Stuart keenor
@stuckateur.bsky.social
Birder ,lesser spot volunteer,astronomer, master plasterer holder of the freedom of the city of London
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Something to celebrate - our 2025 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker report - successful breeding season, the most nests monitored & highest number of chicks fledged per nest since we started in 2015. Acoustic monitoring giving amazing results too, download here www.woodpecker-network.org.uk/images/L_S_W...
November 22, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Something to celebrate - our 2025 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker report - successful breeding season, the most nests monitored & highest number of chicks fledged per nest since we started in 2015. Acoustic monitoring giving amazing results too, download here www.woodpecker-network.org.uk/images/L_S_W...
Another gem found today in south wales for a potential LSW site
November 23, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Another gem found today in south wales for a potential LSW site
Nice to see so many marsh tits locally while assessing potential LSW sites
November 23, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Nice to see so many marsh tits locally while assessing potential LSW sites
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Currently a whopping 30% discount on the hardback and flexiback from the publisher (link in post below), just in time for Christmas presents!
The Marsh Tit and the Willow Tit, a Poyser #ornithology monograph. #ukbirding
The Marsh Tit and the Willow Tit, a Poyser #ornithology monograph. #ukbirding
My Poyser book, The Marsh Tit and the Willow Tit, is now published. 9 chapters, 320pp, 150+ figures, photos & tables on the ecology, behaviour, calls, id., habitats & conservation of these two species from Britain to Japan. More info: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/marsh-tit... #ornithology #ukbirding #birds
November 22, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Currently a whopping 30% discount on the hardback and flexiback from the publisher (link in post below), just in time for Christmas presents!
The Marsh Tit and the Willow Tit, a Poyser #ornithology monograph. #ukbirding
The Marsh Tit and the Willow Tit, a Poyser #ornithology monograph. #ukbirding
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This is a brilliant initiative. Woodpecker Network is working with BTO to develop a passive acoustic monitoring module for Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers. Trials have proved successful in reliably detecting their drums and calls, revealing many new locations. We are taking this forward in spring 2026
November 17, 2025 at 10:14 AM
This is a brilliant initiative. Woodpecker Network is working with BTO to develop a passive acoustic monitoring module for Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers. Trials have proved successful in reliably detecting their drums and calls, revealing many new locations. We are taking this forward in spring 2026
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This is a brilliant initiative. Woodpecker Network is working with BTO to develop a passive acoustic monitoring module for Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers. Trials have proved successful in reliably detecting their drums and calls, revealing many new locations.
Birdsong is not only beautiful, it’s also full of information. This is where Acoustic Monitoring comes in. Will you support the development of this new and important work? Find out more and donate today ➡️ www.bto.org/acoustic... #bioacoustics #ornithology
November 17, 2025 at 10:18 AM
This is a brilliant initiative. Woodpecker Network is working with BTO to develop a passive acoustic monitoring module for Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers. Trials have proved successful in reliably detecting their drums and calls, revealing many new locations.
Wonderful new forest for 5 days massive thanks to @kenandlindasmith.bsky.social for a wonderful tour of the forest hotspots a wealth of knowledge they shared to us
November 14, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Wonderful new forest for 5 days massive thanks to @kenandlindasmith.bsky.social for a wonderful tour of the forest hotspots a wealth of knowledge they shared to us
@richardkbroughton.bsky.social fantastic work on this book !👏I spend so much time in woods after LSW and I have these wonderful birds around me a great insight and another bird i will locally monitor
November 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
@richardkbroughton.bsky.social fantastic work on this book !👏I spend so much time in woods after LSW and I have these wonderful birds around me a great insight and another bird i will locally monitor
3 very different habitats favoured by lesser spotted woodpecker! Wet alder woodlands, mature orchards, ancient woodland, all showing promise
November 5, 2025 at 3:28 PM
3 very different habitats favoured by lesser spotted woodpecker! Wet alder woodlands, mature orchards, ancient woodland, all showing promise
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Another page from THE PIED WOODPECKERS. Due out in February. Hope you are enjoying these teasers!
November 2, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Another page from THE PIED WOODPECKERS. Due out in February. Hope you are enjoying these teasers!
Nice find on the Welsh borders LSW possibly this year too in a ash snag
October 31, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Nice find on the Welsh borders LSW possibly this year too in a ash snag
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Woke to a wild and wet morning on the Ceredigion coast, but that's fine as today is indoors at the annual @birdsinwales.bsky.social Conference @aberuni.bsky.social. Look forward to catching up and meeting new people.
October 25, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Woke to a wild and wet morning on the Ceredigion coast, but that's fine as today is indoors at the annual @birdsinwales.bsky.social Conference @aberuni.bsky.social. Look forward to catching up and meeting new people.
A nice present from Mrs K for our anniversary!!
October 22, 2025 at 2:16 PM
A nice present from Mrs K for our anniversary!!
Local celeb wryneck !!
September 30, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Local celeb wryneck !!
Africa what a place magical and moving over 300 species of birds and animals 4 different species of woodpecker with the cardinal woodpecker my favourite!!
September 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Africa what a place magical and moving over 300 species of birds and animals 4 different species of woodpecker with the cardinal woodpecker my favourite!!
Bearded woodpecker South Africa!
September 15, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Bearded woodpecker South Africa!
Kruger park what a place
September 14, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Kruger park what a place
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Vismig Lesser-spotted Woodpecker at Falsterbo this morning 🪵
September 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Vismig Lesser-spotted Woodpecker at Falsterbo this morning 🪵
Nice to get a bit of TV time on one of our projects
September 11, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Nice to get a bit of TV time on one of our projects
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Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers like lots of woodland, but not woodland management and forestry. Interesting implications for the remaining populations in Britain: expanding unmanaged (or lightly managed) natural native woodland seems helpful. #ukbirding #ornithology
Effect of habitat quality and quantity on the occurrence and persistence of the lesser spotted woodpecker (Dryobates minor) across two time periods | doi.org/10.1016/j.bi... | Biological Conservation | #ornithology #conservation 🪶🌎
August 12, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers like lots of woodland, but not woodland management and forestry. Interesting implications for the remaining populations in Britain: expanding unmanaged (or lightly managed) natural native woodland seems helpful. #ukbirding #ornithology
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In the week the @eounion.bsky.social met @bangoruniversity.bsky.social, latest findings from @lesserspotnet.bsky.social provide hope for this hard-to-find bird.
@northwaleslive.bsky.social BirdNotes also rounds up the week's scarcer sightings. #BirdingWales
www.birdnotes.wales/blog/experts...
@northwaleslive.bsky.social BirdNotes also rounds up the week's scarcer sightings. #BirdingWales
www.birdnotes.wales/blog/experts...
Experts help unlock the secrets of our smallest woodpecker
Leading ornithologists from across the world met in Bangor last week as the University hosted the European Ornithologists Union conference. It is only the second time the UK has been the venue for...
www.birdnotes.wales
August 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
In the week the @eounion.bsky.social met @bangoruniversity.bsky.social, latest findings from @lesserspotnet.bsky.social provide hope for this hard-to-find bird.
@northwaleslive.bsky.social BirdNotes also rounds up the week's scarcer sightings. #BirdingWales
www.birdnotes.wales/blog/experts...
@northwaleslive.bsky.social BirdNotes also rounds up the week's scarcer sightings. #BirdingWales
www.birdnotes.wales/blog/experts...
Nice walk in the Wyre forest good to hear LSW calling the second time in a week at this location
August 27, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Nice walk in the Wyre forest good to hear LSW calling the second time in a week at this location
Been getting some practice in with the passive recorders, found a goshawk kill ( tawny owl possibly) see these apex predators regularly in wales 🏴
August 24, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Been getting some practice in with the passive recorders, found a goshawk kill ( tawny owl possibly) see these apex predators regularly in wales 🏴
A recent trip to wwt Slimbridge Green sandpiper, snipe, common sandpiper
August 20, 2025 at 6:06 PM
A recent trip to wwt Slimbridge Green sandpiper, snipe, common sandpiper
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6 2025 was one of the warmest springs ever. As a result, all LSW nests hatched after the peak of caterpillars on 30th April and had to switch to an aphid diet. An abundance of aphids in 2025 let LSW escape from phenological mismatch with the caterpillars
August 18, 2025 at 11:30 AM
6 2025 was one of the warmest springs ever. As a result, all LSW nests hatched after the peak of caterpillars on 30th April and had to switch to an aphid diet. An abundance of aphids in 2025 let LSW escape from phenological mismatch with the caterpillars