Viv K
@vivkeene.bsky.social
Actor, gardener, nature-lover. Based in South-West.
I thought that the flocks of small birds I was seeing on Exmoor yesterday were probably Linnets, but they were actually Reed Buntings. Haven't seen them like that b4. Also 5 Red Kites & male Hen Harrier #UKBirding
November 14, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I thought that the flocks of small birds I was seeing on Exmoor yesterday were probably Linnets, but they were actually Reed Buntings. Haven't seen them like that b4. Also 5 Red Kites & male Hen Harrier #UKBirding
Yester a.m turned grey, but I was thrilled to see this male Hen Harrier up on an Exmoor ridge! I was half a mile away as I watched it soar over my parked car. 😂 Gr8 to see tho. Also 5 Red Kite, 5 Buzzards & small flocks of birds that turned out to be Reed Buntings, surprisingly! #UKBirding
November 14, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Yester a.m turned grey, but I was thrilled to see this male Hen Harrier up on an Exmoor ridge! I was half a mile away as I watched it soar over my parked car. 😂 Gr8 to see tho. Also 5 Red Kite, 5 Buzzards & small flocks of birds that turned out to be Reed Buntings, surprisingly! #UKBirding
I'm enjoying strolling around my old haunts. Greenwich Park has always been a favourite. Yesterday I got gr8 views of 3 foxes, many Parakeets, a few Fallow Deer, Gt Spot Woodies, Egyptian Geese & a surprising Red Kite. 😃 #UKBirding #UKMammals
October 29, 2025 at 7:52 AM
I'm enjoying strolling around my old haunts. Greenwich Park has always been a favourite. Yesterday I got gr8 views of 3 foxes, many Parakeets, a few Fallow Deer, Gt Spot Woodies, Egyptian Geese & a surprising Red Kite. 😃 #UKBirding #UKMammals
Cat-sitting in London, so had a trip to Bushy Park yester to wildlife watch. Exhausted stags, both Fallow and Red, Green Woodpeckers, Parakeets, Stonechats & Jays mainly. #Wildlife #Mammals #Birds All deer pics from at least 50m - they're very dangerous at this time of year!
October 26, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Dartmoor in showery rain today, so the light was rather low. Large influx of thrush types - Fieldfares (about 70), Redwings (7), Ring Ouzels (@ 12), Blackbirds and Mistles. All VERY flighty. Also Tawny Owl calling in p.m, Greenfinches, Linnets, Stonechats, Goldcrests, Bullfinches. #UKBirding
October 21, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Dartmoor in showery rain today, so the light was rather low. Large influx of thrush types - Fieldfares (about 70), Redwings (7), Ring Ouzels (@ 12), Blackbirds and Mistles. All VERY flighty. Also Tawny Owl calling in p.m, Greenfinches, Linnets, Stonechats, Goldcrests, Bullfinches. #UKBirding
It was a dark grey morn, but I had a stroll on the South Dorset Ridgeway, after a Tip run. Small pulse of Swallows heading E, Stonechats, Cirl buntings, a single Wheatear, a few Skylarks and many Chiffs and Chaffs. Dreadful pics because there was a total lack of light or contrast! 🙁 #UKBirding
October 12, 2025 at 12:40 PM
It was a dark grey morn, but I had a stroll on the South Dorset Ridgeway, after a Tip run. Small pulse of Swallows heading E, Stonechats, Cirl buntings, a single Wheatear, a few Skylarks and many Chiffs and Chaffs. Dreadful pics because there was a total lack of light or contrast! 🙁 #UKBirding
Up on Exmoor yesterday and I was surprised how few birds I was seeing. Plenty of holly and haw berries, but I didn't see a single Blackbird or thrush, but on Dartmoor a few days ago were plenty. A Red Kite, Linnets & Stonechats were evident. Other than that? Pheasants & Partridge. 🙁#UKBirding
October 1, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Up on Exmoor yesterday and I was surprised how few birds I was seeing. Plenty of holly and haw berries, but I didn't see a single Blackbird or thrush, but on Dartmoor a few days ago were plenty. A Red Kite, Linnets & Stonechats were evident. Other than that? Pheasants & Partridge. 🙁#UKBirding
Up on Dartmoor for dawn, hoping for a Ring Ouzel. None seen, but there was a lge flock of Meadow Pipits (@200) swirling around, that quickly dispersed. Lots of Blackbirds, Stonechats, Jays, Chiffs & a few Gt Spot Woodies. Beautiful day, but very chilly first thing! #UKBirding
September 28, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Up on Dartmoor for dawn, hoping for a Ring Ouzel. None seen, but there was a lge flock of Meadow Pipits (@200) swirling around, that quickly dispersed. Lots of Blackbirds, Stonechats, Jays, Chiffs & a few Gt Spot Woodies. Beautiful day, but very chilly first thing! #UKBirding
Gd to see a cpl of Wheatears in the churchyard, Lyme Regis, this morn and also a lge pulse of hirundines swirling along the coast. The beach was almost devoid of birds, apart from Rock Pipits & Wags - but there was a solitary juv Dunlin! Also Turnstones on the rock armour. #UKBirding
September 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Gd to see a cpl of Wheatears in the churchyard, Lyme Regis, this morn and also a lge pulse of hirundines swirling along the coast. The beach was almost devoid of birds, apart from Rock Pipits & Wags - but there was a solitary juv Dunlin! Also Turnstones on the rock armour. #UKBirding
I had a fantastic 3 hrs at #SeatonMarsh today. 2hr 58mins was spent chatting to birding mates - @dhelliar.bsky.social, Nick & Bob - and 2 mins was spent watching my favourite woodpecker - the Wryneck 😀. So glad it finally showed itself. Also gr8 views of a Sparrowhawk & Curlew. #UKBirding
September 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I had a fantastic 3 hrs at #SeatonMarsh today. 2hr 58mins was spent chatting to birding mates - @dhelliar.bsky.social, Nick & Bob - and 2 mins was spent watching my favourite woodpecker - the Wryneck 😀. So glad it finally showed itself. Also gr8 views of a Sparrowhawk & Curlew. #UKBirding
I was hoping that the strong winds yesterday might have blown a choice morsel onto the Lyme Regis beaches, but I could only find the usual suspects and they were in fewer numbers that in the past few days! Turnstones, Ringos and Sanderlings. Where are the Dunlin? #UKBirding
September 16, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I was hoping that the strong winds yesterday might have blown a choice morsel onto the Lyme Regis beaches, but I could only find the usual suspects and they were in fewer numbers that in the past few days! Turnstones, Ringos and Sanderlings. Where are the Dunlin? #UKBirding
Interesting trip to Cheddar Reservoir today. Water is so low! Maybe 30%. 5 Glossy Ibis, 20+ Gt White Egret, 12+ Curlew Sandpipers, Dunlin, Ringos, Grey Phalarope etc. I cldn't see Lesser Scaup or Black Tern, but I believe that they were there!
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September 13, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Interesting trip to Cheddar Reservoir today. Water is so low! Maybe 30%. 5 Glossy Ibis, 20+ Gt White Egret, 12+ Curlew Sandpipers, Dunlin, Ringos, Grey Phalarope etc. I cldn't see Lesser Scaup or Black Tern, but I believe that they were there!
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Very high tide this morn, which meant a shortage of waders. Plenty of warblers around though - Blackcaps, Cettis, Willow and Chiffchaff mainly. Ringos, Dunlin, Redshank and Godwits. Kingfishers & Stonechats.Nice to see a few Cattle Egrets around the cattle (surprisingly). 😀#UKBirding
September 11, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Very high tide this morn, which meant a shortage of waders. Plenty of warblers around though - Blackcaps, Cettis, Willow and Chiffchaff mainly. Ringos, Dunlin, Redshank and Godwits. Kingfishers & Stonechats.Nice to see a few Cattle Egrets around the cattle (surprisingly). 😀#UKBirding
Spent a good couple of hours wandering around Seaton Wetlands this morning. A couple of Wheatears at Seaton Marsh; 8 Little Grebe at Borrow Pit; a Curlew Sandpiper, 3 Common Sands, 9 Ringos, 3 Dunlin, Kingfisher, Redshanks, Blackwits, a very damaged Tern at Black Hole Marsh. #UKBirding
September 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Spent a good couple of hours wandering around Seaton Wetlands this morning. A couple of Wheatears at Seaton Marsh; 8 Little Grebe at Borrow Pit; a Curlew Sandpiper, 3 Common Sands, 9 Ringos, 3 Dunlin, Kingfisher, Redshanks, Blackwits, a very damaged Tern at Black Hole Marsh. #UKBirding
Very windy on Monmouth Beach, Lyme Regis today. No Grey Phal, but still a lot of small birds. More than a dozen Sanderling, 17 Turnstone, 7 Ringos. Many Rock Pipits and Pied Wags. Quite a few Cormorants offshore. #UKBirding
September 6, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Very windy on Monmouth Beach, Lyme Regis today. No Grey Phal, but still a lot of small birds. More than a dozen Sanderling, 17 Turnstone, 7 Ringos. Many Rock Pipits and Pied Wags. Quite a few Cormorants offshore. #UKBirding
It was a wonderful morn in Lyme Regis. Not the spectacular sunrise that I'd hoped for, but very beautiful. The sea was flat calm, the beach was full of birds and I had a great chat with a fellow birder. Interesting to see the weed, after all of the stormy bluster......Looks like a hairdressers.
September 5, 2025 at 11:38 AM
It was a wonderful morn in Lyme Regis. Not the spectacular sunrise that I'd hoped for, but very beautiful. The sea was flat calm, the beach was full of birds and I had a great chat with a fellow birder. Interesting to see the weed, after all of the stormy bluster......Looks like a hairdressers.
Fab a.m in Lyme Regis. Went for dawn & found that the recent blowy weather had brought weed onto the beach & also small waders. Found a Grey Phalarope tucked in by the Cobb - watched it on & off for 3 hours. Chatted to a birder. Calm sea, blue sky. Gorgeous!! Off for a sea swim now! #UKBirding
September 5, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Fab a.m in Lyme Regis. Went for dawn & found that the recent blowy weather had brought weed onto the beach & also small waders. Found a Grey Phalarope tucked in by the Cobb - watched it on & off for 3 hours. Chatted to a birder. Calm sea, blue sky. Gorgeous!! Off for a sea swim now! #UKBirding
Took a bus a little way along the Jurassic Coast this morning. Very pleased to find some Dorset Cirl Buntings, as soon as I started walking. Also Common and Lesser Whitethroats, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Linnets, Stonechats seemed quite plentiful. Everywhere is so parched though.... #UKBirding
August 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Took a bus a little way along the Jurassic Coast this morning. Very pleased to find some Dorset Cirl Buntings, as soon as I started walking. Also Common and Lesser Whitethroats, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Linnets, Stonechats seemed quite plentiful. Everywhere is so parched though.... #UKBirding
I've seen a couple of Spotted Redshanks before, but never quite so close. The light was fading a bit when I took this and I've had to slow it down because the bird is frantic! Seaton Wetlands this evening. #UKBirding
August 22, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I've seen a couple of Spotted Redshanks before, but never quite so close. The light was fading a bit when I took this and I've had to slow it down because the bird is frantic! Seaton Wetlands this evening. #UKBirding
I've had a look. I'm posting a couple here Paul. See if you can make anything out! #UKBirding
August 22, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I've had a look. I'm posting a couple here Paul. See if you can make anything out! #UKBirding
I went for the Marsh Sandpiper at Seaton Wetlands this evening, but also had amazing Kingfisher views. What an absolute stunner of a bird! #UKBirding
August 22, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I went for the Marsh Sandpiper at Seaton Wetlands this evening, but also had amazing Kingfisher views. What an absolute stunner of a bird! #UKBirding
Marsh Sandpiper at Seaton Wetlands this evening, with some Common Sandpipers thinking that they were in a Benny Hill sketch behind.....😆 Also Redshank and Black-Tailed Godwit. #UKBirding
August 22, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Marsh Sandpiper at Seaton Wetlands this evening, with some Common Sandpipers thinking that they were in a Benny Hill sketch behind.....😆 Also Redshank and Black-Tailed Godwit. #UKBirding
Fabulous trip to Seaton Wetlands this evening. Gd (slightly distant) views of Marsh Sandpiper (a lifer), some amazing Kingfisher action and then great views of a Spotted Redshank! Dunlin, Greenshank, Little Stint etc. 😀 As I left, the Red Arrows went over! Missed a Temmincks Stint!! #UKBirding
August 22, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Fabulous trip to Seaton Wetlands this evening. Gd (slightly distant) views of Marsh Sandpiper (a lifer), some amazing Kingfisher action and then great views of a Spotted Redshank! Dunlin, Greenshank, Little Stint etc. 😀 As I left, the Red Arrows went over! Missed a Temmincks Stint!! #UKBirding
Had a good trip to Seaton Wetlands yesterday on the bus. Water is VERY low, so perfect for gulls, but also saw Greenshank, Dunlin, Ringed Plover, Blackwits, Redshank, Common Sandpiper and then, the icing on the cake, I managed to see the Osprey that's been there for a few days! #UKBirding
August 22, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Had a good trip to Seaton Wetlands yesterday on the bus. Water is VERY low, so perfect for gulls, but also saw Greenshank, Dunlin, Ringed Plover, Blackwits, Redshank, Common Sandpiper and then, the icing on the cake, I managed to see the Osprey that's been there for a few days! #UKBirding
Fairly quiet at RSPB Lodmoor today, but had good chat with a friend. Gr8 to see Bearded Tits, as I was on my way out.... Plenty of Gr8 White Egrets, some Blackwits, Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, Kingfisher, Redshanks, Gulls & a single Common Tern. I.D on the gull with the black bill please? #UKBirding
August 6, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Fairly quiet at RSPB Lodmoor today, but had good chat with a friend. Gr8 to see Bearded Tits, as I was on my way out.... Plenty of Gr8 White Egrets, some Blackwits, Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, Kingfisher, Redshanks, Gulls & a single Common Tern. I.D on the gull with the black bill please? #UKBirding