St Aldhelms Birder
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Lifelong birder in the historic Isle of Purbeck esp. St Aldhelms & Studland, unless I can get abroad. Also into 🐬& 🐳. All photos mine, except retweets
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Huge gull roost this evening... at least 3500....maybe more. Many of them already moved onto the brand new tern islands right outside the hide #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Huge gull roost this evening... at least 3500....maybe more. Many of them already moved onto the brand new tern islands right outside the hide #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
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2 Velvet Scoter did a loop of harbour mouth, leaving then returning circa 07.25 @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @studlandbirds.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 7:39 AM
2 Velvet Scoter did a loop of harbour mouth, leaving then returning circa 07.25 @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @studlandbirds.bsky.social
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N.Haven this morning highlights pre deluge, 2 Velvet Scoter flew out then back in a couple of minutes later, 5 RBM, 1 GND, 1 GCG and 83 Shag. Rain stopped play as visibility became very poor. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social @studlandbirds.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 8:39 AM
N.Haven this morning highlights pre deluge, 2 Velvet Scoter flew out then back in a couple of minutes later, 5 RBM, 1 GND, 1 GCG and 83 Shag. Rain stopped play as visibility became very poor. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social @studlandbirds.bsky.social
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Winter has landed with a range of new arrivals settling into the harbour. Our Winter Safari on Wed logged 2 Velvet Scoter, 8 BN Grebe, 1 Slav Grebe, 1 GN Diver, 2 WT Eagle, loads of waders & wildfowl, 18 Spoonbill even a Swallow!
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📸 Elin Wylie Davies
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📸 Elin Wylie Davies
November 28, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Winter has landed with a range of new arrivals settling into the harbour. Our Winter Safari on Wed logged 2 Velvet Scoter, 8 BN Grebe, 1 Slav Grebe, 1 GN Diver, 2 WT Eagle, loads of waders & wildfowl, 18 Spoonbill even a Swallow!
Book Now: www.birdsofpooleharbourbookings.co.uk
📸 Elin Wylie Davies
Book Now: www.birdsofpooleharbourbookings.co.uk
📸 Elin Wylie Davies
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Curious to see what we’ve been up to?
On our website, we share weekly snapshots highlighting where ORCA has been - and, most importantly, what we’ve seen.
It’s the perfect way to keep up with our latest sightings, surveys, and adventures at sea!
#ORCA #WeeklyHighlights #LatestSightings
On our website, we share weekly snapshots highlighting where ORCA has been - and, most importantly, what we’ve seen.
It’s the perfect way to keep up with our latest sightings, surveys, and adventures at sea!
#ORCA #WeeklyHighlights #LatestSightings
November 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Curious to see what we’ve been up to?
On our website, we share weekly snapshots highlighting where ORCA has been - and, most importantly, what we’ve seen.
It’s the perfect way to keep up with our latest sightings, surveys, and adventures at sea!
#ORCA #WeeklyHighlights #LatestSightings
On our website, we share weekly snapshots highlighting where ORCA has been - and, most importantly, what we’ve seen.
It’s the perfect way to keep up with our latest sightings, surveys, and adventures at sea!
#ORCA #WeeklyHighlights #LatestSightings
Wow. Looks like the last UK records might have been2 strandings in the Thames estuary in 1949
A Narwhal has washed up on the Irish coast for the first time:
Narwhal recorded in Ireland for the first time
A female Narwhal washed ashore on a Co Donegal beach, marking the first confirmed record of this Arctic whale species in Irish waters. Scientists are investigating whether climate change could explain the unprecedented stranding.
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November 28, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Wow. Looks like the last UK records might have been2 strandings in the Thames estuary in 1949
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Thanks to the dedication of our incredible network of citizen scientists, an amazing 51,514 individual animals were recorded in 2024!
Every sighting adds to our understanding of whales, dolphins, and porpoises, helping us protect these species and the oceans they depend on!
Every sighting adds to our understanding of whales, dolphins, and porpoises, helping us protect these species and the oceans they depend on!
November 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Thanks to the dedication of our incredible network of citizen scientists, an amazing 51,514 individual animals were recorded in 2024!
Every sighting adds to our understanding of whales, dolphins, and porpoises, helping us protect these species and the oceans they depend on!
Every sighting adds to our understanding of whales, dolphins, and porpoises, helping us protect these species and the oceans they depend on!
Another interesting thread from @beavertrust.bsky.social
Worth giving them a follow
Worth giving them a follow
A Winter’s Diet
When winter settles in and the riverside salad bar shuts down, beavers transform from grazers into wood-chewers. Their summer diet of lush aquatic plants and soft greenery gives way to bark, twigs, and phloem-rich fibres from willow and other riverside trees.
When winter settles in and the riverside salad bar shuts down, beavers transform from grazers into wood-chewers. Their summer diet of lush aquatic plants and soft greenery gives way to bark, twigs, and phloem-rich fibres from willow and other riverside trees.
November 28, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Another interesting thread from @beavertrust.bsky.social
Worth giving them a follow
Worth giving them a follow
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Four new species for Dorset (and a belated one for Britain) are among the highlights of the Dorset Moths Annual Report 2024. Free PDF downland from dorsetmoths.co.uk
#teammoth
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@migrantmothuk.bsky.social
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
#teammoth
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@dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social
@migrantmothuk.bsky.social
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November 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Four new species for Dorset (and a belated one for Britain) are among the highlights of the Dorset Moths Annual Report 2024. Free PDF downland from dorsetmoths.co.uk
#teammoth
@dorsetmoths.bsky.social
@dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social
@migrantmothuk.bsky.social
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
#teammoth
@dorsetmoths.bsky.social
@dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social
@migrantmothuk.bsky.social
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
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Coming very very soon. To get hold of one quickly why not take advantage of our offer and join us. dorsetbirds.co.uk/membership/ 2/2
November 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Coming very very soon. To get hold of one quickly why not take advantage of our offer and join us. dorsetbirds.co.uk/membership/ 2/2
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More excavating, more tern islands starting to appear... and more totally unbothered waders 🤷♀️😅 #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 6:57 PM
More excavating, more tern islands starting to appear... and more totally unbothered waders 🤷♀️😅 #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
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Leaving a gift to ORCA is simple - but its impact can be truly profound.
Below, we’ve highlighted the key details you may need!
Simply include:
• Our charity number: 1141728
• Our name: ORCA in your Will.
Below, we’ve highlighted the key details you may need!
Simply include:
• Our charity number: 1141728
• Our name: ORCA in your Will.
November 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Leaving a gift to ORCA is simple - but its impact can be truly profound.
Below, we’ve highlighted the key details you may need!
Simply include:
• Our charity number: 1141728
• Our name: ORCA in your Will.
Below, we’ve highlighted the key details you may need!
Simply include:
• Our charity number: 1141728
• Our name: ORCA in your Will.
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2 Velvet Scoter and 1 Slavonian Grebe off Jerry’s Point, Studland this AM @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 11:51 AM
2 Velvet Scoter and 1 Slavonian Grebe off Jerry’s Point, Studland this AM @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social
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Work has begun on the new tern islands in the lagoon... birds totally unbothered...redshank feeding on the freshly turned mud while the digger was working! 🤷♀️ #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Work has begun on the new tern islands in the lagoon... birds totally unbothered...redshank feeding on the freshly turned mud while the digger was working! 🤷♀️ #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social
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South Haven, Studland snippets per Graham Armstrong:
GN Diver 3 - 2 in & 1 Shell Bay
BT Diver 1 in
RT Diver 1 in
GC Grebe 3
Shag 99
RB Merg 8
Sanderling 16 Shell Bay
Green Sandpiper 1 boardwalk unusual here
Firecrest 1
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GN Diver 3 - 2 in & 1 Shell Bay
BT Diver 1 in
RT Diver 1 in
GC Grebe 3
Shag 99
RB Merg 8
Sanderling 16 Shell Bay
Green Sandpiper 1 boardwalk unusual here
Firecrest 1
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November 25, 2025 at 12:28 PM
South Haven, Studland snippets per Graham Armstrong:
GN Diver 3 - 2 in & 1 Shell Bay
BT Diver 1 in
RT Diver 1 in
GC Grebe 3
Shag 99
RB Merg 8
Sanderling 16 Shell Bay
Green Sandpiper 1 boardwalk unusual here
Firecrest 1
@harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social #DorsetBirds
GN Diver 3 - 2 in & 1 Shell Bay
BT Diver 1 in
RT Diver 1 in
GC Grebe 3
Shag 99
RB Merg 8
Sanderling 16 Shell Bay
Green Sandpiper 1 boardwalk unusual here
Firecrest 1
@harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social #DorsetBirds
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Desert Wheatear still within Bridging camp compound West end
November 25, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Desert Wheatear still within Bridging camp compound West end
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These dolphins are large, powerful and known for their energetic swimming and distinctive markings.
They have a short beak (not always fully white), a pale grey 'saddle patch' that sweeps from behind the tall, curved dorsal fin towards the tail, and a pale blaze that stretches from the tail!
They have a short beak (not always fully white), a pale grey 'saddle patch' that sweeps from behind the tall, curved dorsal fin towards the tail, and a pale blaze that stretches from the tail!
November 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
These dolphins are large, powerful and known for their energetic swimming and distinctive markings.
They have a short beak (not always fully white), a pale grey 'saddle patch' that sweeps from behind the tall, curved dorsal fin towards the tail, and a pale blaze that stretches from the tail!
They have a short beak (not always fully white), a pale grey 'saddle patch' that sweeps from behind the tall, curved dorsal fin towards the tail, and a pale blaze that stretches from the tail!
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Desert Wheatear still showing at Bridging Camp, Wyke Regis....but we've just been told to move on by the camp security! @birdguides.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Desert Wheatear still showing at Bridging Camp, Wyke Regis....but we've just been told to move on by the camp security! @birdguides.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
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Desert wheatear still present nw corner bridging camp
November 24, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Desert wheatear still present nw corner bridging camp
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Winter Safari this AM: 1 WT Eagle, 1 Glossy Ibis, 4 GN Diver, c400 Avocet, 4 Marsh Harrier, c50 RB Merg’s, 1 Ruff, 3 Kingfisher, 14 Spoonbill, c60 db Brent Geese, c50 Barwit, 2 Bearded Tit plus ‘the usual’ @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Winter Safari this AM: 1 WT Eagle, 1 Glossy Ibis, 4 GN Diver, c400 Avocet, 4 Marsh Harrier, c50 RB Merg’s, 1 Ruff, 3 Kingfisher, 14 Spoonbill, c60 db Brent Geese, c50 Barwit, 2 Bearded Tit plus ‘the usual’ @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social
Desert Wheatears are tough & lovely Wheatears and probably used to harsh conditions on their breeding grounds
I was fortunate to make it over to the Fleet Bridging Camp this afternoon, just as the sun was setting, to take in the Desert Wheatear found an hr earlier by Brett. My 1st of this lovely spp in Dorset, & in the UK overall for a long time, braving the gale like a trooper @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Desert Wheatears are tough & lovely Wheatears and probably used to harsh conditions on their breeding grounds
Excellent find Brett. Still feeding at dusk at the Bridging Camp @luvaducksbutt.bsky.social
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Cracking day on patch at Littlesea, The Fleet. Highlight was finding a ♀️ Desert Wheatear in Bridging Camp. ♀️ Long-tailed Duck, 2 Slavonian Grebes & singles of Atlantic Brent Goose, Whimbrel & Water Rail, plus a Harbour Seal made up the rest of the highlights.
November 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Excellent find Brett. Still feeding at dusk at the Bridging Camp @luvaducksbutt.bsky.social
#DorsetBirds
#DorsetBirds
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GND in 08.12. First of the season for me. @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @studlandbirds.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 8:14 AM
GND in 08.12. First of the season for me. @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @studlandbirds.bsky.social
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N.Haven this morning 2 RTD, 1 GND and a Diver sp. We're the highlights. 105 Shag, 7 RBM. Small fast low flying duck in early as well, around 07.15 ish, the light was not great, so no ID but worth noting. @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @studlandbirds.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 9:05 AM
N.Haven this morning 2 RTD, 1 GND and a Diver sp. We're the highlights. 105 Shag, 7 RBM. Small fast low flying duck in early as well, around 07.15 ish, the light was not great, so no ID but worth noting. @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @studlandbirds.bsky.social
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2 RTD into harbour and a 3rd followed just behind. Couldn't ID the 3rd one as more distant. Small Diver though not GND. Circa 07.40. @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @studlandbirds.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 7:47 AM
2 RTD into harbour and a 3rd followed just behind. Couldn't ID the 3rd one as more distant. Small Diver though not GND. Circa 07.40. @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @studlandbirds.bsky.social