery! #African #dust , #αφρικανικη_σκονη #σκονη

What a picture.

Mark Nowers Lee Evans (LGRE) - the official account Momentum is definitely building for mink eradication nationwide, and it's perfectly possible. For people not within areas covered by Waterlife Recovery, you can log rafts using the Mink MApp app - which is linking up with Waterlife to create a single project for eradication!

Work temporarily suspended as the first Cuckoo sings outside.

Upgrading breeding status on @birdtrack to 'confirmed' from possible or probable is important. Adult Lapwings circling and calling like this ticks that box. BTO