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Jon Cook

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Birder, mostly local patch, sometimes further afield | Photography, wildlife, the outdoors | Northamptonshire county bird recorder: https://joncookbirding.wordpress.com

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Jon Cook @jcbirder.bsky.social · 1d

Pectoral Sandpiper this evening at Hollowell Reservoir; day 7 of its stay here #northantsbirds #ukbirding #waders

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Jon Cook @jcbirder.bsky.social · 8d

Pectoral Sandpiper this morning at Hollowell Reservoir. Chuffed to find this after a quiet autumn so far here for #waders. #northantsbirds #ukbirding

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Jon Cook @jcbirder.bsky.social · 10d

Juvenile Ringed Plover this evening at Hollowell Reservoir. #northantsbirds #ukbirding #waders

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Jon Cook @jcbirder.bsky.social · 12d

Northern Wheatear and Dunlin this morning at a rainy Hollowell Reservoir; also there, 8 Stonechats, 2 Ringed Plovers and a late-ish Sand Martin. #northantsbirds #ukbirding

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Jon Cook @jcbirder.bsky.social · 15d

Common Scoter this morning at Hollowell Reservoir. Distant / record shot; picked it up off the opposite bank after I’d almost completed a lap & had to head home. #northantsbirds #ukbirding

Jon Cook @jcbirder.bsky.social · 15d

Slavonian Grebe this evening at Hollowell Reservoir. Great find earlier by Mark Piper. With a raft of Coots and Great Crested Grebes; occasionally flushed into flight by rowing boat. #northantsbirds #ukbirding

Jon Cook @jcbirder.bsky.social · 16d

Whinchat this evening at Hollowell Reservoir. Also there, a decent early count of 8 Stonechats (6 together). #northantsbirds #ukbirding

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Jon Cook @jcbirder.bsky.social · 17d

Ringed Plover & Little Ringed Plover together this evening at Hollowell Reservoir #northantsbirds #ukbirding #waders

Jon Cook @jcbirder.bsky.social · 21d

Juvenile Hobby this evening at Ravensthorpe Reservoir #northantsbirds #ukbirding

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Jon Cook @jcbirder.bsky.social · 26d

Excellent stuff Tony; seeing that flash of rusty red tail is always a special moment.

Jon Cook @jcbirder.bsky.social · 26d

Common Redstart this morning at Glassthorpehill, Harpole. One of two present. A new location for me for this species; came walking by here a couple of months ago and thought it looked a likely spot. #northantsbirds #ukbirding #redstart

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Jon Cook @jcbirder.bsky.social · 27d

Ringed Plover this morning at Hollowell Reservoir, with 2 Little Ringed Plovers. Also Osprey flew through S, Peregrine, 4 Common Sandpipers and first Meadow Pipit of autumn #northantsbirds #ukbirding

Jon Cook @jcbirder.bsky.social · 27d

Black Tern this morning at Hollowell Reservoir, one of two present #northantsbirds #ukbirding

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Jon Cook @jcbirder.bsky.social · Sep 4

Northern Wheatear this morning on the dam at Hollowell Reservoir. A good start to the day: typically only see a handful of these per year here. #northantsbirds #ukbirding

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Jon Cook @jcbirder.bsky.social · Aug 31

Little Ringed Plover this morning at Hollowell Reservoir #northantsbirds #ukbirding #waders

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Jon Cook @jcbirder.bsky.social · Aug 29

Juvenile Stonechat this evening at Hollowell Reservoir; present since yesterday; first one locally for me this autumn. I’d say I see more Whinchats here in August. #northantsbirds #ukbirding

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Jon Cook @jcbirder.bsky.social · Aug 22

Juvenile Ruff this morning at Hollowell Reservoir #northantsbirds #ukbirding #waders

Jon Cook @jcbirder.bsky.social · Aug 18

Black-tailed Godwit this morning at Hollowell Reservoir #northantsbirds #ukbirding #waders

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Jon Cook @jcbirder.bsky.social · Aug 17

Black Stork this morning near Boyton, Suffolk. Zitting Cisticola yesterday at Walberswick - two bonus features in a thoroughly enjoyable weekend camping trip.

Jon Cook @jcbirder.bsky.social · Aug 14

Hollowell Reservoir this morning: 3 Greenshanks (2 shown here), 3 Whinchats (my first of this autumn), Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper and a Crossbill; plus a scattering of commoner migrants including Willow Warbler, Spotted Flycatcher, Lesser Whitethroat. Not bad! #northantsbirds #ukbirding

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Jon Cook @jcbirder.bsky.social · Aug 8

Two Curlews over Hollowell this evening, flew up the valley, calling as they went; ✅ #85 for the in / over / from home & garden list.

Jon Cook @jcbirder.bsky.social · Aug 4

Greenshank this evening at Hollowell Reservoir; present since yesterday afternoon #northantsbirds #ukbirding #waders

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Jon Cook @jcbirder.bsky.social · Aug 1

Dunlin this afternoon at Hollowell Reservoir; one of two which dropped in during a band of squally rain #northantsbirds #waders #ukbirding

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Jon Cook @jcbirder.bsky.social · Jul 29

Common Redstart again this evening near Firetail Covert, Cold Ashby #northantsbirds

Jon Cook @jcbirder.bsky.social · Jul 27

Common Redstart this afternoon, just north of Firetail Covert, near Cold Ashby. Perhaps a former haunt when Redstarts still bred in the county? #northantsbirds #redstart #firetail