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Mike Weedon @weedonsworld.bsky.social · 6d

Temminck's Stint and Rock Pipit and Temminck's Stint and Rock Pipit. Etton Pits, Cambs. @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social @paolobolton.bsky.social

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Mike Weedon @weedonsworld.bsky.social · 9d

I found a Knot in the misery and drizzle this morning, at Deeping Lakes LWT, Lincs (seems typical weather for these scarce inland wanderers to drop in around the Peterborough area). A year tick for me, I think it is the first we have had locally, this year. @lincsbirding.bsky.social

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Mike Weedon @weedonsworld.bsky.social · 9d

Very nice, Mark.

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Mike Weedon @weedonsworld.bsky.social · 10d

At Deeping Lakes LWT, Lincs, this morning I heard the 'gok gok gok gok' call of Bittern and prepared to walk from the east screen of the east pit to see if I could see it. Then I realised it had come out onto one of the nearby islands. Unfortunately, it also saw me... Check out the huge claws!

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Mike Weedon @weedonsworld.bsky.social · 10d

Obviously she should be stripped of peerage, stripped of her assets and jailed, possibly for causing loss of lives in addition to the obscene fraud.

Mike Weedon @weedonsworld.bsky.social · 13d

Got some more shots of the Etton, Cambs, Lesser Yellowlegs, today. Nice to meet former Peterborough birder @markgferris.bsky.social for some great photo action. For more pics, see my blog: weedworld.blogspot.com @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social @justwildimages.bsky.social @paolobolton.bsky.social

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Mike Weedon @weedonsworld.bsky.social · 16d

Thanks for that Mark. Grab a feather for DNA!

Mike Weedon @weedonsworld.bsky.social · 16d

How do you tell it from atlantis, Mark?

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Mike Weedon @weedonsworld.bsky.social · 19d

Sunday's Lesser Yellowlegs with Greenshank for comparison. Pig Jaw Pit, Etton, Cambs. More photos on my blog: weedworld.blogspot.com

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LeedsBirder @leedsbirder.bsky.social · Aug 11

Common Kingfisher strikes a defensive pose to ward off a passing Sparrowhawk #birds #ukbirds #ornithology

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Dawn Erskine @dawnbirder.bsky.social · 20d

Lesser Yellowlegs at Etton-maxey pits, Cambs.
In flight with a Greenshank was nice, also Common Sand & Dunlin.
2 or 3 Wheatears were peachey.
2 Red Kites & a Raven mobbing a Sprawk circled together.
Trip was a piece of cake & the bird was sublime.
Good to meet Mr Weedon
#LowCarbonBirding 🪶

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Mike Weedon @weedonsworld.bsky.social · 20d

For a bunch more Lesser Yellowlegs pics (and more), please check out my blog: weedworld.blogspot.com

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Mike Weedon @weedonsworld.bsky.social · 20d

The Lesser Yellowlegs 'showed well' this afternoon at Pig Jaw Pit, Etton Pits, Cambs
@cambsbirdclub.bsky.social
@dawnbirder.bsky.social
@tbart.bsky.social
@justwildimages.bsky.social
@paolobolton.bsky.social

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Mike Weedon @weedonsworld.bsky.social · 20d

Thanks. Feelings mutual. Beware some of the photos I took after nearly everyone left... Coming shortly.

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Will Bowell- Just Wild Images @justwildimages.bsky.social · 23d

Whilst watching a Lesser Yellowlegs at Etton Pits in Cambridgeshire yesterday afternoon (found by Hugh Wright), this Grey Phalarope dropped in. Stayed for c10 mins and then disappeared. We were pretty surprised! @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social @weedonsworld.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

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Mike Weedon @weedonsworld.bsky.social · Sep 11

An autumnal scene at Deeping Lakes LWT, Lincs. Young Marsh Harrier.

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Mike Weedon @weedonsworld.bsky.social · Sep 9

Farage and the right medium flipping loves the 'working class' though, the wife-beating scummy ones who riot, hang up flags which substitute for swastikas. Not the educated ones who use their brains.

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Jake Gearty @jakegearty.bsky.social · Sep 9

Will be @ @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social for Migfest this weekend and would like to giveaway my old scope and tripod. If there's any young birders looking for a used but well loved scope that's seen plenty of rare birds please either point them in my direction or come find me over the weekend! #ukbirding

Viking ED Pro 80mm, Velbon tripod head and Manfrotto tripod

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Mike Weedon @weedonsworld.bsky.social · Sep 4

Tiny Grey Phalarope meets Hokusai's Great Wave off Kanagawa (actually, small wave on Rutland Water).

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Mike Weedon @weedonsworld.bsky.social · Sep 1

Thank you

Mike Weedon @weedonsworld.bsky.social · Sep 1

Hiding in the waterlilies @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social

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Mike Weedon @weedonsworld.bsky.social · Aug 27

Classic early autumn scene for the Peterborough area: female Redstart in a Hawthorn bush. Near Markey Deeping, Lincs, this morning (a bird I found yesterday morning, but was still there today). @lincsbirding.bsky.social

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Mike Weedon @weedonsworld.bsky.social · Aug 22

One of perhaps half a dozen Clouded Yellows whizzing around the meadows near Milton Airstrip, near Ailsworth, Cambs this lunchtime (also a female Redstart and at least one Whinchat seen). It had become cloudy, and this butterfly was trying to catch some rays to warm up before another feed.

Lightly tatty Clouded Yellow butterfly resting on dry mud in a flower meadow

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Katie Fuller @katiefullerart.bsky.social · Aug 22

I think these curlew #linocut prints are done. I just added a layer of a slightly darker pinky-purply-brown, and they’re looking good! I wasn’t sure if I’d need a final dark layer on the curlew but I think it works well without it. Now I just need to wait for them to dry…

Curlew linocut print next to block used to print all the colours

Curlew linocut prints - before and after final layer of darker pinky-brown to give definition to bird’s plumage and depth to landscape

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Mike Weedon @weedonsworld.bsky.social · Aug 11

I spent many hours waiting for a Purple Heron to appear at March Farmers (Nene Washes), on Saturday. No show. Had a few nice Bittern fly-bys though. This is the best I could come up with. @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social

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