Dave Foster

This collar-ringed European White-fronted Goose (T7Z) was ringed in Netherlands in Nov 2024 and had previously been reported at 2 other sites in Netherlands before turning up on #SKilda today. Reported to cr-birding.org. Incredible what we can learn about birds' movements from ringing projects!

Birding kit bag still present at Banks. Woo-Hoo! 😃 @stuartsbirding.bsky.social

OK Tom, cheers. Interesting that the Ross's switched companions - it was feeding in the midst of the Pinks in that field when I was there. The Am. Goldie was on Banks for maybe an hour from c 1030 on the rising tide, it came in with Greys, Knot and Dunlin and left with them too.

I haven't got any pics Stuart, unfortunately. Aye, the 2nd bird may well be have been 'mank', I couldn't tell for sure, but the other was fine.

Ross's Goose and 1+ Todd's Canada in fields here with Pinkfeet at 1320 (1+ Todd's because there might have been 2... I couldn't nail the 2nd bird as in a hurry to get to work - I only pulled in cos I saw the Ross's through the roadside hedge!) @stuartsbirding.bsky.social #UKbirding

Cheers Stuart 👍

@stuartsbirding.bsky.social I left my birding kit bag (green, shoulder bag) at Banks Stuart - if you come across it can you let me know please? Got my flask in, spare specs, clickers, bird-caller etc. 😢

Probably my best pic of the American Goldie at Banks Marsh 😂. It was a bit distant... @stuartsbirding.bsky.social #UKbirding

Adult American Goldie at Banks Marsh, from the wooden hut @stuartsbirding.bsky.social #UKbirding

Press Release: Staggering Recovery of Plants and Seabirds on Marshallese Islands Just One Year After Rat Removal - Island Conservation Astonishing results from our work to restore sites in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, boosting climate resilience and ocean health!

"After only one year, the transformation is dramatic. A colony of 2000 Sooty Terns, where there was previously none, were feeding hundreds of chicks. We also counted 1000’s of native Pisonia grandis tree seedlings across just 60 12m monitored plots on the forest floor—in 2024 we found zero." 🌏

The Wildlife Pet Trade is a Global Disaster And it's going to keep wrecking the natural world--till we stop paying for it.

The wildlife pet trade is a global disaster, writes @richardconniff.bsky.social. At the upcoming #IUCNcongress, we are urging support for Motion 108 to address it.

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A cracker 😃

eBird Checklist - 4 Oct 2025 - Estaca de Bares--Observatorio de aves y entorno - 33 species (+3 other taxa) Submitted by Ana Rivas.

That's an amazing seawatch....
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‘This is real progress’: airlines on sustainable aviation fuels and the chances of net zero flying The EU and UK have imposed mandates, and investors see its value – but the industry has mixed views

Smoke and mirrors drivel

There is no such thing as sustainable aviation fuel

We need a prohibative levy on the minority that flies for fun every other weekend

No new airport expansion and a ban on private jets

And train not plane for domestic travel

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Juvenile Pallid harrier this afternoon over Foxhill down, then again over the top fields at South Foreland. A dream patch find for me , perhaps negotiating the channel from Dunge.more pics on the blog www.perdixbirding.com #kentbirding #rarebirdsuk

Earthshot prize: Prince William to travel to Brazil for awards ceremony Fifteen projects are shortlisted for a chance of winning the top £1m prizes at next month's environmental awards ceremony in Rio de Janeiro.

Hypocrite. And this constant, steady stream of fawning BBC articles about the royals is nauseating. Strange they no longer publicise his annual grouse shooting trip to Northumberland with son George. Doesn't quite fit the narrative, eh? The times they are a changing.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Interesting set of conditions for displacing migrants across NE North America over the last few days serve as a potential insight into the extend that ‘initial conditions’ vs ‘conveyance conditions’ impact vagrancy of American land birds - thread.

#Bahrain #Birds 6th record of Masked Wagtail (Motacilla alba personata) Neil Tovey - confirmed (by me) this morning after a two-hour wait and only a few minutes of obs time

The harrier that came in off the sea at New Brighton, Cheshire today. Managed a few shots (that weren't too bad considering the weather!) before it disappeared quickly inland. #UKBirding

Nice one Steve 👍

UK will leave ECHR if Tories win election, Badenoch says The European Convention on Human Rights has become a focal point in debates around changing immigration policy.

The Convention on Human Rights is one of the greatest achievements of European civilisation following one of its greatest tragedies. To join Russia in leaving it would be one of the biggest acts of national self-sabotage in history and have zero positive consequences www.bbc.com/news/article...

Apparently accordingto BBC news, Storm Amy set a new record for the deepest area of low pressure in the UK for October. Storm Amy showed central pressure of 947.9hPa at Baltasound, Shetland. This exceeds the previous record of 950.9hPa in 1988 #Unst

Not to make light of the editorial failure, but look how far Twitter lies now permeate in to normal discourse. We think we know about the racism but the utter contempt for truth since Musk bought the platform is deliberate & very dangerous. You can’t foment racism with fact checkers in the building.

My good friend in Alcala de los Gazules, Bob Lloyd, has just posted this excellent analysis of Ai on his FB page. It's so good that I have to share it here.

BrewDog sells Scottish ‘rewilding’ estate it bought only five years ago Latest disposal by ‘punk’ beer company follows £37m loss and closure of 10 pubs

Good to see this example of totally phoney 'rewilding' ignominiously end.

Going by all I've heard, it was a farce, and did nothing but bring the word rewilding into disrepute.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘It proves this can be done’: Berlin the blueprint to bring goshawks to UK cities Conservationist plans release of 15 each of the apex predators sourced as chicks into Chester and London

More ill thought out 'conservation' translocations 🌍
www.theguardian.com/environment/... - so much to unpack here #Ornithology #UKBirding 🧵

Living in a Skulkers' Paradise When I was younger I often dreamed of living on the Norfolk coast, with Pink-footed Geese flying over my house in the pale and watery morning light, and seeing the occasional rare bird nearby. When I ...

By far the most surprising aspect of my birding in east Norfolk is the number of Radde’s & Dusky Warblers that have occurred very close to home. Astonishing really.
#norfolkbirding

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Half Man Half Biscuit map of UK.

Half Man Half Biscuit map of UK. Close up of Wirral

Half Man Half Biscuit map of UK. Close up of that London and the South.

Half Man Half Biscuit map of UK in a fancy frame on a fancy wall.

It’s Friday & I’m pleased to announce that for the Half Man Half Biscuit fan who thinks they have everything,a new HMHB map of the UK has arrived with over 200 locations mentioned in their inimitable lyrics. Something for the weekend? Oh, yes, I think so. xx

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American Golden Plover

American Golden Plovers

American Golden Plovers

American Golden Plovers

Fantastic to find 2 American Golden Plovers on Dale Airfield, Pembrokeshire, this afternoon. Such an elegant wader. #BirdingWales #RareBirdsUK

Roosting Common Gulls have been regulalry monitored over the years with a high of 14,000 in Sept 1993. Since then peaks have fallen with a mere 1,100 this evening #BudleBay #NEbirding