I've just had a second look at this gull photo from Druridge Links from back in June last year. I originally put it down as herring gull but on closer inspection I think it is Yellow-legged Gull. Any thoughts? #gulls #BirdsOfTwitter Mike Carr Alan Curry Alan Tilmouth

Early mining bee - new species for the allotment. NHSN Louise Hislop #allotments

Don't think this is quite the objective of #NoMowMay 😆😭 lovely patch of Japanese Knotweed left amidst the obliterated meadow. Nice one Ceredigion Council

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And they are much more likely to arrive without a car! From hiking to birdwatching to early nights – gen Z are coming for my hobbies, and they’re much better at them | Emma Beddington theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

First time I’ve heard of otters trying to catch sand martins, but they’ll eat pretty-much anything so not surprising.

Grasshopper Warbler for the notebook from a poor distant image I took on Sunday... #Northumberland #Birdart #Birdsketching #Notebook

Singer, songwriter and Curlew Action Patron David Gray and Curlew Action Director Mary Colwell (@CurlewCalls) joined Iain Robson, Sir John and Lucy Lister-Kaye after their #WorldCurlewDay event in Alnwick 📷By the Duke of Northumberland
#Curlews Wader Quest #birds #naturerecovery

Nice evening with Janet at Alnwick Playhouse on #WorldCurlewDay to listen music and conversation with Mary Colwell and David Gray. Hopefully we’ll see some Curlews in the Northumberland Coast National Landscape tomorrow.

World Curlew Day - here’s one over the causeway ⁦Lindisfarne NNR⁩ a couple of years ago. ⁦Janet⁩ and I are looking forward to hearing ⁦Mary Colwell⁩ and ⁦⁦⁦David Gray⁩ Alnwick Playhouse this evening.

Not the best digi-scoped shot, but a colour ringed curlew at Druridge Pools on #worldcurlewday - but I can’t find the scheme, seems to be under the name of Neil Allinson? ⁦Curlew Action⁩ ⁦Mary Colwell⁩

Is this another example of the new silly Part O Building Regulations making homes less nice and windows smaller to no purpose? It looks like it.

The windows on the left are the communal stairwell. We suspect they originally intended to use the same windows for the flats on the…

I wonder how many times has it got to be said before people start to listen? When the birds are gone no doubt. 🙁

1/25 #BOU2024 #Sesh6
Hello, I’m Hugh Hanmer a Research Ecologist in the BTO Terrestrial Ecology team. I have a particular interest in gardens and supplementary feeding, especially as a site of potential disease transmission.

Nice thread on some direct action to Save our Swifts!

Early Wetland Bird Survey count at Druridge Pools this morning. 181 redshank is massive for the site, 35 black and 8 bar-tailed godwits, 2 greenshanks, ruff, 47 Curlew. Space for Shorebirds Northumberland Wader Quest Northumberland & Tyneside Bird Club eBird.org/checklist/S167…

First swallows and sand martins at Cresswell Dunes this morning. Spring has sprung! #birding #Northumberland

I set myself the goal of finding a Lesser Spotted Woodpecker nest excavation this spring. I was confident I would find something, but am heartbroken to see that it's the lone female at Richmond Park where there are no males left. LesserSpot Network

Nice mornings birding at Druridge Pools/Links. No wheatear, garganey or sand martin yet but my second-ever patch red kite was a Brucey-bonus! #patchbirding

‘Superciliaris’ yellow wag? Manavgat, Türkiye today. #birding

Is there an O2 KEYWORD to tell them how crap their online service and app are? I can think of one that starts with C and ends with S.