Harry Read

Does anybody else feel this recurring sense of confusion? Deflating ecological Déjà vu - Passing landowners working through their autumn ‘job-list’, and in one sweep of a hedge trimmer, blitzing thousands of small red energy rich lifelines for wildlife, into nothing - I despair.

Last summer, the kind and exceedingly knowledgeable team at @vikingoptical kitted us out with some of their optics on our Icelandic seabird expedition. We took the Swallow ED 80mm Scope (With trusty phone adapter) and the Osprey ED 8x42 binoculars with us (1/3).

In life and its pursuits, it often takes some convincing for people to get behind your mission and the things you are trying to achieve. It turns out that the team at @vikingoptical were the first people to put their trust in us. And for that alone we are so grateful (3/3).

We made a film about each piece of kit. You can watch both films that we made for Viking over on our YT channel. In short, they enhanced our expedition, allowing us to zero in on colour ringed Puffins, spot Gyrfalcons and scan through the auks in Iceland’s seabird cities (2/3).

Standing, watching and appreciating, what a time to be alive.

As you watch the Aurora this evening, it’s worth reflecting that you’re getting a rare direct glimpse of the power of Nature. Those charged particles causing the atmosphere to glow came from a sunspot complex 17 times the diameter of Earth and traveled across 90 million miles at a million miles an hour. Without our magnetic field to protect us, our atmosphere would have been lost to space long ago. Those colours in the sky are Nature reminding us that we’re very lucky to be here amidst the violence. And perhaps therefore also reminding us not to shite it all up :-)

✨ TONIGHT @ 7.30pm ✨ Join us for our indoor meeting with speaker Harry Read 🦉📣 During his talk titled ‘The lonely life of a wildlife photographer’, Harry shares some of his wildest encounters out in nature, as well as some funny moments - NOT to be missed! 😍#WBC 🦅🐦🪶

✨ IT’S OFFICIAL! ✨Our brand-new Swift Tower is FINALLY complete, standing proudly at 8m tall behind the Eels Foot Inn, Eastbridge! 🥳 The tower will provide a nesting haven for Swifts on the Suffolk coast. A HUGE thanks to everyone who helped make this project a reality! 🐦🪶

@WaveneyBirdClub @suffolkwildlife @coastandheaths @SuffolkBirdGrp @SuffolkBIS @Natures_Voice @RSPBMinsmere @WildlifeTrusts @EADT24 🥳🥳🥳

Suffolk AMBER 😍 Ringing some little gems yesterday morning (Snow Bunting) and this little piece of amber caught the light enough to reveal itself… ✨

@SWTWildFarms @SaveTurtleDoves @WoodlandTrust @hanslope @NEfarmcluster @EstherRosewarne @stuttonsparrows See you there @SWTWildFarms 👏🏼

We have a stand at #EASustain conference in Colchester next weekend (13-14th) with @SaveTurtleDoves & @WoodlandTrust , please come along and say hello! Also, our *FREE* Landscape Recovery session with is on Sat 13th (13.05-13.50), booking details below. easustain.com

WHAT A YEAR for the Winterton Grey Seal colony!!!✨ Never seen so many pups... 🥳 #magic

Got 10 mins spare? 👋🏼 Enjoy the 1st part of this Icelandic wildlife series, all about PUFFINS ❤️🐧(featuring two idiots)... youtube.com/watch?v=NQDZA0…

We have all wondered what it sounds like to get licked by a woodpecker, haven't we? Sound up, press play and wonder no more...

We are the ‘PUFFARAZZI’ 🥳 Welcome to Season 3 of GoneFeral - Streaming now on YouTube! 🇮🇸 If you like Puffins, this 8 part series is right up your street 🐧 After a 2 year hiatus, we’re back to share our adventure with the world - Feel free to RT & help us promote it!

Couldn’t be more excited to release Season 3 of ‘Gone Feral’, the wildlife adventure series I present alongside @EdTowler 🎬 Watch the trailer RIGHT NOW! Our biggest adventure yet 🇮🇸🐧 #iceland #goneferal @Natures_Voice @Icelandair @WildlifeMag

Stop putting sh*t in our lake. The message is simple. I will be outside United Utilities information centre every Monday from 9am - 10am until a commitment is made to stop putting sewage into Windermere. We already have those wanting to join the strike so please head to savewindermere.com if you have any ideas. @Feargal_Sharkey I would love it if you would consider joining me for an hour. @gretathunberg feel free to come too…

What a result! 😄

10pm at the river - water like silk 🌙Swifts plucking evening snacks from the sky above, Dragonflies toy with smaller insects dancing in the humid air… Followed shortly after by the bats 🦇 I think it’s bedtime…