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Colin Conroy @colintheconroy.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

This is brilliant, thanks for doing this. Would you be able to send me the list (I’m keeping track of all the flora and fauna there)?

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Colin Conroy @colintheconroy.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Thanks. It seems I had to verify my age. I think I’ve sorted it now

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Colin Conroy @colintheconroy.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Thanks. I couldn’t figure out how to let you message me but have sent you a message so hopefully you’ll be able to reply

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Colin Conroy @colintheconroy.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

@nybirdnews.bsky.social Hiya. I couldn’t find something to click on to let you message me but hopefully sending you a message will let you reply. Thanks Colin

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Colin Conroy @colintheconroy.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Do they generally roost in the same spot and is this anywhere near the Cormorant colony or somewhere else? Roughly what direction looking out from the hide? Thanks in advance for any help that you can offer

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Colin Conroy @colintheconroy.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

@teesbirds.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social After two failed trips to look for the Night-herons at Bolton-on-Swale, it’s time to ask for help. Firstly- have I been going to the right bird hide (the one by the little car park-shown here)? Next - whereabouts is the roost in relation to the hide?

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Colin Conroy @colintheconroy.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

@teesbirds.bsky.social Whinchat near the car park at Dorman’s Pool this afternoon (digiscoped shots)

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Colin Conroy @colintheconroy.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Nice. That’s a different Ruff than the one that was on the causeway in Saltholme West yesterday afternoon (Saturday). That was one of the ones with orange and black

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Colin Conroy @colintheconroy.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Hmm it doesn’t seem to be letting me attach a video. Here’s a photo instead

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Colin Conroy @colintheconroy.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

@teesbirds.bsky.social Dorman’s pool this morning. Nothing fabulously rare but several pintail and gadwall, lots of Shelduck, a Marsh Harrier drifted over flushing the ducks, and a Cetti’s Warbler really going for it. Plus I digiscoped this little film of a Little Egret in front of the hide

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Colin Conroy @colintheconroy.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Good to see they’re still there Ian. And the number of White-fronts seems to be gradually going up and up

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Colin Conroy @colintheconroy.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

I think it’s a hybrid but I am not 100% sure

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Colin Conroy @colintheconroy.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

@teesbirds.bsky.social Loads of geese in the field opposite Macklin Avenue as it’s starting to get dark this evening. At least 34 White-fronts, 4 Tundra Beans and three Pink-feet plus 30-odd Greylags

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Colin Conroy @colintheconroy.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

@teesbirds.bsky.social 30 White-fronted Geese, 20 Greylags and 2 Tundra Bean Geese by pool in field opposite end of Macklin Avenue now (11.43am Sunday 8th Feb)

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Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

I often get asked about the Miyawaki method of forest restoration, usually by people who have heard extraordinary claims for it. Morales et al. (2025) have reviewed the evidence and found it to be weak or absent. 🌏🧪🌳🌲 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Tiny forests, huge claims: The evidence gap behind the Miyawaki method for forest restoration

To scale up restoration effectively, practitioners and policymakers should prioritize methods supported by robust empirical evidence rather than relying on untested claims. Our findings highlight the...

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Colin Conroy @colintheconroy.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Sorry for the slow reply. Unfortunately I can’t make it on the 2nd

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Colin Conroy @colintheconroy.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Ah, they have replied now and they are still in operation

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Colin Conroy @colintheconroy.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

@teesbirds.bsky.social does anyone know if Northern Experience Wildlife Tours (that run pelagics out of North Shields) are still operating? Their website is showing trips with spaces available but the booking system doesn’t work and they are not answering emails or the phone

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Colin Conroy @colintheconroy.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Thanks Nate. I even think Blue Tits and Great Tits are very underappreciated - very common but also very beautiful

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Colin Conroy @colintheconroy.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Loved the episode. Also enjoyed the latest one about why birders go where they go - although I got a bit annoyed with the several digs at Western European birds being ‘boring’. Very unjust criticism I think 😊

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Colin Conroy @colintheconroy.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Brilliant podcast from the BBC World service- ‘Birding the gender gap - how studying female birds is reshaping our understanding of nature’. Featuring the Galbatrosses team at the World Series of birding www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... @n8swick.bsky.social @hannahgoesbirding.bsky.social

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The Documentary - Birding the gender gap - BBC Sounds

How studying female birds is reshaping our understanding of nature

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Colin Conroy @colintheconroy.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

@teesbirds.bsky.social @teeswildlife.bsky.social We’ve got a wildflower walk at Middle Marsh on Sunday (10-12) led by brilliant local botanist Martin Allen. It promises to be really good. Click on the attached link for details and to book www.eventbrite.com/e/wildflower...

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Colin Conroy @colintheconroy.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

@teesbirds.bsky.social Reed Warbler singing in the reeds by the biggest pond at Middle Marsh just now. The first here since the ponds were dug (we had them occasionally before)

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Colin Conroy @colintheconroy.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

@teesbirds.bsky.social My first visit in ages to South Gare. Very quiet. Most exciting thing was 1 Purple Sandpiper with a Turnstone towards the end of the lighthouse pier

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Colin Conroy @colintheconroy.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Thanks Richard (see my main replies below) - I would like to share your article on other social media if that’s okay. When was it written? I can’t find a date on it

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Colin Conroy @colintheconroy.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

…huge increase because (probably) of feeding), I wonder what effect they have had there on the birds that were there before

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Colin Conroy @colintheconroy.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

The nest box issue is one I thought of while ready your article so I was interested to see it mentioned towards the end. I’m also wondering about Lesser Spots and whether the huge increase of GSW has been part of their decline. And on GSW- since they’ve colonised Ireland (poss related to their …

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Colin Conroy @colintheconroy.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Thanks for your replies Richard. Wow, that is definitely food for thought (sorry about the pun). I’ve actually pretty much stopped feeding in my garden but mainly because so few birds come now that the food doesn’t get eaten and goes bad.

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Colin Conroy @colintheconroy.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Is there actually research to show that connection between increase in Blue tits and Great tits and the loss of Willow Tits? I would have thought reduction in good wet woodland habitat would be a big part of it.

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

🚨 620,000 songbirds were illegally trapped and killed in Cyprus in autumn 2024 alone. A new report by @birdlifecyprus.bsky.social reveals mist net trapping is on the rise in the Republic of Cyprus, driven by organised trappers. Action is needed now. More in the video below 👇

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talia jane @taliajane.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

i hope he sues the fuck out of this government holy shit is this disgusting

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Palustris @palustris.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

A prime objective of the Far Right is to roll back decades of hard-won environmental protections so that their Oligarch paymasters can reap greater profits. If Trump's British cheerleaders in Reform ever get a sniff of power, the same will happen here. www.epa.gov/newsreleases...

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EPA Launches Biggest Deregulatory Action in U.S. History | US EPA

EPA News Release: EPA Launches Biggest Deregulatory Action in U.S. History

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Colin Conroy @colintheconroy.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

I think that’s over-simplifying it Mark. It’s not just about making ourselves feel better. Feeding really helps birds survive lean times. We need to learn from mistakes - by changing how we feed birds, by cleaning our feeders muuuuch more frequently and by gardening to provide more ‘natural’ food

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