Ken Tucker

Birder, teacher, traveller, spy (shhh). Based in Crewkerne, Somerset.

[Ken Tucker @KenTurnip]

@RareBirdAlertUK I thought this was Alcatraz - the famous prison island in San Francisco Bay, but that would be quite an extension if its breeding range. I see now that this is Isla Alcatraz in Mexico. Still good news.

[Ken Tucker @KenTurnip]

@BBCCambs @KaneBrides Well done, @KaneBrides for raising this. Hoping @UKPowerNetworks do something about it soon.

[Ken Tucker @KenTurnip]

@stevepreddy @01000011S Crocs? You're wearing Crocs? Oh dear. You'll be going to the supermarket in your jim jams next. 🤣🤣

[Ken Tucker @KenTurnip]

@stevepreddy @JulianThomas19 "Milky-tea Warbler with a Slightly Weaker Bill than the Others"... Hmm, I'll keep thinking.

[Ken Tucker @KenTurnip]

@stevepreddy @JulianThomas19 Would booted things actually need to wear boots... And when does a shoe become a boot?

[Ken Tucker @KenTurnip]

@hbriggs @KaneBrides Will there come a day when they just don't bother making the final hop across from the Netherlands? What a desperately depressing winter that would be.

[Monty Don @TheMontyDon]

I see that many people complain that peat-free composts are not as good as peat based ones. I have not used peat in a growing medium for over 25 years and have never had any problems at all. Some are better than others but ALL are better than using peat!

[Ken Tucker @KenTurnip]

@joshual951 Any idea why we give a completely separate name e.g. E. x watsonii instead of E. ciliaris x tetralix? I find the latter tells me much more.

[WWT @WWTworldwide]

WOW. Brand new research from @ManMetUni has found that just ONE restored coastal saltmarsh in the UK stores as much carbon over 4 years as ONE MILLION new trees grown for 10 years!

Coastal #wetlands like @WWTSteart = vital for tackling #ClimateChange. Here's why 👇📽️

[Ken Tucker @KenTurnip]

@NotQuiteScilly Looks good for EF to me... But what do I know?

[Ken Tucker @KenTurnip]

@RespectIsVital @stevepreddy @PhilSpencerTV As long as it gets eaten. Got to be better than all the intensively farmed meat but I don't see this outrage every time someone buys a pack of sausages. Proper free range.

[Ken Tucker @KenTurnip]

@stmarys_patch Just awesome. Thanks for posting.

[Ken Tucker @KenTurnip]

@stevepreddy Twice - once just a nose poking out moving soil and once when a pasture was flooded and it was scuttling about at the edge of the field (but not swimming)

[Ken Tucker @KenTurnip]

@andy33082645 @PortlandBirdObs @MarcHeathym007 Didn't Paul Harris find one in Weymouth last year or the year before? Well out of range and a big surprise.

[Steve Preddy on Bluesky @stevepreddy]

In case anyone hasn’t seen this. And no, it’s not a petition to delegitimise Israel, it’s about requiring them to uphold the same standards of behaviour that would be expected of any responsible modern democracy. https://t.co/k5kOUnsONw

[Ken Tucker @KenTurnip]

@stevepreddy @TheDetermin8or @bustardgroup Yeah. I'd be interested too, as I haven't seen anything about the released birds being joined by wild birds. If they were, I would imagine eastern populations more likely than Spanish.

[Sorrel Lyall @SorrelLyall]

Birding in the UK: Where Are the People Like Me?

An article on diversity in the UK nature community.

There is a more detailed report of the survey feedback for any organisations or individuals interested, just drop me a message.

@RareBirdAlertUK

https://t.co/pESBKGOV6S

[Ken Tucker @KenTurnip]

#goodbyeserious @walls

[Graham White @BillyBloodworm]

A review meeting at Ham Wall this week looking at Avalon Marshes breeding bird results for this year. Some exciting results to come. Taster - 50 booming Bitterns, 10 Gt Egrets, 67 pr Pochard, 423 pr Water Rail!

[Julian Thomas @JulianThomas19]

Cattle Egret numbers still going up at Catcott Lows. @somersetbirds