H Mathieson

Birds are my bag . 🐦‍⬛🪺 🪶
find me on BlueSky @heathermathieson.bsky.social

[LesserSpot Network @lesserspotnet]

Something to celebrate - our 2025 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker report - successful breeding season, the most nests monitored & highest number of chicks fledged per nest since we started in 2015. Acoustic monitoring giving amazing results too, thanks everyone https://t.co/WxzOmIbehy

[H Mathieson @h_Mathieson_]

A real pleasure to be involved in this work. Here’s to another good season of Lesser Spot detection so we can build on our findings from this year. 🤞

[KOS @KentishPlover]

Delighted that Kent’s Heather Mathieson credited in BB paper on use of acoustic monitoring for LSW.
Results of KOS 2025 LSW survey can be found here:
https://t.co/AbZzcmxAcP
The survey included use of acoustic detectors for first time in a KOS survey (funded by the Society)

[Raptor Persecution UK @RaptorPersUK]

50,000-signature petition calling for a ban on possession of poisons that kill wildlife, handed in to Stormont, Northern Ireland.

Petition triggered after 2 poisoned White-tailed Eagles found dead on NI's only driven grouse moor.

Well done, @nirsg 👏👏

https://t.co/cK6N10gyhv

[Sea Eagle England @SeaEagleEngland]

Find out about the recent travels of some of the released #WhiteTailedEagles

[LesserSpot Network @lesserspotnet]

Fantastic news 19 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker nests found & being watched/monitored by our volunteers. Most have 4 chicks, well fed by the adults. Nests are so difficult to find & these are only a tiny proportion of the 2000+ LSW pairs in Britain, but all very positive this year.

[H Mathieson @h_Mathieson_]

@lesserspotnet @_jdbirder @kenandlindasmi2 Thanks you both for making it a very memorable weekend. Hours of surveying has paid off!

[H Mathieson @h_Mathieson_]

What a weekend!

[LesserSpot Network @lesserspotnet]

Successful visit to Kent to 2 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker nests, our endoscope revealed 4 chicks ready to fledge, 11 m high in a dead Ash & 3 chicks snug in a dead Oak. Thanks to our volunteers PC & JSD for finding the nests & showing them to us - all very positive for success

[H Mathieson @h_Mathieson_]

@KentishPlover It’s been a pleasure. Results are flying in already! …No pun intended!

[H Mathieson @h_Mathieson_]

@_jdbirder @lesserspotnet Thanks for all your help Jonathan!

[H Mathieson @h_Mathieson_]

It’s a wrap. The 2025 Kent Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Survey period has now finished! It’s been another interesting year with the usual jaw dropping and frustrating moments thrown in! Thanks to everyone who took part. It would be impossible without your dedication and effort.

[Wild Justice @WildJustice_org]

100,000 signatures! THANK YOU!

100,000 of you have signed our petition calling for a ban on driven grouse shooting.

This should result a debate on a ban in parliament!

Don't stop here - every name counts. Please sign and share: https://t.co/8HCNtw8pBE

[Chris Packham @ChrisGPackham]

This red kite was illegally shot and miraculously survived , only to be to targeted again , with poison .

Driven grouse shooting must end – please sign @WildJustice_org’s petition now https://t.co/CvWpIVskL8

[Raptor Persecution UK @RaptorPersUK]

Gamekeeper from a Yorkshire Dales grouse moor charged in relation to alleged shooting of hen harrier (as featured on Channel 4 News last October).

NB: Comments turned off as prosecution now live ⚖️

https://t.co/uZNtOqaM9s

[Chris Packham @ChrisGPackham]

Our beautiful birds of prey are routinely and illegally slaughtered on driven grouse moors . If you are as sick of this criminal persecution as me then please sign this ⁦@WildJustice_org⁩ petition https://t.co/LojMKe4jZT Please RT

[H Mathieson @h_Mathieson_]

@PuxleyMJ Hi Mike, I’m coordinating this year’s LSW survey in Kent. If you’d be interested in helping out could message me and I can send further details. Thanks!

[ScotRaptorStudy @ScotRaptorStudy]

Fully funded PhD available: The Impacts of Avian Influenza and Toxicants in Scottish Raptors https://t.co/h0VmN5vdVa via @RaptorPersUK

[BirdGuides @BirdGuides]

For the first time, the RSPB has launched an interactive map showing the whereabouts of its satellite-tagged Hen Harriers: https://t.co/KkLzJ6tZGp

[Ian Rotherham @IanThewildside]

SCRUB - a neglected wildlife habitat! One of our most valuable eco-areas mislabelled as 'grey-belt' by Govt minister. Heaths, woods, commons & urban commons, all include scrubland, as does Knepp. It has rich, dynamic, undervalued biodiversity habitat derided by many developers..

[The Bearded Geordie 📷🦉🦅🦌🦡⬛️⬜️⬛️⬜️⬛️⬜️⬛️⬜️⬛️⬜️ @StevenFryerz9]

So true 😂😂😂