Gill Williams

Deliberately went early to an event today so that I could sit in one of my favourite woodlands for an hour and drink in the sounds of April. Rewarded with my first Pied Flycatcher and Redstart of the year. #BirdingWales

Coed Ganllwyd, Meirionnydd, a @nationaltrust.org.uk treasure.

09.04.2025 15:45 — 👍 89    🔁 11    💬 3    📌 0

Annual city walls #daffodil walk. Moved to this city 32 years ago and its beauty still stuns #York #lovewhereyoulive
@johntomsett.bsky.social

02.04.2025 14:23 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Country diary: Spring is beginning, with birdsong and green shoots | Amy-Jane Beer Welburn, North Yorkshire: The wood is greening with wild garlic and dog’s mercury, studded with celandines, violets and primroses

A spring wells up in a spring wood alive with birdsong, fresh foliage and sweet-faced flowers in @theguardian.com country diary by @amyjanebeer.bsky.social.

#countrydiary #naturewriting

26.03.2025 08:24 — 👍 30    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

Country diary: A sunlit view of two hungry bullfinches | Jim Perrin Llandrindod Wells, Powys: They’re such captivating birds to watch, and this pair is indulging their preference for flower buds on my cherry tree

Watching bullfinches in the cherry tree in today's @theguardian.com country diary by Jim Perrin.

#countrydiary #naturewriting

10.03.2025 08:42 — 👍 56    🔁 9    💬 2    📌 0

Unbelievable. And unforgivable given outcomes. Thank you for continuing to raise this Rhys.

07.03.2025 16:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Another view of the Acomb #starling #murmuration as seen from Clifton Ings
@northyorksbirds.bsky.social @yorkbirding.bsky.social

20.02.2025 19:13 — 👍 16    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

#York Minster always excels at projection spectaculars- lovely to see the #wildlife that has shaped York’s history taking centre stage
#ColourAndLight2025

12.02.2025 20:49 — 👍 33    🔁 11    💬 0    📌 1

Late afternoon starling murmuration over Clifton. As seen from kitchen window. Wow 🤩 @yorkbirding.bsky.social

07.02.2025 20:41 — 👍 9    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Country diary: A bird that had existed only in my imagination becomes vividly real | Nic Wilson Bramfield, Hertfordshire: My long-unanswered prayers to see the elusive hawfinch are finally rewarded in a churchyard

In today's @theguardian.com country diary, I'm off to church in search of a fictional bird...

#countrydiary #naturewriting #UKBirding

03.02.2025 07:53 — 👍 92    🔁 11    💬 12    📌 3

Great day @ldvnnr.bsky.social in Melbourne, including a wander along the canal with Craig and a large flock of siskin. Fantastic reserve. @yorkbirding.bsky.social #ldv #worldwetlandsday

01.02.2025 16:27 — 👍 11    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

If you want to know how to teach reading, lead reading, or have reading taught well in your school: get this book.
I rarely recommend things but this is ace...

28.01.2025 20:14 — 👍 37    🔁 6    💬 2    📌 1

Phew, you’re on here too 👍 #ukbirding

29.08.2024 12:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Just got back from Winchester - stunning historic cathedral, great food (Bangkok Bistro, fab), secondhand bookshops and beautiful water meadows/chalk streams to meander around 😊

20.08.2024 20:53 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Hello #EduSky 👋

17.08.2024 16:41 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Just some Winchester holiday spam to celebrate a move to a friendlier space #EduSky 😊

15.08.2024 20:27 — 👍 11    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0