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Well maybe an idea not to drive up and down in your tractor flailing the hedges then ?
February 10, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Well maybe an idea not to drive up and down in your tractor flailing the hedges then ?
Finally managed to get 14 White-fronts on my patch at Barton today after a few close calls - Greylags can be useful after all @lincsbirding.bsky.social
February 7, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Finally managed to get 14 White-fronts on my patch at Barton today after a few close calls - Greylags can be useful after all @lincsbirding.bsky.social
At least I can keep dry in the cafe while looking for the Black Duck
February 4, 2026 at 9:22 AM
At least I can keep dry in the cafe while looking for the Black Duck
come to the conclusion it is just not worth bothering; protected areas by the Humber, right managed by Lincs Trust; track to a sailing pit, apparently hedge prevents wind and stops sailing; also harbours insects that used to feed 1000 Swifts and hirundines in spring - disconnect with natural world
February 4, 2026 at 8:48 AM
come to the conclusion it is just not worth bothering; protected areas by the Humber, right managed by Lincs Trust; track to a sailing pit, apparently hedge prevents wind and stops sailing; also harbours insects that used to feed 1000 Swifts and hirundines in spring - disconnect with natural world
Closed off January with 99 species on my patch list this adult Med Gull - have walked in excess of 130 miles in the month so not many rewards but 99 is still the highest January total for over 25 years
February 3, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Closed off January with 99 species on my patch list this adult Med Gull - have walked in excess of 130 miles in the month so not many rewards but 99 is still the highest January total for over 25 years
What happens when a gang of nature haters own a SSSI and turn it into a fish torturing pond? Legislation useless without enforcement: all fish eaters excluded GCG bred on here for 50 years : Barton on Humber Lincs
February 1, 2026 at 9:51 AM
What happens when a gang of nature haters own a SSSI and turn it into a fish torturing pond? Legislation useless without enforcement: all fish eaters excluded GCG bred on here for 50 years : Barton on Humber Lincs
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“72% of satellite-tagged Hen Harriers were confirmed or considered likely to have been illegally killed, and this was ten times more likely to occur over areas of land managed for grouse shooting relative to other land uses.”
147 Hen Harriers confirmed 'missing' or illegally killed in UK since 2018 - most of them on or close to grouse moors.
Data extracted from reports by Natural England, RSPB, HSE, various Police forces, National Wildlife Crime Unit.
#RaptorResearch 🌍
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Data extracted from reports by Natural England, RSPB, HSE, various Police forces, National Wildlife Crime Unit.
#RaptorResearch 🌍
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/01/21/1...
147 Hen Harriers confirmed ‘missing’ or illegally killed in UK since 2018, most of them on or close to grouse moors
For anyone who still wants to pretend that the grouse shooting industry isn’t responsible for the systematic extermination of Hen Harriers on grouse moors across the UK, here’s the latest catalogue…
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January 21, 2026 at 12:17 PM
“72% of satellite-tagged Hen Harriers were confirmed or considered likely to have been illegally killed, and this was ten times more likely to occur over areas of land managed for grouse shooting relative to other land uses.”
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Goldcrests might be tiny, but they can certainly travel a long way. A male Goldcrest ringed in Lincolnshire was caught alive 1,665 km away in northern Sweden 11 months later! #Winterwatch
January 20, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Goldcrests might be tiny, but they can certainly travel a long way. A male Goldcrest ringed in Lincolnshire was caught alive 1,665 km away in northern Sweden 11 months later! #Winterwatch
More musings www.grahamcatley.com/blog-1/great-grey-shrikes
The Fillingham Great Grey Shrike and other large grey shrike conundrums including Steppe Grey Shrike a taxonomic bafflement — Graham Catley Photography
From my first retrospective bird at Klondike in Goxhill Marsh on April 2nd 1970 confirmed after vastly improved views of one along the same hedgerow on October 31st 1970, a bird that subsequently wint...
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January 18, 2026 at 11:37 AM
More musings www.grahamcatley.com/blog-1/great-grey-shrikes
The current Lincs Great Grey Shrike - its set me off working on a past Great Grey encounters blog - sadly seem to be fewer and fewer every winter - in 1974-75 from UEA base we had a minimum of 11 different individuals and may I say none of them actually twitched
January 14, 2026 at 5:38 PM
The current Lincs Great Grey Shrike - its set me off working on a past Great Grey encounters blog - sadly seem to be fewer and fewer every winter - in 1974-75 from UEA base we had a minimum of 11 different individuals and may I say none of them actually twitched
You have to do something on wet days www.grahamcatley.com/blog-1/2026-...
2026 what to do birding wise and reflections on bird finding — Graham Catley Photography
More of the same I guess is what springs to mind immediately but as we all are very much aware birding is not what it was 50 years ago or even 30 years ago for so many diverse reasons. My addiction to...
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January 11, 2026 at 2:50 PM
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Local male Marsh Harrier in low winter sun: that eye
January 9, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Local male Marsh Harrier in low winter sun: that eye
Ending the year on a small photo high - got out of the car and saw a Woodcock coming our way in beautiful light - brain eye camera coordination initially failed but clicked into gear in time for a few nice images to end 2025
December 31, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Ending the year on a small photo high - got out of the car and saw a Woodcock coming our way in beautiful light - brain eye camera coordination initially failed but clicked into gear in time for a few nice images to end 2025
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The Manton Collared (Turtle) Dove — 73 years on it is time to set right a miscarriage of justice — Graham Catley Photography
In mid-May 1952 Britain’s first Collared Dove, then known as the Collared Turtle Dove, was found feeding in a chicken run at Manton North Lincolnshire. As noted in the article in British Birds linked ...
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December 31, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Returning from a foggy 6 mile very quiet Ancholme walk the fog was just breaking around the bridge as I passed a location where a 300mm lens makes a different shot of the oldy Humber Bridge - most people never appreciate the curve
December 20, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Returning from a foggy 6 mile very quiet Ancholme walk the fog was just breaking around the bridge as I passed a location where a 300mm lens makes a different shot of the oldy Humber Bridge - most people never appreciate the curve
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Three Suffolk Shrikes - I have a signed, limited edition giclee print of a painting of the 3 rare shrikes in Suffolk this autumn (Isabelline, Turkestan and Brown). Just 50 available and only £50 window mounted (add £12 for P&P): PM me if interested and please repost, thanks
December 17, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Three Suffolk Shrikes - I have a signed, limited edition giclee print of a painting of the 3 rare shrikes in Suffolk this autumn (Isabelline, Turkestan and Brown). Just 50 available and only £50 window mounted (add £12 for P&P): PM me if interested and please repost, thanks
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British schools it strikes me are totally devoid of nature related classes no wonder we are the most nature deprived country with no hope for future generations -
British schools it strikes me are totally devoid of nature related classes no wonder we are the most nature deprived country with no hope for future generations -
Visit to UWC (United World College) Changshu
Whenever I receive an invitation to speak at a school, it’s almost impossible for me to refuse. It’s so important to engage with students on the nature agenda. Not only because they are the decisio…
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December 14, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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British schools it strikes me are totally devoid of nature related classes no wonder we are the most nature deprived country with no hope for future generations -
British schools it strikes me are totally devoid of nature related classes no wonder we are the most nature deprived country with no hope for future generations -
Images and some musings on Eastern Black Redstarts and the Lincolnshire connections @lincsbirding.bsky.social www.grahamcatley.com/blog-1/msuaxblqlk8udyg3obugjhmkz8f6hg
Eastern Black Redstarts and the Lincolnshire connections — Graham Catley Photography
On November 28th 2025 I went to Scarborough not for fish and chips, ice cream or a Walrus but to try and see a first winter male Eastern Black Redstart found by exported Lincs’ birder Ben Ward. Arrivi...
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December 12, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Images and some musings on Eastern Black Redstarts and the Lincolnshire connections @lincsbirding.bsky.social www.grahamcatley.com/blog-1/msuaxblqlk8udyg3obugjhmkz8f6hg
A few more standard Eastern Black Redstart images - Filey December 2025
December 10, 2025 at 8:07 AM
A few more standard Eastern Black Redstart images - Filey December 2025
Working on a major blog on Eastern Black Redstarts and the Lincolnshire connection but still ongoing - link when done - for now inspired by the Filey bird on Monday - and how did I manage to take 6000 images in one short winter day
December 10, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Working on a major blog on Eastern Black Redstarts and the Lincolnshire connection but still ongoing - link when done - for now inspired by the Filey bird on Monday - and how did I manage to take 6000 images in one short winter day
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My God! Look at that! 😱 #birdID
@birdsaroundcyprus LCA sewage works Pallas’s Gull 1st winter bird 6 Dec 25. #cyprusbirds
December 6, 2025 at 3:18 PM
My God! Look at that! 😱 #birdID
www.grahamcatley.com/blog-1/shore... new blog on the iconic Shore Lark
Shore Larks — Graham Catley Photography
This week I travelled to Theddlethorpe to take in the three Shore Larks located earlier and although the day was usually dull there were some epic skies and the birds were a joy as usual. I have taken...
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November 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM
www.grahamcatley.com/blog-1/shore... new blog on the iconic Shore Lark
Ever wondered what an Eastern Black Redstart looks like in torrential rain and hail
November 28, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Ever wondered what an Eastern Black Redstart looks like in torrential rain and hail
www.grahamcatley.com/blog-1/eastern-phylloscopus-warblers-some-ramblings-and-images can anyone remember when you last saw someone hitch hiking? It just seemed to fade away - recall sometimes standing in a queue at major junctions with a different desrtination board
Eastern Phylloscopus Warblers - a ramble through time — Graham Catley Photography
Musing on my worst autumn ever and dreaming of eastern sprites I wandered back to my Yellow-browed Warbler history; a quick check revealed that I had seen a total of 214 in Britain with 118 of these h...
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November 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
www.grahamcatley.com/blog-1/eastern-phylloscopus-warblers-some-ramblings-and-images can anyone remember when you last saw someone hitch hiking? It just seemed to fade away - recall sometimes standing in a queue at major junctions with a different desrtination board
Images of the sad looking Little Bittern up north today encouraged me to jump back to Tichwell September 2011 - Identified by Mr K D Durose I recall
November 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Images of the sad looking Little Bittern up north today encouraged me to jump back to Tichwell September 2011 - Identified by Mr K D Durose I recall