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Very smart Red-breasted Goose (amongst thousands of Barnacle Geese) at Loch Gruinart on Islay, Inner Hebrides, this week @Natures_Voice @RSPBScotland @RSPBbirders @HebridesBirds @TheHebrides

@JohnSimpsonNews Words fail me......................

President Trump has posted this picture on social media of himself as Christ healing the sick. I’ve long given up saying how hard it is to think of any previous US president who behaved like Donald Trump, but comparing himself to Jesus puts him on another level altogether.

Choughs pair for life. Enjoyed this pair interacting on the Isle of #Islay in #Scotland yesterday @RSPBScotland @BTO @freebirdnewsuk @RareBirdAlertUK @RSPBbirders @NatureScot @Natures_Voice

Spring must have arrived! Avocets are back in action at the #Northumberland coast @Natures_Voice @RSPBbirders @_BTO @BBCSpringwatch @BirdGuides

Falling like stones at the end of their sky dance as they go down to roost in the reed beds: just one of the groups which made up tonight's massive #starling #murmuration at Great Park, #Newcastle @_BTO @BirdGuides @Natures_Voice @BBCSpringwatch @NorthEastTweets

More great views of the Bittern at Gosforth Nature Reserve today @NHSN @NTBirdClub @BBCSpringwatch @_BTO @RSPBbirders @freebirdnewsuk

Huge Starling #murmuration last night at Great Park, #Newcastle. First time I've watched one from directly underneath, it was awe-inspiring seeing the sky grow black above us @NTBirdClub @NorthEastTweets @RSPBbirders @BBCSpringwatch @_BTO

@ASPaton @TonyJuniper Great photo! I was there on Saturday but didn't achieve the good views that you had

Hawfinch at Scone Palace, Perthshire @TonyJuniper 21 Feb 2026 (1 of 14 plus)

Bearded Reedlings yesterday at the Tay Reedbanks in Perthshire, #Scotland @BirdGuides @BirdwatchExtra @freebirdnewsuk @RSPBbirders @RSPBScotland

Hawfinches (x10 or more) at Scone Palace, Perth, #Scotland today @HawfinchesUK @RSPBScotland @RSPBbirders @freebirdnewsuk @RareBirdAlertUK @Natures_Voice @BBCSpringwatch

White-billed Diver showing well on the Tay at Dundee today @RareBirdAlertUK @BirdGuides @BirdwatchExtra @freebirdnewsuk @RSPBbirders @RSPBScotland

Bittern at Gosforth Nature Reserve today @NHSN @NTBirdClub @BBCSpringwatch @_BTO @RSPBbirders

Barn Owl at Hauxley nature reserve, #Northumberland @NorthWildlife @NTBirdClub @Countryfilelive @BBCSpringwatch

Woodcock in #Northumberland last week, a bit more visible than usual @NTBirdClub @_BTO @RSPBbirders @RSPBEngland @Natures_Voice @britishbirds

Why would they only share the first frame? Here’s the whole version

Two of my January 1st garden visitors, #Northumberland @NTBirdClub @RSPBbirders @RSPBEngland @BTO_GBW @_BTO

Snow Bunting on the #Northumberland coast yesterday @NTBirdClub @BirdGuides @freebirdnewsuk @_BTO @RSPBEngland @RSPBbirders @Natures_Voice

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Some lovely Curlew Sandpipers at @NWTCleyCentre #Norfolk today @RSPBbirders @Natures_Voice @_BTO

Juvenile Little Ringed Plover at @NorthWildlife Hauxley, Northumberland today @NTBirdClub @_BTO @RSPBbirders @Natures_Voice @RSPBEngland