The Kilwinning Myrtle Warbler was very territorial yesterday nearly killing a Bluetit!

More Myrtle Warbler retina-burn ⚡🔥

My goodness, what a bird the Kilwinning Myrtle Warbler is!
Bullying the Great Tits, singing and showing wonderfully.
Well worth going for 👍

Bit the bullet and went through to Kilwinning today. My 4th Myrtle Warbler in the UK & by far the best yet. An absolute stunner and went back for seconds this evening with James Morrison. still there at 6.45pm BirdGuides Ayrshire Birds RareBirdAlertUK

Scops Owl from my recent trip to Turkey

Plate tectonic animation the Earth’s evolution

REVEALED: 18 Tory MPs have written to Environment Secretary Steve Barclay urging him to gut Natural England’s powers to create nature reserves (SSSIs)

This latest #AttackOnNature must not succeed

(Thanks to Joe Marshall for obtaining the letter)

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Moonrise over Istanbul.

Come to Three UK , 5g superfast broadband, they said.
Admittedly, it mostly doesn't give us too much trouble, but there are so many outages, and this kind of speed doesn't qualify as 'superfast' in any language. DY10.
Complaining is too difficult, so we just put up with it.

Two final birds from southern Turkey: White-spectacled Bulbul (I prefer the old name Yellow-vented) and Laughing Dove provide a permanent soundtrack in towns, reminding you that you are very much not in Europe any more.

It's always worth one more try 😜 two White-throated Kingfishers on wires on the way to drop the hire car back to the airport for the flight home 🤯👌🏼🤓

A very excitable Kruper's Nuthatch today near Antalya.
Also lucked in on a White-throated Kingfisher on the way back to the hotel for my last night in Turkiye!

Birds around Akseki, Turkiye, 30/3/24: Ruppell's Warbler, Ortolan Bunting and Serin.
Plus the ubiquitous Starred Agama.

Although the Brown Fish Owl failed to show, a freshly-arrived Scops Owl made the night trip into the mountains worthwhile.
Akseki, Turkiye, 30/3/24.
Hamza Nobes

February in Europe was 3.3°C warmer than the average temperature between 1991 and 2020, marking the ninth consecutive month with a new global temperature record for this time of year.

Finches have been gradually increasing over the last week, and now up to 6 Bullfinches visiting the feeder at any one time. I must try harder to photograph those this year, but in the meantime, the Firecrests continue to show well in the garden and the hedge row out the front.

Philippines first Spoon-billed Sandpiper at Balanga Mudflats, Bataan today

Female kingfisher not interested in gifts of food from an interested male bird

📹 Wim Bosch

NEW PAPER: Ever wondered why insects fly in all sorts of crazy patterns around lights at night? So did we! We set about recording flying insects to work out what's going on. I'll summarise what we found in this 🧵. Spoiler: We don't think they confuse lights with the moon.

Sorry if I'm making a Meal(y) of this, but the mixed flock of Siskin and Redpoll at my feeders are the best we've had in the 10 years since we moved here.
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