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Chris' Wildlife Sightings & Photography
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Birder | Naturalist | Amateur Wildlife Photographer | Dartmoor local patch | Plym/SE Cornwall 10km patch
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Brill #patchbirding year in the Cadover/Crownhill Down area. 120 sps in 2024. Highlights - Pallid Harrier (thanx to finder), Ring-necked Duck, Pink-footed Goose, Curlew Sand & 5 Sanderling, Water Pipit, Common Tern & Black Red🧵(1/2) #birding #ukbirding #birds #nature
Thanks mate. They showed well in the end! Hopefully they'll hang around
Great day birding locally - 3 Ring Ouzels (Cadover), Yellow-legged Gull (Trowlesworthy), Goldeneye (Crownhill Down), Firecrest, 2 Ringed Plovers, Treecreeper, 5 Pintail, RCP, 2 Gadwall, 10 Shoveler and 32 Wigeon in the Cadover and Crownhill Down area today #patchbirding #ukbirding #birding
No Ouzels at Cadover, but plenty of wildfowl in Dartmoor's pits. 2 Gadwall (first on the moor since 2021), 3 Pintail, Saltram's RC Pochard on her winter holiday, 9 Shoveler, 30 Wigeon, 100+ Teal. Also Lapwing and 94 Coot (very high count for Dartmoor) #patchbirding #birding #birds
Short Eared Owl at Warren Point, Dawlish - ///future.scorecard.wide. Out of sight as it flew over ridge back towards reserve. 10 Eider offshore. #birding #ukbirding #birds
Flock of c300 Golden Plover over Cadover, most landed on the slopes of the tors. Wheatear in the paddocks. 20+ Redwing over Plympton late morning #patchbirding #birding #ukbirding #birds
Adult YL Gull at Cadover, Dartmoor, in field next to holiday cottage this morning - ///bliss.remaining.edges #patchbirding #birding #ukbirding #birds
Ah same Stuart! I didn't realise either! Hope you had a good walk around! The Osprey was showing very well!
Whizz around various sites on my 10km patch - Osprey at Kingsmill Lake, Whimbrel and Knot at Blaxton Meadow, Plym Est, and 7 Ringed Plover, 3 Wigeon & 43 Teal in the Crownhill Down area #patchbirding #birding #ukbirding #birds
Baird's and Pec Sandpipers still at Siblyback Lake ahead of the heavy rain. Supporting cast of 9 Glossy Ibis, Little Stint, 2 Ruff, 16 Ringed Plover, Greenshank, 7 C Sand, 4 Dunlin, Snipe and 4 Wheatear #birding #ukbirding #birds @cbwps.org.uk
Three Red-crested Pochard at Slapton Ley yesterday. Three immature Common Tern past offshore, with 25+ Sandwich Terns on the beach, Med Gulls and several Kittiwakes. #birding #ukbirding #birds
Little Stint still in Crownhill Down Main Pit at 07:15. Also two Dunlin #patchbirding #birding #birds #ukbirding
Little Stint, 2 Black-tailed Godwits, Ringed Plover and a Yellow Wag (over E at 0800) were the highlights in the Crownhill Down area first thing. #patchbirding #birding #birds #ukbirding
Crownhill Down Main Pit: Little Stint with Dunlin and Ringed Plover #patchbirding #birding #birds #ukbirding
Yeah Graham definitely one of the better days! Hopefully cloud/rain next week will bring in more goodies!
Clear skies overnight and most migrants out - 2 Spot Flies, Tree Pipit over and 8 Wheatear the best in the Crownhill Down area today. #patchbirding #birding #birds #ukbirding
Brilliant #patchbirding morning - a Wryneck along the fenceline of Crownhill Down (W3Ws ///bills.tiles.ombudsman). Wood Sandpiper still on small pool on the down. Also in the area, Whinchat, Ringed Plover, Pied Flycatcher, 4+ Spotted Flycatchers and a Tree Pipit. #birding #ukbirding #birds
Thanks mate! Hopefully it'll hang around for a bit!
Crownhill Down: Wryneck along fenceline here: ///bills.tiles.ombudsman #patchbirding #birding #ukbirding