Kiera Pope
@kieope.bsky.social
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went to Tessier Garden to look for a Nuthatch, unfortunately i wasn’t patient enough to find one but i did get some great photos of some other awesome birds such as this Blackbird, Robin, Herring Gull and a sneaky Grey Squirrel! #devonbirds #birdinguk
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Also got some pics of some Pony’s, Blackbird and Meadow pipit from @warrenbirding.bsky.social :) #devonbirds
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Yesterday @wildweevils.bsky.social and I went to Dawlish Warren and we got great views of a couple Kingfishers fishing in the main pond! this is my first time getting decent photos of a Kingfisher so i’m quite proud:)
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@kieope.bsky.social and I visited dawlish warren and BGM today, we got our main target of curlew sand, plus a few other decent birds and total sp count 65 for the day. - 2 swallow & 10 mipit vismig, + 8 avocet, 2 whimbrel, 20 barwit, 6 greenshank, 3 ruff, 30+ pintail, 40 brent & 3 s tern
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saw two great crested grebes from the train on the canal by exeter st david’s today! a juvenile and and adult! #devonbirds
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came to bowling green marsh today in search for the pectoral sandpiper, unfortunately it wasn’t there. But, we did see Snipe; Curlews; Bar-tailed Godwits; Wigeon; Teal; Black-headed Gulls; Little Egrets; Canada Geese; Ruff and quite a few more birds but little to no waders :/
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the osprey photos are insane!
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found a handful of mushrooms on dawlish warren yesterday! Parasol, Sulphur Tuft and Spectacular Rustgill. Also found some other mushrooms but they aren’t easy to ID like some Boletes, Shields, Bracket Fungi and Rollrims. #mushrooms @warrenbirding.bsky.social
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got a few photos of some common birds on my trip to otter estuary yesterday. Little Egret, Grey Heron, Mallard and Common Teal:) #devonbirds
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found some cool mushrooms on my walk through otter estuary, using inaturalist to help me id- the mushrooms are Pale Brittlestem, and Blushing Bracket. :) #mushrooms #devonmushrooms
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went to bowling green marsh to finish off the day and found a couple little stints, a lot of curlews, black-tailed and bar-tailed godwits, wigeon, lapwings, redshank, teal and 6-7 glossy ibis’s fly over!!! #devonbirds #bowlinggreenmarsh
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found the rare baird’s sandpiper today at otter estuary! #devonbirds
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it must be! it doesn’t have the harsh black to white line on the head and is overall a darker shade of grey :)
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went to Dawlish Warren today in search for the juv Rosefinch but wasn’t able to find it. did find some other cool stuff though like this Devils Coach Horse Beetle and Silver Y :-)
Devils Coach Horse Beetle Silver Y