Incredible Autumn Safari this AM. Plenty of birds on the move/arriving with constant stream of Swallow & House Martin, 1 drake Scaup, 3 (distant) WT Eagle, 1 Osprey, 4 Marsh Harrier, 1 Little Stint, 73 Spoonbill, 1 Hobby, 1 GW Egret, 2 Glossy Ibis @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

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Great idea Jenny!

Bruce Springsteen Tells Telluride Why He Gave the Go-Ahead to Exploring His Darker Side in ‘Deliver Me From Nowhere’: ‘Because I’m Old and I Don’t Give a F— Now’ Bruce Springsteen, Jon Landau, Jeremy Allen White, Jeremy Strong and Scott Cooper discussed 'Deliver Me From Nowhere' at the Telluride Film Festival.

More about the Bruce film.

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Hit 4000 birds ringed at Carey this autumn today with a monster of a 20.0g Sedge Warbler! However, the stand out highlight of the morning was this stunning HOBBY!! Not something I ever thought I would be lucky enough to catch!

Congratulations ! I will have to borrow your copy next week to read it all!

Juvenile Osprey 5R5 (identified by another photographer) from the Carey nest flying over the Wareham Channel this morning, seen from the @harbourbirds.bsky.social Summer Safari cruise. @ukoi.bsky.social

Terrific to see Careys Osprey chick 5R5 in the harbour for the first time on our Summer Safari this AM. Also unringed Osprey fish catch, 2 WT Eagle, 1 juv Goshawk, 1 C Scoter, 1 Spotted Redshank, 2 Bearded Tit, 9 Spoonbill and 11 Avocet.

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Adult male Osprey seen from the @harbourbirds.bsky.social Summer Safari cruise this morning. I initially thought it was unringed, but looks as if it may be ringed after all. Possibly 5H3 (from the moult)? @ukoi.bsky.social

Common Scoter in the Wareham Channel, plus female White-tailed Eagle G466 on Shag Looe spit and (closer) male WTE G463 on Gold Point, seen from the @harbourbirds.bsky.social Summer Safari cruise this morning. Great trip despite the intermittent drizzle!

Adult male Osprey catching a fish in Arne Bay this morning, watched not only by the @harbourbirds.bsky.social Summer Safari cruise but also nearby male WTE G463, who didn't bother to chase it. @ukoi.bsky.social

This morning's two Ospreys in the Wareham Channel, seen from the Cordite Way VP. Not the greatest photos, but the tatty one looks unringed, the other one (which was moulting a primary on each wing) may be ringed. Neither actually caught a fish while I was there. @harbourbirds.bsky.social

Newly fledged juvenile Ospreys showing off their flying skills at Carey this morning during a public group tour. @harbourbirds.bsky.social @ukoi.bsky.social

A Wall butterfly in Clayton Meadow, Dorset. This butterfly has been in serious decline in recent years and is on the Section 41 list of species of principal importance.

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Went out in search of Quail last evening and failed but this Corn Bunting sang nicely for us in the evening sun. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

Last night we successfully ringed the chicks of ‘Nest 2’, the juveniles of our male 374 and his new mate 1H1. The chicks were ringed 5R7 and 5R8, both with intermediate weights of 1.64kg so sexes couldn’t be immediately determined, although that should become clear in the coming weeks.

This could have happened 40 years ago !

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I was at Glaslyn on Friday 4th & again on Monday 7th afternoon & for the Chatters event we were even treated to a visit by Aran ! Its a beautiful site & the vols are lovely!

hi @ianballam.bsky.social I am still in N Wales could you clarify has the tatty Osprey been id yet?

A truth told by one but in this debate drowned out by politicians who are owned or are the landed gentry & right wing media
lets be absolutely clear about this debate
It has nothing to do with anything other than the freedom of the pro hunting lobby to use guns to kill animals for blood sport

She was the only real voice of opposition there to grouse shooting.
Following the debate, later on the same evening, she was then on Newsnight opposing the government's disability reforms.
Labour needs more switched-on people like MP Olivia Blake. @teamlabouruk.bsky.social

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Watch @oliviablakemp.bsky.social’s brutal takedown of driven grouse shooting in just 90 seconds from last weeks debate in Parliament.

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Wow all the threats and insults to me because I know as most people do that biology is real. I want single sex spaces for women and children not to be medicalised and sterilised. Gender ideology is crumbling so you can scream at me all you like , we all know that is the case.

Mark have you a photo as we are getting confused messages - Alison photographed Scruffy bird but no id possible - you say 6C6 is in Lytchett Bay, someone claims two Ospreys in LB ?????

Nice to record successful breeding by Teal again at #LytchettFields , female with 5 well grown youngsters in irrigation ditch around French's, also 1st juve Med Gull on fields @harbourbirds.bsky.social

RSPB response to Westminster Hall debate on banning driven grouse shooting The RSPB did a fair bit of lobbying and campaigning on the back of the recent Wild Justice petition calling for a ban on driven grouse shooting. Although agreeing with Wild Justice on the various p…

RSPB still prefers licensing scheme for driven grouse shooting rather than a ban, but its 5yr policy review is due in Oct 2025, based on whether it considers 'effective reform' has been delivered since 2020.

No evidence of 'effective reform' that I can see..

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