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NEYEDC @teamneyedc.bsky.social · 9h

Fungi recorders! 📣 The British Mycological Society are looking to survey fungi recorders for a project looking to improve data flow and verification processes. You can find the survey here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

You don't need to be a BMS member to take part - all recorders welcome 🍄

Fungus Recorder Online Survey

This survey is being conducted by the Biological Recording Company on behalf of the British Mycological Society. The survey does not collect any personal or identifying information, ensuring that al...

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Flamborough Bird Observatory @flamboroughbird.bsky.social · 1d

#Migweek events for Tuesday the 14th
Ringing demonstration at the Living Seas Centre, South Landing from 8am-12pm.
The guided migration walk (for those booked on it) will start from the lighthouse car park at 10am.
Vismigging will be from Bridlington links car park from 7.30am.

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Mac @scarpermac.bsky.social · 1d

All sorts of exciting movement on the East coast today. Think #nocmig might be the order of the, err, night ... #YorkshireBirding

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Mac @scarpermac.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks very much 😀

Mac @scarpermac.bsky.social · 1d

Trying to get my records ready for as early submission as possible so forgive me with some checks please... VC61
1 12/6 Small Rivulet ?
2 15/6 Eudonia lcustrata ?
3 15/6 Notocelia trimaculana ?
4 15/6 Scoparia ambigualis ?
@mothiduk.bsky.social any thoughts very welcome #TeamMoth

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Flamborough Bird Observatory @flamboroughbird.bsky.social · 1d

Tomorrow evenings talk is by FBO chair @craigcthomas1.bsky.social
with “Headland Highlights-an alpine melody “ looking back at the many fantastic birds that have graced the headland this year so far.
A few places still available, follow the link to book

flamboroughbirdobs.org.uk/events/migwe...

Migweek 2025 - Flamborough Bird Observatory

Saturday 11th – Sunday 19th October 2025 Events Programme The full programme is not yet settled. The events shown below are confirmed but there we are hoping to add further events over the coming week...

flamboroughbirdobs.org.uk

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Mac @scarpermac.bsky.social · 2d

Oof that's a beauty

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Mac @scarpermac.bsky.social · 2d

#UKBirding #YorkshireBirding

Mac @scarpermac.bsky.social · 2d

Again @flamboroughbird.bsky.social triumph with todays #Migweek ringing session. Perhaps the 5th year we have returned, at my eldests request (which alone speaks volumes).
Huge thanks to everyone involved. Seeing all ages & levels of interest genuinely engaged is heatwarming.
Ringed under licence.

I'm going to call this a Lesser Redpoll and leave it at that.

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Mac @scarpermac.bsky.social · 2d

Again @flamboroughbird.bsky.social triumph with todays #Migweek ringing session. Perhaps the 5th year we have returned, at my eldests request (which alone speaks volumes).
Huge thanks to everyone involved. Seeing all ages & levels of interest genuinely engaged is heatwarming.
Ringed under licence.

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Mac @scarpermac.bsky.social · 2d

Interesting...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#YorkshireBirding

Here’s to the birdwatchers! Optimistic, slightly eccentric custodians of wonder and joy and passion and love

At its heart, birdwatching is an act of quiet rebellion, says Natalie Kyriacou. It is the gentle act of noticing – the willingness to see the world around you

www.theguardian.com

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Mac @scarpermac.bsky.social · 2d

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Mac @scarpermac.bsky.social · 3d

An expected quiet night. 7 of 6 but when that includes NFY in Feathered Thorn and Blair's Shoulder Knot how can I grumble?
VC61 #TeamMoth

Feathered Thorn (Colotois pennaria) male

A orangey-brown moth with Feathered antennae

Blair's Shoulder Knot (Lithophane leautieri)

A narrow grey moth with black streaks.

Green-brindled Crescent (Allophyes oxyacanthae)

A grey-brown moth with hints of shimmering green. Sits on a dew covered leaf.

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Flamborough Bird Observatory @flamboroughbird.bsky.social · 3d

Migweek day 1 is go!!!!!
Nets are open at South Landing and the first birds of migweek are Redpolls!!!

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Graham Appleton @wadertales.bsky.social · 3d

Yesterday, IUCN declared the Slender-billed Curlew to be extinct.
How did we let this happen?
What lessons are there for the future?
WaderTales blog based on paper by Graeme Buchanan et al
wadertales.wordpress.com/2024/12/12/l...
#extinction #ornithology

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Mac @scarpermac.bsky.social · 3d

Eagerly awaiting the "nets are open" post @flamboroughbird.bsky.social
Have a great and fruitful #Migweek2025 #Migweek ! 😁

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Mac @scarpermac.bsky.social · 3d

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Flamborough Bird Observatory @flamboroughbird.bsky.social · 4d

The FBO migration station will be open 9am-1pm in the Living Seas Centre, South Landing.
The evening talk by Mark Pearson (now fully booked) at the Living Seas Centre, doors open 7pm for 7.30pm start.
Sadly the vismigging is cancelled tomorrow.

flamboroughbirdobs.org.uk/events/migwe...

Migweek 2025 - Flamborough Bird Observatory

Saturday 11th – Sunday 19th October 2025 Events Programme The full programme is not yet settled. The events shown below are confirmed but there we are hoping to add further events over the coming week...

flamboroughbirdobs.org.uk

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Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS) | Goose & Swan Monitoring (GSMP) @webs-gsmp.bsky.social · 4d

This weekend is the October Core Count! Did you know that with WeBS beginning as the National Wildlife Counts, we are continuing a tradition of counting that began in 1947! Learn more about our history here▶️https://www.bto.org/get-involved/volunteer/projects/wetland-bird-survey/about/history-webs

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Mac @scarpermac.bsky.social · 5d

Standing in the garden, Dunnock, Great Tit and... flyover Siskin!! I'll just double-check with Merlin and it picks up ... Short-toed Treecreeper 🤔 hmmmm
#YorkshireBirding #Cottingham

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Mac @scarpermac.bsky.social · 5d

Good luck! Contemplating turning my phone off all day 🙈🙉🙊

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Flamborough Bird Observatory @flamboroughbird.bsky.social · 5d

What more can be said- White-throated Needletail performed superbly late evening at RSPB Bempton, also Barred Warbler and Yellow-browed Warbler at South Landing, 2 Cetti’s Warbler and 11 Whooper Swans.
Full details here

flamboroughbirdobs.org.uk/sightings/8t...

8th October 2025 - Flamborough Bird Observatory

Light winds, sunny intervals and a high of 16 degrees C – benign conditions that didn’t raise expectation. However, it is October when the headland’s birding can deliver in spades … … when news broke ...

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Mac @scarpermac.bsky.social · 5d

Not just seen either, look at that chuffin photo!!

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Mac @scarpermac.bsky.social · 5d

Delightful !!

Mac @scarpermac.bsky.social · 5d

So @teamlabouruk.bsky.social your illustrious leader "hates tree huggers" and Rachel Reeves considers pretty much everything else important before the environment. Nothing to see here.

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 5d

A new Nature study on the four horsemen of the climate-tipping-points apocalypse: "the Greenland Ice Sheet, the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, the South American monsoon system and the Amazon rainforest."

Destabilization of Earth system tipping elements - Nature Geoscience

A review of observation-based evidence suggests that four interconnected Earth system tipping elements have moved towards their critical thresholds, highlighting the need for better monitoring and increased mitigation efforts.

www.nature.com

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Mac @scarpermac.bsky.social · 6d

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