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dizzygirl66.bsky.social @dizzygirl66.bsky.social · 3h

It's the same here nurses hospital staff should not have to pay to work 🤬

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Dave Roberts. @djrlincsbirder.bsky.social · 8h

Osprey still at Belvoir lakes today.

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Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 9h

Six Stone Curlews very mobile around the island - were all together went first seen at the north end but have now split up and three have just flown over the Obs

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Dave Roberts. @djrlincsbirder.bsky.social · 1d

Had a super afternoon watching this late juvenile Osprey at Belvoir, Leics., perched and fishing. Blue ringed 8M7, anglers say it's been plundering fish for 3 weeks. #UKbirding

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dizzygirl66.bsky.social @dizzygirl66.bsky.social · 1d

Lovely photo 😍

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BTO | British Trust for Ornithology @btobirds.bsky.social · 2d

Join BTO Youth, @myabambrick.bsky.social & incredible keynote speakers at the 'Be the Future of Nature’s Recovery in Dorset & Beyond’ Conference on Saturday 22 November 1-6pm @bournemouthuni.bsky.social!

Book tickets ➡️ www.bto.org/our-work/eve...

Mya Bambrick @myabambrick.bsky.social · 3d

Announcing an exciting new event 🤩

🌿 Be the Future of Nature’s Recovery in Dorset & Beyond
📍 Bournemouth Uni
🗓️ Sat 22 Nov 1–6pm

A free @btobirds.bsky.social x @bournemouthuni.bsky.social conference with Megan McCubbin, Paul Morton, Katiana Saleiko & more! 🙌🏻

More info👉🏻 www.bto.org/our-work/eve...

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dizzygirl66.bsky.social @dizzygirl66.bsky.social · 2d

Well done Graham .know birders and anglers don’t always see eye to eye but they are struggling too

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Graham jaggard @graham-jaggard.bsky.social · 3d

Downgrading of Radipole Lake and Lodmoor RSPB reserves. The deputy leader of Weymouth Council has taken on board all the info I published before. She has asked me to let everyone I know to let her know their views. Her email address is: [email protected]

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David Turner @davidturner1967.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you so much to everyone who donated. You raised £250 + £43.75 gift aid. @harbourbirds.bsky.social @alisoncopland.bsky.social @annaaubrey.bsky.social @dizzygirl66.bsky.social

Dave & Shaz's Wedding fundraiser for Birds of Poole Harbour

Help Sharon Lishman raise money to support Birds of Poole Harbour - Environmental Education Charity

www.justgiving.com

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Anna Aubrey @annaaubrey.bsky.social · 3d

2 glossy ibis . Lower Frome
( inland WeBs)
@harbourbirds.bsky.social
@dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

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dizzygirl66.bsky.social @dizzygirl66.bsky.social · 3d

It was we were shaking unbelievable.

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dizzygirl66.bsky.social @dizzygirl66.bsky.social · 3d

It is cropped but yes it was
He appeared from below Coombe heath we were gassing as per usual and someone said what's that big bird 👀👀👀😂 he flew across in front of us

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dizzygirl66.bsky.social @dizzygirl66.bsky.social · 3d

Close encounter with the male wte Poole harbour

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martinswarren.bsky.social @martinswarren.bsky.social · 4d

The new European Butterfly Red List is published today, with worrying findings. Over 1/4 (28%) of Europe’s 442 species are threatened with extinction or are close to being so. The situation is far worse for our 148 endemic species, 40% are now threatened or nearly so www.bc-europe.eu/webpage.php?...

Front cover of the European Butterfly Red List, showing Polyommatus humedasae. The report can be downloaded at https://www.bc-europe.eu/webpage.php?name=red-list-butterflies-2025

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Kate R. @kredp.bsky.social · 6d

Out of control Muirburn near Dinnet NNR today. Now in the forest.

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Ariel Brunner @arielbrunner.bsky.social · 6d

Tens of millions of essentially factory farmed poultry are dumped into the countryside each year. They boost the population of mesopredators like foxes, reducing ground nesting bird populations. They are an obvious avian flue hazard. They eat declining reptiles. Turn out they're also a health hazard

British Birds @britishbirds.bsky.social · 18d

Ticks are more likely to carry the bacteria that cause Lyme disease in areas where Common Pheasants Phasianus colchicus are released, according to new research.

Read more: britishbirds.co.uk/journal/arti...
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dizzygirl66.bsky.social @dizzygirl66.bsky.social · 6d

Are you sure it wasn't rockjack 😂😂 enjoy

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Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 6d

2 Cranes high over Portland Hbr heading towards the Nothe

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dizzygirl66.bsky.social @dizzygirl66.bsky.social · 6d

@harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @annaaubrey.bsky.social lovely morning on coombe distant wtes 8 spoonbills gwe buzzards lapwings avocets black tailed godwit redshank curlew sandpiper teal pintail shelduck dartford warblers stonechat chaffinch chiffchaff knot

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Joe Stockwell @joestockwell.bsky.social · 6d

2 Common Crane high east over Abbotsbury 12:07

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Ian Denton @iand777.bsky.social · 8d

2/2 At each of the 24 pegs, the shotgun cartridges had been collected & I found no evidence of lead-free ammunition being used.
Black Gold were the most popular cartridge - an expensive lead shot cartridge, used for shooting high-flying pheasants.

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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 8d

Victorian attitudes towards birds of prey /predators in general remain stubbornly persistent in many parts of the UK.

#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #BirdingScotland

raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/07/s...

Sparrowhawk killed with banned poison in Aberdeenshire – Police Scotland appeals for information

Press release from Police Scotland: APPEAL FOR INFORMATION FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF A BIRD OF PREY IN ABERDEENSHIRE Detectives are appealing for information after a bird of prey was poisoned in Aberd…

raptorpersecutionuk.org

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leonwr.bsky.social @leonwr.bsky.social · 9d

Some pics of the whoopers that arrived from the east today. Looked nice and settled on fields from coly common hide seaton wetlands. #UKBirding. #Devonbirds.

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Graham Appleton @wadertales.bsky.social · 12d

Reminder!
@jeroen-reneerkens.bsky.social appreciates reports of colour-ringed Sanderlings:
submit.cr-birding.org/projects/181/
Counts of adult/juvenile Sanderlings in flocks are great too.
Blog about the Greenland Sanderling project:
wadertales.wordpress.com/2019/10/04/t...
📷 @markaeaton.bsky.social

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dizzygirl66.bsky.social @dizzygirl66.bsky.social · 9d

A few more from Arne this morning sika stag enjoying a dip after being spooked @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

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