Occasional Pictures of Ducks · @OccasionalDucks
18 followers · 78 posts · Server mastodonapp.ukGlimpsed a #HenHarrier this morning, followed by #OysterCatcher s and #Curlew s. 🙂🙂🙂
Unfortunately I was driving and couldn’t stop. :-(
#henharrier #oystercatcher #Curlew #badbirdwatching #Birds #birding
Pete Walkden · @petewalkden
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Male Hen Harrier.
One of the most stunning raptors we're lucky enough to see in the UK.
Canon R7 EF500mm + 1.4TC, 700mm, ISO 640, f/6.3, 1/2500th.
#HenHarrier #BirdPhotography #SkyDancer #Mull #Scotland #Nature #raptor
#raptor #nature #scotland #mull #skydancer #birdphotography #henharrier
Paul · @Vivthesetter
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#Hare from previous toot....
#Wiltshire #birds #birding #Hare #wildlife #nature #StoneCurlew #GreatBustard #HenHarrier #RedKite #CornBunting #HappyDays
#happydays #cornbunting #RedKite #henharrier #greatbustard #stonecurlew #nature #wildlife #birding #birds #Wiltshire #hare
Paul · @Vivthesetter
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A great day out in Wiltshire with two friends: 6 Stone-curlew, 27 Great Bustard, Corn Bunting, a male Hen Harrier, European Hare, Wheatear (at least 4), Red Kite, Buzzard and some good banter. Driving home was a bit of an adventure with the high winds and rain but with that list of birds, who cares?
#Wiltshire #birds #birding #Hare #wildlife #nature #StoneCurlew #GreatBustard #HenHarrier #RedKite #CornBunting #HappyDays
📷 Wheatear
📷 Male Great Bustard
📷 Stone-curlew
📷 Red Kite
#happydays #cornbunting #RedKite #henharrier #greatbustard #stonecurlew #nature #wildlife #hare #birding #birds #Wiltshire
Norfolk Bea · @NorfolkBea
649 followers · 2452 posts · Server mastodonapp.uk#Henharrier chicks stamped to death in nest: how the shooting industry manipulated the narrative.
#raptorpersecution #birdsofprey #wildlifecrime
#WildLivesMatter
#henharrier #RaptorPersecution #birdsofprey #wildlifecrime #WildLivesMatter
Paul · @Vivthesetter
67 followers · 191 posts · Server mas.toI care little about the UK's royal family - our model is outdated and it's time for change.
I wonder whether Harry's book mentions the time he was interviewed by police about the illegal shooting of a beautiful Hen Harrier on the Sandringham Estate. Probably not.
#WildlifeCrime #WeSeeYou #PrinceHarry #RoyalFamily #TimeForChange #Sandringham #HenHarrier #CircusCyaneus #Crime #Class
#class #crime #circuscyaneus #henharrier #sandringham #timeforchange #royalfamily #princeharry #weseeyou #wildlifecrime
Pete Walkden · @petewalkden
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Hen Harrier.
From earlier in the week, when I watched this female hunting over some marshy land near the shore, here on Mull.
Taken with a Canon R7 and this time I used DxO Pure Raw 2 to remove the noise, and I think it's generated a nicer image than Topaz.
Anyway, that's for the PP geeks out there, the rest of you can enjoy the harrier...
#HenHarrier #Mull #WildlifePhotography #Scotland #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfPrey
#birdsofprey #birdphotography #scotland #wildlifephotography #mull #henharrier
Pete Walkden · @petewalkden
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The male hen harrier is, in my opinion, one of the most beautiful raptors that grace the UK.
In their full adult plumage of grey with black wing tips, they stand out against the hills and moors as they expertly hunt for rodents and small birds.
In spring, the males perform a breathtaking courtship display called a sky-dance, to attract a female for the breeding season ahead.
This male was on his way to perform this display.
#HenHarrier #Mull #SkyDancer #raptor #BirdPhotography #wildlife
#wildlife #birdphotography #raptor #skydancer #mull #henharrier
Pete Walkden · @petewalkden
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Hen Harrier.
A male, out hunting over the moors this afternoon, making light work of the strong gusty conditions, as he expertly darted this way and that, looking for prey below.
#HenHarrier #SkyDancer #raptor #BirdPhotography #BirdsInFlight #BirdsOfPrey #Mull #Scotland
#scotland #mull #birdsofprey #birdsinflight #birdphotography #raptor #skydancer #henharrier
Edward Philips · @EdwardPhilips
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On the ninth day of #Christmas
My true love sent to me
Nine skydancers dancing...
(see timeline for other days) xx
#christmas #henharrier #dancing #love #birds
Norfolk Bea · @NorfolkBea
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Nest of #HenHarrier chicks, found dead in June, stomped to death on #grouse moor.
Six months later #NorthYorkshire Police finally appeal for information.
Yet another horrendous example of #RaptorPersecution & #wildlifecrime
#henharrier #grouse #northyorkshire #RaptorPersecution #wildlifecrime
Martin George · @JannerBirder
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RT @LapwingEcology@twitter.com
This week's surveys were brought to you by the colour brown. And orange. And gold... 🧡 #ecology #longearedowl #goldeneagle #henharrier #jacksnipe
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/LapwingEcology/status/1596433538911334400
#jacksnipe #henharrier #goldeneagle #longearedowl #ecology
Norfolk Bea · @NorfolkBea
397 followers · 888 posts · Server mastodonapp.ukI can see this #henharrier brood meddling scheme ending badly.
#RaptorPersecution is rife in the southwest. @RSPBEngland @RSPB #NaturalEngland
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/23/hen-harriers-to-be-bred-in-captivity-and-released-on-to-salisbury-plain?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
#henharrier #RaptorPersecution #NaturalEngland
Pete Walkden · @petewalkden
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Subjected to persecution across much of the rest of the UK, the hen harrier is safe here on Mull, where they number up to 50 pairs.
Each spring, I scour the moors and hills to watch them performing their sky-dancing courtship performance, which is a spectacular sight on a sunny day.
The males fly high in the skies and dive down, calling along the way, before soaring up once again. Over and over, to attract the females.
Magic.
#birding #nature #wildlife #mull #skydancer #henharrier
Emma Harriet Nicholson · @Baroness_Nichol
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RT @PeteWalkden1973: Hen Harrier - a male, hunting over the hills here on #Mull #henharrier #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #ThePhotoHour #BBCWildlifePOTD @HHDayUK #NaturePhotography #TwitterNatureCommunity
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/Baroness_Nichol/status/1521002531756953601
#Mull #henharrier #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #ThePhotoHour #BBCWildlifePOTD #NaturePhotography #TwitterNatureCommunity