(5/5) Finally, thank you to all of our attendees. NI’s birding community is incredibly special, it’s an honour to host this conference every year with you all! 🐦‍⬛

(4/5) Thanks also to our stand holders @nirsg.bsky.social, @ulsterwildlife.bsky.social, @rspbinvestigations.bsky.social, Copeland Bird Observatory, Lough Neagh Partnership, John Gould & Son Optics, @ukrbbp.bsky.social and the Lough Neagh Discovery Centre for the brilliant venue

(3/5) @ukrbbp.bsky.social @markaeaton.bsky.social, NIBirds Wilton Farrelly, BTO Regional Representative Kerry Mackie and #BTOYouth NI Reps

(2/5) Thanks to all of our speakers:
@btoscotland.bsky.social Sophie Bennett, @rspbinvestigations.bsky.social Dean Jones, Lough Neagh Partnership’s Ciara Laverty, @birdwatchireland.bsky.social Dave Suddaby

🌳These birds are fairly common during the autumn and winter months, and can be seen quite easily feeding on bushes and in hedges, or even in parks and on playing fields

🌨️ Why not brave the cold weather and look for migratory thrushes this winter!
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❄️ Redwing and Fieldfare arrive on our shores in Autumn, escaping the harsher winters in Scandinavia

🍎 They lead a nomadic lifestyle in the UK, travelling and feeding in flocks of up to several hundred (2/3)