Adrian Davey

@gow_derek Exactly what I say, what do they think pheasants eat, yes anything including Insects, birds eggs etc, what a negative impact this must have in our native wildlife.

Opinion: Idiotic release of lynx in Highlands damages rewilders’ bid to turn back the clock - The Telegraph. Well the usual from the Telegraph. How does this compare to 50 million pheasants which are domesticated that starve and die annually ? Also cruel ? apple.news/AJpG0dooPS2eRy…

@gow_derek I’ve noticed this in the local area as well and wondered what the reason is. Is this in the name of conservation, if so makes no sense to me.

I watched the lord of the rings with my kid over Christmas. If the Ents lived still they would be furious. But this is a farming and conservation project with tax payers money ripping down and burning old if not ancient trees and levelling the river banks where the beavers live.

@Kernowringer @CBWPS1 @maxshearwater @camelbirder @BobBosisto @RunnelStone That makes me a real oldie. My only other sighting was a Rame in 1999!.must try and get down for this one.

Absolutely delighted to connect with the Lizard Red-flanked Blue-tail this afternoon. A highly hoped-for bird by many of the "younger" local birders after an absence in Cornwall of over 20 years!

@JWentomologist Will tune in.

@markrabailey Remember it well. Fabulous bird.

A trip down memory lane - 38 years ago today and the 31/3/86 was also on an Easter weekend and one of the most famous finds in birding folklore - Gyrfalcon - Berry Head

Another close encounter with a stunning Short Eared Owl.

Love watching Short Eared Owls

Lovely pair of Sparrowhawks, regular visitors to our garden. Broadwoodwidger, Devon.

Little Egret looking good in the afternoon sun. Cornwall.

We usually see Choughs when down in West Cornwall, we were having lunch when two came down beside us for a dip. Right time , right place for a change.

No matter how long you’ve been birding, it’s still a thrill when a Kingfisher lands right in front of you.

@gow_derek Needless and very sad.

This is quite simply evil.

Dark Giant Horsefly. Like a normal Horsefly on steroids.

Sparrow construction.

@swoptics @paulmarshall77 @lawlor157 Great find Steve.

Bob Bosisto informs me that the Band-rumped Petrel at Porthgwarra last October has been accepted. 4th record. Thanks to the other six observers for help with descriptions. @paulmarshall77 @lawlor157 MElliott NRogers, RArcher JOverfield. Submission here: swopticsphoto.com/2023/07/band-r…

Two sides of the Coot, the gentle side with the parent tenderly feeding it’s chick and the aggressive side when fighting breaks out between themselves. Cornwall.

@gow_derek Great find, nice to know they are in the local area, will keep a look out for them.

As we change, create and plant. Some things truly find their own way. I do not believe that all will do so have no qualms about adding. But this today was no addition. In scrub created by beavers the first green hairstreak I have ever seen on my farm. rewildingcoombeshead.co.uk

A pair of Bullfinches feeding on Dandelion seeds . Roadford lake, Devon.

Mowed a path through my little meadow today, but very few butterflies or other insects around. But my pond has lots of dragons and damsels chasing each other around. Broadwoodwidger. Devon.

Every year I look forward to the Dragons and Damsels emerging from our pond, here’s a fresh immature male Emperor Dragonfly.Broadwoodwidger,West Devon.