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Be Kind to Wasps! A plea for tolerance of these fascinating and useful creatures. youtu.be/bhAgza_E3ww

The UK's rarest breeding birds - the Montagu's Harrier - have successfully raised four chicks for the first time in six years.

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A new hoverfly species for us yesterday and in the garden too. A female Melangyna umbellatarum - their larvae, apparently, feed on aphids on umbellifers. Another lovely looking hover!

Tony Marr: 1939-2025 Keith Betton pays tribute to Tony Marr, a legendary figure of British birding who recently passed away: bit.ly/4fmr87F

A 🧵 if I may… Earlier this year I read a column by Giles Coren (Google it) about how he got tested and then diagnosed with prostate cancer. It reminded me I must get myself checked. So in March I had a PSA test. It came back a bit high at 5.2. The GP said the chances of it…

One of Dawlish Warren NNR signature species, a wolf spider Dave Jewell Dawlish Warren Dean Hall

Slim pickings unless plum picking. Great to add Lesser Whitethroat to my garden list. Brilliant birds.

Numbers of birds on the increase at #RSPBSnettisham now RSPB Titchwell Marsh RSPB

Brimstone nectaring on Betony.

Soaring on thermals above Caithness's rugged sea cliffs, this majestic adult White-tailed eagle treated me to amazing views. Just me and the King of the Skies alone for 20 minutes! Awesome - one of my top birding experiences for sure ☺️👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Here we go again - roadside verges scalped along A40 near Letterston, Pembrokeshire. Its no wonder #insects in steep decline. There's no food for them. Come on Welsh Government sort this out. Its not hard. Just stop trashing #verges Let them grow! Traffic Wales South Huw Irranca-Davies

Our first Wasp Spider seen in Warwickshire today. Note the disparity in rear leg size for some reason.

If you like your birds rare, big, spectacular and close, the Boyton Marshes Black Stork is for you. This afternoon it was feeding completely unconcernedly at down to 6ft range! (More pics on cleybirds.com tomorrow.)

Test match viewing interrupted by visitor rather closer than usual. Jumped the fence out of view behind bush. I'm wondering about winter feeding and not just birds.

Amazing start to August for me with a productive 1.5 hour visit to Beer Head this morning. A proper autumn flurry of migrants with singles of Pied and Spotted Fly, Lesser and Common Whitethroat, Wheatear and Sedge Warbler and 22+ Willow Warblers. Absolutely loved it! #birding

Extra-spicy spicy sky raisins... Radioactive wasp nest discovered at old US nuclear weapons site - BBC News share.google/qrZZn2bdjGPWLD…

Today a brief rest of the #levante wind as it dropped to a Force 6 and with the wind having halted progress for these wind warriors tens of thousands of Black Kites have amassed at the gateway between the two continents. The various ages and individual characters apparent as

From the so called sheltered east side of Barra as #StormFloris came through. Was filming the car being buffeted by the storm and caught this. Missed fortunately