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Spoonbills flying past Alderney this afternoon RSPB The British Nature Guide AlderneyWT GuernseyBRC The Wildlife Trusts BTO BBC Springwatch RSPB Birders BirdGuides NatureUK

Alderney Wins the Exciting New RHS Award “Gardening for Wildlife”. The award highlights Alderney's success in fostering environments that benefit birds, bees, butterflies and other wildlife.

*Rare sighting* In this month's Wetland Bird Survey, our team spotted a Tufted Duck with a nasal plate at Crabby Quarry. This duck was tagged 320 miles away, in the northeast of France in March 2024. Tara Cox

Wildlife sightings last week: Bottlenose dolphins, grey seals, peregrine, little egret, shoveler, mallard and little grebe Photos by Alex Purdie and Abigail de Castella

Do you have pictures of gulls eating stuff? We've just launched a brand new citizen science project that aims to collate photos of what gulls are eating - for science! If you think you can help, register at CitSci citsci.org/projects/gulls…. BTO eBird RSPB 1/2

Wait, what? Christmas is in town? Photo: Grey Heron by Alex Purdie

Marine discoveries of 2024 in the UK: 🐌 Sea slugs 🌿 New seaweeds 🦈 Tope sharks 🐢 Loggerhead turtle Conservation does work—but we need stronger protections for blue carbon habitats. Full report here: wildlifetrusts.org/news/sea-slugs…

Alderney's Ramsar Site/work brings Alderney national attention. AWT's work monitoring of gannets by drones with Seabird Watch and marine surveying on Alderney, and the Alderney State of Nature Project were mentioned in several national newspapers Alex Purdie

🌟Merry Christmas, everyone! Photo credits: Little Grebes, Coot, Shoveler, Ringed Plovers, Turnstone, Black-headed Gulls - Thanh Doan

Alderney Puffin nests almost trebled since 2005 bbc.in/3BCZhkn

Wow, what a stare! A kestrel perching near Longis Bird Hide Photo credit: Thanh Doan

A Red Kite hunting at Kiln Farm This is a rare sighting spotted by local wildlife photographer James Brenton 💚 ! There are now around 6,000 pairs of Red Kites in the UK. Photo credit: James Brenton

Last Sunday, we did the Wetland Bird Survey. Highlights included a Brent Goose at Longis Bay, six Grey Plovers at Saye, three Mediterranean Gulls at Braye, 40 Ringed Plovers at Platte Saline, and two Common Scoters at Braye. Photos by Matt Lewis and Mediterranean Gull

A humpback whale was spotted about 5 miles northwest of Casquets on 16 January. Please see the video here facebook.com/reel/515545534… #humpbackwhale

A rare sighting of a humpback whale in Alderney's waters! It was spotted about 5 miles northwest of Casquets on 16 January by Clem Carter, a member of the public Photo credits: Clem Carter

📷The gannets landed on Les Etacs today! After overwintering off the west coast of North Africa and the Bay of Biscay, these seabirds have returned to their breeding site. They will reunite with their mates and start preparing for the nesting season. Photos by Alex Purdie

Approximately 18 bottlenose dolphins were spotted last week at the bottom of Essex Hill. Brilliant videos recorded by our Ramsar Ecologist, Niamh McDevitt

Can you identify this? . . It's Oak Marble Gall Wasp, also known as 'oak nuts'. It produces hard, woody, marble-like balls that can be found on oak twigs, often in clusters. Photo by Tara Cox

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Did you know that ringed plovers' breeding season is about to start? Alderney has the last consistently breeding ringed plover population in the Channel Islands. We'll continue to put up cordons on Platte Saline and Saye to protect these waders during their vulnerable time.