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Phil Andrews
@pmandrews1973.bsky.social
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Self-confessed twitcher & West Midlands birder, thwarted by work, 2 kids + a wife. With a few moths, butterflies + dragonflies thrown in for good measure.
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Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 22h
Hardships 😉
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Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 22h
5 WRS? Us West Midlands birders only get out of bed for flocks of 8! 🤣
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Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 22h
Ripple Pits for sale - I hope @westmidbirdclub.bsky.social and @worcswt.bsky.social can give the acquisition of this important site with huge potential serious consideration
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Check out this Land for sale on Rightmove
Land for sale in Ripple, Tewkesbury, Worcestershire, GL20 for £700,000. Marketed by Fisher German, Worcester
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Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 23h
Captive or wild?
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Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 23h
A painful dip on a sodden Rhum back in 2013 was finally put to bed y'day with a successful day twitch to St Agnes for the Mourning Dove. A decent supporting cast with Buff-bellied Pipt, Spotted Sand, Lapland Bunt on the island + c70 Great Shearwater, Sooty Shears and Stormies from the Scillonian.
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Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 1d
Did you manage to hone in on the specific species?
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Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 1d
A warm mizzly night produced 35/13 in trap - Green-brindled Cresent was new for me. Also my 2nd+3rd Merveille du Jour whilst 5 November Moth agg were NFY. Also Yellow-line Quaker + Blairs Shoulder-knot of note
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Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 3d
A definate change of seasons in Sutton Park this weekend - just a single Chiffchaff encountered with far more Coal Tit, Goldcrest + Jay; Ring-necked Parakeet & 7 Cormorant on Keepers Pool. Also this Ruby Tiger caterpillar on the path
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Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 3d
Keep the faith and the Needletail may come steaming through
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Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 3d
Hopefully gracing another inland county tomorrow
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Belvide Birding𓅪 @belvidebirding.bsky.social · 3d
One of the most incredible WTF!! moments I have witnessed in 41 years birding Belvide. 8 White-rumped Sandpiper on the north shore between 4pm-5.30pm. Just short of a British Record of 11 on the outer Hebrides. Thought I'd lost the plot when I saw them. Still pinching myself. #UKbirding
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Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 3d
Described as having a white throat and vent so 99% the Needletail.
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Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 3d
After painfully dipping Needletail in Yorkshire yesterday afternoon + then the Leach's Petrel this morning at Blithfield, it was a relief to catch up with the astonishing flock of 8 White-rumped Sandpiper at Belvide Reservoir late afternoon before they flew east - hope they are relocated elsewhere
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Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 5d
Had them several times at the old address
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Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 5d
Behold! Purest green!
Atlantis has fallen - Merveille du Jour finally on my list with one perched precariously on the edge of the trap in the dark. Also Yellow-line Quaker new for the current garden.
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Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 5d
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Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 5d
Thanks to @archieraven.bsky.social @belvidebirding.bsky.social @ashmabirder.bsky.social and @julianallen.bsky.social for the company, friendship and shits+giggles, and all the birders (local and visiting) we spoke to on the islands
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Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 5d
Wednesday was spent travelling from Aberdeen to the West Midlands via the Western Sandpiper at Maidens. Not a classic year with the weather against us most of the time but a showy lifer with Siberian Thrush. Just a case of what might have been if we'd gone to look at the 'Little Bunting'
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Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 5d
Ahh - shows my ignorance on such matters
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Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 5d
Final day on Shetland + the last day mega didnt happen. Worked a variety of sites on south Mainland for more Yellow-browed Warbler, seconds of the Western Subalp, much better views of Blue-winged Teal + wader selection on Virkie. Even reduced to looking at fungi (Stinkhorn + Lawyers Cap I believe)
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Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 5d
They would have burned you in the Middles Ages as a witch Ruth! 😬
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Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 5d
Also deployed (without a new fancypants bulb). Agree the wind has suddenly picked up - MDJ or bust!
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Andy Hood @andyhood75.bsky.social · 6d
White-throated Needletail @rspbbemptoncliffs.bsky.social scored gold again when the Tophill Low bird was relocated there late this afternoon. Still can't believe i've seen this chonky mega Asian Swift a few miles from home. @flamboroughbird.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social
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Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 7d
They have their uses!
Phil Andrews @pmandrews1973.bsky.social · 8d
Day 10 on Shetland - frustrating day with dips on the Clickimin Barred Warbler first and last thing, bare supermarket shelves, a broken down car on the dockside + kicking around a couple of sites with no reward. Between this though stunning views of the Siberian Thrush as shown below in Hugh's photo
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Hugh Harrop @hughharrop.bsky.social · 9d
Absolutely mind-blowing views of the male Siberian Thrush at Loch of Asta, Shetland this afternoon...

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