(1/) The purring song of Turtle Dove is not a sound that is heard in many parts of the UK nowadays. This species declined by 99% between 1967 and 2023. It is now mainly restricted to southeast England. @btobirds.bsky.social JNCC @rspbscience.bsky.social #Ornithology #CitizenScience
Canvasback still at Abberton Reservoir from Billets screen, also 2 Sand Martin. Drake Smew from Layer de la Haye causeway
#BirdingEssex
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This month's Free Access Editorial Team Choice: Canada Warbler in Pembrokeshire!
Magnolia Warbler at St Govan’s Head, Pembrokeshire, found by Toby Phelps was then added to with the discovery of Britain’s first Canada Warbler.
Read more:
📸 Canada Warbler by Graham Jepson
(1/) This week’s featured vacant square is in Northern Ireland. Due to the featureless nature of this square, a navigational aid would be essential for anyone who wishes to survey it. @btobirds.bsky.social JNCC RSPB Science @bto-ni.bsky.social #Ornithology
The RBBP were delighted to be part of the fantastic workshop on Lesser Spotted Woodpecker monitoring & research, organised by @lesserspotnet.bsky.social in Kent at the weekend. There’s amazing progress being made by enthusiasts across England and Wales #ornithology #UKbirding
Sand Martins have continued to arrive into Britain and Ireland in recent days, with 420 records now received. Numbers should continue to rise over the coming weeks, ahead of the peak reporting rate in April. They are often seen hawking for insects over wetlands #ukbirding
Come stay at the Observatory this spring with the season being well underway with plenty of offshore passage the last couple of days! Theres plenty of availability and for a very reasonable price of £15 per night for friends, and £20 per night for others! Come along and see some migration in action!
How much do you know about Auks that breed in the UK?
Add any additional facts that you know about Puffins and Razorbills in the comments below!
#seabirds #birds @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social
Glad you connected. They were great days for gulls in Plymouth!
Alderney Wildlife Trust are doing great work to publicise this and to encourage reporting.
We need to continue reporting all dead birds to Defra (in England, Scotland, Wales) AND to @birdtrack.bsky.social for monitoring purposes
alderney.gov.gg/article/2073...
Puffin “wreck” on French/Iberian coasts getting zero media coverage. A major disaster. Needs to be covered by the mainstream media. @markavery.bsky.social @theguardian.com @birdtrack.bsky.social @steelyseabirder.bsky.social @jbfarthing.bsky.social @rspbscotland.bsky.social @btoscotland.bsky.social
We ended up at Welney on Sunday as there was no sun at all and not a good day to look for Goshawk. Typically, some decent weather this week when I'm at work!
End of 2023, a total of 3,084 North American landbirds of 94 taxa had been recorded in the Western Palearctic. The most frequent of these species include Red-eyed Vireo, American Pipit & Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Read more: britishbirds.co.uk/journal/arti...
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Abberton so far today
St Andrew's Church
Drake Lesser Scaup
5 Scaup
3cy Caspian Gull
2cy Yellow-legged Gull
Layer Breton Causeway
Redhead Smew
Layer de la Haye
Drake Smew
40 Russian White-fronted Geese in field opposite Wisborough Bay Hide
#Essexbirding
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Got Sunday ear-marked for looking for Goshawk in the Brecks. All the good days lately have been work days!
March and April are the best time to look & listen for Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers calling and drumming in wet, broadleaf woodland. Find out more about Woodpecker Network, listen to Ken Smith's zoom talk for Essex Birdwatching Society from January. ebws.org.uk/talks/jan26
With spring migrants starting to arrive, our first migration blog of the spring looks at what's been reported so far and what to look out for in the rest of March #ukbirding
www.bto.org/our-work/new...
Photo: Sand Martin by Liz Cutting / BTO
Do you live close to BTO HQ in Thetford, Norfolk? If you do and would like to find out more about the birdlife in your local area, why not sign up to take part in our ‘Meet the BTO’ Online Session on Monday 16 March?
Register before Friday 13 March ➡️ www.bto.org/our-work/eve... #NorfolkBirding
The peak time to monitor Black Guillemots is fast approaching...
Have a look at our quick guide below, and let us know if you're ready! #seabirds #birds @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social
Our friends in @btocymru.bsky.social BTO are running a free Breeding Bird Survey training event at Llandrindod Lake on 28 March. This survey is incredibly valuable for conservation, but takes just a few hours to do!
Open to the #ShropshireBirding community, too! Click on the link to sign-up.
1/ Five leading charities forge partnership for bird conservation for the Bird Atlas 2027–31! 🐦 But what is the Bird Atlas? ⬇️🧵 #Ornithology
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Following the December 2025 paper on detecting& monitoring Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers, we’re inviting your questions.
We’ll put them to the Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Network next weekend when they meet,&publish their answers soon
The paper: britishbirds.co.uk/journal/arti...
Add your questions below
Landing on your doorsteps - The British Birds journal’s March 2026 issue
Highlights:
• Eurasian Curlew conservation
• North American landbirds on boats
• Britain’s first ever Canada Warbler
britishbirds.co.uk/journal/volu...
Some SMP Online updates have arrived!
You can now search for sites by 'Species Type' or find sites local to you using the new postcode search.
The SMP monitoring period starts soon; now's the perfect time to find a site to cover! #seabirds @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social
Spring has begun... over the last week we have received 35 reports of Sand Martins, seven of Swallow, four each of Wheatear and House Martin, and two Red-rumped Swallows! #ukbirding
Consider the 10x32 too!
If you missed the BTO Conference today there's another chance to hear from BTO this Wednesday (4 March) when @debalmer.bsky.social will be talking about Rare Breeding Birds in the UK and Bird Atlas 2027-31, in Bayston Hill, near Shrewsbury.
👉 www.shropshirebirds.com/index/indoor...
#ShropshireBirds
CHOUGH CRITICAL BREEDING PERIOD. Please avoid posting photos of the Choughs during the breeding season and divulging their location and nest sites from 1st March to 31st July. #Choughs #CornishChoughs #Palores #CornwallBirds #BirdsInCornwall #CBWPS #Bird #Birds #Birdwatching #ConnectWithNature
Rare and Sensitive Breeding Birds. Please avoid posting photos of rare and sensitive breeding birds and divulging their location and nest sites from 1st March to 31 July. #CornwallBirds #BirdsInCornwall #CBWPS #Bird #Birds #Birdwatching #ConnectWithNature #WildIsles #BritishWildlife #WildCornwall
Final call for any outstanding 2025 bird records. Please send to norfolkbirdrecs@gmail.com as soon as possible.
Not required if already submitted to Ebird/Birdtrack.
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