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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · 22h

A flash of turquoise cutting across the rising mega tide at Barrow-in-Furness this morning... @cumbriabirdclub.bsky.social

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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · 15d

Roosecote Sands, Barrow this morning, 153 Pale-bellied Brent Geese feeding, c500+ Pink-foot south in several flocks and this crazy leucistic Curlew…. #birds #cumbriabirds

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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · 15d

Nighthawk Magic - British Columbia Sept 2025 #Birds #BCBirds

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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · 15d

Bold blues and brash calls.... the Steller’s Jay never blends into the background. A true forest trickster, curious, noisy, and impossible to ignore. 🌲💙 #Birds #StellersJay

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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · 15d

Forest gamebirds with very different styles 🌲🪶 The Ruffed Grouse drums on logs with rapid wingbeats, a heartbeat of the woods. The Sooty Grouse booms deep calls through mountain forests, echoing like distant drums. #Birds #CanadianBirds #Birding

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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · 16d

Master of the skies 🦅 The Osprey dives with pinpoint precision, snatching its prey straight from the water. A true symbol of wild rivers and coasts. #BirdsOfPrey #Osprey #WildlifePhotography #CanadianBirds #Birds

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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · 16d

Tiny, bold, and with a voice like a toy horn 🚗🎺 the Red-breasted Nuthatch is a master climber, walking headfirst down tree trunks in search of insects & seeds. A splash of rusty-orange chest + a bold eye stripe make it unmistakable! #birds #birdingcanada #CanadianBirds

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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · Aug 27

Between tarmac & pasture, a wall-top blooms with Bird’s-foot Trefoil, Harebell, ferns and fine grasses. A narrow ribbon of biodiversity squeezed between two low-diversity landscapes. #WildflowerHour #Biodiversity #Cumbria forktail.co.uk/2025/08/27/a...

A Ribbon of Wildness Between Road and Pasture

At first glance, the scene is an ordinary roadside wall – a strip of stone edging the tarmac footpath, with a fence and pasture beyond. Yet the top of this wall tells a richer, more hopeful story. …

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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · Aug 27

A quiet visitor this morning – a fine adult Roe Deer buck standing just beyond our Lake District garden, alert and watchful in the misty light. 🦌✨ #LakeDistrict #Wildlife

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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · Aug 26

A splash of colour in the autumn garden 🍂💙
This juvenile Blue Tit is still finding its way among the fading leaves here in our Lake District garden. #Birdwatching #LakeDistrict #BlueTit

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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · Aug 24

Garden Wasp…

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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · Aug 23

Yellow-wort (Blackstonia perfoliata) in Cumbria - brightens dry grasslands & coastal slopes with its striking starry yellow flowers. A late-summer gem, often closing by afternoon sun 🌼💛 #wildflowerhour

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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · Aug 23

The name Restharrow reflects the plant’s agricultural nuisance in former times, its stubborn roots being almost impossible to remove from arable land.

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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · Aug 22

🌸 Common Restharrow – a creeping perennial of dry, sandy soils. Once notorious for stopping farmers’ harrows, now admired for its stunning pink pea-flowers. In Cumbria it’s abundant on coastal dunes, frequent in the Eden Valley, but scarce elsewhere. #Wildflower #Cumbria #Wildflowerhour

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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · Aug 22

Common Lizard - Fowlshaw Moss's CWT - Cumbria 220825 #Reptiles #UKReptiles #UKHerp

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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · Aug 21

Skullcap - Lake District #WildFlowerHour 💀🧢

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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · Aug 21

Kirkstone Pass - 18/08/25 #LakeDistrict

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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · Aug 21

Strawberry Clover - Cumbria #wildflowerhour 🍓☘️

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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · Jun 28

🌿 Common Sea-lavender (Limonium vulgare) lights up the Cumbrian saltmarshes in summer with its soft purple blooms. Not a true lavender, but just as striking, a coastal classic at its best. 💜 #wildflowers #saltmarsh

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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · Jun 25

Peak summer at Bowber Head Farm – the upland hay meadows are bursting with colour and life. One of the UK's rarest habitats, lovingly managed by Cumbria Wildlife Trust. 🌼🌾 #HayMeadow #CumbriaWildlife #BowberHead

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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · Jun 25

Dogs and Disturbance on Roosecote Sands SPA: A Growing Concern... forktail.co.uk/2025/06/25/d...

Dogs and Disturbance on Roosecote Sands SPA: A Growing Concern

Yet again, dogs have been seen running unchecked across Roosecote Sands, a designated Special Protection Area (SPA) for its important birdlife. On this occasion, two large pointer-type dogs were ph…

forktail.co.uk

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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · Jun 25

Humming Bird Hawkmoth, Barrow Cumbria 250625 feeding on Sea-lavender #ukmoths

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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · Jun 22

Western Sandpiper at Maidens, South Ayrshire… my 400th UK bird species ✅ for the 2nd (!!!) time (read below 👇 to get the full sorry story)….

forktail.co.uk/2025/06/22/w...

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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · Jun 16

Bowber Head Farm CWT is buzzing in June 🌼🐝 the upland hay meadows burst into life with wildflowers, pollinators, and the hum of a centuries-old tradition. One of England’s rarest habitats, right here in Cumbria. #HayMeadows #CumbriaWildlife #BowberHead #SSSI #MeadowMagic

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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · Jun 13

Adders spotted basking at Foulshaw Moss today! A great sign that this precious peatland is healthy and teeming with life. Keep your eyes peeled and tread carefully — they're shy and protected. 🐍☀️ @cumbriawildlife #Adders #FoulshawMoss #PeatlandWildlife

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