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Sue @birdersue.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Lovely to see at least five Cattle egret at RSPB Marazion this afternoon. In the west corner where the Heron hang out, and the restoration work is being done. #CornwallBirding 🪶
Small white heron with a yellow bill, standing in muddy reeds.
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Sue @birdersue.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Still seeing a few Hummingbird hawk-moths around. Seen lots this year, so magical.
Hovering insect collecting pollen from a purple flower.
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Sue @birdersue.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Spotted this supercool Speckled bush-cricket on a Alchemilla leaf today.
A green insect with six legs, perched on a green leaf.
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Sue @birdersue.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Picked up a real beauty at Bookmark in Falmouth today. The companion to my beloved The Young Naturalist’s Handbook. #Books 📚
Hardback book, a Nuthatch on the cover, on a wooden table top. 
The Young Birdwatcher- Nicholas Hammond - Hamlyn. Bookmark 2nd hand bookshop in Falmouth, Cornwall. 
Above the door it says, ‘The entrance to a hundred new worlds.’
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Sue @birdersue.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Bearded tit still active at Longrock Pool Marazion this afternoon, saw two but sadly didn’t get a pic. Happy to see two Kingfishers too, scrappy record shot of those. 🪶 #CornwallBirding
Two Kingfishers. One on left back to camera, one on right facing camera. Both distant and one facing hidden by foliage.
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Paradise Park Wildlife Sanctuary @paradiseparkhayle.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Look out for some of our spectacular birds like this Nicobar Pigeon - the closest living biological relative to the famous, extinct dodo bird! Photograph by Director Alison
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Sue @birdersue.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Enjoyed watching this Little egret successfully fishing. 🪶
Elegant white small heron, with a fish in its slender black bill.
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Sue @birdersue.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Birding in Hayle today, stopped to pay my respects to Rick Rescorla. A true hero.
Memorial to Rick Rescorla in Hayle, Cornwall UK. Blue plaque for Rick Rescorla.
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The Wainwright Prizes @wainwrightprize.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We’re delighted to announce the 2026 #WainwrightPrize Winners! 🍃 From powerful nature writing & urgent conservation stories to extraordinary illustration, this year’s winners celebrate the many ways stories can connect people & planet. wainwrightprize.com #StoriesThatConnect
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Sue @birdersue.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Really happy to have seen the Grey Phalarope (just one now) at St Gothian Sands this afternoon. 🪶 #CornwallBirding
Small white and grey shorebird bobbing in choppy water.
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Sue @birdersue.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
This starling is watching me eat a pasty, guilt tripping me with its beauty. 🪶
Brown, black, and beige little bird standing on a pavement.
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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Acorn palette. There’s evidence that the human brain really likes gentle colour gradations (probs due to ancient foraging mental reward pathways) so this is for your noggin-pause & zoom in for a tiny break from angsty scrolling with some nice nuts 🌿
Acorns at various stages of ripeness arranged on buff coloured linen so the colours shift gently, with a hand written label & single oak leaf
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Sue @birdersue.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Went to @edenproject.bsky.social to see their Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition. Had another look at their T Rex too, and found a supercool @bobnichollsart.bsky.social exhibition. All the wins! #Birds #Dinosaurs
Collage of four pics. 
1. Bird photography displays with biomes behind. 
2. T Rex model surrounded by ferns, biomes behind. 
3. Bob Nicholls artwork, on a screen, of a Tianyulong. 
4. Information about, and a photo of palaeoartist Bob Nicholls.
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Field Studies Council @fieldstudiesc.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Will you run the 2027 MyWay London Marathon for Field Studies Council? We’re taking applications - walk or run wherever you are on Sat 24th or Sun 25th April 2027 and will have 24 hours to complete the race. Find out more here: buff.ly/5zW46O4
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Sue @birdersue.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Wow! That was sensational. Well done to everyone involved in the making of #HamzaAfricanBirdsOfPrey 🦅
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Sue @birdersue.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Sad to hear that a cliff fall has blocked access to the magical Holy Well Cave at Holywell Bay. Here’s a pic I took inside a few years ago, it was such a special place. #Cornwall
Inside a mineral rich multi coloured cave.
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Field Studies Council @fieldstudiesc.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Our favourite photography competition of the year has revealed its shortlist! 📷️ Which image gets your vote in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026 awards? 🐻‍❄️ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026 – the best pictures so far
The polar bear image taken by Audun Rikardsen was among the 'highly commended' entries in this year's competition.
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Aintright @aintright.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Dolly the Dipper, on an island in the stream. RIP. #ukbirds #birds #nature #dolly
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Sue @birdersue.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly’s Imagination Library sent 7 million free books to UK children, and many more to children worldwide. 📚 Be more Dolly. 💔
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Cornwall Birds (CBWPS) @cbwps.org.uk · 24/08/2026
Twenty-five years on and Choughs continue to go from strength to strength in Cornwall. 📷Rowena Castillo-Nicholls #Chough #Choughs #CornishChoughs #Palores #PaloresowKernewek #CBWPS #Bird #Birds #Birdwatching #ConnectWithNature #WildlifeMatters #BritishWildlife #WildCornwall #Cornwall #Kernow
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Sue @birdersue.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Thrilled to see a White Stork on my local Estuary. K07 released recently as part of the Cornwall Stork Project. Reported my sighting. 🪶 thecornwallstorkproject.org
Tall white and black bird with an orange bill and legs, walking on sand. Leg ring K07 - Cornwall Stork Project.
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Sue @birdersue.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
White Stork Gannel NQY now #cornwallbirding by car park but that’s full
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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Montagu's Harrier, UK's rarest breeding raptor, nests successfully in England for second year in a row. Excellent partnership working between RSPB and farmers. Press release ⬇️ #RaptorResearch raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/08/24/m...
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Montagu’s Harrier, UK’s rarest breeding raptor, nests successfully in England for second year in a row
Press release from RSPB (24 August 2026) THE UK’S RAREST BREEDING BIRD RAISES CHICKS AT SECRET LOCATION FOR THE SECOND YEAR RUNNING The UK’s rarest breeding bird of prey, the Montagu&#8…
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Sue @birdersue.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Seeing lots of Hummingbird hawk-moth around this year. Happy to catch this one on my phone today.
Hovering insect collecting pollen from a purple flower.
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Sue @birdersue.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
A wind blown Chough seen on the coast this morning. 🪶
Black covid bird, with a red bill and red legs. Feathers ruffled, walking on straw like parched grass.
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Brigit Strawbridge @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
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Sue @birdersue.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Cormorant vs eel at the lake this morning, the eel got away. 🪶
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Sue @birdersue.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Overwhelmed by seeing the Partial Eclipse AND Choughs this evening. 🪶
Collage of two pics. On the left a Cornish Chough standing on grass, looking towards the sea. On the right a mainly black image showing the partial eclipse.
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Joe Keating @evopalaeo.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
⚠️Please repost!⚠️ Over 99% of species that ever lived are extinct. Without palaeontology, the new Natural History GCSE will only cover a snapshot of life's history. We're making the case for fossils in the new GCSE 🦴🐚🌿 teach.ocr.org.uk/palaeontolog... The consultation is open now! Have your say👇
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GCSE Natural History - Palaeontology - Joseph Keating
Joseph Keating puts forward a case for including palaeontology in the new GCSE Natural History curriculum due to its unique deep-time perspective.
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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Nature and the environment, this time. You can only pick one. So ... which one?
12 vintage ladybird books about nature are laid out in a 4 x 3 grid, showing their different covers 
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Sue @birdersue.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Went to see the new Spider-Man film, EPIC! Walked home via the local Swifts. 🪶
Heavily zoomed blurry phone pic of a Swift high in the blue sky.
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The Wainwright Prizes @wainwrightprize.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
The 2026 #WainwrightPrize Shortlists are here! 📚🌿 Across six categories, 43 outstanding books celebrate the power of stories to connect people and planet, from nature writing and conservation to breathtaking illustration and inspiring children's books. wainwrightprize.com
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Sue @birdersue.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
A calm little birding walk before work, and a friendly chat with this handsome Rock Dove. Happy Sunday all. 🪶
Rock Dove standing on a wall, looking to camera.
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St Aldhelms Birder @staldhelmsbirder.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Please take 1 minute to sign this petition to get these bloody things banned. With 100K signatures, Parliament will have to debate banning them
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Tom Sharpe @tomsharperocks.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Very much looking forward to seeing this new Mary Anning exhibition @dorsetmuseum.bsky.social which opens 6 months today, on 30 January 2027. More on it here: www.dorsetmuseum.org/whats-on/mar... where you'll also find a link to contribute to the museum's fundraising campaign for the exhibition.
A poster with a blue background and a circular inset portrait of Mary Anning and text: 'Coming in 2027 Mary Anning - Fossil Hunter 30 January - 2 May 2027 Guest curated by Tract Chevalier. Dorset Museum & Art Gallery'.
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Sue @birdersue.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Bill Oddie entertained and educated with passion, I’m sorry to hear he has left us. My condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues.
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Sue @birdersue.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
A couple of Privet Hawk-moth caterpillars seen at work yesterday, moved to a safe location. #Nature 💚
Two large bright green caterpillars, with white and purple markings. In a terracotta pot.
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Sue @birdersue.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Harmless 🦖 fun @edenproject.bsky.social #DinosaursReturn this evening. ‘Oh yeah. Ooh ahhh, that’s how it always starts. Then later there’s running and screaming.’ - Dr Ian Malcolm
Large model of a T Rex amongst foliage in the rainforest biome at the Eden Project.
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Sue @birdersue.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
The easiest Bird of the Day ever. They wake me up every morning, I love the sound.
Screen shot from Merlin Bird App. Bird of the Day found - European Herring Gull.
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The Wainwright Prizes @wainwrightprize.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
We're delighted to reveal the 2026 #WainwrightPrize longlists! 📚 From captivating nature writing & urgent conservation stories to children's books that spark curiosity, this year's lists celebrate the stories that connect people & planet. Discover more: wainwrightprize.com
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Sue @birdersue.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
My #Evolution @chrisgpackham.bsky.social Open University poster arrived, it’s excellent. #BirdsAreDinosaurs
Evolution poster featuring a flora and fauna tree of life. Reverse of the poster featuring a Ruling Reptiles tree, and text on Darwin, Evolution, Biodiversity, and Conservation.
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Sue @birdersue.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Epic news! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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First sighting of young puffin off Dorset coast for 30 years
Fears have been growing over the survival of the south coast's last puffin colony.
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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 22/07/2026
Stop scrolling!!! A puffling* has been spotted in Purbeck, Dorset for the first time in 30 years! *Baby puffin (yes, they have the cutest name)
A small bird - a young puffin - is seen in the gap between rocks on a cliff ledge
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Butterfly Conservation @savebutterflies.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
The Big Butterfly Count 2026 is here and butterflies need our help! 🦋 From now until 9 August, spend just 15 minutes outside counting the butterflies you see and help us take nature's pulse. The best part? Anyone, anywhere can take part. Count yourself in 👉 butrfli.es/3SVFepj
Close-up of a Peacock butterfly feeding on purple buddleia flowers against a light pink and purple background. Large text at the top reads "Count me in". Logo for Butterfly Conservation's Big Butterfly Count at the bottom. Image by Gundula Vogal
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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Gus the T. rex fetched $50.1 million at auction, a new record price for a dinosaur If this is how much dinosaurs cost now, how can museums afford them? Where does that leave science & education? Will the public still have opportunities to be inspired? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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T rex fossil ‘Gus’ sells for $50.1m at New York auction, setting new record
Skeleton judged to be one of the largest and most complete ever unearthed was excavated on a ranch in South Dakota
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Sue @birdersue.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
That was sensational 👏 Congratulations to everyone involved in making #Evolution @chrisgpackham.bsky.social
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Sue @birdersue.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Incredibly sad to hear that Sam Neil has left us. My condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues.
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Jay @kakapojay.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Evolution with Chris Packham premieres tomorrow on BBC Two and iPlayer! We have been working on this programme for nearly two years, and I am so excited for people to watch it. I am so proud of this project and of our team – here’s a short thread ahead of release! (1/14)
Poster for Evolution
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Dave Roberts. @djrlincsbirder.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
****Don't forget to leave out a wildlife water bowl.****
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Sue @birdersue.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Very happy to see this handsome Rook perched on a post outside the hardware store this morning. 🪶 🐦‍⬛
Large black Corvid bird perched on top of a post. Blue sky behind.
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