🎶And that my friends is why it’s called a Willow Warbler. Bang on time, back to breed in my local bit of the #YorkshireDales. Similar weight to a new pencil, bit better at long distance migration. Breeding Bird Surveys RSPB NorthYorksBirdNews The British Nature Guide #BirdsOfTwitter #birds

Bit of argy-bargy amongst the black-tailed #godwits fuelling up on my local #YorkshireDales pond (aka medieval moat) before onwards to #Iceland. Next to #curlew my favourite wader! Graham Appleton Project Godwit Wader Quest Working_for_Waders Mary Colwell #BirdsOfTwitter #birds

Brilliant that counts on my #YorkshireDales Wetland Bird Survey site join 13 million+ records dating back decades! Great citizen science & loads of fun. Saw gorgeous Lapwings this time (🙏 to H-keeper Bolton Abbey Estate for access). Mary Colwell Wader Study Working_for_Waders Wader Quest Dawn Balmer

Little Ringed Plover mating on a sunny #YorkshireDales morning- hours of courtship,nesting scraping and chasing off rivals! Schedule 1 so location withheld (reported on BirdTrack). UK RBBP RSPB Science Dawn Balmer Wader Quest NorthYorksBirdNews #BirdsOfTwitter #waders Graham Appleton

Fun walk round Carsington Water Water - Mr & Mrs Pochard x2 plus Mrs Red Crested Pochard - all together. Also nice views “winter resident” GN Diver 🙏 to Spurn Bird Observatory birders. Severn Trent RSPB Peak District National Park #derbyshiredales #BirdsOfTwitter #BirdsSeenIn2025 #birds

Literally just today (28.4.25) put it on my warmed up jacket potato! Perfectly fine after over a year in the office fridge 😂 Kate Jennings 💙 Stephen Moss Brigit Strawbridge

Any engineers able to ponder the force this Dipper exerts to lever these rocks with its teeny tiny beak!?! On the R. Wharfe y’day. NorthYorksBirdNews Stephen Moss RSPB Science Liz Bonnin 💙 Prof Steve Carver #birds #science #STEM #birdsoftwitter #YorkshireDales

Bit of a treat to see a chilled Barnacle Goose on my local bit of Leeds-Liverpool Canal last night! NorthYorksBirdNews Kane Brides RSPB Canal & River Trust Bradford Nature #BirdsSeenIn2025 #BirdsOfTwitter #birds #YorkshireDales

Fab chance encounter of Osprey right over my head last night at my local #YorkshireDales res y’day. Blue ring, right leg, but doubt code legible? Roy Dennis Foundation Osprey Leadership Foundation NorthYorksBirdNews RareBirdAlertUK #BirdsOfTwitter #birds RSPB

#curlew bathtime on my local #YorkshireDales Webs patch. I looked up just in time…#osprey! Blue colour ring. Mary Colwell Curlew Recovery South Lakes NorthYorksBirdNews Wetland Bird Survey RSPB #BirdsOfTwitter #birds

Grey Wagtails busy feeding their chicks right by my office door! 19th century #canal bridge in the #YorkshireDales Bradford Nature The British Nature Guide NorthYorksBirdNews #BirdsOfTwitter #birds Canal & River Trust

Just audible my first Pied Flycatcher of the year! Barden Bridge end of Bolton Abbey Estate. Hopefully lots in the nest boxes soon! NorthYorksBirdNews Bradford Nature Breeding Bird Surveys The British Nature Guide #birds #BirdsOfTwitter Little Green Space 🦋 Yorkshire Wildlife Trust - North Yorkshire

Bird’s Eye Primrose, Belted Galloways and blue skies 🌸

It’s all kicking off in my pond. Dragonfly larvae eats tadpole, frog seeks revenge and scoffs ovipositing damselflies. Was better than watching telly 📺 British Dragonfly Society Joel Ashton 🍃🌳🍃

First #curlew egg of my year! Found on my RSPB vol wader survey Forest of Bowland National Landscape this w’end! 🙏 to landowner for access. Mary Colwell Curlew Recovery South Lakes Hill Top Farm Wader Quest Curlew Action Wader Study #BirdsOfTwitter

Great poster 👇 - so imp to protect ground nesting birds by responsible behaviour. Eggs can be practically invisible! This avocado sized #curlew egg from my vol RSPB survey last week. Mary Colwell Curlew Recovery South Lakes Hill Top Farm Wader Quest Curlew Country The Irish Breeding Curlew EIP

A fitting endorsement for a great young campaigner - who really shouldn’t have to take on water companies and politicians but does so with energy, intelligence, laser focus and creativity! Feargal Sharkey

Please can we support farmers to lift more mowers for #curlew? This nest (#YorkshireDales) mown out in a flash, curlew returned secs later to nest gone. Mary Colwell Curlew Recovery South Lakes Curlew Country Curlews in crisis Wader Quest Wader Study #BirdsOfTwitter NorthYorksBirdNews

Reed buntings are a tad under appreciated IMHO - some great photos 👇 and my little vid - adult male with mouthful for chicks, along Leeds Liverpool Canal this week. NorthYorksBirdNews The British Nature Guide RSPB Canal & River Trust Bradford Nature Breeding Bird Surveys #BirdsOfTwitter #BirdsUp

Gobsmacking views of Marsh Harriers preparing to nest at Trimley marshes SuffolkWildlifeTrust reserve y’day. Breeding Bird Surveys BBC Suffolk BTO Suffolk Essex Birdwatching Society Ed Keeble Suffolk & Essex Coast & Heaths National Landscape #BirdsOfTwitter #BIRDSTORY #birds