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It’s been so dry recently that even the local beavers are praying for rain!😂 River Otter last week, Budleigh Salterton. #Mammals #DevonBeaverTours

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A most welcome surprise and patch first yesterday evening as this Night Heron flew around the Otter Estuary NR whilst I was leading a beaver walk 😍 #DevonBirding #Birds #OtterEstuaryNR

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Exciting to find new colour-ringed Curlew today from Dartmoor Project. New bird "33" is present with long staying "OT" (since Sep 2024). SO we now have 2 birds (born 2023/24) from this project using newly created wetland, Otter Estuary NR. #DevonBirding #Birds Thanks @tangrigg.bsky.social for detail

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Some overnight rain did the trick and produced this lovely pink flushed, 2CY Little Gull on the patch this morning. 😍 Otter Estuary NR, East Devon. #DevonBirding #Birds #UKBirding

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Scilly seems to be having multiple Turtle Dove sightings this Spring. These 4 birds have been on St Martin’s for the last few days, but incredibly skittish! Fingers crossed it’s a successful breeding year in UK. #ScillyBirding

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An amazing sight and sound this evening whilst walking to a restaurant in Penzance with the Mrs. A min. count of 51 Purple Sandpipers (and 1 Dunlin), chattering away on rocks below us, by Jubilee Pool. Can’t remember ever seeing so many in one big flock anywhere previously. #CornwallBirding #Birds

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Day 9 of the @wisebirding.bsky.social tour in Armenia was all about Armash Fish Ponds, with. Armash was heaving with birds. We saw all of our main targets, including White-tailed Lapwing (pic), Grey-headed Swamphen, Moustached Warbler & Blue-cheeked Bee-eater. #WiseBirding #birds #birding #Armenia

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We saw all of our day 8 targets on our @wisebirding.bsky.social! Caspian Snowcock, White-throated Robin, Finsch's Wheatear, Grey-necked Bunting and a host of other top birds including a bonus Trumpeter Finch. Can day 9 top that? And can you spot the Snowcock 👇? #WiseBirding #birds #birding #Armenia

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What a fantastic day😍👇🏻👇🏻 #Birds #BirdingArmenia

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A very happy group during one of my beaver walks yesterday evening on the River Otter 🦫 #Mammals #DevonBeaverTours

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Day 6 of the @wisebirding.bsky.social tour crossed in to Armenia. Dilijan Forest produced Semicollared Flycatcher, and then Norashen Reserve on Lake Sevan rewarded us with Mountain Chiffchaff, oodles of Armenian Gulls, and a bonus Turkestan Short-toed Lark #WiseBirding #birds #birding #Georgia

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More exciting birds news from Dave on our current Georgia and Armenia tour. Further updates to come from Armenia 😍 #Birds #Armenia 👇🏻👇🏻

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Some excellent patch birding this morning with my first Swifts of the year and a calling cuckoo (only my 3rd on patch). However, the stars of the show were 4 Bar-tailed Godwits including 3 males in breeding plumage. One of the best waders!😍 #Birds #DevonBirding #UKBirding

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More great birds and bears too! In fact, whilst birding we have enjoyed bears on every tour since 2022 👍🏻 #Birds #Mammals #Georgia

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Day 2 of the @wisebirding.bsky.social tour of Georgia & Armenia. Early morning was spent with Caucasian Snowcock and Caucasian Grouse, but they were trumped when we were treated to incredible views of 3 Wallcreepers. Top birds! #WiseBirding #birds #birding #Georgia

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Off to a cracking start.👇🏻👇🏻 #birds

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Great to be supporting Batumi Birding again on this always very popular tour 😁 Look forward to getting the updates. #Birds

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And then today, as if by magic, it’s replaced by a full summer plumaged bird! 😮 Waders don’t get much better, and particularly when on your local patch. #DevonBirding #Birds

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The long staying Spotted Redshank on my local patch (Otter Estuary NR) is finally showing signs of summer 😍 #DevonBirding #Birds

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A familiar friend this morning on my patch!😍 Presumably this Drake GW Teal is the returning bird from last year, but 3 weeks earlier than when I first found it on 2nd May 2024. Otter Estuary NR, Budleigh Salterton. #Birds #DevonBirding

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Great to see OT (Dartmoor head-started bird) make it into April on the local patch, on the Otter Estuary NR. Now been present since 16 Sep 2024. Interesting to see where it goes in the next few months….. @kanebrides.bsky.social @dan-gornall.bsky.social #Birds #DevonBirding

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One of our satellite-tagged Cuckoos has hitched a ride on a cruise ship and is now in the UK, the earliest one of our superstar Cuckoos has ever reached us! 😮🛥️🧵

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All a bit “samey” on the patch for the last couple of weeks and no obvious signs of Spring just yet. Nice to see the Black-tailed Godwits and Spotted Redshank remain faithful to the site. Also today a colour-ringed Dunlin, ringed at nearby Dawlish Warren in early Jan. #DevonBirds #Birds

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A Sandwich Tern was new for the year and nice to see some of the 4 Water Pipits coming into summer plumage on an otherwise grey, wet afternoon on the local patch, Otter Estuary E Devon. #DevonBirding #Birds

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Fancy birding in Oman this winter? It will certainly be full of many superb speciality birds and some warm sunshine ☀️ too! So come and join us. Just 2 places left on this guaranteed departure: www.wisebirding.co.uk/oman-birding... #Birding #Oman #WiseBirding

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Forest birding in Ghana at night, isn’t necessarily all about the birds! 😍 We also enjoyed some great mammals like this West African Potto, a nocturnal species of primate. #Mammals #Ghana #WiseBirding

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Rosy Bee-eater during our time birding at Kakum National Park, Ghana. We enjoyed a flock of 50 birds. #Birds #Birding #WiseBirding

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I don’t see many “lifers” in Ghana these days, so this was so overdue! My 1st visits were before the method to see them was known & on other tours birds were calling too deep in the forest to access. Always a privilege to return to Ankasa Forest & learn more every time. #Birds #Birding #WiseBirding

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More of the mammals seen during our recently returned Winter Snow Leopard tour 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 #Mammals #Mongolia #WiseBirding

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A big day for our Plover to Picathartes tour in Ghana yesterday. Always a privilege to see these magical birds literally bouncing around the rocks in the forest. 😍 #Birding #Ghana #WiseBirding

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More exciting news from Colin in Mongolia, on our current Winter Snow Leopard tour 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 #Birding #Mongolia #WiseBirding

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Our 3rd consecutive winter tour to this wonderful country has great views of Snow Leopard 😍👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 #Mammals #Mongolia #WiseBirding

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Always a relief to see one of the headline birds of the tour so well. Fabulous views of a pair of Egyptian Plovers in Northern Ghana yesterday. Such iconic birds.😛 #Birding #Birds #Ghana #WiseBirding

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Another highlight from our night drives in Mole NP, Ghana was this stunning Gaboon Viper. #Snakes #Ghana #WiseBirding

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Night birding in Mole National Park in Northern Ghana is always exciting and these two Owls (see descriptions) were one of the highlights during our night drives. #Birding #Birds #Ghana #WiseBirding

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Great to be back in Ghana leading another tour with my friend Robert Ntakor. Currently in Mole NP enjoying many great Savannah species after a few days in the Forest. #Birding #Birds #Ghana #WiseBirding

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Feisty little dudes. I'm almost used to calling them Curruca instead of Sylvia now. Scratchy songs, angry fire eyes, good colour schemes, but lose a point for being a bit too skulking = 8/10 #birdart #birds

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Great to see 2 Velvet Scoters on the patch this morning. The long staying juv female has now been joined by an imm male. The difference in head profiles between sexes is quite an education and verging towards much rarer Scoter species at a distance! 😮 #UKBirding #DevonBirding

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“Magarza” the female Iberian Lynx in Sierra de Andujar. #Mammals #WiseBirding

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Well my Estonian group are very happy today! Wonderful views of this beautiful female Iberian Lynx (Magarza) in the Sierra de Andujar. She sadly lost an eye due to an unknown injury but seems to be hunting well regardless. 😍 #IberianLynx #Mammals #WiseBirding

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The start of our Iberian Lynx and Birds tour officially started today. Bird highlights were 10 White-headed Duck and a Marbled Duck at Laguna de Fuente de Piedra, en route to Sierra de Andujar. #Birds #WiseBirding

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A “bearded” pre-tour recce was successful, despite the poor weather. Now just have to produce it again for the group!🤞🏻😅 Great to be back in Sierra de Andujar. #Mammals #IberianLynx #WiseBirding

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