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Mark Bailey @markrabailey.bsky.social · 1d

Happy 40th anniversary to “Cuckoo day” on St Mary’s - 12/10/85- one of the most famous days in birding history - pics YBC- D Cotteridge and BBC - P Wheeler (plus Parula, Yellow-Rumped W, RB Grosbeak etc etc)

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Mark Bailey @markrabailey.bsky.social · 2d

The Spotted Sand still at St Warna’s Cove , St Agnes this afternoon and showing well

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Mark Bailey @markrabailey.bsky.social · 2d

The Buff Bellied Pipit showing very well on St Agnes this afternoon at the end of Barnaby Lane

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Mark Bailey @markrabailey.bsky.social · 2d

The Hoopoe on Periglis Beach St Agnes showing well this afternoon

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Mark Bailey @markrabailey.bsky.social · 2d

The Mourning Dove still on St Agnes this afternoon on continual view and showing well

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Mark Bailey @markrabailey.bsky.social · 7d

Firecrest in the garden late afternoon - Torquay- phone pics only

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Mark Bailey @markrabailey.bsky.social · 9d

Spoonbill still 315pm on the River Teign from Passage House Inn car park and showing well

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Mark Bailey @markrabailey.bsky.social · 15d

Pec Sand at Bowling Green Marsh from Hide mid afternoon and showing well on edge of main lake- found early afternoon by @backwardbirder.bsky.social

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Mark Bailey @markrabailey.bsky.social · 16d

A non birding holiday in Ibiza for the last week but still saw 4 Balearic Warblers,2 Med flys,Z Cisticola, BRThrush, c300Flamingo,2 Hoopoe,Stone Curlew, c25Audoiuns Gulls(4 sites),Eleonoras Falcon,Turtle Dove,Many Sards, c100 BN Grebes,Nightingale heard, 3YellowW-huge thanks to @sferguk.bsky.social

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Mark Bailey @markrabailey.bsky.social · 26d

Berry Head 720am-930am- very quiet with hardly any seabirds moving - 5 Balearic Shears, 1 Manx, 2 Sandwich Terns, c400 Kittiwakes plus 2 Atlantic BF Tuna- also Grey Wagtail and Common Sand

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Mark Bailey @markrabailey.bsky.social · 27d

Always a pleasure to help you out - proper quick twitching by you as well 👍

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Mark Bailey @markrabailey.bsky.social · Sep 11

An afternoon dog walk found me at Countess Weir and the ridiculously confiding 4 Glossy Ibis still c5pm on the flooded pools right next to the footpath - c100-200 yards north of the car park/bridge

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Mark Bailey @markrabailey.bsky.social · Sep 8

So exciting 👍

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Mark Bailey @markrabailey.bsky.social · Sep 8

Dawlish Warren this morning - c150 Common Terns, c100 Sandwich Terns, 6 Knot, 10 Bar Tailed Godwit, Whimbrel, c70 Dunlin, 14 Wigeon, 2 Med Gulls, Peregrine over the bight, 31 Mute Swans and 2 Wheatears

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Mark Bailey @markrabailey.bsky.social · Sep 4

What an evening 👍

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Mark Bailey @markrabailey.bsky.social · Sep 3

Impressive stat- love it 😊

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Mark Bailey @markrabailey.bsky.social · Sep 2

The juv Rose Coloured Starling still Wembury Mewstone Avenue/Brownhill Lane 815-830am with Starling Flock and showing well in dead tree- this is the 22nd Rose Coloured Starling I’ve seen in Devon and interestingly exactly half have been juvs and half summer birds

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Mark Bailey @markrabailey.bsky.social · Aug 31

Cheers - I always try and add a bit of interest to posts

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Mark Bailey @markrabailey.bsky.social · Aug 31

The Grey Phalarope still 315pm at least at the back of the pool at South Huish Marsh going backwards and forwards in front of the far reeds- The first Grey Phal I have ever seen in August in Devon ! And the third one I have seen at South Huish in recent years

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Mark Bailey @markrabailey.bsky.social · Aug 30

Worth it then after all your effort to get there today !!

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Mark Bailey @markrabailey.bsky.social · Aug 30

Berry Head-1250pm-4pm-an exciting afternoon with 11 Great Shears(day total 13) and 2 Corys Shears (day total 3)- most relatively close in - also c6Balearic Shears, 2 Arctic Skua, Common Tern, 2 Sandwich Terns with @clennonvalley.bsky.social @exmoorbirder.bsky.social @jacob-wood.bsky.social

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Mark Bailey @markrabailey.bsky.social · Aug 29

And a great picture of LH 😂😂

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Mark Bailey @markrabailey.bsky.social · Aug 29

Glossy ibis-Powderham Marsh mid am then flushed by a train at 1018am & flew over railway line & landed on/near lagoon on Exminster Marsh-it was only 2002 when the famous River Otter bird was there- this is now my 71st Glossy Ibis in Devon since & I’ve enjoyed seeing every one!

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Mark Bailey @markrabailey.bsky.social · Aug 28

Juv Curlew Sand at Bowling Green Marsh on the high tide roost this morning - also 2 Knot, Whimbrel ,Green Sand ,Common Sand, sev Bar T Godwits - nearby at Powderham Marsh - 6 Ruff and 1+ Yellow Wagatail plus a mixed flock of c40 Dunlin/Ringed Plover

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Mark Bailey @markrabailey.bsky.social · Aug 27

The most confiding and approachable Wryneck that I can ever remember in Devon still showing well at the Turf Hotel mid afternoon on the grass and path by the lock gates - My first one for 11 years!!! Nearby at Powderham Marsh - 3 Wood Sands, 3 Little Stints, 5 Ruff, Green Sand

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