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Gavin Haig @notquitescilly.bsky.social · 15h

I have Firecrest photos with a lot more bird on show, but rather like this shot. One of two birds in the Black Hole Marsh car park, Seaton Wetlands early evening; this one ringed.
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Gavin Haig @notquitescilly.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe next year! 😄

Gavin Haig @notquitescilly.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks Stew. We're about 6 miles inland here. Got some local exploring to do...

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Gavin Haig @notquitescilly.bsky.social · 1d

What it says on the tin...
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A Flavour of Things to Come

Too many stressful weeks finally came to an end on Monday, 22nd September when we moved into our new home in Axminster. Birding time ha...

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Gavin Haig @notquitescilly.bsky.social · 2d

A surprise Siberian Chiffchaff among 20+ Chiffs at Beer Head this morning. Attached ropey photo compares Sibe on the right with regular collybita job on the left.
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Composite photo of Chiffchaff (P. collybita) on left, with Siberian Chiffchaff on right.

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Gavin Haig @notquitescilly.bsky.social · 28d

Thanks Tim. Agree, it's a cracker!

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Gavin Haig @notquitescilly.bsky.social · 28d

Seabirds, 'Scillies running', scuppered...
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The Big C

18:11 Tuesday evening, a message from Tom: Sab's settled West Bay...end pier 18:12: Thanks. On my way 18:19: Still showing. 2 Great Shears t...

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Gavin Haig @notquitescilly.bsky.social · Sep 10

You're welcome! 😄👍

Gavin Haig @notquitescilly.bsky.social · Sep 9

😳

Steve Rogers 🟰🟰 @runnelstone.bsky.social · Sep 9

A massive count of 53,000 Great Shearwaters off the The Lizard today. Well done to the Lizard faithful. Can’t beat a big SSW storm!🤛

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Gavin Haig @notquitescilly.bsky.social · Sep 9

Ha ha! Thanks Richard. 😄👍

Good to see you're getting out and about in W Sussex. 😊

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Gavin Haig @notquitescilly.bsky.social · Sep 9

Very much a 'birder's photo' but at least it features one of West Bay's iconic 'red baskets' as @tombrereton.bsky.social would call it. Juv Sabine's Gull was well worth getting wet for in this evening's rain. Off the end of the West Pier. 😎 With thanks to Tom for the shout.
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Juv Sabine's Gull against backdrop of grey sea. Bird is miniscule in the photo. On the right is metal 'red basket' on red pole, just creeping into shot.

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Gavin Haig @notquitescilly.bsky.social · Sep 9

Thanks Martin. 😊👍

Gavin Haig @notquitescilly.bsky.social · Sep 9

Cogden bushes dead quiet this morning but plenty of birds offshore - mostly milling around it seemed - including double figures of Balearic Shearwater (25+ in one scan) and Med Gull; also 7 Ringed Plovers on the beach.
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2 Balearic Shearwaters in flight over a rough, blue-grey sea; a Black-headed Gull against the sky. All birds very small in the image.

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Gavin Haig @notquitescilly.bsky.social · Sep 9

Spurn must be as likely as anywhere to get a Wryneck this weekend! 😄
Hope you see one. 👍

Gavin Haig @notquitescilly.bsky.social · Sep 8

A week of ups and downs. Mostly ups...
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A Week in the Life...

As a fully retired old-age pensioner there is now no logistical reason why I cannot go birdwatching almost every day. I guess there mus...

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Gavin Haig @notquitescilly.bsky.social · Sep 8

Lovely! Funnily enough, increasing regularity doesn't make them any less appealing. Beauties all! 😍

Gavin Haig @notquitescilly.bsky.social · Sep 7

Thought I'd try your image in Google Lens too
All I can say is: DO NOT eat anything based on what an ID app tells you! 😂

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Gavin Haig @notquitescilly.bsky.social · Sep 7

That's one of my pics, Paul. Ridiculously tame. Missing tail feathers made the ID debate even more fun! 😄

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Gavin Haig @notquitescilly.bsky.social · Sep 6

325 Balearics and 210 'commic' Terns (including 6+ definite Arctics) E past Seaton by 07:50. Movement had pretty much fizzled out by then, but nevertheless amazing numbers for here.
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Gavin Haig @notquitescilly.bsky.social · Sep 4

Given recent events in and around Lyme Bay, thought there should be a decent chance of a Grey Phalarope at Cogden this afternoon. A bit of effort produced two, though strictly speaking one was too distant to ID to species. Lovely. 😎
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Gavin Haig @notquitescilly.bsky.social · Aug 31

Summer ends on a high note...
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Summer Swansong

So that's summer done. August especially has passed in a blur, with few opportunities for bush-bashing at Cogden, or much else really. ...

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Gavin Haig @notquitescilly.bsky.social · Aug 31

'...ripsnorter...'
Yep! 👏😄

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Gavin Haig @notquitescilly.bsky.social · Aug 31

Time flies! My first ever was on a field next to Queen Mother Res in October '87, about ten days after the big storm. I'd been on Scilly since 17th, and it was the only Sabine's left of several that had been wrecked in W London...

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Gavin Haig @notquitescilly.bsky.social · Aug 31

Thanks, Martin. 😊👍

Gavin Haig @notquitescilly.bsky.social · Aug 31

Admittedly on my 'outside chance' radar this morning, but this is still the first Lyme Bay Sabine's Gull I've found in 20-odd years living here. And very nice it was too. 😄
Cogden, #DorsetBirds

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