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Pete Coleman @petec62.bsky.social · 14d

Samphire hoe this morning, 2 Ring ouzels, 4 siskin, wheatear & 2 chough

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Pete Coleman @petec62.bsky.social · 15d

Samphire hoe this morning 4 Ring ouzels. Crap boc shot

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Pete Coleman @petec62.bsky.social · 20d

Great Farthingloe, 7am before the rain . Large movement of hirundines, mainly House Martins, scattering of chiffs & blackcaps.

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Pete Coleman @petec62.bsky.social · Aug 17

Lovely pictures

Pete Coleman @petec62.bsky.social · Aug 15

Abbots cliffe, a nice mix of whitethroats , lesser whitethroats, willow warblers, chiffs, reed warblers, wheatear, Whinchat and a juv cuckoo over the last couple of days. The juv cuckoo still present this morning near the nissen huts

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Pete Coleman @petec62.bsky.social · Jun 18

Honey buzzard over Priory fields school Dover

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Pete Coleman @petec62.bsky.social · Jun 15

I've got the Kowa bd 8x25 DCF. Brilliant pair of binoculars in my opinion.

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Pete Coleman @petec62.bsky.social · Jun 13

Samphire hoe this morning. What i believe to be Pyramidal and common spotted orchids

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Pete Coleman @petec62.bsky.social · May 30

I too was there that day to see the melodious warbler. 32 years ago, blimey!

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Pete Coleman @petec62.bsky.social · May 19

Wow! Love the colour on that bankside Paul, superb.

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Pete Coleman @petec62.bsky.social · May 18

Great Farthingloe A sound clip of a blackbird living by the busy A20 Dover, police car mimicry. Also 2 lesser whitethroat 4 whitethroat
6 chiff chaff, 3 blackcap yellowhammer, 6 song thrushes 6 Robins wren dunnock chaffinch great tit & a further 6 blackbirds a great morning of bird song.

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Pete Coleman @petec62.bsky.social · May 12

A lovely morning stroll around Worth marshes today. Red kite, Avocet, great white egret, gadwall, shoveler, plenty of Sedge warbs. Banded demoielles & wall butterflies

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Pete Coleman @petec62.bsky.social · May 8

Samphire hoe, birds of note, 2 Lesser whitethroat, 5 Common whitethroat, 4 Swallows, 25 House Martins, 3 Shellduck on the sea. Tough going in this wind

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Pete Coleman @petec62.bsky.social · May 4

Hoopoe again present near to the water treatment works on B2011. Heard but not seen, very vocal

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Pete Coleman @petec62.bsky.social · May 3

Hoopoe is now just off the B2011 at Farthingloe near to the water treatment works, very vocal

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Pete Coleman @petec62.bsky.social · May 3

Great Farthingloe, Dover, very vocal Hoopoe, 2 lesser whitethroat 6 common whitethroat, 5 yellowhammer, 6 blackcap, and a Red kite

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Pete Coleman @petec62.bsky.social · May 1

Samphire hoe this morning 4 Oystercatcher E, 2 Sandwich tern feeding offshore, 3 House Martins around the cliffs +single Wheatear

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Pete Coleman @petec62.bsky.social · Apr 17

Abbots cliff, Black kite west and a lesser whitethroat this morning

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Pete Coleman @petec62.bsky.social · Apr 14

Credit where credit is due, that is a superb picture, well done

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Pete Coleman @petec62.bsky.social · Apr 13

Western heights Dover early morning, 4 chiffs, 3 blackcap, Jay, kestrel, chiming great tits, chaffinch, wren, dunnock, Robins all singing & calling. No whitethroat yet

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Pete Coleman @petec62.bsky.social · Apr 12

Dover Western heights 3 blackcap, sparrowhawk, kestrel, Black Redstart

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Pete Coleman @petec62.bsky.social · Apr 12

Dover harbour 2 Black Redstarts this morning

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Pete Coleman @petec62.bsky.social · Apr 10

Brilliant, thanks for your reply Jamie, all the best.

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Pete Coleman @petec62.bsky.social · Apr 10

This gull (on the left) has been hanging about Samphire hoe these last few days. It has yellowlegs. (Although in my crap phone photo it doesn't look like it) It is alot more leggy than the righthand bird.Any ideas?
@jamiepartridge.bsky.social
@richbonser.bsky.social

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Pete Coleman @petec62.bsky.social · Apr 5

Red Kite just gone over boys grammar school, Dover

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