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Very excited to be presenting at this in South Africa next year. Fingers crossed it goes ahead physically and not virtually @uniofeastanglia @EssexLifeSci @EnvEast @ARIES_DTP @InternOrniUnion @GJCUnderwood @NERCscience

Every single one of these waders is now on the UK Red List of Conservation Concern ⚠️ Rising sea levels and habitat loss are just some of the threats they face. On #WorldShorebirdsDay, share this post and drop your favourite wader in the comments 👇

I reckon it is about time for the guillotines, and we party like it’s 1789.

@WildlifeTrusts FFS

The Government’s proposed change to river pollution laws #NutrientNeutrality , explained: This removes the requirement for developers to offset the river pollution new homes cause. Instead, the cost of cleaning up our rivers will be paid by taxpayers. (1/2)

@PaulDolman3 @ScrubUpBritain

This is a perfect example of why deer management must be based on robust understanding of numbers from thermal imaging surveys- as we demonstrated in this paper: ow.ly/OsfV305s72O

@ecoevoenviro @chas_holt @EssexLifeSci @HannahECoburn Good time of year to get them on migration!

A first for me - Willow warbler ringed (under licence) in Essex this morning - lots of Reed warbler and buntings too - end of an excellent long weekend with @chas_holt hosting incoming @EssexLifeSci PhD student @HannahECoburn #rollonOctober #birds

@DrNatalieHicks @marbef22 @AldinaFranco @uniofeastanglia I do! They’re proudly sat on my shelf!

@marbef22 @JamesBooty84 @AldinaFranco @uniofeastanglia Congratulations @JamesBooty84 - do you get to keep the 3D printed bird leg as a memento?!

Congratulations Dr @JamesBooty84 @AldinaFranco excellent viva @uniofeastanglia

The tentacles of COVID-19 continue to disrupt and challenge in many ways, including forcing this 28th IOCongress online. Not what Durban had originally hoped, but making the most by getting out and about while attending @InternOrniUnion @io_congress @EnvEast

Now that's what I call Easter!! Working five days a week & still out working at the weekends protecting rare breeding birds, all monitored under my @_BTO Schedule 1 licence. Stone curlew are now actively breeding so hopefully there'll be more successes soon, with @JamesBooty84

The beginning of a new project for ScrubUpBritain, woodcock. Here's the 2nd individual of this species ringed last night at @SinfieldTrust caught and ringed by @JamesBooty84 also @robbiedm3 A total of four birds seen.. plans to expand the project area will continue monthly.

exciting & long-anticipated news: the 28th IOU conference will be 14-20 August 2022 in South Africa. We look forward to partnering with the U of KwaZulu-Natal (@UKZN) in this landmark event. We've also got a special hashtag: #IOCongress2022 #ornithology internationalornithology.org/blog/10791

@ed_keeble Fussy, or smart? Either way nice painting

Fussy Rooks on the shore tonight- each one perched on a lump of weed to keep its feet out of the mud.

How they strim in Stromness @ukorchids

Lovely day sampling with @JamesBooty84 @ARIES_DTP. With Trevor Tolhurst, John Green: 6 month long experiment on impact of #shorebirds on #mudflat #biofilm #sediment properties @ResearchEssex @UEAResearch at Trimley, Orwell #estuary, Suffolk.

My wife’s new 100% self produced track is released today. Don’t take my word that it’s incredible... listen for yourself: open.spotify.com/track/03N8R1nw…

View from a Hawfinchs lofty abode 15m up in an old silver birch tree nestling in a glade over looking the forest beyond.Excuse the darth vador breathing,getting on a bit for this climbing malarky.

Loooo👀ooook at this image of a pregnant Tentacled Snake at the Wildlife Discovery Center! Photo by curator Rob Carmichael.

Brilliant sky over the mudflat this evening. Now the pubs are open the site is nice and quiet again 😌 Two Swallows feeding over the marshes too.