Tom Williams

Mostly things with wings

[Tom Williams @SalixTom]

Carved this little Curlew today

[Tom Williams @SalixTom]

Manxie, from a glassy crossing to The Skerries last week

[Graham White @BillyBloodworm]

The re-colonisation of Cors Ddyga & Valley wetlands on Anglesey by Bitterns is a major conservation success. In 2023 there were 7 boomers in 80ha of reedbed. And there is potential for increase. Next stop Norther Ireland?
Not sure I’ve heard Bittern & Chough together before.

[Tom Williams @SalixTom]

@PhilWoollen Get in Phil! Some house tick

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

So @wwf_uk shelved a report exposing the extent of River Wye pollution just ‘to keep Tesco happy’.

Too, too many eNOGs are comprised like this, seduced by the perfume of funding, happy and prepared to comprise everything just to meet payroll. Frauds. 🤬

https://t.co/PXgpf7e0pi

[Tom Williams @SalixTom]

Partially leucistic Woodcock dazzled last night in North Wales

[Tom Williams @SalixTom]

@RichardduFeu Have swabbed one on Anglesey awaiting results, few reported washing up almost dead with HPAI symptoms

[Ros Green @r_green24]

Been a successful day running a seabird ringing/monitoring trip to Puffin Island. Had an excellent team & lots of good training done. I waved at my tagged Shelduck on the Dee Estuary too. #SeabirdSaturday

[Robin Sandham @birdsandbike]

Good to be back ringing Black Guillemots after two year gap. They’re way behind this year - sat on eggs. Just one chick ringed #tysties @BTO_Cymru @SalixTom @birdsinwales @StenaLineUKIE

[Tom Williams @SalixTom]

@MinsmereMothMan You too! Fingers crossed I’ll be on the coast before new year - be great to see you if you’re around :)

[Tom Williams @SalixTom]

Great-spotted Woodpecker I carved for my Grandad - Merry Christmas all!

[Tom Williams @SalixTom]

@_TCartz Cheers Toby! Hope you and the fam are havin a good Christmas 💚

[Tom Williams @SalixTom]

Haven’t been on here in a while - I have 3 Curlew peg birds up for grabs before Christmas, if anyone is interested the Etsy link is in my bio!

[Tom Williams @SalixTom]

Is this Nigma walckenaeri? @BritishSpiders

[Alex Lees @Alexander_Lees]

17M UK households spend £250M on 150K tonnes of bird food annually. Great if you are a dominant species like a Blue Tit but what about if you are subordinate species like a Willow Tit?

Thread based on our new paper led by @JackShutt8 https://t.co/rnnynksrpU 1/

[vogelwarte.ch @vogelwarte_ch]

Anfang August ziehen die #Mauersegler bereits in ihre Winterquartiere. Vor dem schlechten Wetter am vergangenen Wochenende sind nicht weniger als 17 959 Mauersegler über den Col de Bretolet gezogen, ein eindrückliches Erlebnis! Video © Julia Wildi

[Wouter Vansteelant @WMGVs]

For examples of how Honey Buzzard rob combs from wasp nests check out these videos by Stef van Rijn. He managed to film GPS-tracked buzzards robbing both tree and ground nests in the Netherlands https://t.co/fanqd40yoE
https://t.co/6mYKbNMn4h

[Tom Williams @SalixTom]

@hwittshwittshwi Same energy

[katie @socomplikatied]

do beavers even know what they’re doing or do they just see water flowing down a river and think “absolutely not”

[Prof Carl Sayer @carlsayerUCL]

River Ouse not looking Great. Problems of rivers are widespread. A murky river full of algal plankton when it should be clear & full of aquatic plants. Our rivers are in trouble. The only solution is major land-use change & stronger river regulation @EnvAgency @EnvAgencyAnglia

[Tom Williams @SalixTom]

Old school tape luring @raph_long

[Tom Williams @SalixTom]

Proper hEdge

[Shane McAuliffe 🐷✈️ @ShaneMcAuliffe1]

This is one of my favourite hedgerows on the farm, thick and dense and full of a variety of species of both flora and fauna. Come take a walk with me and have a look at it a little closer……