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New blog just posted of our latest monthly short break: Guildford & Arundel by train www.chrisgibsonwildlife.co.uk/guildford-ar...

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Spring-like conditions at Abberton Reservoir this morning. Highlights incl 2 LESSER SCAUP (drake and female), drake RN DUCK, 2 GREATER SCAUP, SPOONBILL, 12 BN GREBE, 2 SLAV GREBE, BARN OWL, 23 GREAT EGRET, PEREGRINE and 2 singing CHIFFCHAFF. #essexbirding #BirdsSeenIn2025 #birds #essexwildlife

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What were your #Top5Birds or bird moments from the past week? Mine - from Hampshire, UK: 1. Hand feeding a Marsh Tit 2. Lifer Slavonian Grebe 3. Flyover of a Eurasian Spoonbill 4. Beautiful Golden Plover flock shimmering in the sunlight 5. First of year Bearded Reedlings 🪶

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Something that may be of interest to moffers... Colin Plant, the Herts. & Middx CMR produces a very informative and entertaining newsletter, "Moth Mumblings". These can be downloaded from www.hertsmiddxmoths.uk/newsletters..... #MothsMatter #TeamMoth

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Hey 👋 @casualbirderpod.bsky.social thanks for the big shout out on the @ajaytegala.bsky.social #136PodCastEpisode you give me too much credit but I do appreciate it … hope to see you & birdwatch in 2025 with you & John

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This morning, I'll be giving a presentation on "Moth recording in Staffordshire" at the Staffordshire Invertebrate Science Fair, Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent. #MothsMatter #TeamMoth

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New episode! I join @ajaytegala.bsky.social in a hide at Wicken Fen, waiting for Marsh & Hen Harriers. While we wait, he tells me about the awesome wildlife found there, from graceful dragonflies to the elusive bitterns and the enchanting dawn chorus of late spring. 🪶 casualbirder.com/episode136

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Alt text is there for a reason. It’s important to people with visual impairments, some of whom use screen reader / text-to-speech software. I’ve set my account so I have to add alt text to post and importantly I’m working on improving what I include. #birdingWales #birdingScotland #UKbirding 🪶

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Atrocious weather yesterday for our guided day trip to The Brecks but we still managed to see 2 NORTHERN GOSHAWK, 7 WOODLARK, HAWFINCH, MARSH TIT, BRAMBLING, YELLOWHAMMER, SISKINS and lots more. #suffolkbirding #BirdsSeenIn2025 #birds #norfolkbirding

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The weather looks great this Saturday so why not join shrikebirdingtours.com for a wonderful morning looking for some great birds? #ukbirding

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Huge thanks to Simon Johnson for providing us with this great info from a colour-ringed Turnstone he photographed at Baiter late last year: Ringed as an adult female on 08.03.2024 near Alert, Nunavut, Canada Alert is the northernmost continuously inhabited place in the world about 4000km away!

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

I found this Issus nymph in Belhus Woods Country Park, Essex, on 23 February.

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Rainham Marshes will be closed tomorrow due to staff sickness

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Blog of our WildEssex walk today 'Hunting the Elves' www.chrisgibsonwildlife.co.uk/wildessexwal...

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Let's not forget the lovely Tree Sparrow. Back in the 1970s at Rye Meads we used to ring 400 per year, but they are now extinct in the county. Luckily they are still plentiful at Welney.

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

Fulmars at Hunstanton cliffs 22/2/25

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After six weeks of our lives being dominated by the tree, our tree, I thought it was time to synthesise my thoughts into a blog...the story so far. www.chrisgibsonwildlife.co.uk/saving-wiven... @stopthechop.bsky.social

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What were your #Top5Birds or bird moments from the past week? Mine - from my garden in Hampshire, UK: 1. Small flock of Long-tailed Tits feeding on suet 2. Red Kite flying over 3. Pair of Dunnocks exploring the undergrowth 4. Great Tit calling 5. Sixteen Woodpigeons in my small garden! 🪶

submitted 8 days ago • 6 comments