Rick

[Rick @rickyflesher]

@Hertsbirds @TyttGP Hi All
It's that time again we are working on the Tyttenhanger Bird Report 2021. If anyone has any photos from 2021 they are happy for us to used they will be much appreciated. Please send them to [email protected]
Thanks
Rick

[Rick @rickyflesher]

Tyttenhanger GPs
Good to see a Purple Emperor Butterfly this morning with Terry Smith. Also seen were Marble White Gatekeeper Meadow Brown Red Admiral Small Skipper Ringlet Speckled Wood Large &Small Whites.

[Rick @rickyflesher]

@ianbennell75 Well done mate well deserved.👏

[DAN FORDER WILDLIFE - Birds & Nature @DanFWildlife]

PLEASE HELP by keeping an eye out, sharing this & letting me & the #police know if you see this car… My black #AlfaRomeo #Giulia, reg (if not changed) OE67 DCF, was #stolen from Watermead, #Aylesbury, #Bucks last night - the car I don’t care about but I’d really like back my #wildlife gear & #birdwatching #optics hidden in the boot.

#stolencar #crime #cartheft #neighbourhoodwatch #cars #modifiedcars #italiancars #birds #birding #nature #birdsoftwitter #wildlifephotography #wildlifecrime #Buckinghamshire @BBC3CR @Aylesbury @BucksCouncil @BucksLiveNews @TVP_Bucks @Bucks_Highways @Mix96business @urbanbirder @ThamesVP @RSPBbirders @BBOWT @AlfaRomeoUK @AforAlfa

[Butterfly Conservation 🦋 @savebutterflies]

Happy 99th Birthday to our President, the legendary Sir David Attenborough 🎂🦋

Thank you for being an inspiration to millions across the globe.

[Rick @rickyflesher]

@GBirding @ianbennell75 Good photo of the Wren🤔

[Rick @rickyflesher]

@ianbennell75 @GBirding Hi Ian/ Brendon
Hope you have a great week on the magic island.
Good luck🐧🦉🦩🦆🦅🐦🦜

[Rick @rickyflesher]

@GBirding Is that Dungeness?😅

[Graham Knight @grahamknight59]

Come on @CALAHOMES, another Herts planning application in St Albans, where you are ignoring your own Urban Wildlife Strategy by proposing an unspecified number of pretty useless Sparrow Terraces instead of the promised one Swift brick per house? You can do better! #hertsbirds

[Get Wild 🐦 🦋 🐝 🍃 @mitchellsnik]

Blocked Swift colony.
I've been ignored by the police, by the residents and I've been ignored by the scaffold company! nothing is being done about this it's an absolute outrage. Albert Road Ramsgate blocked Swift colony crime reference 20-0234.
The police actually HUNG UP ON ME!

[Emily Hunt @em_nature]

Please retweet! 🌿 This August I am hosting a Nature Writing Camp in the New Forest alongside Andrew Millham and Alicia Hayden, supported by @cameron_b_trust . Really excited to provide this space for young people with an interest in nature and writing. Application link below!

[Chris Packham @ChrisGPackham]

Hello @SkyNews have you noticed that the Faroese killed an entire pod of 1428 dolphins yesterday . That’s news . Report it . Please RT

[Graham Knight @grahamknight59]

Well done to @gonebirdin who started playing Swift calls this year and now has Swifts in his box in Stevenage. Another box has already gone up. Playing the calls greatly increases the chances of occupation. In the words of @SoSSwifts, Swift conservation works! #hertsbirds

[Graham Knight @grahamknight59]

No response from Royston BID to my two emails and comments on Facebook about this umbrella installation very close to active Swift nests, risking collision for birds displaying and entering nests. Very disappointed that they won't engage @roystoncrow @WriterHannahBT @Roystontown

[Graham Knight @grahamknight59]

There is a lot of bad advice being shared online about what to do if you find a grounded Swift.

DO NOT try to feed it
DO NOT throw it in the air.

DO put it in a large cardboard box with a lid and follow the excellent advice set out below #hertsbirds

[Graham Knight @grahamknight59]

The project to record Hertfordshire Swift nests this year has over 300 records in 4 weeks! Lots more still to find #hertsbirds

[Graham Knight @grahamknight59]

Almost that time of year again for many tweets about Hertfordshire rookeries, but my main piece of advice after 10 years of surveying is to count nests later if you can. Subject to leafburst, best results are from the last week in March and throughout April #hertsbirds

[Rick @rickyflesher]

@StevenFalk1 @rlewington2 Thanks

[Rick @rickyflesher]

Any idea of this Bee would be much appreciated @StevenFalk1 @rlewington2 Taken at Tyttenhanger GPs in Hertfordshire on the 7 May 2021.
Thanks
Rick

[Rick @rickyflesher]

Any idea what spider this is sorry about the poor photo but any help much appreciated. Taken at Tyttenhanger GPs in Hertfordshire on the29 May 21 @BritishSpiders

Thanks
Rick