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I took my binoculars for a walk this morning – we went to Stanwick Lakes on their 45th birthday. They seemed to cope well enough. They weren’t needed to identify the singing Chiffchaffs but they came into their own for some distant Sand Martins – my first of 2021. Later, in the sunny garden as…

The joint NGO petition is four weeks old and it is just shy of 100,000 signatures – not bad at all. It’s been a good week. We need more good weeks, and quite a few of them, to power through the 250,000 signature barrier and beccome truly noticeable and powerful. Thanks mostly to @Team4Nature’s social…

This day-flying moth can be seen on sunny days at this time of year. They are often seen around the tops of birch trees but will come to the ground to bask at times.

Tim writes: these two Spoonbills flew over me at St Aidan’s RSPB reserve in West Yorkshire in September.  Spoonbills fly with their necks outstretched unlike herons and egrets that tuck their necks in while flying.  This is an adult on the left plus a juvenile with black wing tips and I was pleased to catch…