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nofrillsbirder.bsky.social
@nofrillsbirder.bsky.social
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Birdwatcher for over 49 years. Nursing for 30 years. Dad. Liverpool fan. Depeche Mode devotee. Enjoys yoga and nature photography. Stroke and MG survivor.
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Highlights of Corfu holiday: Greater Flamingo, Zitting Cisticola, Booted Eagle, Water Pipit, Black Redstart, Spoonbill, Hawfinch, Firecrest, Sardinian Warbler, Greenshank, Spotted Flycatcher, Hooded Crow
Feathered highlights for September; local patch 108, all other birding patches 199
Highlights at WWT Martin Mere’s North West Birdwatching Festival; Marsh Harrier, Peregrine, Kestrel, Pink-Footed Goose, Whooper Swan, Blackwit, Ruff, Snipe, Glossy Ibis, Great & Cattle Egrets
This Glossy Ibis pair were quite content feeding opposite Martin Smith hide even with the diggers doing their work at Slimbridge today
Feathered memories at Belvide Nature Reserve today
Highlights at Belvide today: Buzzard (below), Great Egret, GS Woodpecker, Lapwing, Shoveler, Pochard, Wigeon, Teal, distant drake Goldeneye, Meadow Pipit
A very murky day at WWT Welney highlights: Whooper Swan, Pink-Footed Goose, Tree Sparrow, Marsh Harrier, Kestrel, Ruff, Pintail, Wigeon, Cattle Egret
Feathered highlights for September; local patch 108, all other birding patches 199
Highlights at RSPB Hesketh Out Marsh this afternoon: Spotted Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper, Ruff, Bar-Tailed Godwit, Curlew, Redshank, Greenshank, Snipe, Pink-Footed Goose, Great Egret, Tree Sparrow, a great place near the Ribble Estuary!
Some of the beautiful wildfowl exhibits today at WWT Martin Mere
Highlights at WWT Martin Mere this morning; Marsh Harrier, Snipe, Lapwing, Pink-Footed Goose, Kingfisher, Buzzard, Raven, Green Sandpiper, Wigeon, Glossy Ibis & a pair of Stoats
Highlights Draycote Water: Greenshank (pictured), Ruff, Common Sandpiper, Curlew, Wheatear, Meadow Pipit, Green/GS Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, Goosander, Kestrel, Song Thrush
Feathered memories at Draycote Water
Highlights at RSPB Blacktoft Sands today; Pink-Footed Goose, Bearded Reedling, Tree Sparrow, Ruff, Snipe, Redshank, Spotted Redshank, Dunlin, Blackwit, Linnet, Meadow Pipit, GS Woodpecker, Water Rail, Dabchick, Marsh Harrier, Kestrel
Highlights at Belvide Nature Reserve today: Hobby, Buzzard, Kestrel, Great Egret, Lapwing, Wigeon, Greenshank, Jay
The water is gradually returning to Upton Warren’s Flashes today following a hot summer; only 5 Curlew & Common Sandpiper present
Highlights at Blithfield Reservoir today: Curlew Sandpiper, Curlew, Knot, Dunlin, Ruff, Ringed Plover, Lapwing, Wheatear, Meadow Pipit, Sandwich Tern flyover, lots of hirundines
Other highlights at Slimbridge today: Black Swan, Ruff, Gadwall, Spoonbill, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Shoveler, Snipe & Common Sandpiper
Middle Point at Slimbridge today: Whinchat, Wheatear, Curlew, Bar-Tailed Godwit, Turnstone, Yellow Wagtail, Meadow Pipit
Other birds on my Dorset trip included Sandwich Tern, Caspian & Med Gulls, Balearic Shearwater, Wheatear, Kingfisher, Osprey, Dartford Warbler & Woodlark
16 species waderfest during my Dorset trip including Little Stint, Curlew Sand, Wood Sand, Bar-Tailed Godwit, Knot, Turnstone & Sanderling
My 4hr contribution of 49 species for the West Midlands All Dayer at Upton Warren’s Moors included Little Stint, Wood Sandpiper, Kingfisher, Water Rail, Common Sandpiper, Grey Wagtail, Kestrel, Jay, Goldcrest, Bullfinch
Feathered memories at WWT Slimbridge today including a beautiful Peacock butterfly, Spoonbill, Gadwall pair and a Black Swan