#ukbirding — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #ukbirding, aggregated by home.social.
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A nice diversion from a dentist appointment - the male (I think) #Leamington Peregrine on the very familiar town hall bell tower. Made me feel quite nostalgic!
#UrbanPeregerines #Peregrine #birds #Warwickshire #UKbirding #nature #wildlife #birdsofmastodon
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A nice diversion from a dentist appointment - the male (I think) #Leamington Peregrine on the very familiar town hall bell tower. Made me feel quite nostalgic!
#UrbanPeregerines #Peregrine #birds #Warwickshire #UKbirding #nature #wildlife #birdsofmastodon
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A nice diversion from a dentist appointment - the male (I think) #Leamington Peregrine on the very familiar town hall bell tower. Made me feel quite nostalgic!
#UrbanPeregerines #Peregrine #birds #Warwickshire #UKbirding #nature #wildlife #birdsofmastodon
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A nice diversion from a dentist appointment - the male (I think) #Leamington Peregrine on the very familiar town hall bell tower. Made me feel quite nostalgic!
#UrbanPeregerines #Peregrine #birds #Warwickshire #UKbirding #nature #wildlife #birdsofmastodon
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A nice diversion from a dentist appointment - the male (I think) #Leamington Peregrine on the very familiar town hall bell tower. Made me feel quite nostalgic!
#UrbanPeregerines #Peregrine #birds #Warwickshire #UKbirding #nature #wildlife #birdsofmastodon
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Another fabulous day out on #Dartmoor with @exebirder . Highlights (apart from #Devon sunshine) were Pied Flycatcher, Redstart, Whinchat, Cuckoo, Tree Pipit and Wheatear. #UKBirding #wildlife #nature #birds #birdsofmastodon
📷 Pied Flycatcher
📷 Male Whinchat
📷 Female Whinchat
📷 Male Wheatear -
A little memento of a fabulous sight. #UKBirding #nature #wildlife #birdsofmastodon
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However, it would be wrong of me to deprive you of my record shots of the Lesser Kestrel....seen hunting, perched, preening and generally flying about with Dave B
#UKBirding #Cornwall #wildlife #nature #birds #birdsofmastodon
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#Cornwall with Dave B earlier today... the Lesser Kestrel was special (especially as it was in the company of John and Michelle, Archie and Kev and Leon) but I really enjoyed seeing a Cornish Chough. Special birds. #UKBirding #chough #birds #birdsofmastodon #nature #wildlife #palores #cornish
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A little video of a Tree Pipit making some beautiful noise. #UKBirding #Devon #birds #wildlife #nature #birdsofmastodon
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The song of a Tree Pipit always makes my heart grow lighter.
They were out in force this morning, I reckon at least five on a Common not far from Exeter. On the way back to the car park, a pair of Dartford Warbler emerged from their skulkiness and then Dave B pulled his weight by spotting some Crossbill 😂
#ukbirding #birds #birdsofmastodon #nature #wildlife
#devon📷 Tree Pipit
📷 Male Dartford Warbler
📷 Female Dartford Warbler -
Sedge Warbler, Exminster Marshes singing like there's no tomorrow...when it will be singing again. #UKBirding #Devon #birds #birdsofmastodon #nature #wildlife
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Exminster Marshes near #Exeter comes into its own at this time of year. A fabulous 3 hr visit this morning with Dave B in the glorious #Devon sun; my first Reed & Sedge Warbler, Hobby, Whimbrel and Swift of the year & good company to boot. As well as loads of other species. #UKBirding #nature #wildlife #birds #birdsofmastodon
📷 Whimbrel
📷 Sedge Warbler -
If photos are more your thing than video...
📷 Red-spotted Bluethroat
📷 Red Squirrel (I watch it for so long, I forgot to take a snap when it was out in the open 😂)#UKBirding #Dorset #IsleofWight #birds #redsquirrel #birdsofmastodon #nature #wildlife
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I had to go to the Isle of Wight today....I went via Wareham in the hopes of seeing the Red-spotted Bluethroat. It was a beautiful experience - it was singing and calling less than 10ft away at times. As if that wasn't enough - a Red Squirrel on IoW!!!
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Other highlights of the #Dartmoor trip were good sightings of an aerial battle between two Cuckoo, Wheatear and Skylark.
#UKBirding #Devon #nature #wildlife #birdsofmastodon
📷 Grasshopper Warbler
📷 Skylark
📷 Male Wheatear -
Always nice when something unexpected turns up .... on Sunday, Mr @exebirder.bsky.social Dave B and I were following the call of a newly-arrived Cuckoo when we heard the unmistakable reeling of of a newly-arrived Grasshopper Warbler. After a slow process of stop, wait and listen we found the bird.
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Even if I say so myself, there's some good footage of Red Kite and Great Bustard on this video. The Red-legged and Grey Partridge and Stone Curlew bits are just average 😂
#UKBirding #SalisburyPlain #Wiltshire #nature #wildlife #birdsofmastodon
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1/2 I sneaked away from the family holiday to visit #SalisburyPlain. Have to say, it felt odd on my own (as we normally bring a car full of birder mates) but I had a great day.
#UKBirding #Wiltshire #birdsofmastodon #nature #wildlife📷 Corn Bunting
📷 Red Kite
📷 Red-legged Partridge
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2/2 There were many highlights: Corn Bunting, Red Kite, Red-legged & Grey Partridge, Stone Curlew and Great Bustard. Thoroughly enjoyed it. #SalisburyPlain.
#UKBirding #Wiltshire #birdsofmastodon #nature #wildlife📷 Great Bustard
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Male and Female Redstart and a male Pied Flycatcher singing on #Dartmoor this morning. #Spring has sprung! #UKBirding #birds #wildlife #nature #birdsofmastodon
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A sunny Spring morning on #Dartmoor with Dave B.... highlights were 3 male Redstart fighting over a single female, Pied Flycatcher, my first Swallow of the year. #UKBirding #Birds #Devon #nature #wildlife #BirdsofMastodon
📷 Male Redstart
📷 Female Redstart
📷 Male Pied Flycatcher -
Before the Forster's Tern, I spent a fabulous 3 hours on a Birds of Poole Harbour Spring Safari boat trip around Poole Harbour. Thoroughly recommend it. 2 White-tailed Eagle and over 40 species of bird in total. Loved it. #UKBirding #Birds #Dorset #Poole #nature #wildlife
📷 Avocet & Spoonbill
📷 Bar-tailed Godwit
📷 Common and Sandwich Tern
📷 Sika -
Forster's Tern Holes Bay, Poole #Dorset (see last post for video) earlier today.
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Thanks to some great detective work by mate Dave B (asking a local where we could view a distant flock of Tern), we ended up not 60 feet away from the fabulous Forster's Tern in Holes Bay, Poole, #Dorset. Even I could not mess the video up!!!
#UKBirding #Birds #nature #wildlife #birdsofmastodon #american
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Or, if you prefer photos (see last post for stunning video of Cirls, Brown Hare)... #UKBirding #wildlife #nature #birds #Devon #birdsofmastodon
📷 Male Cirl Bunting
📷 Brown Hare
📷 Wren
📷 Holly Blue -
If you're ever down in #Devon a walk around the fields of Stantyway Farm, in the Spring sunshine, is a good way to spend a morning... Cirl Bunting, Brown Hare and Red-legged Partridge ... worth a few moments of your time (promise). #UKBirds #nature #wildlife #BirdsofMastodon #MammalsofMastodon #Hare #ukbirding
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Having reported a colour ring sighting for the first time last weekend, I wonder if anyone can tell me typical response/ acknowledgement times? I can easily imagine it being a week or so and appreciate it probably varies a lot between projects/ record keepers…
#ColourRing #UKBirding #Birding -
Some snaps from today's outing (see last post for the video)... #UKBirding #Devon #Birds #nature #wildlife
📷 Male Brambling
📷 Male Yellowhammer
📷 Male Siskin
📷 Female Siskin -
A different but very enjoyable day out with two of the many birding Daves from Exeter. Highlights were a beautiful Brambling, 3 Yellowhammer and many Siskin (all in the video) along with prolonged views of a Marsh Harrier and a White-fronted Goose (Euro. / Russian) on Exminster Marshes. #UKBirding #Birds #Wildlife #Nature #Devon
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Since we moved to our new house in #Eynsham, #Oxfordshire in Oct we've been counting bird species seen & heard - 52 so far!
We're very pleased with the siskins & esp #REDPOLLS. They're not rare here but they're not common either so it's a joy to see 2 pairs visiting the feeders every day!
Photos by my husb Moth Clark
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See earlier post for video of the Bonaparte's Gull --- some snaps from earlier today - River Plym (Saltram House area) with @exebirder.bsky.social
#UKBirding #Birds #Devon #BirdsofMastodon #Plymouth #Plym
📷 Bonaparte's Gull
📷 Mediterranean Gull
📷 Male Red-crested Pochard
📷 Female Red-crested Pochard -
Whilst I'm paying for car parking , Dave B walked on to Newlyn harbour #Cornwall & immediately zeroed in on the Ross's Gull. Superb teamwork!
Great views of this #lifer for me. #UKBirding #Birds #Nature #Wildlife #BirdsOfMastodon
📷 1-3 Ross's Gull
📷 Herring Gull, Turnstone, Great Black-backed Gull -
A grey (and wet) morning in #Somerset. There is talk of this being the Holboell's subspecies of Red-necked Grebe (or it could 'just' be the Eurasian version). Anyway, it was good to see it.
#UKBirding #nature #Wildlife #Cheddar #BirdsofMastodon -
Peregrine eating its fresh kill - the prey was probably a Lapwing. The fastest animal on the planet sees off 2 Carrion Crow, finishes its Sunday lunch and then flies off. #Nature #Wildlife #BowlingGreenMarsh #Peregrine #UKBirding #Birds #Devon #Exeter #BirdsOfMastodon
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Peregrine eating its fresh kill - the prey was probably a Lapwing. The fastest animal on the planet sees off 2 Carrion Crow, finishes its Sunday lunch and then flies off. #Nature #Wildlife #BowlingGreenMarsh #Peregrine #UKBirding #Birds #Devon #Exeter #BirdsOfMastodon
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Peregrine eating its fresh kill - the prey was probably a Lapwing. The fastest animal on the planet sees off 2 Carrion Crow, finishes its Sunday lunch and then flies off. #Nature #Wildlife #BowlingGreenMarsh #Peregrine #UKBirding #Birds #Devon #Exeter #BirdsOfMastodon
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Peregrine eating its fresh kill - the prey was probably a Lapwing. The fastest animal on the planet sees off 2 Carrion Crow, finishes its Sunday lunch and then flies off. #Nature #Wildlife #BowlingGreenMarsh #Peregrine #UKBirding #Birds #Devon #Exeter #BirdsOfMastodon
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Peregrine eating its fresh kill - the prey was probably a Lapwing. The fastest animal on the planet sees off 2 Carrion Crow, finishes its Sunday lunch and then flies off. #Nature #Wildlife #BowlingGreenMarsh #Peregrine #UKBirding #Birds #Devon #Exeter #BirdsOfMastodon
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A friend and I nipped down the road to #Teignmouth to see an adult and at least three 1w (?) Little Gull. Such a dainty #seabird.
In the background the jagged remains of the end of the pier that Ingrid battered.
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One minute of Brent Goose gloriousness over the River Exe #Devon #UKBirding #BirdsOfMastodon #Exe #wildlife #nature
Brent Goose (Branta bernicla) over the River Exe, Devon.
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3/3 The #KellysHero trip also included a stop by a Guillemot 'city'. The sight, sound and smell was marvellous. #UKBirding #Devon #seabirds #wildlife #nature #Brixham #BirdsofMastodon
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1/3 Another top trip out on #KellysHero from #Brixham. The best of company; good (v cold) weather; RT & GN Diver, Peregrine, Gannet, S-b Common Dolphin were the highlights.
#UKBirding #Devon #wildlife #nature
📷 Great Northern Diver
📷 Shag
📷 Peregrine -
After all the excitement (!) of the weekend, I’ve had the chance to look at my snaps of the Eurasian Scops Owl on Friday.
I think the best description that my poor little bridge camera produced is a “record shot” 😂
#UKBirding #Wales #Killay #Swansea #Owl #Birds #wildlife #nature #lifer #BirdsOfMastodon
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Most of the day was spent in #Cornwall admiring this rather smart Steppe Grey Shrike. Good views of it hunting, flying, perched up etc. It certainly ate well whilst we were there.
Great company too - Dave B., Dave L., Rob & Steph M., Dave B. (another one).
#UKBirding #nature #wildlife #Shrike #BirdsOfMastodon #Birds
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A little trip abroad to see an American wader / shorebird this morning. Very close views of this #LesserYellowlegs as it was strutting its stuff in the middle of Truro #Cornwall The local Redshanks didn't seem to like it though. It was even sunny (although a little windy).
#UKBirding #Birds #Nature #Wildlife #wader #shorebird #BirdsOfMastodon
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And finally, four snaps from the third and last pelagic ( with Scilly Pelagics) on 3 August. It would be wrong not to dedicate this post to Wilson's Storm Petrel. My photos do not do the views we had justice.
#Cornwall #wildlife #nature #seabirds #ukbirding #pelagic #birdsofmastodon
📷 Wilson's Storm Petrel
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And finally, four snaps from the third and last pelagic ( with Scilly Pelagics) on 3 August. It would be wrong not to dedicate this post to Wilson's Storm Petrel. My photos do not do the views we had justice.
#Cornwall #wildlife #nature #seabirds #ukbirding #pelagic #birdsofmastodon
📷 Wilson's Storm Petrel