Jane Broderick

Save Coul Links! Your voice could help save this precious habitat from a new threat of development.

Add your voice here:
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So it's getting round the mechanism by spreading it's weight between the feeder and the pole! Cunning so and so. Thanks for posting this - we were thinking of getting one after a squirrel removed all the feeding ports from ours! Will need to rethink.

Sub-adult Iceland Gull on a beach, by Scott Mayson / BTO.

Autumn migration is coming to a close, so here's our final weekly Migration Blog for now. As always let us know what you spot when you're out and about, and don't forget to log your records on @birdtrack.bsky.social.

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📷 Iceland Gull, by Scott Mayson / BTO

Petition: Stop the Guga Hunt. Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to amend Section 16 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 to remove the power to grant licences for killing young Gannets.

Please sign and Repost.

#BirdingScotland #UKbirding #Birds #UKWildlife

In this week's Migration Blog we look at Little Auks, await the arrival of Woodcock and ask if this could be a Waxwing winter #ukbirding

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Photo: Woodcock by Liz Cutting / BTO

YouTube video by RSPB Add your voice to a campaign to stop an offshore wind farm that threatens seabirds

Berwick Bank could kill more birds than any other windfarm on Earth, devastating colonies of Gannets, Puffins and Kittiwakes off Scotland’s coast. 🚨

We support renewables, but not at catastrophic cost to seabirds already in crisis.

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Take Action Now - Cancel Berwick Bank Please take action now - tell SSE and the First Minister to Cancel Berwick Bank.

The First Minister must stop this project.

There's still time to stop Berwick Bank...but only if we make ourselves heard.

Add your voice and tell them.

Scotland can lead on renewables without sacrificing its seabirds. 👇

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Hear from BTO's Chris Hewson about Nightingales in this article on #BirdMigration, and discover the incredible journey this species takes, along with the fascinating migrations of Bewick's Swans and Desertas Petrels! #Ornithology

Free community activities in Edinburgh! 👇

A very productive session in Currie today, we had an extremely efficient team cutting back vegetation and raking, sweeping and clearing drains. We also had a small team wading to map Japanese Knotweed, and of course there were several dedicated litter pickers scouting around💪🤘

We're incredibly concerned about the welfare of two satellite-tagged golden eagles, Tarras and Wren, that have recently disappeared in Dumfries and Galloway.

Anyone with information should contact Police Scotland.

Read more 👉 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce80l4jgd1qo

📷 Chris Gomersall, RSPB Images

There is a colour ring project on our farm for our Nuthatch - Sitta europaea families. 41 youngsters received a ring this year. The resident adults are being targeted now. This male (FC) got a (white) colour ring. If you see him or any others report to www.bto.org thanks @wildborders.bsky.social

Thanks to the team who came out at Kinleith today to help look after the walkway! A most productive session with the path, steps, drainage and vegetation all given attention, and a small team wading in the river pulling balsam, mapping Knotweed, and removing litter. Great work!

A view out to a calm, blue sea over golden sands. There is tussocky dune grass in the foreground. Credit: Scott Leatham

Government Ministers are set to decide on whether a new golf course should be built at Coul Links, which would cause irreversible damage to its incredible wildlife.

Sign our e-action and help save this precious habitat 👇

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Sound on 🔊 Over the last few months our team released 56 headstarted Curlew in Norfolk! 🙌 The birds are already visiting the coastlines and moving around nicely.

Massive thank you as ever to our amazing volunteers who surveyed over 73 types of plant in Balgreen wildflower meadows today and picked up a huge amount of rubbish from the Balgreen and Murrayfield areas following the recent #Oasis gigs @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social @keepscotbeautiful.bsky.social

Today, we responded to the news of the UK Government’s concessions on planned welfare cuts. Our Head of Social Justice, Emma Jackson said 👇

So far 9 Scotland MPs are part of the 108 Labour MPs putting forward an amendment to halt the disability cuts.

For any MPs unclear of the impact this will have on people in Scotland, read this briefing and understand the harm it will cause

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Thank you. They were just perched there, so close to the path, I couldn't believe it!

Two kingfishers are perched on the same branch on the edge of the loch. Both are looking towards the left. The rust coloured chest of the left hand bird is facing the camera, while the turquoise left side and back of the other bird are prominent.

Great to see two kingfishers at Linlithgow Loch yesterday. I think the bird on the right is male. Not sure if the other could be a juvenile? #birdinglothian

Cracking view and photo

Friday briefing: The inequality in disability support: what my son gets, and what others can’t afford In today’s newsletter: Finding – and funding – the support Max needs reveals how care varies wildly depending on ​​where families live and how much ​they can pay

Don't look away. Please read this from @archiebland.bsky.social

Friday briefing: The inequality in disability support: what my son gets, and what others can’t afford www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

2 at Musselburgh lagoons yesterday. Thanks to @ijandrews.bsky.social for posting about their presence.

The flower fix: how nature could slash farm costs Planting wildflowers between apple trees could save UK farmers up to £3,000 per hectare per year

Aphids can ruin apple crops. But a trial found orchards with wildflower strips had just a third of the damage.

It’s a natural solution with big potential – perfect for Nature-Friendly Farming Week!

Here’s what the study found:

Just finished reading this amazing book, I should have read 5 years ago: English Pastoral, by @herdyshepherd.bsky.social
This paragraph, particularly, says an awful lot about where we are and what is valuable in life.

Two Hen Harriers vanish from RSPB’s Geltsdale Reserve, suspected illegally killed on surrounding grouse moors Press release from RSPB (20 May 2025) Vanishing Hen Harriers Point To Yet More Illegal Killing Two male Hen Harriers have suddenly disappeared from the RSPB Geltsdale Nature Reserve in Cumbria. It …

An all-too-familiar pattern. They're provided safe haven at Geltsdale, but as soon as they cross the boundary to hunt...

Again and again and again and again.

#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #UKBirding

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@wildphotoscot.bsky.social May be of interest?

Plastic pieces found in one sable shearwater chick, artistically displayed by @alixdejersey.bsky.social

All this plastic is making my head spin. I don’t think one can grasp the amount of our own produced junk you can find in sable shearwaters. All the pieces here (60g - 778 pieces) were in one (1!!!) chick. That’s roughly 20% of its body weight. @adriftlab.bsky.social @thelabandfield.bsky.social

RSPB Scotland Director Anne McCall with Bass Rock in the distance

One giant windfarm is threatening Scotland’s iconic seabirds - and the future of offshore wind

So we've written to @johnswinney.bsky.social urging him to say no to Berwick Bank

Our director Anne McCall explains why in this blog – and how you can help.

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