Toby Humby

Aviculturist with a mild duck obsession 🦆 | @wwtslimbridge @projectgodwit | MRes Bioscience - BSc Zoology | Swansea University 🦢🇪🇺 All views are my own

[Toby Humby @TDHumby]

People spend their entire careers working on reserves to get birds like hen harriers to breed- it breaks my heart to see that work instantly undone by selfish fools with guns.
All so some gammons can have an afternoon shooting non-native and driven ground birds.

[Channel 4 News @Channel4News]

Secret filming uncovers illegal killings of rare birds in England

[Toby Humby @TDHumby]

What we think is a very pretty pale juvenile buzzard hiding from the drizzle at South Lake
@slimbridge_wild #GlosBirds

[Toby Humby @TDHumby]

Great day for birding today @WWTSlimbridge ☀️
First hour of my day and have had stellar views of peregrine, GWE, LRP, and my first WT eagle! 🦅
Lots of ruff and greenshank out from Zeiss too
Thanks @MJMcGill_Anser for the scope and spot!
#GlosBirds @slimbridge_wild

[Toby Humby @TDHumby]

Leucistic marsh harrier juvenile over Top Hut then Rushy, being mobbed by jackdaws @slimbridge_wild #GlosBirds

[Toby Humby @TDHumby]

@STEcopywriting @GlosBirds @WWTSlimbridge @slimbridge_wild Wonderful photos! That adorable pigeon is a feral pigeon squab (a juvenile pigeon, not long left the nest!). That’s why the cute lil guy looks a little funny and odd :)
Definitely not flying rats, but amazing and adaptable marvels! 🐦

[Toby Humby @TDHumby]

@DotJones50 @slimbridge_wild Fantastic photo! I wonder what it’s looking up at 🤔

[Toby Humby @TDHumby]

Osprey being mobbed by a rook over the grounds 8:20am, then flew West @slimbridge_wild

[Toby Humby @TDHumby]

More godwit headstarting this year 🙌🏻

[Natural England @NaturalEngland]

Good news for godwits. 😍

A new generation of black-tailed godwits has been hatched by experts at @WWTworldwide, supported by funding from Natural England’s Species Recovery Programme.

https://t.co/Q5cq4VaI4T

📷Georgina Jarman, WWT

[False Knees @FalseKnees]

The Watcher

[Toby Humby @TDHumby]

@jdhbull @WWTworldwide @WWTSlimbridge @slimbridge_wild Good luck Jonathan! Your updates and photos from across the reserve will be missed!

[Crowfangs @CrowFangs]

Here’s a random thread about the world‘s biggest mystery:
Baby pigeons! Feral city pigeons more specifically.
(All photos by yours truly, I’ve seen so many pigeon babies in the past year it’s crazy)

[Toby Humby @TDHumby]

Quick view of a fledgling cuckoo in the grounds being fed by an obliging reed warbler @slimbridge_wild

[Chris Packham @ChrisGPackham]

Just been for a look around Twitter and I’m a bit alarmed by how many climate breakdown deniers there are . Something is afoot .

[Toby Humby @TDHumby]

@jdhbull Thanks for the confirmation! We had it as an unsure spec from Top Hut and now I can tick it ✔️

[WWT @WWTworldwide]

The #GeneralElection IS TODAY 📋

If you haven't already, head to your local polling booth and cast a vote for wetlands, nature and climate.

Because NOW is the time to speak up for what we love 📢 🌊

[Toby Humby @TDHumby]

Proud to be one of tens of thousands of voices calling for the next government to take nature seriously! 🌍 🐸 🌱
#RestoreNatureNow
@WWTworldwide @RNNMarch

[Kane Brides @KaneBrides]

A brood of Black-tailed Godwit we ringed @WWTWelney this morning. Their parents
were both head started as part of @ProjectGodwit 💫

[Toby Humby @TDHumby]

After many attempts of terrible luck, I finally saw the legendary bluethroat @slimbridge_wild today 🤩
Bogey bird conquered 😎

[Toby Humby @TDHumby]

Looking forward to this! Together we will show that amidst local and global political turmoil, action for nature is still a high priority in the minds of the people 💪🌍🦢

[Sarah Fowler @SarahFowlerWWT]

It was a wet day in London last Weds. That didn't stop us @WWTworldwide coming together with @BeccyRSPB @CeliaRichards0n @RSBenwell @TanyaMSteele @KimSomerville @ChrisGPackham @RNNMarch and others to say if you care about nature join us: June 22 at the Restore Nature Now march

[Toby Humby @TDHumby]

I feel privileged to have worked with this special animal… the flock feels a little incomplete without him but he lived a (very!) long life inspiring generations of people to love and protect his fellow pink birds and their wetland homes 💔🦩

Thanks for being so fab Mr James 🩷

[WWT Slimbridge @WWTSlimbridge]

🦩 In Loving Memory of Mr. James 🦩

With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of our beloved flamingo, Mr. James, the only James' flamingo in the UK, cherished at WWT Slimbridge since 1961. 🫶

Read the full story: https://t.co/Vg8AfylSR4

📸 Sarah Freeman / Ella Slinn