Martyn Hayes
@martynhayes.bsky.social
Some ol' birder dude from S. Gloucestershire...
UK species and forms - 6️⃣2️⃣6️⃣ - 😉 and my most recent addition: MOURNING DOVE on October 15th 2025 on St Agnes, Isles of Scilly!
UK species and forms - 6️⃣2️⃣6️⃣ - 😉 and my most recent addition: MOURNING DOVE on October 15th 2025 on St Agnes, Isles of Scilly!
December 1st:
Falcated Duck in 2006 at Bowling Green Marsh, S. Devon
Masked Wagtail in 2016 at Camrose, Pembrokeshire
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Falcated Duck in 2006 at Bowling Green Marsh, S. Devon
Masked Wagtail in 2016 at Camrose, Pembrokeshire
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December 1, 2025 at 8:13 AM
December 1st:
Falcated Duck in 2006 at Bowling Green Marsh, S. Devon
Masked Wagtail in 2016 at Camrose, Pembrokeshire
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Falcated Duck in 2006 at Bowling Green Marsh, S. Devon
Masked Wagtail in 2016 at Camrose, Pembrokeshire
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November 30th:
In line with the AviList new world order of birds...
Subspecies American Green-winged Teal - Anas crecca carolinensis at Slimbridge, Gloucestershire in 2024.
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In line with the AviList new world order of birds...
Subspecies American Green-winged Teal - Anas crecca carolinensis at Slimbridge, Gloucestershire in 2024.
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November 30, 2025 at 9:19 AM
November 30th:
In line with the AviList new world order of birds...
Subspecies American Green-winged Teal - Anas crecca carolinensis at Slimbridge, Gloucestershire in 2024.
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In line with the AviList new world order of birds...
Subspecies American Green-winged Teal - Anas crecca carolinensis at Slimbridge, Gloucestershire in 2024.
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November 29th:
You'd struggle to see better rarities in the UK than these two... on the same date... 😊
@andy-1963.bsky.social
@bexbirder.bsky.social
Parrot Crossbill - 2017
Cape May Warbler - 2023
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You'd struggle to see better rarities in the UK than these two... on the same date... 😊
@andy-1963.bsky.social
@bexbirder.bsky.social
Parrot Crossbill - 2017
Cape May Warbler - 2023
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November 29, 2025 at 8:47 AM
November 29th:
You'd struggle to see better rarities in the UK than these two... on the same date... 😊
@andy-1963.bsky.social
@bexbirder.bsky.social
Parrot Crossbill - 2017
Cape May Warbler - 2023
#UKbirding
You'd struggle to see better rarities in the UK than these two... on the same date... 😊
@andy-1963.bsky.social
@bexbirder.bsky.social
Parrot Crossbill - 2017
Cape May Warbler - 2023
#UKbirding
November 28th:
There have been around 15 Richard's Pipits in S. Gloucestershire with the 1st in 1993 when a winter adult spent four days on Aust Warth from November 27th - 30th.
I managed to catch up with it on November 28th when, from memory, it gave excellent ground and flight views.
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There have been around 15 Richard's Pipits in S. Gloucestershire with the 1st in 1993 when a winter adult spent four days on Aust Warth from November 27th - 30th.
I managed to catch up with it on November 28th when, from memory, it gave excellent ground and flight views.
#UKbirding
November 28, 2025 at 9:02 AM
November 28th:
There have been around 15 Richard's Pipits in S. Gloucestershire with the 1st in 1993 when a winter adult spent four days on Aust Warth from November 27th - 30th.
I managed to catch up with it on November 28th when, from memory, it gave excellent ground and flight views.
#UKbirding
There have been around 15 Richard's Pipits in S. Gloucestershire with the 1st in 1993 when a winter adult spent four days on Aust Warth from November 27th - 30th.
I managed to catch up with it on November 28th when, from memory, it gave excellent ground and flight views.
#UKbirding
November 27th:
A self found, first for S. Gloucestershire... 😊
PACIFIC DIVER - Gavia pacifica
An adult from Severn Beach, S. Gloucestershire in 2009!
Full details here...
www.thebirdsofsouthgloucestershire.co.uk/Publications...
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A self found, first for S. Gloucestershire... 😊
PACIFIC DIVER - Gavia pacifica
An adult from Severn Beach, S. Gloucestershire in 2009!
Full details here...
www.thebirdsofsouthgloucestershire.co.uk/Publications...
#UKbirding
November 27, 2025 at 7:36 AM
November 27th:
A self found, first for S. Gloucestershire... 😊
PACIFIC DIVER - Gavia pacifica
An adult from Severn Beach, S. Gloucestershire in 2009!
Full details here...
www.thebirdsofsouthgloucestershire.co.uk/Publications...
#UKbirding
A self found, first for S. Gloucestershire... 😊
PACIFIC DIVER - Gavia pacifica
An adult from Severn Beach, S. Gloucestershire in 2009!
Full details here...
www.thebirdsofsouthgloucestershire.co.uk/Publications...
#UKbirding
November 26th:
American Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestris hoyti/ praticola
A female at Staines Reservoir, Surrey in 2017.
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American Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestris hoyti/ praticola
A female at Staines Reservoir, Surrey in 2017.
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November 26, 2025 at 7:40 AM
November 26th:
American Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestris hoyti/ praticola
A female at Staines Reservoir, Surrey in 2017.
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American Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestris hoyti/ praticola
A female at Staines Reservoir, Surrey in 2017.
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November 25th:
Desert Lesser Whitethroat
Sylvia curruca minula
A 1st winter at South Gare, Redcar, Cleveland in 2000.
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Desert Lesser Whitethroat
Sylvia curruca minula
A 1st winter at South Gare, Redcar, Cleveland in 2000.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:23 AM
November 25th:
Desert Lesser Whitethroat
Sylvia curruca minula
A 1st winter at South Gare, Redcar, Cleveland in 2000.
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Desert Lesser Whitethroat
Sylvia curruca minula
A 1st winter at South Gare, Redcar, Cleveland in 2000.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:04 AM
November 23rd:
One of two Blyth's Pipits in Top Fields on Portland Bill, Dorset on this day in 1998.
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One of two Blyth's Pipits in Top Fields on Portland Bill, Dorset on this day in 1998.
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November 23, 2025 at 7:55 AM
November 23rd:
One of two Blyth's Pipits in Top Fields on Portland Bill, Dorset on this day in 1998.
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One of two Blyth's Pipits in Top Fields on Portland Bill, Dorset on this day in 1998.
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November 21st:
Boat-tailed Grackle at Holbury, Hampshire... worth the entrance fee... great value! 😉😎
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Boat-tailed Grackle at Holbury, Hampshire... worth the entrance fee... great value! 😉😎
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November 22, 2025 at 8:54 AM
November 21st:
Boat-tailed Grackle at Holbury, Hampshire... worth the entrance fee... great value! 😉😎
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Boat-tailed Grackle at Holbury, Hampshire... worth the entrance fee... great value! 😉😎
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November 22, 2025 at 8:48 AM
November 20th:
Bufflehead in 1998 at Roadford Reservoir, Devon
Bobolink in 2002 on Hengistbury Head, Dorset
Greater Yellowlegs in 2011 at Low Hauxley, Northumberland
Eastern Black Redstart in 2011 on Lindisfarne, Northumberland
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Bufflehead in 1998 at Roadford Reservoir, Devon
Bobolink in 2002 on Hengistbury Head, Dorset
Greater Yellowlegs in 2011 at Low Hauxley, Northumberland
Eastern Black Redstart in 2011 on Lindisfarne, Northumberland
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November 20, 2025 at 12:17 PM
November 20th:
Bufflehead in 1998 at Roadford Reservoir, Devon
Bobolink in 2002 on Hengistbury Head, Dorset
Greater Yellowlegs in 2011 at Low Hauxley, Northumberland
Eastern Black Redstart in 2011 on Lindisfarne, Northumberland
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Bufflehead in 1998 at Roadford Reservoir, Devon
Bobolink in 2002 on Hengistbury Head, Dorset
Greater Yellowlegs in 2011 at Low Hauxley, Northumberland
Eastern Black Redstart in 2011 on Lindisfarne, Northumberland
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November 19th:
My very first encounter with Lesser Scaup in the UK was this fine drake on Edward Richardson Reservoir, Gloucestershire on this day in 1994.
Nowadays they've been seen in almost every English county with well over 270 accepted records.
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My very first encounter with Lesser Scaup in the UK was this fine drake on Edward Richardson Reservoir, Gloucestershire on this day in 1994.
Nowadays they've been seen in almost every English county with well over 270 accepted records.
#UKbirding
November 19, 2025 at 8:36 AM
November 19th:
My very first encounter with Lesser Scaup in the UK was this fine drake on Edward Richardson Reservoir, Gloucestershire on this day in 1994.
Nowadays they've been seen in almost every English county with well over 270 accepted records.
#UKbirding
My very first encounter with Lesser Scaup in the UK was this fine drake on Edward Richardson Reservoir, Gloucestershire on this day in 1994.
Nowadays they've been seen in almost every English county with well over 270 accepted records.
#UKbirding
November 18th:
STELLER’S EIDER
Polysticta stelleri
AGE: Winter female
DATE: November 18th 2000
LOCATION: Hopeman Harbour, Moray
BRITISH RECORD: 14th
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STELLER’S EIDER
Polysticta stelleri
AGE: Winter female
DATE: November 18th 2000
LOCATION: Hopeman Harbour, Moray
BRITISH RECORD: 14th
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November 18, 2025 at 8:04 AM
November 18th:
STELLER’S EIDER
Polysticta stelleri
AGE: Winter female
DATE: November 18th 2000
LOCATION: Hopeman Harbour, Moray
BRITISH RECORD: 14th
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STELLER’S EIDER
Polysticta stelleri
AGE: Winter female
DATE: November 18th 2000
LOCATION: Hopeman Harbour, Moray
BRITISH RECORD: 14th
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November 17th:
BLACK-EARED KITE
Milvus migrans lineatus
AGE: A juvenile/ 1st winter
DATE: November 17th 2006
LOCATION: Holbeach St. Marks, Lincolnshire
BRITISH RECORD: 1st (?)
📸 Steve Botham
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BLACK-EARED KITE
Milvus migrans lineatus
AGE: A juvenile/ 1st winter
DATE: November 17th 2006
LOCATION: Holbeach St. Marks, Lincolnshire
BRITISH RECORD: 1st (?)
📸 Steve Botham
#UKbirding
November 17, 2025 at 8:26 AM
November 17th:
BLACK-EARED KITE
Milvus migrans lineatus
AGE: A juvenile/ 1st winter
DATE: November 17th 2006
LOCATION: Holbeach St. Marks, Lincolnshire
BRITISH RECORD: 1st (?)
📸 Steve Botham
#UKbirding
BLACK-EARED KITE
Milvus migrans lineatus
AGE: A juvenile/ 1st winter
DATE: November 17th 2006
LOCATION: Holbeach St. Marks, Lincolnshire
BRITISH RECORD: 1st (?)
📸 Steve Botham
#UKbirding
November 16th:
GREY-CHEEKED THRUSH
Catharus minimus
AGE: A 1st winter
DATE: November 16th 2005
LOCATION: Northaw Great Wood, Hertfordshire
BRITISH RECORD: 46th
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GREY-CHEEKED THRUSH
Catharus minimus
AGE: A 1st winter
DATE: November 16th 2005
LOCATION: Northaw Great Wood, Hertfordshire
BRITISH RECORD: 46th
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November 16, 2025 at 9:01 AM
November 16th:
GREY-CHEEKED THRUSH
Catharus minimus
AGE: A 1st winter
DATE: November 16th 2005
LOCATION: Northaw Great Wood, Hertfordshire
BRITISH RECORD: 46th
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GREY-CHEEKED THRUSH
Catharus minimus
AGE: A 1st winter
DATE: November 16th 2005
LOCATION: Northaw Great Wood, Hertfordshire
BRITISH RECORD: 46th
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November 13th:
A pleasant 'Team Saga' amble around Slimbridge WWT then seconds of the Northwick Warth Penduline Tit...
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A pleasant 'Team Saga' amble around Slimbridge WWT then seconds of the Northwick Warth Penduline Tit...
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November 14, 2025 at 9:54 AM
November 13th:
A pleasant 'Team Saga' amble around Slimbridge WWT then seconds of the Northwick Warth Penduline Tit...
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A pleasant 'Team Saga' amble around Slimbridge WWT then seconds of the Northwick Warth Penduline Tit...
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November 12, 2025 at 7:28 AM
November 12th:
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER - Calidris fuscicollis
Slimbridge, Gloucestershire in 2023.
❌'Dipped' ❌
Scarlet Tanager in 2024 at Shelf, W. Yorkshire. 🤦♂️
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WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER - Calidris fuscicollis
Slimbridge, Gloucestershire in 2023.
❌'Dipped' ❌
Scarlet Tanager in 2024 at Shelf, W. Yorkshire. 🤦♂️
#UKbirding
November 12, 2025 at 7:21 AM
November 12th:
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER - Calidris fuscicollis
Slimbridge, Gloucestershire in 2023.
❌'Dipped' ❌
Scarlet Tanager in 2024 at Shelf, W. Yorkshire. 🤦♂️
#UKbirding
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER - Calidris fuscicollis
Slimbridge, Gloucestershire in 2023.
❌'Dipped' ❌
Scarlet Tanager in 2024 at Shelf, W. Yorkshire. 🤦♂️
#UKbirding
November 11th:
ROSS’S GOOSE
Anser rossii
AGE: Juvenile
DATE: November 11th 2000
LOCATION: In fields near Stanhope, Norfolk
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ROSS’S GOOSE
Anser rossii
AGE: Juvenile
DATE: November 11th 2000
LOCATION: In fields near Stanhope, Norfolk
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November 11, 2025 at 9:53 AM
November 11th:
ROSS’S GOOSE
Anser rossii
AGE: Juvenile
DATE: November 11th 2000
LOCATION: In fields near Stanhope, Norfolk
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ROSS’S GOOSE
Anser rossii
AGE: Juvenile
DATE: November 11th 2000
LOCATION: In fields near Stanhope, Norfolk
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November 10th:
What a delight to catch up with this 1st winter Penduline Tit on Aust Warth this morning... A S. Glos. ✔
Company excellent, weather atrocious... 🌧☔
Just the 2nd record of this diminutive tit in S. Glos. The first was on March 11th 2015 at Dyrham Park. ⬇
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What a delight to catch up with this 1st winter Penduline Tit on Aust Warth this morning... A S. Glos. ✔
Company excellent, weather atrocious... 🌧☔
Just the 2nd record of this diminutive tit in S. Glos. The first was on March 11th 2015 at Dyrham Park. ⬇
#UKbirding
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
November 10th:
What a delight to catch up with this 1st winter Penduline Tit on Aust Warth this morning... A S. Glos. ✔
Company excellent, weather atrocious... 🌧☔
Just the 2nd record of this diminutive tit in S. Glos. The first was on March 11th 2015 at Dyrham Park. ⬇
#UKbirding
What a delight to catch up with this 1st winter Penduline Tit on Aust Warth this morning... A S. Glos. ✔
Company excellent, weather atrocious... 🌧☔
Just the 2nd record of this diminutive tit in S. Glos. The first was on March 11th 2015 at Dyrham Park. ⬇
#UKbirding
November 8th:
A self-found Great Grey Shrike in 1987 at CVLake, Somerset 😊, a Lesser Scaup at Helston, a Paddyfield Pipit 😱 and an American Pipit in 2019 at Sennan, Cornwall. . . !!!
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A self-found Great Grey Shrike in 1987 at CVLake, Somerset 😊, a Lesser Scaup at Helston, a Paddyfield Pipit 😱 and an American Pipit in 2019 at Sennan, Cornwall. . . !!!
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November 8, 2025 at 8:23 AM
November 8th:
A self-found Great Grey Shrike in 1987 at CVLake, Somerset 😊, a Lesser Scaup at Helston, a Paddyfield Pipit 😱 and an American Pipit in 2019 at Sennan, Cornwall. . . !!!
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A self-found Great Grey Shrike in 1987 at CVLake, Somerset 😊, a Lesser Scaup at Helston, a Paddyfield Pipit 😱 and an American Pipit in 2019 at Sennan, Cornwall. . . !!!
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November 7th:
PALLID SWIFT - Apus pallidus
A juvenile/ 1st winter from Weybourne Beach, Norfolk in 1999
SNOWY EGRET - Egretta thula - 2001
A 1st winter at Balvicar, Seil Island, Argyll in 2001 - the first British record
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PALLID SWIFT - Apus pallidus
A juvenile/ 1st winter from Weybourne Beach, Norfolk in 1999
SNOWY EGRET - Egretta thula - 2001
A 1st winter at Balvicar, Seil Island, Argyll in 2001 - the first British record
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November 7, 2025 at 9:08 AM
November 7th:
PALLID SWIFT - Apus pallidus
A juvenile/ 1st winter from Weybourne Beach, Norfolk in 1999
SNOWY EGRET - Egretta thula - 2001
A 1st winter at Balvicar, Seil Island, Argyll in 2001 - the first British record
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PALLID SWIFT - Apus pallidus
A juvenile/ 1st winter from Weybourne Beach, Norfolk in 1999
SNOWY EGRET - Egretta thula - 2001
A 1st winter at Balvicar, Seil Island, Argyll in 2001 - the first British record
#UKbirding
November 6th:
A very welcomed S. Gloucestershire tick with this Glossy Ibis on Pilning Wetlands, New Passage in 2015.
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A very welcomed S. Gloucestershire tick with this Glossy Ibis on Pilning Wetlands, New Passage in 2015.
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November 6, 2025 at 9:35 AM
November 6th:
A very welcomed S. Gloucestershire tick with this Glossy Ibis on Pilning Wetlands, New Passage in 2015.
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A very welcomed S. Gloucestershire tick with this Glossy Ibis on Pilning Wetlands, New Passage in 2015.
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November 6th:
Red-flanked Bluetail - 1993 - Winspit Valley, Dorset
📸 © Dave Rimes
Also:
Pallas's Warbler - 1994 - Avalanche Road, Portland, Dorset
Black Duck - 1999 - Bowcombe Creek, Kingsbridge, Devon
Isabelline Wheatear - Wernffrwd, Llanmorlais, W. Glamorgan
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Red-flanked Bluetail - 1993 - Winspit Valley, Dorset
📸 © Dave Rimes
Also:
Pallas's Warbler - 1994 - Avalanche Road, Portland, Dorset
Black Duck - 1999 - Bowcombe Creek, Kingsbridge, Devon
Isabelline Wheatear - Wernffrwd, Llanmorlais, W. Glamorgan
#UKbirding
November 6, 2025 at 7:29 AM
November 6th:
Red-flanked Bluetail - 1993 - Winspit Valley, Dorset
📸 © Dave Rimes
Also:
Pallas's Warbler - 1994 - Avalanche Road, Portland, Dorset
Black Duck - 1999 - Bowcombe Creek, Kingsbridge, Devon
Isabelline Wheatear - Wernffrwd, Llanmorlais, W. Glamorgan
#UKbirding
Red-flanked Bluetail - 1993 - Winspit Valley, Dorset
📸 © Dave Rimes
Also:
Pallas's Warbler - 1994 - Avalanche Road, Portland, Dorset
Black Duck - 1999 - Bowcombe Creek, Kingsbridge, Devon
Isabelline Wheatear - Wernffrwd, Llanmorlais, W. Glamorgan
#UKbirding