LenaSwan / Lena Lebedeva-Hooft
@lenaswan.bsky.social
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Biologist / Ornithologist; Eng-Rus Interpreter & Translator; Blogger: Nature & People; Indigenous Peoples; Old Fruit Varieties; NGOs; Russian and Dutch, I stand with Ukraine
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✨ One win at a time!

Our Dutch partner @vogelbeschermingnl.bsky.social just won a court case to protect more seabirds at the Bruine Bank/Brown Bank in the North Sea! 🌊

More species will now receive legal protection in this critical foraging and migration zone. A big win for seabirds and science.
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Astonishingly good news from the Chinese State Oceanic about coastal conservation brings great hope that the extinctions of waterbird species, such as spoon-billed sandpiper and great knot, that were beginning to seem inevitable, can actually be averted http://bit.ly/2DyIzTL
Фото в заставку б добавить вместо @ - ну и это, пусть фейсбучные и х-срачи остаются там, здесь хочется сохранить зону мирного общения ради лучших времен
Save here to remember to read; from my old-time experience this is much more on the individual / pair choices. But ok, curious if it is different: doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
Digiscoping (VPA2 + iPhone + Swarovski telescope); Black-tailed Godwit Limosa Limosa and European Wigeon Anas penelope in the background. Bantspolder, NL, 16 March 2025 #birds 🪶
Have to learn to be more active here, meanwhile real life (pruning, grafting, birding) dominates!
Some more digiscoping, this time Black-tailed Godwits, Limosa limosa. More in YouTube & Facebook.
Great resource, regretfully follow only on Twitter (x) and via subscription x.com/visualcap/st...
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Moby in the morning sun! See how it illuminates his little head! #birds #nature #albino #photography #starling
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Testing my new VPA2 digiscoping adapter & Swarovski telescope. Will share more on YouTube & Facebook. Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) for the start.
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A Mountain Bluebird that showed up on Cape Sable Island, NS, the first winter we were here, January 2015. None since, which is hardly surprising given their normal range. #Birds #Birding #Birdwatching #Novascotia
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Look out! We are LIVE 🔴🐦❄️🎥

See what you can spot on our live wildlife cameras over on BBC iPlayer

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

📸 Sparrowhawk by Anna Bilska

#Winterwatch #wildlife #BBCWinterwatch
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Fabulous fox sightings on the live cameras 🎥🔴🦊

Sink your teeth into the latest Winterwatch episode on BBC iPlayer

And check out the live wildlife cameras for yourself, can you spot a fox?

Link in our bio

#Winterwatch #Winter #Wildlife #Nature
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1/ 🔊 We need your help to survey Heathland Birds! 🐦 For the first time in two decades we’re asking birders to survey for key species, including Woodlark, Dartford Warbler and Nightjar. Visit our website to sign up. ➡️ www.bto.org/heathland-birds-survey #Ornithology #UKBirding
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Only 1 day to go until the #BigGardenBirdwatch!

Chirpy House Sparrows took 1st place as 2024's most spotted BGBW bird.

Will they stay on top this year? 🏆

Get involved: https://buff.ly/4gXUE3y

📷 Carl Bovis
Suddenly a story from 2018, worth sharing (direct link to wader tales): wadertales.wordpress.com/2018/01/16/w...