Max Luckhurst

Was lucky enough to catch the Portland Wryneck this afternoon, about 4pm. Only a 30 second viewing, but a viewing still and a first for me!

@portlandbirdobs.bsky.social #Portland #portlandbirdobservatory #wryneck #eurasianwryneck #birds #bird #birding #birdwatching

Some of the dinosaurs seen around #Dinoconuk back in August, including European Herring Gulls and Eurasian Magpies.

The complete #dinoconuk 2025 haul. Wowzers.

Also need to note the financial scarring from this, with another day commencing. Cripes.
@dinoconuk.bsky.social

#Dinoconuk day 1 haul. Seriously running out of room, in my room that I got back to, which I can do this year between the days as Exeter is much closer to home than London.

Striking looking erythristic Jackdaw at WWT Slimbridge
today #birds #birdphotography #GlosBirds #BirdsSeenIn2025

@tetzoo.bsky.social
Discovered on Vinted, an attack on DITW.

Oh, THAT'S GeoWorld? I've owned their Australovenator for ages, just bought it second hand somewhere, but never knew anything about them, but here we are now.

Utterly unexpected and incredible view of this Otter at RSPB Greylake this evening.

#DinoConUK will be raising vital funds for the #WorldParrotTrust via our #Charity Auction! The World Parrot Trust helps to protect parrots through #conservation, rescue, and education. Every £ raised will go towards promoting a safer world for these modern-day #therapods!

Anyone remember where I parked my locally sourced organic Land Rover ?

The Tragic Comedy of Grouse Shooting Lies: presented to you by your elected representatives , at the
@wildjustice.bsky.social driven grouse shooting debate earlier this week – enjoy .

MALE SCORPIONFLY, EXCLAMATION MARK EXCLAMATION MARK ONE ONE ONE.

Just getting back from #LymeRegis. Obviously the Fossil Festival was on, but didn't actually associate with it all too much apart from looking around the stalls. Instead though, I ventured from Lyme up round to Charmouth and back across the beach. Saw some wildlife, photos to follow.

Yes, this #Hyphalosaurus fossil REALLY exists!
Cover of our new book, by @deanrlomax.bsky.social & me (@columbiaup.bsky.social).
Read about 49 amazing #Fossils (not all #Dinosaurs) that tell us about the behaviour of prehistoric animals.
Pre-order on Amazon now!

#DinosaurArt #PaleoArt #SciArt

Monsters on the Edge #110 It’s a Dinosaurs world! with guest Dr. Darren Naish Welcome to Monsters on the Edge, a show exploring creatures at the edge of our reality in forests, cities, skies, and waters. We examine these creatures and talk to the researchers studying them. Jo...

Live discussion happening today at Monsters on the Edge! .... www.youtube.com/live/zboXOG3...

Trying to get rid of noisy, food-stealing gulls is missing the point – it’s humans who are the pests | Sophie Pavelle Hawks, spikes and sonic repellants are among the measures used to deter these birds. Perhaps we should try sharing our planet, says writer and science communicator Sophie Pavelle

Good to see @theguardian.com sticking up for #gulls, which are fantastic, majestic and now vulnerable birds that are only "pests" because of our interference with coastal ecosystems. We need to live with around these birds, not eradicate them. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Jurassic World spinosaurids on a desk, with artwork.

Just finished live unboxing of new #JurassicWorld spinosaurids: a mashup of talking about toys, discussing scientific history, and showing how #palaeoart influences popular depictions of #dinosaurs. This is at TetZooTowers_collection TikTok, link at linktr.ee/tetzoo

Modern animal collection moved to a new shelf, with BotM boxes and a bird phylogeny to the right.

10 weeks to go until #dinocon, so I'm making sure I have an appropriate amount of cash to spend. Considering that last year I spent triple digits at TetZooCon 2024, and DinoCon is meant to be bigger than any of it's predecessors, I'm guessing I'll need another great amount, gulp.

Darren Naish will be joined by expert palaeoartists (Emily Higgs, Julianne Kiely, Bob Nicholls, and Gaëlle Seguillon) for our Palaeoart Panel.

They will be discussing the past, present and future of the field. Learn from experts who are on the cutting edge of the palaeoart world.

Okay, thank you, just wanted to make sure.

Finally saw a Scorpionfly in southern Dorset yesterday, albeit a female, meaning it didn't actually have the weird scorpion-like tail. Can say I've at least seen one now, though.

Is the eye placement a bit off?

Scenes from around the Golden Cap, Dorset. Wildlife photos to follow.

Nightjar churring from our Young Birders walk this week!

All of our group saw and heard their first ever Nightjars as well as Dartford Warblers. A really magical evening for everyone.

Amazing! Looking as if it's due to be another successful year!

Huh, for whatever reason I abstractly cemented it into my head that Bristol wasn't doing too badly in comparison to some other places. Such is today of complete wildlife devastation though.

NIGHTJARS! Last night I finally got to see European #Nightjars on Slepe Heath. Here's many a terrible-quality screenshot of the videos I managed to get.

On frogs though, I did see a captive African Clawed Frog today.

Timed how long it took. 41 seconds. I was distracted for the majority of my run by thinking it was in between the twig that takes up half the photo.