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Steve Groves @swannerysteve.bsky.social · 1h

Well excluding dodgy 19th C stuff & including distinctive forms I make it 8… but I only found 3!
Sooty Tern 1935
Little Egret 1940
Black-winged Stilt 1956
White-tailed Plover 1979
Greenland White-fronted Goose
1992
Kumlien’s Gull 1995
Yellow-browed Bunting 2025
Baikal Teal 2025 if accepted.

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Dorset Bird Tours @dorsetbirdtours.bsky.social · 4h

Abbotsbury Swannery Baikal Teal from Helen's Hide looking west @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social

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nickurch.bsky.social @nickurch.bsky.social · 4h

Abbotsbury Swannery: Baikal Teal refound by @dorsetbirdtours.bsky.social from Helen's Hide looking west. @birdguides.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

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nickurch.bsky.social @nickurch.bsky.social · 7h

Abbotsbury Swannery: no sign of Baikal Teal yet but only limited searching so far. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

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Steve Groves @swannerysteve.bsky.social · 7h

I believe @nickurch.bsky.social is on site & looking though 👍🏻

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Steve Groves @swannerysteve.bsky.social · 7h

Sorry I’m not on site today, & neither is @joestockwell.bsky.social . Not heard anything either.

Steve Groves @swannerysteve.bsky.social · 18h

Totally agree 👍🏻

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Steve Groves @swannerysteve.bsky.social · 19h

Cheers Shaun, fast asleep for what seemed like ages, & couldn’t see the loral spot but there was just something about the super that looked good. Then it flushed & didn’t see it go. Fortunately it came back 😁

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Steve Groves @swannerysteve.bsky.social · 19h

Cheers 👍🏻 I’ll have to check the list tomorrow…🤔 Just had a few celebratory beers 🤪👌🏻

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Steve Groves @swannerysteve.bsky.social · 21h

No captive ducks at Abbotsbury Swannery. Behaving like a wild bird. Nothing from it’s behaviour to suspect otherwise.

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Steve Groves @swannerysteve.bsky.social · 22h

And no, that’s not a piece of bread at the beginning!😁

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Steve Groves @swannerysteve.bsky.social · 23h

This afternoon’s Baikal Teal, Abbotsbury Swannery. @joestockwell.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

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Steve Groves @swannerysteve.bsky.social · 23h

… @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @joestockwell.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social

Steve Groves @swannerysteve.bsky.social · 23h

Baikal Teal at Abbotsbury Swannery this afternoon with 500+ Teal. Flock very mobile. Swannery open 10am tomorrow. No entry before 10am. Doubtfully viewable from rights of way other than grounds. There is no right of way SE of tank traps on beach. If you walk beyond fence there everything will flush!

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Joe Stockwell @joestockwell.bsky.social · 13d

126 Cattle Egret left the Swannery roost just before sunrise this morning - a new record for us and presumably a new highest for the county

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Joe Stockwell @joestockwell.bsky.social · 16d

Yellow-browed Bunting trapped, ringed and released at the Swannery. It's flown to the hedge which runs alongside the Swannery grounds and the bird may be viewable from the permissive path heading west from Grove Lane.

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Steve Groves @swannerysteve.bsky.social · 18d

Pastel Call Ducks. A domestic Mallard breed, originally bred to attract wild ducks into decoy pipes.

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Steve Groves @swannerysteve.bsky.social · 20d

The Pink-footed Goose reappeared mid-day in the Swannery grounds. Obviously in one of the outlying fields somewhere this morning. @joestockwell.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

Pink-footed Goose & Greylag Goose, Abbotsbury.

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Steve Groves @swannerysteve.bsky.social · 20d

No sign of the Pink-foot at either of its favoured localities so far this morning 👎🏻 @joestockwell.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

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Steve Groves @swannerysteve.bsky.social · 20d

The Pink-footed Goose & it’s Greylag companion are in the lower meadows (Ditchmoor) west of the Swannery this evening. Viewable from either of the paths going west from behind the Swannery cafe. @joestockwell.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

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Steve Groves @swannerysteve.bsky.social · 22d

Caspian Gull (1cy) at the Swannery. @joestockwell.bsky.social will have better pics 😁 @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

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Steve Groves @swannerysteve.bsky.social · 24d

White-tailed Eagle on the Chesil beach between Abbotsbury & Rodden being mobbed by an Osprey, a Red Kite, a Peregrine & 2 Marsh Harriers! @joestockwell.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

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Steve Groves @swannerysteve.bsky.social · 24d

Grey Phalarope dropped into Swannery Embayment briefly then has just headed out over the beach towards Bexington. @joestockwell.bsky.social @bexbirder.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

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Steve Groves @swannerysteve.bsky.social · Sep 12

9 Goosanders (redheads) in the Swannery embayment this evening were a little unseasonal for the site. @joestockwell.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

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Joe Stockwell @joestockwell.bsky.social · Sep 12

I waited a while hoping the large gulls would come into the bund at 5pm but they stayed put in the lee of the beach, today's Caspian Gulls were numbers 5 and 6 this autumn, another 1cy but also a 2cy(I think, the light was crap!)

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