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@KaneBrides @UKPowerNetworks Hi Kane, Please also report this to Natural England and it would be great if you could write this up for publication as evidence that can be used to inform ecological impact assessment in future. Cheers!

⬆️ @UKPowerNetworks, please can we have installed some flight deflectors on the stretch of line at TL3818180148 in Cambridgeshire to try and prevent further deaths ⬇️ 3/3

6 months ago, it was just an egg in a nest on a lakeside in Iceland. At 3 months, its parents navigated it over the ice cap & straight out to sea where it completed the 1000-mile migration. Sadly, it won't be doing the return. It's met its end by colliding with a UK powerline 1/3

@aberdeenuni @Anthrobirder @FI_Obs @NRonBirdObs One for the library

Four decades of a unique partnership to chronicle birds and other wildlife seen from North Sea platforms has been celebrated in a new book. The University supported the North Sea Bird Club to create more than 120,000 records still in use today abdn.ac.uk/news/23670

@BirderDutch @MJ_McKee @MwallacepgP x.com/mj_mckee/statu…

@MJ_McKee @MwallacepgP Hi, if I may ask. How did you stabilize this footage with the skua staying in the center so perfectly?

Here's a video of yesterday's South Polar Skua at Porthgwarra as viewed from Gwennap Head. It was initially picked up at our location by @MwallacepgP

@teesdalebirder @teesbirds1 @DurhamBirdClub @Natures_Voice Lovely footage! Interested in that tiny thermal camera too, as an alternative to the monocular thermal imagers. I wonder how it performs with spotting perched birds, on the ground or in vegetation, e.g. Snipe?

Filming Nightjars in Upper Teesdale with #ThermalImaging! 🐦🌙🔥 The crepuscular nature and agility of these birds can be tricky to film - but as a first attempt it's been eye opening! Model: HikMicro E20 @teesbirds1 @DurhamBirdClub @Natures_Voice

@Dr_BellaR @kbfilms92

@BallotBoxScot @maskeldie I think they meant that the previous election winner should be shown on the page when you click on a constituency.

@maskeldie On the first point, it's just too messy, difficult and confusing to fit into one map I'm afraid! On the second, the Seats Declared So Far chart did have a TBC bloc on it (currently still on 3, as we wait for last few)

Polls are now CLOSED - nothing can change any results now except human error, but that's why party counting agents descend on the counts in their hundreds to watch like hawks! First Scottish seat declarations aren't expected until around 1am.

@BMcCloskey_98 @scillybirder @RareBirdAlertUK @birdinglothian Yes, very typical, in my experience. Common and Velvet regularly 100-200 m off the sea wall

@scillybirder @RareBirdAlertUK @birdinglothian Unreal. Are these views typical of Scoter off Musselburgh? Or is today an exception?

Stejneger's Scoter, on left, off Musselburgh early afternoon @RareBirdAlertUK @birdinglothian

@DMennill @WildlifeAcoust Thanks Dan. Smart solution!

@StormPetryl @WildlifeAcoust The tubes are protection from gulls. There are thousands of Herring Gulls at our study site, and they perch on Song Meters and eat the microphones. The gulls can't perch on the slippery PVC tubes.

This is our third year using @WildlifeAcoust Song Meter Minis for months-long surveys in eastern Canada. I've got to say: I really like these recorders. They're lightweight, rugged, the phone app makes deployment efficient, and the stereo recordings are high quality. 🎤🐦💚

@vikingoptical @ScottishBirding Will you bring any Kowa optics?

Join us at our Optical Demo day on Saturday 20th April at the SOC in Aberlady. Trish will be on hand to offer expert advice on their full array of binoculars and telescopes.

@JSpacewoman I like this Techniks RS-B28R. It can play both ways, so no need to flip the tape.

Starting to look for a new cassette player for the record room (my old one is no more). What do y’all recommend?

@GusGuthrie63 Looks like Clarke’s Mining Bee bwars.com/bee/andrenidae…

@fssbirding How much did you pay for the ticket(s)?

Great interrail trip from London to Malaga via Paris & Barcelona. Highlights inc Black Kite, Montagu's Harrier, Greater Flamingo, Black-winged Stilt, Crested Lark, Short-toed Eagle & Woodchat Shrike #birdingbytrain #lowcarbonbirding #biol0028 #uclecolgen

@Trudi_Tweedie @ssencommunity @scottishgov @Natures_Voice @RSPBScotland @VisitScotland @peediepuss @visitabdn As others have said, the development is unlikely to negatively affect the songbirds in your video. On the contrary, the developers will more likely make habitat improvements, as per NPF4 Policy 3. See here: gov.scot/publications/n…. Also, SPEN and SSEN have committed to BNG.

How many birds can you identify here by song? Our little paradise where @ssencommunity with permission of @scottishgov intend to run 70m monster pylons through end of this year. How many birds will we hear then? @Natures_Voice @RSPBScotland @VisitScotland @peediepuss @visitabdn

@DanBrownNature Beautiful! What lens are you using?

Yet more totally amazing #Seabirds around the ship between South Georgia and Tristan inc Kerguelen, Atlantic, loads of Spectacled and Soft-plumaged Petrels. Challenging photographic conditions but the #OM1 really came up trumps.

@Dialectographer Can’t DM but would love one if available.

@Willowtit54 Interesting technique! Do you have any data on uptake? Are you managing/provisioning in other ways in addition to this method?

@marylattimore Wish you could come to Scotland 💔

@WWTArundel A step in the right direction; however, paying national minimum wage is not good enough @WWTworldwide

WWT student placements will now be paid positions. We want everyone to have the chance to access these opportunities. We’re proud to be taking this step in the right direction. More about these amazing training roles at wwt.org.uk/work-with-us/s…

@seanofrum @SoundApproachUK @SoundsIrish @harbourbirds @Markatlush @xenocanto @dutchbirding @britishbirds You need to select only 3 options.

📣 Calling all birders 🐦 we need your help! We want to understand more about how bird- and wildlife-watchers interact with bird sounds. Can you take our 10m survey? Whether you’re a complete novice or an aural expert, we want to hear your thoughts >> surveymonkey.com/r/89RLGPH l 🙏