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WATER RAIL & GREAT WHITE EGRET at Watermead today.
Also recently…
metal-ringed YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 10/11,
female BLACKCAP 17/11,
WOODCOCK 07/11,
& CETTI’S WARBLER occasionally still.

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November 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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WHOOPER SWAN at Watermead now…

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October 8, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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f/1st yr BLACK REDSTART Maylands Ave Hemel Hempstead nr Tesco Express & Adeyfield Free Church. Briefly on orange platform on these flats…
#hertsbirds @hertsbirds.bsky.social @hnhsoc.bsky.social @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social #birdwatching #birding #birds #nature #wildlife #urbanbirding #urbannature
October 7, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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HOBBY with prey at Watermead just now…

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July 14, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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With only 1 prev record (‘24) at Watermead, I watched the same small Oak beside the R.Thame for 1/2hr & was rewarded with a single PURPLE HAIRSTREAK…
+ only the 3rd rec. of BROWN ARGUS here on the bank.

@chilternsnature.bsky.social @upperthames.bsky.social #butterflies #nature #wildlifephotography
July 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Hot weather has brought some interesting day-flying moths to Watermead - a HUMMINGBIRD HAWKMOTH stopped to nectar briefly on Red Valerian at my flat y’day, & on Weds the 1st record of 6-SPOT BURNET MOTH here, unfortunately stuck on the lake & shortly eaten by a Mallard!

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June 20, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Few bits from this morn’s survey at Watermead…

CUCKOO calling again,
REED WARBLER singing (scarce here, esp. in June),
Increase in MARBLED WHITES,
BROAD-BODIED CHASER devouring a Hoverfly - great to see side-by-side with BLACK-TAILED SKIMMER.

@upperthames.bsky.social #dragonflies #wildlife #nature
June 13, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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A few nice bits at Watermead this eve:

Best by far - male CUCKOO calling at small lake, 21.10,
PAINTED LADY stopped for a couple of secs for a shot before shooting off,
Pair of BAR-HEADED GEESE,
& lots of NOCTULE BATS hunting…

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June 12, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Join Max Moorcroft as he takes us on a botany adventure 🌿 Finding the most extraordinary plants in the most ordinary places 💚

#springwatch #springwatch20 #springwatch2025 #BBCSpringwatch #plants #moss #flora #urbannature
June 8, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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There must be more ‘Watchers’ on here so lets build the community by reposting & following, give our presenters & contributors some love, & celebrate 20Yrs of #Springwatch together 💚🥳
How big can our flock grow by end of this season?

#BBCSpringwatch #Springwatch2025 #Springwatch20 #wildlife #nature
May 28, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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#Springwatch2025 is winging its way to screens May 26th, marking the 20th Anniversary of #Springwatch!
Join @ChrisGPackham.bsky.social, Michaela Strachen & @IoloWilliams.bsky.social at a new location, to be revealed.

#BBCSpringwatch #spring #nature #wildlife
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May 8, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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After finding 11(!)COMMON SANDPIPERS roosting at Watermead y’day (on bank in someone’s garden!)(5 night before), 2 still about this morn.
+GARDEN WARBLER, LESSER W.THROAT, 4 W.THROAT, REED & 4 SEDGE WARBLERS all singing
+1st HAIRY DRAGONFLY of the yr #birdwatching #dragonflies #nature #bucksbirdnews
May 1, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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MARSH HARRIER high over Watermead this afternoon…

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April 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Another OSPREY north through Watermead just now - seemingly following the same route vaguely along the River Thame…
Also an OYSTERCATCHER arrived as I write this, landing on the bank just beside me!

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April 3, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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SCANDINAVIAN ROCK PIPIT briefly at Watermead - thought I may have heard littoralis call on the breeze, then caught it fly across the lake & head off north so only managed this poor shot once confirmed…

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March 22, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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OSPREY north through Watermead just now…

#bucksbirdnews #birding #nature #wildlife @chilternsnature.bsky.social #bucksbirdalert
March 22, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Whilst taking a stroll near my in-laws in Southall I heard the call of a Med Gull, so I jogged over to the fishing pools at Northolt Hills/Northala Fields to find this stunning Adult Summer MEDITERRANEAN GULL briefly taking a dip, just long enough for a phone pic…
#londonbirds
March 18, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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An OTTER collecting den material along the River Thame at Watermead at the moment whilst a WATER RAIL is calling nearby…

#mammals #otter #nature #wildlife @chilternsnature.bsky.social @bbowt.bsky.social @tverc1.bsky.social
February 3, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Male SHELDUCK low over Watermead just now. May have gone down on the River Thame flood just west of Watermead…

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February 3, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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New species for Watermead - a juvenile MERLIN just rocketed through, along the River Thame, over the large lake then slalomed between the rooftops! Looking very out of place in the urban environment…

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January 23, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Wow! 1,000 followers have flocked here to #Winterwatch on Bluesky 🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛ Can we make it 3,000 before #Winterwatch2025 finishes on Friday?

Share this & spread the word so our #murmuration grows like these #Starlings filmed by @DanFWildlife.bsky.social

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January 22, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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The 6 RUSSIAN WHITE-FRONTED GEESE have returned to the Greylag flock at Watermead, though now very hard to view - blood drawn just to confirm their presence & get a record shot!

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January 16, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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Male MANDARIN flew into Watermead not long ago - although plenty not far away near Wendover only 1 every 2 years or so here.
The male GOOSANDER is more active today, constantly hunting…

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January 16, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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2 PINTAIL at Watermead in the mist this morning, but no sign of the Russian White-fronted Geese or male Goosander…

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January 15, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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The Male GOOSANDER & the wintering GREAT WHITE EGRET are also still at Watermead today…

#bucksbirdnews #birding #nature #wildlife @chilternsnature.bsky.social @bucksalert
January 14, 2025 at 11:41 AM