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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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The 12 Glossy Ibises were still present about 20 minutes ago
The best option is to park at Sunnyside and walk along the dog walkers path that goes West & parallel to the Ridge road to the second field. They were at the back of the field with Horses
A useful map from @jolmitchell.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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one of the three kingfishers showed off for several minutes this afternoon on the @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social brownsea lagoon
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October 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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One of the regular @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social Brownsea volunteers, Stephanie, has been busy updating the signs on the reserve
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October 29, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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My latest Blog Post - Birch Shieldbug on the
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Brownsea reserve last Weds
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October 29, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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Today's Blog Post - Fly Agaric Fungi on the @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social Brownsea reserve on Weds
Plus, an unidentified orange-brown Fungi that's beyond my Fungi beginner level
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October 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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The entrance room in the @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social Brownsea villa is looking good after the redecorating. Well done to all involved
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October 23, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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Today's Blog Post - Post 17 - Day 21 - Wandering around the scenic centre of Cadiz on our final landing between surveying for ORCA on a Saga Eastern Med cruise in Jan/Feb 25
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October 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Today's Blog Post - Post 17 - Day 21 - Wandering around Cadiz on our final landing between surveying for ORCA on a Saga Eastern Med cruise in Jan/Feb 25
Birds seen included Whimbrel, Monk & Ring-necked Parakeets
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October 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Also 1 ship-assisted Crane West of the sea at St Aldhelms this AM
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October 17, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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Too far to get a photo with the canon camera at the back of the beach from yesterday Baikal Teal trip. So here is a later photo taken with the mobile
Place a tick mark where the Baikal Teal is and send a copy of the photo, along with the ten quid quiz fee to see if you have correctly found it
October 17, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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Today's Blog Post - Post 16 - Days 19 & 20 when we were back at sea and surveying between Tunisia & Cadiz
Day 20's highlight was this gorgeous Cuvier's Beaked Whale
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October 16, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Today's Blog Post - Post 16 - Days 19 & 20 when we were back at sea and surveying between Tunisia & Cadiz
Day 19's highlight were these Striped Dolphins & a cracking sunset
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October 16, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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My latest Blog Post - Post 15 - Day 18 Exploring Carthage on another shore run as an ORCA wildlife guide on the Jan/Feb 25 Saga cruise
We also visited the delightful town of Sidi-Bou-Said for some fun haggling over goods
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October 12, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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My latest Blog Post - Post 15 - Day 18 Exploring Carthage on another shore run as an ORCA wildlife guide on the Jan/Feb 25 Saga cruise
Not only extensive ruins, but a few birds including this Spotless Starling from the ship with the camera
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October 12, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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My latest Blog Post - Post 15 - Day 18 Exploring Carthage. A place I thought would be great to see as a kid reading about Hannibal & Rome, but never thought I would visit it
There are extensive ruins
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October 12, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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My latest Blog Post - Post 14 - Day 17 - You Dirty Old Town

Suffice to say I wasn't impressed with walking around Palermo with how much rubbish there was on virtually every street during another shore run on our Saga cruise in Jan/Feb 25
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October 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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My latest Blog Post - Post 13 - Day 15 - Going back in time on Crete
Pleased to visit the Knossos: the centre of the Minoan civilisation
Some early 1900s reconstructions from Arthur Evans which are being improved with better knowledge
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October 4, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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My new Blog Post - Watching my apples? One of the last of the Studland Ring-necked Parakeets drops by my garden
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October 2, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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My latest Blog Post - Post 12 - Day 16 - Back at sea in the Eastern Med as an ORCA Wildlife Guide on a Saga cruise in Jan/Feb 25 with a showy pod of Striped Dolphins
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October 1, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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My latest Blog Post: Migrants can always astound you covering the Little Stint at St Aldhelms on Tuesday
The first patch record of a definite Little Stint, albeit a Spring 93 record of a Stint sp. East, almost certainly was a Little Stint
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September 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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BoC photo of the Little Stint at St Aldhelms

Havent seen for 15 mins now. It wasnt in sight after I tweeted. Have a better view of the pool & still cant see it
Second photo is the lower pool which has a small muddy edge
September 23, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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My latest Blog Post - Post 11 - Day 14 - Part 2 of the shore day exploring the UNESCO-listed Medieval city of Rhodes which was the City of the Knights Hospitallers between 1310 & 1522
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September 22, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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My latest Blog Post - Post 11 - Day 14 - Part 2 of the shore day exploring the UNESCO-listed Medieval city of Rhodes which was the City of the Knights Hospitallers between 1310 & 1522
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September 22, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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My latest Blog Post - Post 10 - Day 14 - Another shore day exploring the UNESCO-listed Medieval city of Rhodes. There were also a few birds seen including:
Buzzard, Yellow-legged Gull, Hooded Crow & White Wagtail
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September 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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My latest Blog Post - Post 10 - Day 14 - Another shore day exploring the UNESCO-listed Medieval city of Rhodes

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September 19, 2025 at 5:06 PM