Julian Hughes

Congratulations to our CEO, Martin Lines, on receiving the prestigious RSPB Medal, recognising his leadership in conservation. 🎉 This award honours his tireless work for both farmers and nature. 🙌 We’re so proud of you, Martin!

👉 https://www.nffn.org.uk/news/nffn-ceo-martin-lines-awarded-rspb-medal

Storm Amy adds to Welsh seabird autumn Weekend storms brought passage seabirds to North Wales, with hardy birders at storm-lashed watchpoints to see skuas, shearwaters and petrels perfectly at home in these conditions. Sabine’s Gulls...

Quite an autumn for seawatchers in #NorthWales: the week's highlights, including a mainland Wryneck, in @northwaleslive.bsky.social BirdNotes.

And exciting news from @btobirds.bsky.social and @birdsinwales.bsky.social.

📷 @zoobirder.bsky.social #BirdingWales

www.birdnotes.wales/blog/storm-a...

That sounds familiar! #PatientPartners

I'm hoping there is a video of you running around the grassland above Seacombe, however...?

Side by side photos of a person looking at a picture of lichen on an app and comparing it to lichen on a tree trunk

Many lichen species are sensitive to nitrogen pollution, making them natural indicators of air quality.

📱LicheN is a new app enabling people to help monitor air quality using lichens. Data gathered will improve understanding of N pollution and its impacts on ecosystems.

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Snowdonia "Black Bomber" cheese for sale on a market stall in northern Germany. The accompanying sign (8.50 Euros a piece) shows its country of origin as England.

Guten morgen. Love the range of cheeses available at the local market. I could even have bought a #Snowdonia cheese.

But we need a word about geographic origin, Deutschland.

Great news from @rspbni.bsky.social

This is an area that is home to sensational wildlife – from Little Terns at the coast to Black Grouse and Hen Harriers on the moors. If the Glyndwr National Park goes ahead it must have a strong focus on driving nature recovery and tackling climate change.

A group photo of the BTO and BirdWatch Ireland team together on the top of a cliff with green vegetation in the foreground and blue sea in the background.

A group photo of the BTO and SOC team together sitting on a bench and standing in front of a wood timber building.

A group photo of the BTO and WOS team together standing in front of a building with a small tree behind them.

Exciting news! We’re planning the upcoming Bird Atlas 2027-31, and have met with @birdwatchireland.bsky.social @scottishbirding.bsky.social and @birdsinwales.bsky.social to discuss how we can work together on what we hope will be the most productive Atlas yet. #Ornithology #UKBirding

Dyma ein hymateb 👇

Here's our response 👇

Wise words from the @senedd.cymru Swift champion.

@waleslink.bsky.social @rspbcymru.bsky.social

Thank you @carolynthomasms.bsky.social @jennyrathbone.bsky.social and @delythjewell.bsky.social for speaking up for Swifts @senedd.cymru yesterday.

Ministers eager to protect ‘eco-engineer’ beavers Chris Haines, ICNN Senedd reporter Beavers are set to be legally recognised as a native species in Wales, the Welsh Government has confirmed, paving the way for their managed reintroduction. Climate c...

Beavers are set to be legally recognised as a native species in Wales, the Welsh Government has confirmed, paving the way for their managed reintroduction

Mae ein cwrs ar-lein ‘Adar Rhydio Cymru i Ddechreuwyr’ bellach llai na wythnos i ffwrdd! Cofrestrwch heddiw ar ein gwefan yma: www.bto.org/our-work/eve...

Our online ‘Welsh Waders for Beginners’ course is now less than a week away! Book your place today on our website here: www.bto.org/our-work/eve...

Porpoise decline threatens Bardsey's ecosystem A study reveals a 97 per cent decline in porpoise sightings off Bardsey, raising conservation concerns in designated protected waters. Julie McNicholls Vale has been finding out more...

www.cambrian-news.co.uk/news/worryin...

Today is the Senedd (Welsh Parliament) debate on swift bricks to be installed in all new buildings in Wales. Over 10,000 people signed a petition to get this debate, lets hope they make the right decision.
Thank you to @iolowilliams.bsky.social for his support!

find out more bit.ly/4gPrmFd

Has been great to work with colleagues from @rspbcymru.bsky.social, @northwaleswt.bsky.social, Swift groups across Wales and youth voices in support of this petition. Hope Senedd Members support and Welsh Government do the right thing.

The Swifts don't know (they're whizzing around over Africa now) but it's their big day @senedd.wales. I'm on BBC Radio #Wales in a few minutes talking about the petition to mandate Swift Bricks in new buildings, started by @juliabarrell.bsky.social

www.northwaleswildlifetrust.org.uk/take-action/...

Every new building in Wales could be a home for Swifts – if we make Swift bricks mandatory.
‼️The debate is in the Senedd is tomorrow. ‼️
Contact your local MS today and tell them how important it is to protect Swifts. Every voice counts!

Gallai pob adeilad newydd yng Nghymru fod yn gartref i'r Gwenoliaid Duon – os gwnawn ni frics yma yn orfodol.
‼️ Mae'r ddadl yn y Senedd yfory.‼️
Cysylltwch â'ch AS lleol heddiw a dywedwch wrthyn nhw pa mor bwysig yw amddiffyn y Gwenoliaid Duon. Mae pob llais yn cyfri!

Nice work Jim. I had counted 30 young there last month but could only see 27 last Friday. I had wondered if some had already fledged. For such large birds, they can be surprisingly difficult to see!

Alongside sightings in #NorthWales, shoutouts to @btocymru.bsky.social as there's still time to sign up for a Winter Bird Survey square; & @northwaleswt.bsky.social, @rspbcymru.bsky.social, @iolowilliams.bsky.social and young voices in Mon Gwyrdd youth forum looking to @senedd.wales to help Swifts.

New pools pull in the birds A network of new pools at Cors Ddyga, completed in the nick of time before recent heavy rain, has quickly filled with water and attracted hundreds of waterbirds. It’s a bonus of the Natur am Byth...

A @naturambyth.bsky.social project to create feeding habitat for breeding Curlew is already benefiting #Anglesey waterbirds at an @rspbcymru.bsky.social reserve.

The week's BirdNotes @northwaleslive.bsky.social with 📷 @zoobirder.bsky.social. #BirdingWales

www.birdnotes.wales/blog/new-poo...

Another recent paper in #BirdStudy showed autumn densities of Pheasant & Red-Legged Partridge in southern England can be an astonishing 2,500 birds per km2 on land near releases. After winter, there were still up to 700 birds/km2. That's huge numbers.
Paper: doi.org/10.1080/0006...
#ornithology

Not too late to get involved, you have until the end of October to complete the first visit. www.bto.org/get-involved...

Before the rain arrived, first visit to my two @btobirds.bsky.social Winter Bird Survey squares above Conwy, which I otherwise rarely visit outside the breeding season.

Quite a few Chiffchaffs and Blackcaps still around, Robin winter territories galore, and several Choughs foraging on the mountain.

Call for key change to be made when building new homes in Wales Conservationists across Wales are calling on the Senedd to make the change

Conservationists across Wales are calling on the Senedd to make the change

Great to meet you today, Scott.