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@wildlenslife.bsky.social
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Birding BSc (Hon) Environmental Science Student Hiking Nature Nerd Wildlife Photography - all photos my own (raw with no edits unless specified) Wildlife Watch Leader - @scotwildlife.bsky.social NE Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
So many lives are lost in bird netting. If you see it, report it.
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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
It's 2026. The question isn't which thing can we burn to produce electricity that is slightly less worse than the other things we burn. Building new infrastructure to burn things in 2026 is peak stupidity and greed. Luckily solar, wind and storage are cheaper.
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Burning wood for power worse for climate than gas equivalent, report finds
Research casts doubt on plans by UK government to offer subsidies for carbon capture attached to the power source
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Lisa @wildlenslife.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Hey @ashwhiffin.bsky.social can you or your fellow entomologists help identify this old nest? Found inside a small bird box in Northeast Scotland. It’s about the size of a 50p. Or is it just a wasps nest that got abandoned as the space was too small? @royentsoc.bsky.social #natureisamazing #insects
Image of an insects nest found inside a bird box. Image of an insects nest found inside a bird box. Image of an insects nest found inside a bird box.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
How much more evidence do we need? The ultra-rich and the governments supporting them will destroy everything for the sake of profit, power and pride. Nothing is precious to them - not human life, not the living world - except their own wealth and status. Our survival depends on resisting them.
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Lisa @wildlenslife.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Feeling like I walked straight into Narnia at sunset today! The peace, beauty and silence snow brings is just magical! Watching a Goldcrest flit around beneath the trees to bathe in the snow was just an added bonus! 🥰 (Panoramic photo, may need to click on it for full image.) #Nature
Panoramic photo of orange and blue skies at sunset above various trees covered in snow.
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Birds of the World | The Cornell Lab @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Just another day to get lost in the world of birds! birdsoftheworld.org Check out the surprise me button.
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Lisa @wildlenslife.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
“A protected colony cannot recover while it is still being killed” Come on @naturescot.bsky.social give nature a chance!! End the guga hunt! #Birds #Seabirds
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Gannet petition - Protect the Wild
Petition to NatureScot: Revoke the Licence to Kill Gannets on Sula Sgeir 15232 people have taken action so far. Help us reach 20000 First name Last name Email Phone Subject Letter We, the undersigned,...
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Lisa @wildlenslife.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Not the best photo but delighted to have finally seen the Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer) that’s been visiting the harbour this winter. Well worth the early start leading to numb fingers and toes! 🥶 #BirdingScotland #Birds #SuperSeabirdSunday
A Great Northern Diver out at sea
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Lisa @wildlenslife.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
‘It fully changed my life!’ How young rewilders transformed a farm – and began a movement #Rewildling
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‘It fully changed my life!’ How young rewilders transformed a farm – and began a movement
At Maple Farm, nature is returning in droves: nightingales, grass snakes, slowworms, bats and insects. All due to the vision of a group determined to accelerate its recovery
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Lisa @wildlenslife.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Discovering Desertas petrels are storm chasers is a pretty cool start to the day! 🌪️ #BirdMigration
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Bird migration is changing. What does this reveal about our planet? – visualised
Bird migrations rank as one of nature’s greatest spectacles. Thanks to GPS tracking, scientists are uncovering extraordinary insights into ancient and mysterious journeys – and new threats that are re...
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BirdLife International @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Celebrating the life of a conservation legend. 🕊️ Today, we reflect on the extraordinary life of Dame Jane Goodall (1934 - 2025). Jane was a world-renowned expert on chimpanzees and a passionate advocate for community-led conservation action. 🌿 Read more here: www.birdlife.org/news/2025/10...
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In tribute to Dame Jane Goodall, a conservation legend
Today, we pay tribute to conservation hero Dame Jane Goodall (1934-2025).
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Lisa @wildlenslife.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
After recently capturing this pair of gannets with their egg, I was concerned about their success and survival. This paper gives me hope that they’ve all made it! 😊 #BirdingScotland 🐦 🌿 📷
Pair of gannets clutching an egg on the cliff.
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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
It’s always difficult, I think, to do a post out of the blue where you just come straight out and say “BUY MY BOOK HERE LOOK HERE IT IS” without any preamble, but sometimes you just have to take a deep breath and do it. Tl;dr: BUY MY BOOK HERE LOOK HERE IT IS levparikian.com/index.php/pr...
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Book: Why Do Birds Suddenly Disappear?
A signed copy of Why Do Birds Suddenly Disappear? Fill in the ‘dedication’ box if you would like a special message as well as a signature. Format: paperback
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UKCEHseabirds @ukcehseabirds.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
The post breeding season fieldwork has begun with shag ring resighting on the go. Please send any colour ringed shag sightings from the UK east coast to shags@ceh.ac.uk
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Lisa @wildlenslife.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
What a capture…so beautiful! 😍 #Birds
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Lisa @wildlenslife.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Hey fellow 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 birders can you help? Common or Scottish Crossbill? Spotted in the pine woods of Glen Tanar Estate today. @twmar.bsky.social @stevedudley.bsky.social @naturalistsam.bsky.social @inchgarthbirding.bsky.social @anthrobirder.bsky.social #BirdingScotland #Birds #BirdingUK
Photo of a crossbill perched on top of a pine treePhoto of a crossbill perched on top of a pine treePhoto of a crossbill perched on top of a pine treePhoto of a crossbill perched on top of a pine tree
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Dave Goulson @davegoulson.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
New research from Pesticide Action Network reveals the extent of pesticide use by UK councils. These are poisons being sprayed in your street, your local park. Pls share. For links to the full report & to find out what you can do, follow the link below www.pan-uk.org/pesticide-fr...
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Butterfly Conservation @savebutterflies.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
The Big Butterfly Count 2025 is here and butterflies need our help 🦋🚨 This isn't just a survey, it's a rescue mission, and we need everyone to get involved. No lab coats. No science degrees. Just 15 minutes of your time. ⏱️ Get out for the count 👉 bigbutterflycount.org
A Common Blue butterfly is perched on heather against a pink background. Text overlay reads "Get out for the count" with Butterfly Conservation's Big Butterfly Count logo above it. In the bottom right corner, the text reads 'exclusive media partner' with BBC Countryfile Magazine logo. Photo credit Matt Berry
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Ginny @ginnysanderson.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Some devastating news today. Earlier this year the First Minister @johnswinney.bsky.social said "nature should be at the heart of climate action". This decision flies in the face of that.
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Scottish Wildlife Trust @scotwildlife.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
We are extremely concerned to hear that consent has been given to Berwick Bank Offshore Wind Farm, which will be one of the world's largest such developments, sited in an internationally important area for seabirds. Read on for our full statement 🧵👇 (1/7)
A kittiwake flying over the sea. It is a medium-sized grey and white gull with black wing tips. Credit: Chris Gomersall/2020VISION
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Steven Neish @findinganeish.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Back to normal yesterday, spotting wildlife in Aberdeen. I really enjoyed my time on the Rhine in Germany and the Netherlands but it can’t compete with the Dee where biodiversity is concerned.
A grey seal looks up from the shadows beneath Victoria Bridge.A bottlenose dolphin breaches next to North Pier as it enters Aberdeen Harbour.A fox cub emerges from the bushes into a quiet car park.An adult fox follows its young out of their den and only the streets of Aberdeen.
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Lisa @wildlenslife.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Blue tit fledglings enjoying the sanctuary of my garden to get a good feed from Mum! 🐥🥰 🪶🌿📷 #Birds #ScottishWildlife #WildlifePhotography #TwosDay #Nature
Two blue tit fledglings on a buddleia branch. Two blue tit fledglings on a buddleia branch. Blue tit fledgling and mum on an a acer tree branch. Blue tit fledgling being fed by mum both perched on an acer tree branch.
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
The difference just 4 years can make when land is released from overgrazing. Nothing was planted here: all these native trees, wildflowers, etc, came naturally, along with loads of butterflies, birds, + other animal life. THIS is how we reverse nature loss. #Rewilding 🌍
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Lisa @wildlenslife.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
To invest in nature you have to stop destroying it! @snp.org @johnswinney.bsky.social “We are utterly dismayed by this news... To see it destroyed in a National Park beggars belief. This proposal contravenes multiple regulations and sparked vast opposition locally and nationally.” buff.ly/OIP5tbf
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Loch Lomond Flamingo Land resort set for approval after appeal
The theme park operator wants to build a £40m resort with a waterpark, monorail, hotel and restaurants.
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Lisa @wildlenslife.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Amazing young talent! 🤩 #Birds
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Lisa @wildlenslife.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Finally managed to see and capture the beautiful and elusive Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella naevia) that has been teasing me with its reeling for the last few weeks! I have never seen a bird open its beak so wide to sing! #Birds #BirdingScotland #SpringMigrant #UKWildlife 🪶 🌿 📷
Picture of a grasshopper warbler among branches of greenery reeling away
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BirdLife Europe & Central Asia @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
📢 New report: 5 years left to stop illegal bird killing 🚨 Millions of birds are illegally killed every year in Europe, the Middle East & North Africa. The goal to halve this by 2030 is still within reach if we act now! Read more: www.birdlife.org/news/2025/05... #FlightForSurvival
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Ruth Tingay @ruthtingay.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
UK Govt is holding a public consultation on its plans to further restrict burning on England's peatlands, 80% of which are currently degraded. Setting fire to grouse moors to produce artificially high numbers of red grouse for shooting must stop. Have your say 🔽 wildjustice.org.uk/general/plea...
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Sussex Wildlife Trust @sussexwildlife.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Take a moment for yourself and reconnect with nature this #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek 💚🌿 Spending time outdoors can boost your wellbeing and lower stress levels. Tune into the sounds of wildlife while you wander 👉 buff.ly/RVLCOrs
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Lisa @wildlenslife.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
An amazing weekend of #Birding! Highlights: witnessing Black Grouse Lekking, a White-Tailed Eagle soaring above my head, a male Hen Harrier, Ravens, Cuckoos and my favourite Lapwings to name a few! Also finally managed to capture a Skylark! Worth the 5am start both mornings! #BirdingScotland 🦅 🪶🌿 📷
A Skylark standing among tall pale grass.A Cuckoo perched high on the conifer treetops with blue sky behind.Black Grouse Lek with 4 males on a grassy field.A Lapwing walking on grass beside a fence.
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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 09/05/2025
Millions of migratory birds spend part of their lives in cities—breeding, feeding, or stopping to rest. Ahead of #MigratoryBirdDay, we join the call to turn our urban cities into #SharedSpaces —bird-friendly cities that benefit both birds and people.http://www.worldmigratorybirdday.org
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Lisa @wildlenslife.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
"It's surely our responsibility to do everything within our power to create a planet that provides a home not just for us, but for all life on Earth." ~ Sir David Attenborough ~ #EarthDay #EveryoneNeedsNature #ScottishWildlife #WildlifePhotography 🌿 📷 🐝 🦊 🦋 🦌
Bumblebee with a full golden pollen sac in flight approaching a pink poppy. Fox cub curiously walking along a gravel path with a grass verge.Small tortoiseshell butterfly with outstretched wings on a meadow thistle.Sunlight image of a baby deer standing among tall grasses with its head down sniffing the ground.
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 14/04/2025
100 years of average January-March temperature anomalies over land areas through 2025... This data offers a window of our changing climate. Data available from NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0 at www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 15/04/2025
🚨 I have another record to share - carbon dioxide (CO₂) averaged a record high of 428.2 ppm in March 2025 10 years ago March averaged about 401.7 ppm Provided by gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/. Climate monitoring and data like this are at risk. #StandUpForScience
Red line graph time series of monthly carbon dioxide abundance from January 1959 through March 2025. There is a seasonal cycle and long-term increasing trend. Current levels of CO2 are at 428 ppm. This is the Keeling Curve graph. A line for CO2 10 years ago is also annotated.
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Debs Allbrook @debsallbrook.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Listen up anyone working in the Irish Sea this summer! We tagged a bunch of kitts in Liverpool Bay and want to gather as many resightings as we can. If you spot these yellow colour rings please give me a shout (dla205@exeter.ac.uk) 🐦💍💛 (Modelled by our very own VIP 😌👑) #Seabirds #IrishSea
A juvenile kittiwake in the hand, wearing a 3-digit coded yellow colour ring, a red plastic ring and a metal ring.
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Connor Dupree-Sood @trailofatraveler.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
How can we expect to have a country of highly educated individuals when most of our science-backed and peer reviewed articles exist behind a paywall? Meanwhile, all the misinformation and intentionally biased news is easily available and always free. #OpenAccess #ScienceForAll #FreeScience
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Lisa @wildlenslife.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Stumbled across a busy little coal tit (Periparus ater) carrying moss for nesting material. Entered the field slowly to watch where it was disappearing to and found where the nest was being built! Surprised to discover it was in a crevice of a low stone dyke. 🪶🌿📷 🪺 #BirdingScotland #Birds
Coal tit in a tree with moss in its beak. Blue skies and branches fill the background. Coal tit on a wire with moss in its beak. Green grass blurred in the background.Coal tit perched against a stone dyke with moss in its beak, next to a small crevice. Coal tit peeping out of a crevice in a stone dyke.
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Lisa @wildlenslife.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Thank you for a wonderful Friday evening @hamzayassin.bsky.social Gutted I couldn’t stay on to meet you, but grateful for the pre-signed book! Hope to meet you on the West coast someday! 🦦 🦅 🦌 📷 #NatureNerds #Birders #EasilyDistractedByBirds
Book cover that reads - 
Hamza Yassin Be a Birder
My Love of Birdwatching and How to Get Started
'Brings a little bit of joy to us all'
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'He is delight and joy personified'
Marian Keyes
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Image shows artwork of Hamza wearing a yellow jacket and blue jeans, looking over the land and out to the sea with binoculars.
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Lauren Rosenthal @laurenthal.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Almost all NOAA Research websites that rely on cloud services - including Amazon, Google and WordPress - are poised to disappear at midnight ET Saturday after a contract was targeted for "early termination." Labs may also feel the effects. Story for @bloomberg.com (free link):
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US Weather Agency Websites to Vanish Under Planned Contract Cuts
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency is poised to eliminate most websites tied to its research division under plans for the cancellation of a cloud web services contract, a move that could s...
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Scottish Wildlife Trust @scotwildlife.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Looking to share your passion for the natural world? Why not volunteer as a Wildlife Watch leader? 💚 We are currently looking for volunteers to join six of our Wildlife Watch groups across Scotland! Find out more and apply today! 👇 buff.ly/fAvR0hc #Scotland #wildlife #WildlifeWatch
A photo of an adult kneeling next to a child, both looking through binoculars towards the camera. They are in a field of tall gorse and heather on a clear sunny day.
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Lisa @wildlenslife.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Brilliant! 😆
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Lisa @wildlenslife.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
When you time your evening walk perfectly to be met with the sun and songbirds after a day studying and rain! Never tire of hearing the dynasty of Goldcrests! 🥰 #NatureTherapy #NatureWalk #LowCarbonBirding #BirdingScotland #LocalPatch
A portrait photo of a blue sky, bushes and grass, and a persons shadow meeting the meandering path leading to the trees.
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Dawn Balmer @debalmer.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Important info for #UKBirding #BirdingScotland #BirdingWales
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Lisa @wildlenslife.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Calling all young nature lovers! Aberdeen Wildlife Watch is back! 🌿🪶🍄🪺🦆🐸🐞🐿️🦋🪲🪱🦔🐝🦇 Spring into April’s session to learn about bird migration, then get your hands messy planting sunflowers! 🕊️🪴🌻 #ScottishWildlife #Aberdeen #Nature #WildlifeWatch @scotwildlife.bsky.social
Poster advertising a wildlife group for children run by volunteers through the Scottish Wildlife Trust. 
Text on the poster states:

ABERDEEN WILDLIFE WATCH FIRST SATURDAY OF EVERY MONTH AT DUTHIE PARK 10AM - 12 PM
Free for children aged 8 - 12 at Duthie Park to come along and learn about wildlife and nature.
Parents/ guardians welcome to stay but not required.
For further information:
Facebook: Wildlife Watch Aberdeen
Email: wildlifewatchaberdeen@gmail.com
FREE OF CHARGE - DONATIONS
ALWAYS WELCOME
Scan the QR code to learn more about our events!
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Mark Eaton @markaeaton.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Insight into the top field craft skills employed to see the Mallard x Eider hybrid at Seahouses this morning 😉 #NEbirding #birds
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Lisa @wildlenslife.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
#ThrowbackThursday to the time a Great Tit (Parus major) squared up to me! 👊🏻 #Birds #WildlifePhotography #UKWildlife #ScottishWildlife 🪶🌿📷
A great tit staring straight into the camera lens standing on a bed of leaves.
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Brigit Strawbridge @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
This research study by @rosybeeplants.bsky.social is a must-read for anyone seeking to attract pollinators to their garden! 🌸 🐝 🦋 🌼 🌿 🪰 #pollinators #bees #butterflies #flies #gardeningforwildlife #gardeningforpollinators
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Scottish Wildlife Trust @scotwildlife.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Check out these fantastic photos of female osprey, NC0, enjoying a fish supper at Loch of the Lowes Visitor Centre and Wildlife Reserve! 🦅 📸 Photos courtesy of Mark Westgarth Photography #Scotland #wildlife #osprey #birdingScotland
Female osprey, NC0, flying with a fish in her talons that she has caught at the Scottish Wildlife Trust's Loch of the Lowes Wildlife Reserve.Female osprey, NC0, landing on the branch of an old tree with a fish she has caught. The branch is next to the osprey nest at the Scottish Wildlife Trust's Loch of the Lowes Wildlife Reserve.Female osprey, NC0, flying with a fish in her talons while being mobbed by a crow. NC0 has caught the fish at the Scottish Wildlife Trust's Loch of the Lowes Wildlife Reserve.Female osprey, NC0, perched on a branch with a fish she has caught. The osprey looks nobly towards the camera near the osprey nest at the Scottish Wildlife Trust's Loch of the Lowes Wildlife Reserve.
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Steve Dudley @stevedudley.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
This is brilliant from the BTO and for great they spell it out. And great to see one of our leading birding / ornithology orgs saying high carbon birding isn’t what they agree with 👏🏼 #birdingWales #birdingScotland #UKbirding #LowCarbonBirding
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Often, the evidence for widespread pre-existing rainforest is staring us right in the face, as with these ancient tree stumps protruding from a sheep-shaved wasteland. Our country has been turned into a graveyard of past rich ecosystems. Rewilding is the power to reverse that. 🌍
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