Francis Peplow

That's one I never expected to see in the Midlands! #chough

I travelled through Great Nicobar today. These are the most extraordinary forests I have ever seen in my life. Trees older than memory. Forests that took generations to grow. The people on this island are equally beautiful - both the adivasi communities and the settlers - but they are being robbed of what is rightfully theirs. The government calls what it is doing here a “Project.” What I have seen is not a project. It is millions of trees marked for the axe. It is 160 square kilometres of rainforest condemned to die. It is communities that have been ignored while their homes have been snatched away. This is not development. This is destruction dressed in development’s language. So I will say it plainly, and I will keep saying it: what is being done in Great Nicobar is one of the biggest scams and gravest crimes against this country’s natural and tribal heritage in our lifetime. It must be stopped. And it can be stopped - if Indians choose to see what I have seen.

Always a pleasure to find one of these at the garden moth light #Emperor. This our second of the week!

Nice to have a bit of variety amongst the Avocets at the local today #UptonWarren A pair of Black winged Stilts the second and third record for the reserve @WorcsBirds

Always nice to catch spring Med Gulls passing through the Midlands. This one enjoying the waterlogged meadows at Upton upon Severn this evening #WorcsBirds # Worcestershire

@AndyWarr3 Very like the Ripple bird Andy.

Plumage looks fine for Siberian Chiffchaff, but not heard it call. 2nd batch of photos #WorcsBirds

Presumed Siberian Chiffchaff Kempsey STW, in hedge by entrance to Kempsey Lowerham #WorcsBirds

The classic profile of a wintering Great northern Diver on an inland lake. Pleased to find this individual lingering into 2026 at Ripple Pits this afternoon #worcestershire #WorcsBirds

@Lesditch @pmandrews1973 @AndyWarr3 It’s bagged until New Year then it’s yours Les😉

@FPeplow @pmandrews1973 @AndyWarr3 Francis, I'm waiting to tweet it's presence one field further south in Glos ! Only 3 days left 😧

Top winters birding today in Worcestershire’s Severn Valley with an influx of grey geese including a record breaking 9 Tundra Beans, 74 Greater Whitefronts & a Pinkfoot. Supporting cast of Marsh Harrier & Great northern Diver, Great Egret & Siberian Chiffchaff.

@Lesditch @pmandrews1973 @AndyWarr3 We’ve bagged it for New Year then it’s yours 😉

@pmandrews1973 @AndyWarr3 Yes Ripple, but mobile seen on both lakes.

@FPeplow @AndyWarr3 Was the diver back at Ripple Francis?

📰 CABS Annual Report 2025: 🏕️ 35 bird protection camps 🌍 8 countries 🕵️ ~200 volunteers 🚨 343 poachers prosecuted 🛠️ 5383 traps dismantled 🕊️ 3380 birds freed from traps … and a Partridge in a pear tree! Read the year in review (PDF) here: komitee.de/media/annual_r…

@craig_round @Worcs_bird Staggering count Craig. I wonder where they are feeding. Have you been seeing many in the mornings?

Lutley Wedge Worcs 9/10 12 Redwing flew east this evening at Wassell Grove Pools, and an incredible 100+ Ring-necked Parakeet east at dusk, including a single flock of around 90! Completely smashing the previous highest count of 24! #vismig @Worcs_bird #WorcsBirds

PershoreHouseholdRecyclingCentre does it again hosting another good wader! This time a Temmink’s stint has dropped into same small lagoon @Worcs_bird

With good numbers nationally this autumn it was a question of being patient and to keep on checking local waters. This one at Ripple Pits this afternoon. #CurlewSandpiper @Worcs_bird

Big blue to the garden light heralds the start of autumn! Now an expected moth at this time of year #Clifden #SEWorcs @WorcsWT

Occasionally even the most unlikely bits of habitat host something interesting! This juvenile Spotted Redshank dropping into a small lagoon @PershoreHouseholdRecyclingCentre yesterday.

After a lifetime of Worcestershire birding today was finally time to add Night Heron to the county list! #Grimley

A touch of glamour greeted us this morning! A garden first #JerseyTiger #SEWorcs @WorcsWT

Spot the moth! The exquisitely marked Tree lichen Beauty blending in with a garden stone #SEWorcs @WorcsWT

Having always had the food plant growing in the garden it was a mystery as to why we hadn’t recorded this clearwing before…until today. 4 individuals seen this morning #Currant #SEWorcs @WorcsWT