Eleanor Wilkins

Bird Ringer | Naturalist | MSc Ornithology | Vice-Chair Sorby Breck RG | Freelance Bird Surveyor

[Eleanor Wilkins @whitwellbird]

Unforgettable ringing session this morning. Red-flanked Bluetail ... a county first. #derbyshirebirds

[David Norman @ProfDavidNorman]

The members of Merseyside Ringing Group have added the Group's name to the letter calling for an independent scrutiny of Liverpool City Region's proposal for a barrage across the Mersey Estuary.

https://t.co/tmePJ2imuk

[Paul Powlesland @paulpowlesland]

Labour give so little of a shit about British wildlife that not only did they not support the absolute no-brainer of installing swift bricks on new build homes, they actively whipped their peers to vote against it, causing the amendment to fail.

It’s ‘build, baby, build’ but not for exhausted migrating swifts or, it seems, any other beleaguered part of Nature in these islands.

[Dr Tom Montgomery @DrTOMontgomery]

#birds

Swifts fly thousands of miles to breed in the UK—only to find their nest sites blocked up.

Their ancient forests with nest hollows now gone, they relied on cavities in buildings, but these, too, have disappeared.

To stop their steep 2/3rds decline since 1995, an inexpensive swift brick nest box was proposed to be incorporated by law into new buildings—also helping other red-listed cavity nesting bird species.

But in a vote last night, UK Labour destroyed a golden opportunity to do this small thing for one of the most nature-depleted countries in Europe.

[West Midlands Ringing Group @RingersWm]

A long journey for a little bird! 🗺️
This Reed Bunting, ringed on 11/02/2024 at Cannock Chase, Staffs, has been re-caught a remarkable 382 km away 😮 by @clydeRG in Cowcaddens, Glasgow on 16/10/25.
Ringing really does tell a story. 💫
#BirdRinging #ReedBunting #Migration

[Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) @CABS_REPORTS]

Italy's finch hunt BANNED! 🚫

The Supreme Administrative Court in Rome has ruled that finch hunting in Lombardy, Italy, violates EU Law!

The derogation to shoot 97,600 protected Chaffinches is UNLAWFUL & immediately suspended.

A major win for bird protection!

[West Midlands Ringing Group @RingersWm]

It’s Halloween 👻 time for spooky fun! But remember: fake spider webs can trap and harm birds, bats & other wildlife. 🕸️
Keep your decorations safe by skipping webbing on trees & bushes. Let’s keep the scares fake, not fatal. 🦇🌿 #WildlifeFriendlyHalloween

[John Poyner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🦌🌲🇺🇦 @rothiemoon]

Nearly 2000 migrating Cranes dead from avian flu in Germany. Awful news. https://t.co/iNPyVwoixp

[Kilian Schönberger @Schoenberger_K]

Looking up!
Discovering the Forest Jewels.
Bavaria, Germany

#landscapephotography #landschaftsfotografie #fog #mushrooms #pilze

[Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) @CABS_REPORTS]

CABS teams also found two #LongEaredOwls caught as ‘bycatch’ in brutal poachers' nets in #Cyprus.

One was so badly injured it had to be euthanised. The other remains under close observation with a vet.

These beautiful owls pay a devastating price for the illegal songbird trade.

[Artur Morales @ornitho_artur9]

Comença a ser temps de buscar aquests ocellets (el blauet potser no🤪)...

[Eleanor Wilkins @whitwellbird]

Another fab owl night. This Little Owl turned out to be from a nestbox 8 miles away. It was ringed as a chick in 2022. It’s our 6th Little Owl of the thermalling season. Also caught our 3rd Barn Owl too! @Derbyshirebirds @SorbyBreckRG

[Eleanor Wilkins @whitwellbird]

Redwings were piling into Gibraltar Point this morning. Finished on 98 birds incl 51 Redwings, 26 Blackbirds, Kingfisher, a Stavanger-ringed Brambling and a Yellow-browed Warbler!

[Raptorforum @N_E_R_F]

Time is running out to book a place at the 2025 raptor conference. Saturday 15th November 2025.

[Sorby Breck RG @SorbyBreckRG]

Join Sorby Breck RG’s bird ringers in October for some autumn bird migration at an east coast nature reserve!

[Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) @CABS_REPORTS]

CABS teams, along with our partners from MESHC Anti-Poaching Unit & @SpnlOrg, are on the ground fighting back as best we can.

However, we've found the remains of >100 honey buzzards, eagles, and sparrowhawks in the mountains of Akkar and east of Beirut in the last 10 days alone.

[Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) @CABS_REPORTS]

An ecocide is unfolding in #Lebanon.

On a crucial migratory flyway, hundreds of thousands of birds are being shot by ‘hunters’, including highly endangered birds of prey.

The hunting law is not being enforced, and the scale of the slaughter is unimaginable …

[Vulture Conservation Foundation @4Vultures]

💔 Bulgaria loses another Egyptian Vulture to poison.

Deni, a first-time mother, is gone. Her chick rescued.

Poisoning has killed ~2,300 vultures in the #Balkans in 20 years, and only 35 breeding pairs remain in #Bulgaria.

➡️Read the news: https://t.co/EmH1eE0RAO

📷BSPB

[Roy Dennis Foundation @RoyDennisWF]

We are delighted to report that two pairs of White-tailed Eagles have bred successfully in southern England this summer, rearing a total of three chicks at nests in Sussex and Dorset. You can read more on our website: https://t.co/zK6JhnrzYs
@SeaEagleEngland

[Vulture Conservation Foundation @4Vultures]

Tragic loss in The Gambia: 23 Hooded Vultures found dead in Gunjur, followed by 44 decapitated vultures in Burufut. Poisoning & harmful cultural practices pushedcritically endangered birds closer to extinction. #vultureconservation
https://t.co/dzz5Q3X6B7

[BirdGuides @BirdGuides]

Ospreys have bred successfully in Norfolk for the first time in more than two and a half centuries: https://t.co/TK9yQ384bF