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Martin Wood @martinwood60.bsky.social · 17h

Excellent, At present I've had to watch electric bills as looking for work.

Martin Wood @martinwood60.bsky.social · 21h

@dorsetraptors.bsky.social Two Peregrine on the flats? One the third balcony down from top near the traffic lights as I was coming back from the Quay

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Martin Wood @martinwood60.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for that info as I was thinking perhaps a juvenile. Because of the streaky breast area ?

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Martin Wood @martinwood60.bsky.social · 1d

Peregrine falcon on one of the pylons at Longham Lakes this afternoon 13/10/25 @dorsetraptors.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

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Martin Wood @martinwood60.bsky.social · 2d

WeBs count at Longham this morning. 1 Goldeneye, 1 Geat White Egrets, plus plenty of Coot, Tufted Duck, a couple of Shoveler some Wigeon and Gadwall. A bit of disturbance in the morning from paddle boarders put ducks to flight, some going high and off. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

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Martin Wood @martinwood60.bsky.social · 4d

I put this picture aside and forgot about it, is it possible to tell if this is just a common Whitethroat or a Lesser Whitethroat? Reason I ask is due the the dark grey head or is the just bad light in the photograph? Taken @ Badbury Ring 29/06/2025 @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social #dorsetbirds

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Martin Wood @martinwood60.bsky.social · 4d

Just some pictures of yesterday afternoon walk round Badbury Rings. Birds seen Red Kite, Kestrel, Stonechats, Linnets, Meadow Pipits, Goldfinches and a Great Spotted Woodpecker

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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 5d

It's also not "just another" extinction, it's the first from mainland Europe in centuries. CENTURIES.

And there will be others within our lifetime.

That's biodiversity loss.

We'll never hear this sound, ever again xeno-canto.org/398794

XC398794 Slender-billed Curlew (Numenius tenuirostris)

Awful wind noise in the original! See sonogram and notes of the recording circumstances on p12 of Gretton A. (1991) The ecology and conservation of the Slender-billed Curlew (Numenius tenuirostris). ...

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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 5d

Well, it's official. After our paper last year (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....), the Slender-billed Curlew is officially declared Extinct today.

Scientists dream of describing new species, not writing their obituary and epitaph, knowing that they are gone forever #ornithology

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RareBirdAlert @rarebirder.bsky.social · 4d

Sparrowhawk killed with banned poison in Aberdeenshire www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/S...

Sparrowhawk killed with banned poison in Aberdeenshire

Police Scotland have issued the following appeal for information after a Sparrowhawk was poisoned in Aberdeenshire

www.rarebirdalert.co.uk

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Martin Wood @martinwood60.bsky.social · 4d

Only 4 Redwing calls and a Tawny Owl from last night's #nocmig in Wimborne Dorset @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social #dorsetbirds

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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 5d

📣You really couldn't make this up!

On the day Scottish Govt announces it is delaying, for a second time, the implementation of muirburn licensing, this happens...

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Breaking news….’out of control muirburn’ on grouse moor in Cairngorms National Park

You couldn’t make this up if you tried… Breaking News….on the day the Scottish Government announced it was delaying, for a second time, the implementation of muirburn licensing af…

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Martin Wood @martinwood60.bsky.social · 5d

Wimborne NocMig station set up and running tonight 1st time out this autumn. Wonder what will fly over if anything. Heard Tawny Owl last night, so the always the Owl. #nocmig #dorsetbirds #dorsetbirdclub

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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 10d

29 'missing' Hen Harriers & nearly 40 birds of prey poisoned, trapped or shot in Yorkshire Dales National Park since 2015.

Not so much a National Park - more of a National Disgrace.

#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #Ornithology #Yorkshire

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29 ‘missing’ Hen Harriers & nearly 40 birds of prey poisoned, trapped or shot in Yorkshire Dales National Park since 2015

Media attention has been drawn to the Yorkshire Dales National Park this week, following the RSPB’s press release on the suspicious disappearance of a satellite-tagged Hen Harrier named &#821…

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RareBirdAlert @rarebirder.bsky.social · 5d

'Rocket Bird' Thrills Birders in East Yorkshire

The White-throated Needletail – famed for its speed and rarity – has been recorded on the British mainland for the first time since 1991.
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'Rocket Bird' Thrills Birders in East Yorkshire

The White-throated Needletail – famed for its speed and rarity – has been recorded on the British mainland for the first time since 1991

www.rarebirdalert.co.uk

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Rob Little @saltydogbirder.bsky.social · 5d

For those who managed to get to Bempton in time yesterday evening, the Needletail performed brilliantly, passing to and fro along the cliffs, often at very close quarters. It such a shame it has not been seen this morning. Once again, Flamborough Headland delivers a top notch rarity!

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Martin Wood @martinwood60.bsky.social · 5d

@dorsetmoths.bsky.social I think this is a Pale Tussock larvae. Found at Badbury Rings. Would this be the correct identification?

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Martin Wood @martinwood60.bsky.social · 5d

@dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social Red Kite at Badbury Rings

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Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 7d

...also on the ringing front: we've received notification of a fantastic recovery of a Firecrest ringed here last October that was controlled a few days ago by a ringer in the Czech Republic - the first movement of a UK-ringed Firecrest to the Czech Republic or indeed to anywhere in central Europe