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"In England, every single river is polluted" - David Attenborough. What a shocking sentence. #WildIsles
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Camouflage mode: activated 🥸 These golden plover chicks have adapted to blend in amidst the moss of their breeding grounds in the Arctic tundra! 📷 @Camilo_Carneiro
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The incomparable Sir David Attenborough turns 97 today! 🎉 A very happy birthday to a true champion of nature 🌍💚
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BIG NEWS! History has been made as the world's rarest bird, the Madagascar pochard, has been released into the wild! Our partnership with @DurrellWildlife has seen the species brought back from the brink after it was long thought to have been extinct >
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You've heard of elf on the shelf, now get ready for
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You've heard of Elf on the Shelf, now get ready for
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Nothing to see here, just a coot riding a swan
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The ornithological version of a solar eclipse 🌘 #SolarEclipse2024
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@Twitter Hello! 👋 Have a #BirdFact on us fellow scrollers: Spoon-billed Sandpiper chicks are about the size of a bumblebee. You're welcome.
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And the Boscar (Bird Oscar) for best costume design goes to... golden plover chicks! They've adapted to blend in amidst the moss of their breeding grounds in the Arctic tundra 🥸 📷 @Camilo_Carneiro #Oscars
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✨ Go little rockstar ✨ Lapwing chicks are remarkably independent. They're able to walk soon after birth, and can be seen foraging for insects on mudflats and grassland. #Springwatch @BBCSpringwatch
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A rare citrine wagtail has been spotted at @WWTLondon ! There's been a bit of a rare bird bananza at WWT sites this spring 👉 📷 Simonas Minkevicius/Shutterstock
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This is the ideal male body. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.
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Heron chicks have absolutely nailed the just-rolled-out-of-bed look 👌 #Springwatch @BBCSpringwatch
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Small bird, big feet. #PloverAppreciationDay
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Join us in wishing a happy birthday to WWT vice-president, presenter and conservationist @ChrisGPackham 🎂 Thank you, Chris, for being such a passionate advocate for nature! 💚🌿
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Happy birthday to a true legend of conservation! The one and only Sir David Attenborough turns 98 today. Thank you for continuing to inspire us, Sir David 💚
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It's the shortest day of 2022 🌙 #WinterSolstice
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He did it! 🪩🏆 All hail Hamza, champion of nature AND the dancefloor! @HamzaYassin3 @bbcstrictly #Strictly #StrictlyFinal
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There are fewer than 800 spoon-billed sandpipers worldwide. We've been supporting partners overseas to protect the future of 'spoonies' - by head-starting chicks, studying migration patterns and restoring wetland habitats. #WorldWildlifeConservationDay
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Hoping these ducklings reach you before that 600 tweet limit hits
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The waxwing isn't *technically* a wetland bird but we can't help ourselves, just look at them.
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The perfect line-up doesn't exis-
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"Kingfisher: the colour-giver, fire-bringer, flame-flicker, river's quiver" - Robert Macfarlane #Springwatch @BBCSpringwatch @RobGMacfarlane
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Wetlands don’t care which direction the rain comes from ⚠️ They act as natural sponges and absorb excess rainwater, releasing it slowly rater than flooding. We need more of these habitats to protect our communities from flood damage.
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Yesterday we marched alongside 60,000 people in London. For the birds and butterflies, the plants and the ponds. The message was clear: we need nature as much as nature needs us. And we need action from our politicians to restore it! #RestoreNatureNow
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"The goshawk is the hardest bird in the woods" - Chris Packham @BBCSpringwatch #Autumnwatch
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It's our favourite time of day: Springwatch o'clock 🙌📺 #Springwatch @BBCSpringwatch
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#DYK , tennis balls are sometimes used to provide a safe place where tiny harvest mice can nest? New balls please! 🐭🎾 @BBCSpringwatch #Winterwatch
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STOP WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND LOOK AT THE LITTLE PAWS ON THIS WATER SHREW
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Little bitterns are the original Angry Birds. #Springwatch @BBCSpringwatch
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"Legislative vandalism" "A deregulatory free-for-all" "An attack on nature" These are just some of the responses to the news that the government plans to scrap laws protecting wildlife ▶️
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Just gonna leave this here. #RestoreNatureNow
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The size difference between a cuckoo chick and its host 'mother' will never cease to amaze 🤯 📽️ @NatureNorthEast at @RSPBScotland reserve @BBCSpringwatch #Springwatch
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Remember during yesterday's #Springwatch when we told you that shelducks often create mega-nurseries for their young? Take a look at this little lot... 🤯 @BBCSpringwatch
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‘Though she be but little she is fierce’ - Shakespeare It's National Robin Day, and we're celebrating this feisty, festive bird.
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'Wait for me mum!' Common mergansers are known to form crèches, with some females spotted in charge of over 70 ducklings! @BBCSpringwatch #Winterwatch
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Starling feathers are speckled with hearts 💛
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Kingfisher fact: there is not a single scrap of blue pigment in their feathers 🪶 Specially modified layers of cells scatter light - making a kingfisher's colouring appear more vibrant than it is. @BBCSpringwatch #Autumnwatch
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The nightjar on #Springwatch looking like: ⚫️🔻⚫️ @BBCSpringwatch
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⚠️ Do not adjust your phones ⚠️ This isn't a baby dinosaur, it's a black-tailed godwit! There are just 50 pairs of British-breeding birds left in the wild. Chicks have now been hatched by WWT experts in a world-first breeding project to secure their future 🙌 [1/3]
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Happy #InternationalUnsolicitedDuckPicDay to all who celebrate!
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It's 60 years since Sir Peter Scott began one of the longest single-species studies in the world. Since then, 10,000 individual swans - and family dynasties - have been recorded at Slimbridge. A thread on the iconic Bewick's swan bill pattern study 🧵
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If lapwing chicks are able to forage for insects hours after birth, you can tackle that 10-minute job you've been putting off for 6 months.
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Shhh, don't wake him! Since discovering an active population of dormice in the hedgerows of @WWTArundel , we've provided wooden boxes around the site for them to nest in. @BBCSpringwatch #Autumnwatch
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Goldcrests might be Europe's smallest bird but they rock a pretty fierce mohican. @BBCSpringwatch #Winterwatch
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The chances of being killed by a blue tit fledgling are low but never zero.
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"Wetlands store more carbon than any other habitat and support 40% of all species on EARTH." "But they only cover 6% of the planet?" "Girl, exactly."
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We're *delighted* to announce our newest WWT Ambassador is Lucy Hodson, aka ‘Lucy Lapwing'! A self-confessed 'nature nerd', wildlife presenter and birding expert, Lucy is a true inspiration 👉 Welcome to the WWT flock @Lucy_Lapwing !
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To the parents with their hands full: we see you ❤️ #Springwatch @BBCSpringwatch
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One more kingfisher picture you say? Go on then... @BBCSpringwatch #Winterwatch
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Stoat-ally excited by a frozen-over pond? ❄️💙 This ‘dancing’ behaviour is known as the ‘weasel war dance’. It’s thought that stoats and weasels use this tactic to confuse their prey. In domestic animals, it often occurs during play. #MondayMotivation #BackToWork
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His job is beach
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Ever feel like a taxi service for your kids? 🙄 🎥 @HenryKWildlife
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We asked you to show up for nature, and you did. In your THOUSANDS. What an amazing turn-out at the #RestoreNatureNow march. Politicians, are you listening?
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Sometimes murmurations form shapes that resemble other creatures 🦖 We'll never forget this T-Rex shaped flock spotted at @WWTMartinMere a few years back! Have you ever seen any shapes like this? #Winterwatch @BBCSpringwatch
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Ever have one of those 'how did I get here' moments? @BBCSpringwatch #Winterwatch
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The social media manager trying to think of something to post for #WorldFrogDay 🐸
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Is your child texting about wetlands? Don’t panic, we’re here to help you decipher what the 🦆 they’re saying:
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'I don't think I've ever had an owlet fall asleep in my hands before.' #Springwatch @BBCSpringwatch
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Happy Easter, courtesy of this coot and her newly-hatched brood! 🐣
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She is beauty, she is grace, she is... a large semi-aquatic rodent with the ability to restructure entire habitats with their unique physiology. @BBCSpringwatch #Winterwatch
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Approaching this week with the supreme confidence of a gull riding a swan.
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If sparrowhawks had a LinkedIn profile pic, this would be it. @BBCSpringwatch #Winterwatch
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We stand with @WildlifeTrusts and other nature allies in defending the laws that protect our most important wetland sites. We need to protect and restore our wetlands for people and wildlife, not damage them further. We are working with @WCL_News to oppose these changes.
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We face an urgent nature and climate crisis. But instead of a plan for nature's recovery on land and at sea, the UK Government is pursuing a dangerous agenda of deregulation that puts the very laws protecting wildlife at risk. But what does this mean exactly? (1/12)
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‘Though she be but little, she is fierce!' Perfect words for the punky, pint-sized goldcrest - the UK's smallest bird. #ShakespeareDay
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WHAT a series! Our #WildIsles deserve to be preserved and protected. Hats off to the team 👏 And, of course, the incomparable Sir David Attenborough.
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GOOD LUCK HAMZA! 🪩🤞 We've got everything crossed for WWT supporter, conservationist and all-round star @HamzaYassin3 ahead of the @bbcstrictly final! #Strictly
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Reasons to be cheerful: From today we'll start to gain around 3-4 minutes of light each day, depending on where you live in the UK.
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HISTORY HAS BEEN MADE! 🎉 🎉 🎉 Lead shot will finally be banned in ALL EU wetlands! This historic ban paves the way for a healthier, toxic-free future for our environment, wildlife and people – at a time when the stakes for our planet couldn’t be higher 🌍 🦢 💙 #BanLead
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A 10-legged piping plover? 🤯 Nope, just four newborn chicks take shelter under mum! #MothersDay
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The magic of a starling murmuration 💫 @BBCSpringwatch #Winterwatch
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We see your seven shelducklings... and we raise you... quite a few! (watch till the end to get them all) #Springwatch @BBCSpringwatch
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It's not easy being a shelduckling, but the parents do their best – often combining all their ducklings into super-creches for safety in numbers. WWT reserve staff sometimes describe these groups of stripy ducklings as ‘humbugs’, and you can see why! #Autumnwatch
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We think 'ghosting' is an excellent way to describe the silent, swooping flight of a barn owl. @BBCSpringwatch @ChrisGPackham #Autumnwatch
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Happy Easter! Have a cracking day 🐣 🎥 Great crested grebe and chick
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Happy birthday to WWT Vice President, conservationist and true force of nature @ChrisGPackham ! Thank you for standing up for our wild places Chris 💚🌿
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We can't add to your pile of chocolate eggs this Easter, but we CAN share this adorable moment with a common crane chick.
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Peatlands. Bogs. Saltmarsh. Mudflats. Lagoons. Ponds. Floodplains. Swamps. Marshes. Mangroves. Fens. Estuaries. Wetlands come in many forms, but they *all* do incredible things for the planet, for nature and for well-being. #WorldWetlandsDay #WWD2024
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Congratulations! Your timeline has been visited by the ✨ Twixmas otter ✨
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95 today! 🎂 Happy birthday to Sir David Attenborough! Thank you for inspiring us every day 🙌 “To restore stability to our planet ... we must restore its biodiversity, the very thing we have removed. It is the only way out of this crisis that we ourselves have created”
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🗣 Exciting announcement alert! We’re *delighted* that Academy Award winning actor, playwright, theatre director and environmentalist Sir Mark Rylance has joined WWT as an Ambassador! [1/2]
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"The earth laughs in flowers" - Ralph Waldo Emerson. #NationalMeadowsDay 🌺🌱🌼🌿🌻🌾
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Herons are some of the first birds to breed each year, and start laying eggs in February. They tend to build their huge nests together amongst the treetops in long-established heronries. A single tree can hold as many as 10 nests!
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"Cherish the natural world, because you're a part of it and you depend on it" David Attenborough. #WorldWildlifeDay
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This is a waxwing appreciation post. #Winterwatch @BBCSpringwatch
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Wetlands = essential for all life on earth 🌏 Wetlands = vital habitats for 40% of species 🐸 Wetlands = disappearing 3 x faster than forests 🌲 Retweet 🔁 and like ✅ to raise awareness of #wetlands on #WorldWetlandsDay #WWD2022 #ActForWetlands @RamsarConv
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The incredible diversity of fungi is one of our very favourite things about #Autumn 🍄 @BBCSpringwatch #Autumnwatch 📸 @belfastroadster
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Waving goodbye to Winterwatch 2024 with a starling murmuration 👋 Nature. Is. Amazing. @BBCSpringwatch #Winterwatch
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Can't go wrong with ducklings! #Springwatch @BBCSpringwatch
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There's lots to love about grebes, but perhaps one of our favourite things is how they carry their tiny chicks around on their backs. The Slavonian grebe is no exception - adorable! 😍 #Springwatch
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Let’s flood the timeline with these beaky birds for #WorldCurlewDay Have you see one in the wild?
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A moment of appreciation for @michaelastracha 's *excellent* puffin hat on #Winterwatch 👏 @BBCSpringwatch
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“Imagine a child in a world without frogs, worms or ponds. Nature is their playground!” Our CEO @SarahFowlerWWT speaks out for wetlands 🗣️ #RestoreNatureNow
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Bitterns are booming MARVELLOUS! These rare and elusive birds lurk in reedbeds, and are more often heard than seen. The boom of a bittern can carry up to three miles! 📽️ @WWTSlimbridge @BBCSpringwatch #Winterwatch
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Long Boi: gone but not forgotten 😢 In honour of @UniOfYork 's avian superstar, here's a thread about this statuesque breed of duck 👇
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Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a
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Too-wit too-whoooooo's there? @BBCSpringwatch #Winterwatch
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