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Heavy crop of the Ruff at #LytchettFields last Friday
December 1, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Heavy crop of the Ruff at #LytchettFields last Friday
This Cetti's Warbler briefly posed in a bramble bush behind RLV last week
December 1, 2025 at 11:42 AM
This Cetti's Warbler briefly posed in a bramble bush behind RLV last week
Another day and the Avocet getting closer to RLV #LytchettBay
December 1, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Another day and the Avocet getting closer to RLV #LytchettBay
Stonechat, another angle, at #LytchettFields last week
December 1, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Stonechat, another angle, at #LytchettFields last week
Stonechat at #LytchettFields last week
December 1, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Stonechat at #LytchettFields last week
Marsh Harriers interacting over #LytchettBay last week
December 1, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Marsh Harriers interacting over #LytchettBay last week
Avocet feeding in front of RLV #LytchettBay last week
December 1, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Avocet feeding in front of RLV #LytchettBay last week
Nice to see flocks of Avocet starting to feed regularly in front of RLV #LytchettBay last week
December 1, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Nice to see flocks of Avocet starting to feed regularly in front of RLV #LytchettBay last week
One of the two well-grown young Great Crested Grebes at Hatch Pond last Tuesday
November 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
One of the two well-grown young Great Crested Grebes at Hatch Pond last Tuesday
Redwing at Lytchett last Monday
November 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Redwing at Lytchett last Monday
Nuthatch at the #LytchettFields feeding station last week
November 29, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Nuthatch at the #LytchettFields feeding station last week
This pair of "Poole Park" Greylags were in Whimbrel Field last weekend, seem to be using the fields regularly as they were seen by @mick666.bsky.social a week earlier
November 29, 2025 at 5:14 PM
This pair of "Poole Park" Greylags were in Whimbrel Field last weekend, seem to be using the fields regularly as they were seen by @mick666.bsky.social a week earlier
Stonechat at #LytchettFields last week
November 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Stonechat at #LytchettFields last week
Yes a head start bird released on 10/08/2025 at Peppering, Sussex
November 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Yes a head start bird released on 10/08/2025 at Peppering, Sussex
My annual roost count at Hatch Pond this evening produced a personal best of 229 Magpies, my previous best count from a couple of years ago was 184 @harbourbirds.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 5:44 PM
My annual roost count at Hatch Pond this evening produced a personal best of 229 Magpies, my previous best count from a couple of years ago was 184 @harbourbirds.bsky.social
Red Kite over #LytchettFields this morning
November 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Red Kite over #LytchettFields this morning
Green Sandpiper at #LytchettFields this morning
November 17, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Green Sandpiper at #LytchettFields this morning
Firecrest at #LytchettHeath on Sunday
November 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Firecrest at #LytchettHeath on Sunday
Surprised to see this Clouded Yellow on the wing at #LytchettFields on Thursday
November 15, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Surprised to see this Clouded Yellow on the wing at #LytchettFields on Thursday
Glossy Ibis from Swineham on Tuesday
November 15, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Glossy Ibis from Swineham on Tuesday
Glossy Ibis from Swineham on Tuesday
November 15, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Glossy Ibis from Swineham on Tuesday
This Curlew 5T was in Lytchett Bay on 03/11/25. It's a Headstart bird ,eggs are taken from healthy populations, then incubated, reared and released. They have 3 release sites, Cranborne(Dorset), Pepperell(W Sussex) and Elmley(Kent). 5T was released in Pepperell on 10/08/25 @harbourbirds.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 11:24 AM
This Curlew 5T was in Lytchett Bay on 03/11/25. It's a Headstart bird ,eggs are taken from healthy populations, then incubated, reared and released. They have 3 release sites, Cranborne(Dorset), Pepperell(W Sussex) and Elmley(Kent). 5T was released in Pepperell on 10/08/25 @harbourbirds.bsky.social
The Glossy Ibis coming back into land on Curlews Pools on Tuesday
November 13, 2025 at 12:18 PM
The Glossy Ibis coming back into land on Curlews Pools on Tuesday
The Glossy Ibis flock flew over Swineham GP on Tuesday morning and landed, 20 minutes later I found them skulking in the long vegetation on Curlew Pools, but could only confirm their number(12) when they were put up by a Marsh Harrier
November 13, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The Glossy Ibis flock flew over Swineham GP on Tuesday morning and landed, 20 minutes later I found them skulking in the long vegetation on Curlew Pools, but could only confirm their number(12) when they were put up by a Marsh Harrier