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Stephen Dunstan

@dunners.bsky.social

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Birder based in Lancashire. Cumbria Bird Club Council member, Birds in Cumbria and Lancashire Bird Report section editor. Barrow AFC season ticket holder.

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Stephen Dunstan @dunners.bsky.social · 2h

Boa Vista holiday - went to the south of the island today and pleasingly the Willet was back on the pools where it was first found earlier in the year. What a wing pattern that is.

Stephen Dunstan @dunners.bsky.social · 1d

Lesser Yellowlegs at Rabil Lagoon. Camera was dead but got good recording of the call. First I've found this side of the pond.

Stephen Dunstan @dunners.bsky.social · 2d

Some Boa Vista birds for today's Ebird Big Day. Spoonbill, Brown Boobies, Spanish and Cape Verde Sparrows.

Stephen Dunstan @dunners.bsky.social · 4d

Not Shetland for the autumn island birding this year but Boa Vista, Cape Verde. Mainly for Jane's benefit but previous Sal trips delivered including the first Rosy Starling for the archipelago. Fingers crossed.

Stephen Dunstan @dunners.bsky.social · 9d

The last one I posted didn't come through. You've probably noticed Bill that this one has even if the other one didn't....

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Stephen Dunstan @dunners.bsky.social · 22d

After two winter bird surveys today set off in search of floods. Paid dividends with a Garganey on the outskirts of Poulton-le-Fylde. Only one on the Fylde away from Marton Mere this year I think #LancsBirding

Stephen Dunstan @dunners.bsky.social · 22d

Started the new winter bird survey on @bbs-birds.bsky.social most unique BBS tetrad. Bizarre to do so in a heatwave on a prom full of tourists!

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Stephen Dunstan @dunners.bsky.social · 25d

Been suggested elsewhere it's Swedish.

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Stephen Dunstan @dunners.bsky.social · 28d

Having a job can mean missing the best of the autumn gales but it fell nicely tonight at North Shore. Grey Phalarope, Leach's Petrel and Black Tern. Sanguine about missing several Sabine's Gulls in the circumstances #LancsBirding

Stephen Dunstan @dunners.bsky.social · Sep 13

The Spotted Redshank influx in Lancs brought three to Skippool last night, the most I've seen together on the Fylde #LancsBirding

Stephen Dunstan @dunners.bsky.social · Sep 11

Ahead of birding Cape Verde again next month the first of two or three blogposts about previous trips, because eBird coverage is still rubbish and they may help fill gaps for people considering going.
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The Trouble With Ebird

A Rosy Starling I found on Out Skerries in spring 2018 At the outset I should say that I think eBird is great. A system for bird record documentation created by the American Cornell Institute it&#8…

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Stephen Dunstan @dunners.bsky.social · Sep 11

Some of the nearly 300 Coot on Stanley Park during today's WeBS count. Unfortunately a swan was fatally wounded by a dog just after I left #LancsBirding

Stephen Dunstan @dunners.bsky.social · Aug 30

The Polish ringed 2W Med Gull first found by Paul Slade continues at Skippool, details awaited #LancsBirding

Stephen Dunstan @dunners.bsky.social · Aug 29

It flew before I could get a picture but this turned out to an awesome BHG recovery at Skippool tonight #LancsBirding

Stephen Dunstan @dunners.bsky.social · Aug 18

Still nesting at Grange....

Stephen Dunstan @dunners.bsky.social · Aug 11

Not everyone's cup of tea but Greylags back from Windermere en masse today - c1010 at Little Singleton. One of the two neck collared birds (pictured) appears to have changed wintering site. The other apparently changed moult site to Barrow Park one year. #LancsBirding

Stephen Dunstan @dunners.bsky.social · Aug 10

A local Black Stock was described by a farmer as 'an Oystercatcher on steroids'

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Stephen Dunstan @dunners.bsky.social · Aug 8

Record shot of the White-rumped Sandpiper found by Tom Parkinson at Skippool today. The fourth for the site, and the third Yank on the upper reaches of the Wyre in 2025 #LancsBirding

Stephen Dunstan @dunners.bsky.social · Jul 24

Stephen Dunstan @dunners.bsky.social · Jul 23

A pic might help

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Stephen Dunstan @dunners.bsky.social · Jul 23

The LBBG rescued and rehabbed in Spain is back at Skippool like last year. This time I didn't screw up the sequence but nailed any lingering doubt. #LancsBirding

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Stephen Dunstan @dunners.bsky.social · Jul 19

Reported 'off the spit' elsewhere on here.

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Stephen Dunstan @dunners.bsky.social · Jul 18

Goose bothering in Blackpool's Stanley Park tonight. As expected this Canada was ringed on Windermere (as an adult male last June). #Lancsbirding

Stephen Dunstan @dunners.bsky.social · Jul 13

Some colour was provided on today's Fluke Hall WeBS by a Yellow Wagtail, and unfortunately this tangerine terror caught in the act of flushing everything #LancsBirding

Stephen Dunstan @dunners.bsky.social · Jul 12

On 8 July Rob Petley-Jones and colleague had this Sabine's Gull just outside Dublin harbour on the Marinelife survey from Heysham. I assume it's a first summer but welcome views.