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We have a very busy month of demos ahead. Looking for an upgrade or maybe your first pair for binoculars, pop along to one of our events and speak to the experts. We will tailor the best binocular or telescope to your needs and your budget.

Puffins are brilliant swimmers! Using their webbed feet as a rudder, puffins can dive down 60m under water in search of their favourite fish. 🐟
📷 Tracy Robinson

Happy #EarthDay ! Sacha Dench has spent today preparing for her next adventure - begins tomorrow! She & Poul Brix are saddling up to cycle to #Spain for the next #FlightOfTheSwans film event #bikeride
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Join us on 4th and 5th May, between 09.30 and 16.00, for our next Optics Weekend. We will have our range of RSPB telescopes, binoculars, monoculars and tripods out for you to try.
Our friendly team will be on hand to answer any questions.
#wirral #optics #binoculars

SOC Members' Talk - Wednesday 17th April at 7.30pm

Members should have received details of our upcoming online talk, where we will be hearing about research projects on Great Skua in Orkney, Tree Sparrows in East Renfrewshire and island Wrens, all funded by our Endowment Fund.

🌟Thanks to all the stars of the Global Birdfair Stages
🙏🏽THANK YOU to stage sponsors too
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🌍Global Big Day Saturday 11 May
✅Send your bird checklists to eBird
🗺️Wherever you are
🦆All bird sightings count
🏆Let’s try to create new World Records
👉 ebird.org/news
😀Everyone Welcome to join in
💚Help BirdLife International
👉 birdlife.donorsupport.co/page/GlobalBir…
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📢 Don't forget - optics weekend!

On the 27th and 28th of April we will have @VikingOptical with us to show off their range and your tricky questions. 🔭

They will be with us all day so feel free to drop in!

#Optics #Binocualrs #Monoculars #Telescopes #VikingOptical

Try before you buy. Pop along to WWT Caerlaverock where our expert Trish will be demonstrating our extensive range of binoculars and telescopes.

Published in ‘Nature’ this month, using genome sequencing from the ‘Bird 10,000 Genomes Project (B10K)’ and evidence from fossil birds, this truly international, decade-long study has shaken up and reorganised the avian family tree.

Don't forget we have our special #optics event this weekend! Pop in to see our experts, along with those from Viking Optical. They'll be happy to offer advice and answer any questions! 🔭🧐

This Friday, experience the scenic coastline of North Berwick, and the amazing species that call it home, on a guided wildlife walk.

1pm-2.30pm
Fri 12 April
Tickets £7.50
Booking and info: seabird.org/events/coastal…

📷©️E Marriott, J McDermaid

#GreenTourism #RespectProtectEnjoy

📢 COMPETITION 📢

Get creative & help #hedgehog s out!
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We want our younger #hedgehog fans to design a poster for Hedgehog Awareness Week – which runs 5-11 May!

Click for details & enter by April 22 👇👇
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#HedgehogWeek

New to birding, or just want to learn a bit more about both species ID and the fascinating lives of some of our resident and migrant bird species from a birding expert?

Come and join one of our guided bird identification walks! Check out: the-soc.org.uk/pages/events

#birding #soc

Pop along to RSPB Carsington Water Nature Reserve where our expert Rob will be demonstrating our range of binoculars, monoculars and telescopes.

🧐 Are you looking for new binoculars, or thinking about upgrading?

Come and meet our team and the suppliers to try out our complete range at our Spring Optics Demo!

🌊Global Big Day Petrel Pelagic
🇳🇿 New Zealand
🌏Where will YOU be?
✅Send checklists to eBird
🏆See if we can beat last year’s record
🐦 7636 species recorded in May 2023
👉 ebird.org/news/global-bi…
😀Everyone welcome to join in

PING! It’s Here! Our new special edition pin has arrived to commemorate a very special year for us. 2024 marks our Diamond anniversary and 60 years since the RSPB began managing RSPB Leighton Moss
Special Edition Pin available from the visitor centre now (suggested donation £4)