Simon Tucker
@simonrtucker.bsky.social
7 years in farming. Went to Uni, 2:1 in Zoology, 31 years working as an IT consultant then 10 years as my own boss doing IT and eco-consultancy. Keen birder & conservationist, bird ringer & ringing trainer & blogger. Politically left wing.
I wonder what lies and excuses they will come up with to keep the funding from @nfudc.bsky.social coming in?
September 17, 2025 at 11:17 AM
I wonder what lies and excuses they will come up with to keep the funding from @nfudc.bsky.social coming in?
Adult caught and ringed in the Firs in June of last year. We caught adult male and female in breeding condition both in the same session:
September 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Adult caught and ringed in the Firs in June of last year. We caught adult male and female in breeding condition both in the same session:
A very quiet slow bird ringing session suddenly became a good fun session. We were showing a nice, interested family of four some Robins, how to hold and release them safely when this arrived in the net nearest us:
August 30, 2025 at 10:16 AM
A very quiet slow bird ringing session suddenly became a good fun session. We were showing a nice, interested family of four some Robins, how to hold and release them safely when this arrived in the net nearest us:
and this is the angriest bird we ringed all year, just look at that face!
August 4, 2025 at 3:46 PM
and this is the angriest bird we ringed all year, just look at that face!
Just the cutest bird I have ringed all year:
August 4, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Just the cutest bird I have ringed all year:
I could have been jealous if I hadn't done this on Skokholm a few years ago:
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July 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I could have been jealous if I hadn't done this on Skokholm a few years ago:
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I was cleaning green slime and some sludge out of my pond this morning when this came up in the net. It was huge: it could eat my Smooth Newts as a snack! I am presuming female Great Crested Newt: looked either pregnant with eggs or copying me!
July 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I was cleaning green slime and some sludge out of my pond this morning when this came up in the net. It was huge: it could eat my Smooth Newts as a snack! I am presuming female Great Crested Newt: looked either pregnant with eggs or copying me!
Don't get me wrong, I am lucky to work with a number of really good farmers, part of the @nffn.bsky.social, doing their bit to support local wildlife. Despite being lowland, surrounded by pheasant shoots, we have two farms where both Curlew & Lapwing are breeding successfully:
July 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Don't get me wrong, I am lucky to work with a number of really good farmers, part of the @nffn.bsky.social, doing their bit to support local wildlife. Despite being lowland, surrounded by pheasant shoots, we have two farms where both Curlew & Lapwing are breeding successfully:
Our fifth SPOFL ever in the Firs and only our eighth in the Braydon Forest
June 25, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Our fifth SPOFL ever in the Firs and only our eighth in the Braydon Forest
Decided not to ring this otherwise lovely Chaffinch
June 15, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Decided not to ring this otherwise lovely Chaffinch
Out on Salisbury Plain on Saturday checking owl boxes I got this photo of a moth, 6-Spot Burnet, that I never seem to find sitting still, so pleased to get this
June 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Out on Salisbury Plain on Saturday checking owl boxes I got this photo of a moth, 6-Spot Burnet, that I never seem to find sitting still, so pleased to get this
I wonder when they dug him up?
April 19, 2025 at 11:10 AM
I wonder when they dug him up?
A little ego-boost for me on a Monday morning: the reach of my little ringing blog is quite astonishing. All countries coloured blue have had at least one read:
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April 7, 2025 at 9:13 AM
A little ego-boost for me on a Monday morning: the reach of my little ringing blog is quite astonishing. All countries coloured blue have had at least one read:
braydonforestringing.uk
braydonforestringing.uk
You posted this and, as a long-standing subscriber, and conservationist opposed to the criminals of the shooting industry, I was looking forward to seeing you publish the others!
April 4, 2025 at 11:56 AM
You posted this and, as a long-standing subscriber, and conservationist opposed to the criminals of the shooting industry, I was looking forward to seeing you publish the others!
Not a bad catch for first bird this morning
April 2, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Not a bad catch for first bird this morning
The latest post from a member of the shooting community to justify killing hares whilst pretending to care about their conservation:
April 1, 2025 at 10:53 AM
The latest post from a member of the shooting community to justify killing hares whilst pretending to care about their conservation:
March 16, 2025 at 11:18 AM
From Google Earth Pro: is every US company cravenly crawling to the whim of the Orange dictator? Anybody in US big business got a spine left?
February 17, 2025 at 12:02 PM
From Google Earth Pro: is every US company cravenly crawling to the whim of the Orange dictator? Anybody in US big business got a spine left?
This is doing the rounds on Twitter:
February 8, 2025 at 5:47 PM
This is doing the rounds on Twitter:
This one was in my hand yesterday - and my hand survived! Lots of children from the local care farm (and their carers) were well excited.
November 14, 2024 at 1:54 PM
This one was in my hand yesterday - and my hand survived! Lots of children from the local care farm (and their carers) were well excited.