Ruth Peacey

Operation Dead Air: Confronting One of Europe's Biggest Illegal Hunters We’re back in Cyprus to investigate the deadly persecution of wildlife with CABS, where over half a million birds are illegally killed each year. We were last here 7 years ago to document the slaught...

Back in Cyprus to expose illegal bird persecution with @chrisgpackham.bsky.social & Megan McCubbin. Two hours sleep. Back out now. We go live in three hours & you can watch here… opdeadair.org/live

Join us at #WildSummitUK on Thurs 9 Sept for our Phabulous Pheasant Show, where we'll be ridiculing the absurd annual release of 50 Million non-native Pheasants & exploring the environmental impacts of this grotesque 'sport'.

Our show runs 1pm - 1.45pm, Lantern Hall.

+ All-day stall, ground floor.

This morning is rather wonderful! I took a stroll along the coast path & saw more butterflies than I could keep track of, heard the water gentle lapping at the rocky shore & the evocative call of a curlew - all while feeling the warm heat from the sun on my back. Great way to start the day!

Yes, although was always disappointed not to see more of the species!!

This was such a treasured book for me as a child! I took it on every holiday, desperate to see and identify more butterflies.
I’m crap at identifying butterflies these days (probably because it’s been years since I looked inside this book) but the lessons of how to use guides like this remain. 🦋

Great - I’ll look that up!! (Embarrassingly I didn’t know the species at all, so thanks for the ID 😊)

Just when I thought things couldn’t get any more dramatic on the #Springwatch live wildlife cameras, a weevil invaded the ant colony. It’s been a dramatic battle as the ants have fought to keep the weevil out of their nest for the past 20mins!!

Either I’ve been spending too much time staring at these chicks or this is really starting to resemble a monochrome macaroni penguin… it’s got the “crest” and the grumpy look. Do I just need to get out more?! Thoughts? #springwatch

It was so exciting when my photo was shown on @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social this time last year! Lots of juvenile starlings in the garden again this year but none trying to eat the adults heads so far! 🤣

#BirdingScotland #UKBirding #Birds #SpringWatch

Spoiler alert… all is not as it seems in the short-eared owl nest on #Springwatch All will be revealed on tonight’s show at 8pm on BBC2.

Got questions about wildlife? #Springwatch wants to hear from YOU 🫵

An insect buzzing around you’re curious about? Not sure what bird you’re hearing? Comment with your questions & @chrisgpackham.bsky.social, Michaela & co will answer some live on the show

#Springwatch20

📸 Cuckoo by Kieran Redmond

BBC Two - Springwatch, 2025, Episode 5 Chris and Michaela are getting to know the spring A-listers at the Longshaw Estate.

8pm TODAY on @BBCTwo

Springwatch, 2025
Ep 5 of 12

Chris Packham + Michaela Strachan are getting to know the spring A-listers at the National Trust’s Longshaw Estate, and Iolo Williams is off to Rathlin Island.

#Springwatch #Springwatch2025 @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social

🙌 we love Spud the tawny chick here in the wildlife truck!

Obsessed with the tawny chick today on #Springwatch cameras 😍 It seems to have a young dead rat as a ready meal in its nest, although it’s proving a little big to eat right now!

Best seat in the house for the live show! Another fab evening enjoying #Springwatch from the story developer’s truck watching all the action on the live nests alongside the programme.

Am completely in love with the short-eared owls on #Springwatch Fascinating insight into a nest you rarely come across, let alone get a front seat to view!

UK government dropped health push after lobbying by ultra-processed food firms — The Guardian Exclusive: Guardian investigation reveals guidance for retailers in England changed after campaign by global food firms

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UK government drops healthy eating push after lobbying by ultra-processed food firms - The Guardian

This is something I never thought I’d write for Portishead… I’ve heard a cuckoo 😱 I heard it at the weekend & assumed someone was playing a recording. Upon examination of this assumption, I’ve realized this is far less likely than it actually being a passing migrant due to perfect location & timing!

A curious Southern rockhopper checks me out with a somewhat bemused expression (who can blame them?!)

They are such characterful penguins & it was great to spend so much time with them in the Falklands while filming #secretsofthepenguins

#penguins #falklands #rockhopper

It’s #WorldPenguinDay which seems like a pretty good excuse to start sharing the latest series I worked on as a producer - #SecretsOfThePenguins is out now on Disney Plus.

Have you seen it yet? 🐧

#penguins

Great day on the Somerset Levels - Glossy Ibis, Crane, 4+ Garden Warbler, 50+ Cattle Egret, 8 Great Egret, 3+ Bittern heard, Ruff, 7 Marsh Harrier, dozens of Reed Warbler, 30+ Sand Martin etc with @ruthpeacey.bsky.social #birding #ukbirding #birds

I don’t know whether I was more surprised to see a hedgehog or the hedgehog more surprised to see me at 0350 this morning! A wonderful wild treat in Portishead 😍

Back in the UK and I saw two swallows yesterday! Always great to see these birds, especially after a long migration.

Welcome to Super Seabird Sunday where we ask you to share photos, videos & artwork to brighten up timelines. As puffins returned to North Sea colonies last week here they are on Isle of May on Wednesday #SuperSeabirdSunday #Seabirds

It’s #SuperSeabirdSunday and todays picture is another from Nightingale Island… an Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross chick! This bird was right next to the path and a little curious as I carefully sauntered past. Check out those huge feet!!

Well it’s #SuperSeabirdSunday and I have news as well as a picture to share… this week, I landed on Nightingale Island near Tristan da Cunha 😁 It was wildlife heaven. First time seeing a colony of Northern Rockhoppers, distinguished by long crest feathers that mimic the tussock in which they nest.

They spend the entire time at sea, feeding and resting in the water 😱 Occasionally they pop up on ice floes or islands, if they are near to them. Foraging often occurs near edge of pack ice in winter though.

Thank you so much! 😊 Will reach out to these groups to see if anyone knows L10!

Seabirds in crisis: Plastic ingestion induces proteomic signatures of multiorgan failure and neurodegeneration Plastic consumption in seabirds causes blood signatures of widespread organ damage including brain, stomach, kidney, and liver.

🧪 Seabirds and Plastic

New research shows seabird chicks that ingest plastic suffer multiorgan failure and neurodegeneration - even if they look healthy.

Plastic pollution is more than an eyesore - it is a biological threat.

🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

#SciComm #Seabirds #Plastic