#twitching — Public Fediverse posts

Maybe the #birb just wanted to get far away from #Trump (and all the environment destruction in #USA

#Birds #Merseyside #ornithology #twitching #Grackle

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn893geyryko

As High as a Kite

Which wasn't actually very high on this occasion

Milvus milvus
Red Kite

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A very floofy and sleepy bird I saw today on my way back to the workshop after lunch.

#birds #vögel #birdsOfMastodon #birdwatching #birbs #meise #meisen #ornithology #twitching

Quit Yer Grousing

Lagopus scotica ssp. scotica
Red Grouse

Grateful that the only shooting that day was by a bloke with a camera

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Big Bully

A not so little Little Egret chasing off a little Little Ringed Plover

Egretta garzetta
Little Egret

Thinornis dubius
Little Ringed Plover

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Once Bittern, Twice Shy...

Botaurus stellaris
Eurasian Bittern

The Bittern is a secretive bird, seldom seen in the open as it prefers to skulk in reed beds and thick vegetation near water bodies.

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Fly By Shooting

Statistically speaking, it's more likely to be a Cormorant, but it could also be a Shag, cast your vote now....

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Ah, Grasshopper!

Anthus pratensis
Meadow Pipit

Fascinating to watch it dashing around the sun-scorched grasslands gathering up crickets and/or grasshoppers (not sure which) for a few moments. It managed to fit 3 in its beak before flying off, presumably to a nearby nest to feed young.

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Quit Your Choughing Nagging, Woman.... Of course I remembered to put the bins out...

Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Red-billed Chough

Not particularly rare yet, just restricted to a few coastal sites as it's habitat is destroyed by modern farming practises. Choughs pair up for life and return to the same nesting sites each year.

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Put It On My Bill

Platalea leucorodia
Eurasian Spoonbill

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Steppin' Out

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Don't Look Up... Don't Look Up... Don't Look Up...

Ardea ibis
Western Cattle-Egret

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Z is for Z'ats All Folks

My A to Z of Birds is over.

Normal service will be resumed as soon as possible.

Thanks for those that hung around.

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Y is for Yellow

Emberiza citrinella
Yellowhammer

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X is for X-Rated

Cygnus olor
Mute Swan

Two swans a s****ing....

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W is for Warbler Warbling

Acrocephalus schoenobaenus Sedge Warbler

It would almost be possible to do an A to Z of the different types of warbler.... maybe next year...

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V is for Vanellus

Vanellus vanellus
Northern Lapwing

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U is for Uria

Uria aalge
Common Guillemot

Guillemots make no nest, a single egg is incubated between the adult's feet on a bare rock ledge on a cliff face.

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T is for Tit

Parus major
Great Tit

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T is for Tit

Aegithalos caudatus
Long-tailed Tit

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S is for Secretive Swan

Last of the remainers on a local lake, they are normally found in larger groups having come to the UK from Iceland for a Winter holiday

Cygnus cygnus
Whooper Swan

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S is for Smooching Swans

Cygnus olor
Mute Swan

Almost making the perfect classic heart shape after they had been doing something else beginning with S...

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S is for Singing Sedge Warbler

Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
Sedge Warbler

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S is for Shimmering Shoveler

Spatula clypeata
Northern Shoveler

I rarely get to pick the times I can go out to take photos and often end up out in the harsh light during the middle of the day. This last couple of weeks has been uncharacteristically hot and sunny by UK standards so a lot of the images I've taken have been of crispy ducks shimmering over an open water bath.

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S is for Sleeping Spoonbill Standing by 12 Skulking Snipe

Platalea leucorodia
Eurasian Spoonbill

Gallinago gallinago
Common Snipe

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R is for Reedling

Panurus biarmicus
Bearded Reedling

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R is for Round Red Robin

Erithacus rubecula
European Robin

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R is for Redshank

Tringa erythropus
Spotted Redshank

Very similar to the Common Redshank, don't often spot Spotted Redshank though

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R is for Redshank

Tringa totanus
Common Redshank

One of the few waders that does seem to be reasonably common this year

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R is for Redpoll

Acanthis flammea
Redpoll

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