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Anna Aubrey @annaaubrey.bsky.social · 1d

+Jay, kestrel and great sounds. Oh and flapjack .

Anna Aubrey @annaaubrey.bsky.social · 3d

A good listen .
Tim Mackrill talking White tail eagles etc .
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Return of the Giants

Podcast Episode · The Wandering Ecologist Podcast · 05/10/2025 · 29m

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Anna Aubrey @annaaubrey.bsky.social · 6d

Wow !

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Iain Manfield @iainmanfield.bsky.social · 8d

Another year I’ve not seen Hen harriers in the #YorkshireDales in breeding season. Dales habitat looks like successful Bowland habitat though.
No records ever in May & June. July records likely “brood managed” birds 2021.

Orange dots on zero are all the dates without HH.
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Anna Aubrey @annaaubrey.bsky.social · 9d

Brands Bay .
Peregrine missed a Pigeon feet from me .
R plover, pintail, Dartford popping up everywhere , big numbers meadow pip and linnet . Kestrel . Plus usual on what wasn’t best tide .
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Anna Aubrey @annaaubrey.bsky.social · 10d

Envy !

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Anna Aubrey @annaaubrey.bsky.social · 11d

Lovely 2 hours #lytchetbay
WTE , bearded reedling 3 plus more pinging , grey wagtail, clouded yellow and glorious autumn morning . Plus + @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

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Anna Aubrey @annaaubrey.bsky.social · 11d

👋👋

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Anna Aubrey @annaaubrey.bsky.social · 14d

Lovely day . Great pics .
Kingfisher colours amazing and is that really 11 GWE ?
Lovely to chat to volunteers who gave us reserve field craft and intel ! #westhaymoornnr

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Anna Aubrey @annaaubrey.bsky.social · 19d

Wonderful Autumn Safari @harbourbirds.bsky.social besides all the amazing sightings I learnt more about autumn migration ,thanks Paul , Mark and Sam .Good company @davidturner1967.bsky.social and Sharon @dorsetbirder.bsky.social
@alisoncopland.bsky.social sorry @dizzygirl66.bsky.social not there .

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Anna Aubrey @annaaubrey.bsky.social · 20d

Over the border to Hampshire . Got it ! Birds nest fungi . A first for me . Tiny, on fallen wood . Also Earth star and beef steak +. Plus otter !! Good company .

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Geoff & Steph @geoffsteph.bsky.social · 20d

🌞 then seamist, Lodmoor #Weymouth #DorsetBirds 🪶
Glossy Ibis, Spotted Flycatcher, Kingfisher, GoldenPlover, 3 GWE, 5 Dunlin, 2 RingedPlover, 10+ Blackwit, 10+ Cormorant.
Numerous Swallow, Lapwing, Canada, Med Gulls. Buzzard, 3+ Grey Heron. LtEgrets

Garganey at Radipole

Red Kite over the Ridgeway

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Anna Aubrey @annaaubrey.bsky.social · 23d

Osprey fishing repeatedly Shipstal . Touch and goes then dived but missed .
Went towards Wareham channel . Bar tail godwit and green shank +
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Anna Aubrey @annaaubrey.bsky.social · 27d

Didn’t have great expectations this morning but #durlstoncp
Whinchat, whitethroat , firecrest , Bullfinch pair with juvenile , Swallows & martins , Ravens, Jay,
Blackcap,Bullfinch,Buzzard
Peregrine , Kestrel , shags +
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Anna Aubrey @annaaubrey.bsky.social · 29d

A lovely gentle podcast about Choughs .
Dorset soon?
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Illuminated - Into the West - BBC Sounds

Horatio Clare goes in search of the bird he’s loved since childhood: the red-billed chough

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Anna Aubrey @annaaubrey.bsky.social · Sep 8

Lower Frome .
2 cattle egret , hobby, whinchat, 20 Egyptian geese , 2 cettis ,2 teal . Plus usual suspects and a spider bite .
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Anna Aubrey @annaaubrey.bsky.social · Sep 7

Magical . Just . The clouds were not kind . ( phone pic)

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Richard K Broughton @richardkbroughton.bsky.social · Sep 7

Apparently I will only be informed of the apocalypse one minute after it happens, from the other side of oblivion. My phone wailed at 3:01.

Mark Walters @mark-walters.bsky.social · Sep 7

Missed it, I was in the shower 🤣 When the apocalypse arrives I will no doubt be ill prepared 🙄🙂

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Anna Aubrey @annaaubrey.bsky.social · Sep 4

I love birders. 5 of us had good day at Lodmoor and Portland. Packed up -tea and cake in #wildchesilcentre
Knock on the window 2 guys we had talked to very briefly waving fairly enthusiatically ,glossy ibis had landed ! - thanks guys. @harbourbirds.bsky.social
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Anna Aubrey @annaaubrey.bsky.social · Aug 29

Good start MiddleBere.
Flyby Osprey with fish now back in tree . Yellow wagtails and Treecreeper +
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Anna Aubrey @annaaubrey.bsky.social · Aug 24

Don’t forget the sniff test next time 😂😂
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Anna Aubrey @annaaubrey.bsky.social · Aug 23

This morning at Durlston Country Park .
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I've looked at clouds from both sides now
From up and down and still somehow
It's cloud illusions I recall
I really don't know clouds at all

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Anna Aubrey @annaaubrey.bsky.social · Aug 22

The truth about Ragwort .
Really worth a listen .
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The Plant People Love to Hate

Podcast Episode · The Knepp Wilding Podcast · 22/08/2025 · 27m

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Ian Denton @iand777.bsky.social · Aug 21

As Ruth Tingay says:
"It’s a disaster waiting to happen, not least for raptors that will feed on infected carcasses and succumb to the disease"

Defra announces additional biosecurity measures for gamebird releases amidst heightened risk of Avian Influenza raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/08/21/d...

Defra announces additional biosecurity measures for gamebird releases amidst heightened risk of Avian Influenza

Defra has announced increased biosecurity measures for gamebird releases amidst the heightened risk of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), also known as ‘Bird Flu’. All of England…

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Anna Aubrey @annaaubrey.bsky.social · Aug 17

Lovely walk , Hartland, Slepe and MiddleBere .
Highlights 2 hobby , 3 wheatear and 1 whinchat .
Green sandpiper and green shank , distant osprey Lunch #hartlandstud #thekitchen
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