Graphs of date & numbers for 12 spp. Also Small skipper, Small copper & Wall. Nettles, long grass & Garlic mustard for larvae. Buddleia, thistles & lots of other flowers for adults.
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Graphs of date & numbers for 12 spp. Also Small skipper, Small copper & Wall. Nettles, long grass & Garlic mustard for larvae. Buddleia, thistles & lots of other flowers for adults.
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
Mercifully, two juvenile swans I couldn't ID flew close but not actually over the patch.
A solid 28 spp for the week.
#patchbirding
Mercifully, two juvenile swans I couldn't ID flew close but not actually over the patch.
A solid 28 spp for the week.
#patchbirding
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Gt northern diver plus Long-tailed duck & Common scoter. Barn owl last on the list at dusk.
Thank you @northwildlife.bsky.social.
Gt northern diver plus Long-tailed duck & Common scoter. Barn owl last on the list at dusk.
Thank you @northwildlife.bsky.social.
Then 1st day in the Dales after this year's Skye trip, a late inland Wheatear! #ornithology
Then 1st day in the Dales after this year's Skye trip, a late inland Wheatear! #ornithology
Solid supporting cast - Goldcrest, Treecreeper, Nuthatch and Jay, plus 4 species each of gulls, thrushes, tits and finch.
36 spp is a great total.
#patchbirding #Leeds
Solid supporting cast - Goldcrest, Treecreeper, Nuthatch and Jay, plus 4 species each of gulls, thrushes, tits and finch.
36 spp is a great total.
#patchbirding #Leeds
Just mipits and Snipe also seen in spring. Lapwing and Starling flocks flying over.
Just 9 spp this visit, mainly corvids - Crow, Rook, Jackdaw and Magpie in the square, Ravens nearby.
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Just mipits and Snipe also seen in spring. Lapwing and Starling flocks flying over.
Just 9 spp this visit, mainly corvids - Crow, Rook, Jackdaw and Magpie in the square, Ravens nearby.
@bbs-birds.bsky.social
A few Redwing and presumably migrant Song thrush in the park adding to the autumn feel.
Just 24spp for the week.
#patchbirding #ukbirding
A few Redwing and presumably migrant Song thrush in the park adding to the autumn feel.
Just 24spp for the week.
#patchbirding #ukbirding
Whooper swans flying very high over the city. Common gull probably the only real winter visitor to the patches so far.
Flocks of Goldfinch and Long-tailed, Blue and Great tits proper winter behaviour.
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Whooper swans flying very high over the city. Common gull probably the only real winter visitor to the patches so far.
Flocks of Goldfinch and Long-tailed, Blue and Great tits proper winter behaviour.
@bbs-birds.bsky.social
Lots of Redwing & Fieldfare plus other thrushes, Goldcrests & a Brambling. I always enjoy a seawatch - RT divers, Eider & gulls.
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Lots of Redwing & Fieldfare plus other thrushes, Goldcrests & a Brambling. I always enjoy a seawatch - RT divers, Eider & gulls.
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First Redwing of the autumn for me, flying over.
Grey heron along the Beck. Turns out they're more common in autumn on this patch - see graph.
Just 23 spp this week - there'll be more interesting weeks!
#patchbirding
First Redwing of the autumn for me, flying over.
Grey heron along the Beck. Turns out they're more common in autumn on this patch - see graph.
Just 23 spp this week - there'll be more interesting weeks!
#patchbirding
Record count of Mallard (c.110) plus Tufted duck & Teal.
Also a record count of Snipe (16) roosting neatly along the edge of a full reservoir.
No Great-crested grebe but likely real as flat calm conditions.
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Record count of Mallard (c.110) plus Tufted duck & Teal.
Also a record count of Snipe (16) roosting neatly along the edge of a full reservoir.
No Great-crested grebe but likely real as flat calm conditions.
@webs-gsmp.bsky.social
Lifer Storm petrel 🎉, eagles most days, Goldcrest the last bird in the book. 62 spp for the trip, 108 for my #Skyebirds list. @birdtrack.bsky.social
Lifer Storm petrel 🎉, eagles most days, Goldcrest the last bird in the book. 62 spp for the trip, 108 for my #Skyebirds list. @birdtrack.bsky.social
White-tailed eagles bothering Great northern divers in the bay. Ringed plover, ~30 of them, sheltering behind clumps of seaweed, with Turnstone on the beach. Red grouse and Raven over the moor. And quite some scenery.
#skyebirds #highlandbirds
White-tailed eagles bothering Great northern divers in the bay. Ringed plover, ~30 of them, sheltering behind clumps of seaweed, with Turnstone on the beach. Red grouse and Raven over the moor. And quite some scenery.
#skyebirds #highlandbirds
Those first microseconds
Swift!
This late?!
Wait, lots of white.
Petrel?!
What does a petrel look like?
Remember the field-guide..
Square tail. Black head & bill. Wing-bar - not really.
#Skyebirds #highlandbirds #ukbirding
Those first microseconds
Swift!
This late?!
Wait, lots of white.
Petrel?!
What does a petrel look like?
Remember the field-guide..
Square tail. Black head & bill. Wing-bar - not really.
#Skyebirds #highlandbirds #ukbirding
As much fun though is the familiar doing unfamiliar (to me) things. Why shouldn't a Dipper pick over seaweed or Bullfinch eat heather seed?
#Highlandbirds #ukbirding
As much fun though is the familiar doing unfamiliar (to me) things. Why shouldn't a Dipper pick over seaweed or Bullfinch eat heather seed?
#Highlandbirds #ukbirding
No records ever in May & June. July records likely “brood managed” birds 2021.
Orange dots on zero are all the dates without HH.
@raptorpersuk.bsky.social
No records ever in May & June. July records likely “brood managed” birds 2021.
Orange dots on zero are all the dates without HH.
@raptorpersuk.bsky.social
Golden eagles over the peaks, White-tailed eagles over the sea. Great northern divers on the sea and Golden plover & Ringed plover feeding on the machair.
Great skua from the ferry coming over.
#Highlandbirds
Golden eagles over the peaks, White-tailed eagles over the sea. Great northern divers on the sea and Golden plover & Ringed plover feeding on the machair.
Great skua from the ferry coming over.
#Highlandbirds
Curlew sandpiper the best bird of the day - a first for ~1/3 of us, inc me. Fun checking the ID and picking them out from Dunlin.
71 spp on the bird-list for the day. Swift was a surprise.
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Curlew sandpiper the best bird of the day - a first for ~1/3 of us, inc me. Fun checking the ID and picking them out from Dunlin.
71 spp on the bird-list for the day. Swift was a surprise.
3 Ring ouzel in a Hawthorn in a wooded ghyll last w/e suggests I need to look in places away from the short-grazed turf of spring habitat.
#ukbirding
3 Ring ouzel in a Hawthorn in a wooded ghyll last w/e suggests I need to look in places away from the short-grazed turf of spring habitat.
#ukbirding
Reminds me of the "Nature Notes" article I wrote last year about "Migrant bird surprises".
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Reminds me of the "Nature Notes" article I wrote last year about "Migrant bird surprises".
www.wharfedale-nats.org.uk/post/migrant...
I had Painted lady (pic) as exotic, but I've seen them regularly in the hills the last few weeks. 7 species for the day-list. @bcyorkshire.bsky.social @yorkshiredales.org.uk
I had Painted lady (pic) as exotic, but I've seen them regularly in the hills the last few weeks. 7 species for the day-list. @bcyorkshire.bsky.social @yorkshiredales.org.uk
Spotted flycatchers, again - the same 3 as last week or new ones? 🤷♂️
Tricky finding birds with only Robins singing and few calls from anything else. Still a respectable 27 spp for the week. ✔️
#patchbirding
Spotted flycatchers, again - the same 3 as last week or new ones? 🤷♂️
Tricky finding birds with only Robins singing and few calls from anything else. Still a respectable 27 spp for the week. ✔️
#patchbirding