Raphael Long

birder and conservationist

[Martin Lines @LinesMartin]

A really useful report. Farmers on less productive land could have income opportunities if they can be supported in restoring habitats. We need funding to be available for farmers in less productive areas do deliver landscape recovery & say at the hart of many rural communities.

[Leif Bersweden @LeifBersweden]

My fellow plant hunters you’re in for a TREAT with this one 😍 Say hello to the leach-like Dodder (Cuscuta epithymum), a ROOTLESS plant parasite feasting on Heather👌😮‍💨 Check out those suckers 😍 #HeathWeek

[Raphael Long @raph_long]

What an amazing two days at @Groundswellaguk representing FWAG East. Thoroughly enjoyed talking to everyone and of course the many many incredibly engaging live sessions!

[FWAG East @FWAGeast]

Day 2 of @Groundswellaguk. If you are around, come and say hello. You can find us by the big top next to the @AffinityWater tent. #Groundswell22 @FWAGAssoc @FWAGSouthWest

[FWAG East @FWAGeast]

Huge thanks to James and Sian Moss for a enlightening evening tour of the beautiful @KingFishers_B last night.

If you haven't been we'd highly recommend a visit, and don't forget to try the delicious home made cakes served by Sian from the onsite 'Wren Café'!

[Ed Nesling @EdNesling]

This 400 metre long beetle bank is alongside AB8 and AB16 and is one of 2 in this 100 acre field. The other one abuts a large block of AB9. Both plots are fantastic at putting wildlife right into the middle of these large arable fields.

[Raphael Long @raph_long]

@SteveBackshall some old bloke in a shackleton sweater

[Ben Porter @bardseyben]

Birdsong Diaries🦉🌿🎶 SPRING IS HAPPENING! Lapping up the early spring sunshine and hugely uplifting dawn chorus in Machynlleth last week - so wonderful to hear the first delicate songs of Yellowhammers atop the yellowing gorse. What have you heard joining the chorus recently?

[Shit Lawns @Shitlawns]

Looks shit all year round, drainage runs off freely so you flood some other poor sod, requires little maintenance until weeds pop up and it smells like dog piss. It's the ideal solution if you have another planet you can move to when we've wrecked this one 👍

[Raphael Long @raph_long]

@jahanlon2 I wear contact lenses every time I go birding

[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/

[Leif Bersweden @LeifBersweden]

Winter tree buds providing hope and promise of spring 🌿 aren’t they so cool?!

IDs below ⬇️

[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!

[Farm Wildlife @FarmWildlifeUK]

Research shows permanent flower-rich margins on arable farmland benefit priority birds, with skylark, whitethroat, corn bunting & yellow wagtail the species that benefited most
https://t.co/zAtw3Hj26D

[M. Korhan Erturaç @mkorhanerturac]

A nice look from the Holocene towards the Anthropocene (Black Sea coastal zone, NW Turkey)

[FWAG East @FWAGeast]

Need to manage any hedges or trees this winter? Consider creating hibernacula (wood piles), which can be left as is, or covered in soil. These make perfect habitats for reptiles and amphibians, such as this toad. https://t.co/UkyW71wwLE @froglifers @ARC_Bytes @WildlifeTrusts

[Raphael Long @raph_long]

First topic of choice for the new FWAG East podcast... Beavers and Natural Flood Management!

[FWAG East @FWAGeast]

Beavers are back in East Anglia - how do we smoothly reintroduce them to our farmed landscape for maximum benefit and minimum fuss? Hear FWAG East in conversation with Archie Ruggles-Brise, the man responsible, in the first episode of the FWAG East podcast https://t.co/VdT2GhvKSd

[Joe Stanley @JoeWStanley]

We need to talk about

🐂 cows
💨 carbon
🔥 climate change
& #COP26

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[Clare Hymer @ClareHymer]

oh my lord this is UNREAL

[John Charles-Jones @woodboroughpark]

This is just so good from ⁦@herdyshepherd1⁩ https://t.co/ALvIws9WRO

[Raphael Long @raph_long]

@EdJBetteridge @skomer_island @BirdGuides @PembsBirds @WTSWW @birdsinwales @Britnatureguide @SpotyFlycatcher always a competition with you Ed