New blog post out! I have now seen all six UK reptile species! Particularly focused on adders, please have a look if you have time!
https://t.co/XQQRQFJbiX
High winds over the past few weeks hasn't made is easy to get out but finally some good weather allowed for a walk at Dawlish Warren this week. Great views of a couple of Sanderling and this Bar-tailed Godwit allowing a good opportunity to improve my ID skills.
There is no case for HS2 in 2021 . Costs have more than doubled since it was voted on in Parliament & it won't be carbon neutral until well beyond 2050 , our target for achieving #NetZero .
Sign here to put a stop to this ridiculous vanity project → https://t.co/rYlYyH7KUm
Grim’s Ditch was an ancient woodland and scheduled monument dating back to at least the Iron Age .
In November , HS2 destroyed this cathedral of life forever . This self harm that we are inflicting on our environment must stop now @BorisJohnson .
I’m not a natural scientist. At school I struggled with maths, and still now find statistics and chemistry fiendishly hard. It is then my proudest achievement to gain my MSc in Bioscience. @canterburyccuni thanks to my dear friends @venomtech@DrCarolTrim
Always great fun to be out ringing with Matt but even more amazing on Sunday. Truly awesome to see all UK species of Owl as well as having a good flow of Yellowhammers and Reed Buntings plus a couple of Corn Buntings. The Salisbury Plain never fails to disappoint!
Not something you'd usually see me promote . . .
We need to start building bridges and working creatively together with the shooting fraternity , hopefully my piece in @FieldsportsJrnl is a step towards that .
Defra to announce the largest ever destruction of a protected species at 3pm as Government prepares to kill over 60,000 badgers in next 3 months #badgercull
Last year, fires in the Amazon were the worst recorded. As of July, we've already surpassed that record.
Now reports say 3 bn animals were killed or harmed in Australia's bushfires, with 113 species needing urgent help.
This is a #ClimateEmergency https://t.co/Z3AYRgc57B
Shocking images show illegal fires already raging in the Amazon ahead of Brazilian President Bolsonaro’s 120-day “fire moratorium”.
Bolsonaro's anti-environmental agenda is putting our climate and lives at risk.
https://t.co/QNg9hFaW4a
For the past few days I have been feeding up a juv common swift that I found downed near my house & it’s been the most utterly brilliant experience !!!
Enjoy 30 secs of uninterrupted calm as it preens itself in the palm of my hand ☺️👇
Monster 16 hour day in the field. Started with a Tree Sparrow RAS session with a bonus of 9 Swifts ringed. Checked 43 active Tree Sparrow nests & ringed 40 nestlings. Found a Whitethroat nest & saw 100+ Yellow Wagtails in small flocks proving a successful breeding season.
The biggest #beachclean find of mine - a crate. Didn't look like it had been in the sea all that long; perhaps it had fallen off a boat.
Served as a useful container for my other finds :)