Recently retired from Limagrain. Author of Country Eye https://teapawt.net/t.co/GIpSsTSFVw and columnist for The Stamford Mercury on nature notes. All views are my own.
Lincolnshire UK
Joined November 2015
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Ian Misselbrook retweeted
Great news! @BBCFOUR4 will be marking Bill Oddie's unique wildlife TV career on the evening of Sunday 16th August: starting at 7pm with The Best of Bill Oddie Goes Wild, followed by Birding with Bill Oddie: Bill’s Beginnings, and finally Bill Oddie’s Top Ten Birds. Please RT!
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Why are we losing our #wildlife at an alarming pace? Habitat loss, often caused by an obsession with tidiness. And it’s infuriating! 😡 Here are two dykes, less than one mile apart. Guess which holds more life?
Same situation, different land owners. Flailing everything in sight HAS NO BENEFIT! It’s just an excuse to “tidy” our landscape.
There are no drainage issues, no access issues & no sight line issues for drivers of cars. To all land owners out there - PLEASE leave some longer vegetation for #wildlife. You will be creating corridors for animals to move more freely throughout our landscape. And guess what… it won’t cost you a penny!
Also, PLEASE don’t cut your hedges yet. If they absolutely need cutting, cut them back in Jan/Feb when the berries have been eaten. Cutting now removes a vital food source through the autumn/winter.
As custodians of the wider landscape, there should be an obligation to manage the environment in a wildlife friendly manner. The future of our declining wildlife depends on it.
As for councils, that’s a story for another day! #NoMowSummer
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The 4 Black-winged Stilt chicks at RSPB Frampton Marsh yesterday afternoon. So lucky to catch them all together!
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2/2 After Weeting, @RSPBLakenheath - 90m at Joist Fen gave 3 Bittern & 4 Crane flight views & a 'swarm' of 35-40 Hobby's, mostly distant but occasionally coming in. I've had worse days 🥳🥳🕺🕺
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What a great couple of days filming with @LGSeedsUK to showcase our demonstration plots and give farmer testimonies for the Sinclair McGill grass seed range ☘️🌱
#grassseed #grass #grassfed #silage #forage #livestock #agriculture #britishfarming🌾🚜🇬🇧 #backbritishfarming
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After spending 2.5 hours at Freiston Shore looking at the distant Blue-winged Teal that was mostly asleep, we wandered back to the car park where Linda persuaded me to have a final try from the reservoir viewing screen!
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Very excited to announce I have started selling my photos, professionally printed by an industry leading company, I'd be grateful if you could please share, all feedback appreciated. merulanox.patternbyetsy.com
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Now I know it ain't what you call proper birding but the feeling of peace & sanctitude I get from both watching & photographing the birds in my garden is immensely important. I hope you get the same level of pleasure however you bird! – at Grantham, England
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Please sign this and contact your MP I’m furious that the Government has launched an #AttackOnNature. I care deeply about nature, so they don’t do this in my name. I’ve written urgently to my MP. Will you do the same? Follow this link to find out how. action.rspb.org.uk/page/1140…
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Anyone local to Boston, my British Birds photography exhibition is now open at @FydellHouse 🥰 It’s free to enter and displays birds I’ve photographed, many of which were taken at @RSPBFrampton. I’d be extremely grateful if you popped in for a peek 😊😍
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There's hope for you yet @tc271 😬
Yesterday we celebrated #WorldWetlandsDay in Doñana releasing a few hundred marbled teals, horned coots and ferruginous ducks bred by Cañada de los Pájaros.
They have been fighting to save these species from the brink of extinction for over 30 years now.
Ian Misselbrook retweeted
I literally saw a retweet of your announcement just a couple of hours ago...another Birdfair volunteer here offering my services!
Ian Misselbrook retweeted
💥#globalbirdfair 💥
15, 16 & 17 July 2022
globalbirdfair.org
RT PLS!
@SwarovskiOptik @infocusOptics @ZEISSBirding @vikingoptical @aliciakearns @bbcemt @BirdGuides @polyolbion @WildlifeMag @WWTLondon @UCLLifeSciences @Natures_Voice @nature_org @juliet_vickery @sounds_wild
Ian Misselbrook retweeted
👇👇👇 One not to be missed 👇👇👇
@TheBirdfair is over. What happens next?
Join the debate with @Rutlandbirds the co-founder of Birdfair on @InConservation1
Tuesday 30 November at 7pm GMT
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Sponsored by @LeicaBirding & @Turismo_DipCC
Ian Misselbrook retweeted
Happy 80th birthday @BillOddie. This well thumbed book and accompanying TV series was one of the catalysts of my love of birding and particularly patch birding when I was young. Sorry to hear you have been unwell. You’re a true inspiration to many generations of wildlife lovers.
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Rare breeding birds under threat at Far Ings: a new access road to Humber Bridge Hotel could go through Far Ings SSSI next to an area where Bittern and Harriers are breeding.🤬
Unless you take action & object now!
See Planning proposal HERE.👇 apps.northlincs.gov.uk/appli…
