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Brimstone from Thursday

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Grey Wagtail singing at French's Farm #LytchettFields #DorsetBirds

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Siskin singing along Watery Lane #LytchettFields #DorsetBirds

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Kestrel #LytchettFields #DorsetBirds

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After wandering around for half an hour I returned back past the cormorant, it had got no further in the process of swallowing the Eel and was "throwing all sorts of shapes" to try and digest it! #DorsetBirds

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I didn't see the initial catch but assume this Cormorant has caught a large Eel. I watched it with the Eel tail hanging out of its beak for 20 minutes #PoolePark #DorsetBirds

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Mediterranean Gull in Poole Park on Wednesday #DorsetBirds

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Lesser Black-backed Gulls in LBV channel #LytchettBay on Wednesday #DorsetBirds

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Red Admiral along Watery Lane #LytchettFields on Wednesday

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Activity at the small Rookery by the allotments #LytchettFields last Wednesday #DorsetBirds

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Greenshank from Turlin Viewpoint #LytchettBay last week #DorsetBirds

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Just filing my @Flickr photos and reminded of this close encounter with one of the White-tailed Eagles from a Bird Boat in Poole Harbour in August 2023. Amazing views as we sailed by no more than 30 metres away!! #DorsetBirds

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And then closer, with the Cetti's Warbler appearing in the reeds in front of the Turlin Viewpoint #LytchettBay #DorsetBirds

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Distant Cetti's Warbler behind the Turlin Viewpoint on Monday #LytchettBay #DorsetBirds

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Black-tailed Godwits starting to colour up in #LytchettBay from Turlin Viewpoint on Monday #DorsetBirds

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Reed Bunting singing along the Turlin Shore on Monday morning #LytchettBay #DorsetBirds

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Wigeon feeding on the salt marsh during high tide in Lytchett Bay, watched from RLV on Monday #DorsetBirds

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Siskin singing along Watery Lane and Grey Wagtail singing on the rooftop of a building at French's Farm #LytchettFields #DorsetBirds @harbourbirds.bsky.social

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5 Brent Geese just landed in main channel towards Black Bridge, 1st in the bay for about 3 weeks #LytchettBay , plenty of Med Gull on mud in front of RLV #DorsetBirds

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Our regular wintering colour-ringed Greenshank was in front of Rock Lea View on 01/03/25. Red/Black-Green/Blue although the Blue seems to have discoloured to dirty green! Ringed in Montrose, Scotland in 2015 it was 1st seen at Lytchett in 2016 and has returned every winter since. #DorsetBirds

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Fox from Rock Lea View #LytchettBay at the weekend

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Checked the Dargonfly Pool at #LytchettFields again yesterday(last Monday there was only 1 batch of frogspawn) this time it was into double figures

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The Marsh Harrier looked even better after it realised I was there and it changed direction #LytchettFields last Friday

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Continuing in the vein of close encounters with raptors this Marsh Harrier didn't spot me until the last moment at #LytchettFields last Friday #DorsetBirds

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Common Buzzard #LytchettHeath #DorsetBirds

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As well as the Raven there were 4 Common Buzzards soaring over #LytchettHeath last week

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Raven soaring over #LytchettHeath last week #DorsetBirds

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Pine Ladybird (Exochomus quadripustulatus) #LytchettHeath

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Spotted Thintail(Meliscaeva auricollis) #LytchettHeath

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Red Kite @theferalsfarm #DorsetBirds

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Red Kite @theferalsfarm #DorsetBirds

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And a final shot of the Firecrest at #LytchettHeath just as it started to fly #DorsetBirds

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Firecrest from #LytchettHeath #DorsetBirds

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Firecrest #LytchettHeath #DorsetBirds

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"Here's looking at you kid!" Firecrest #LytchettHeath #DorsetBirds

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Not sure I'll ever get a better pic of a Red Kite , @theferalsfarm 18.02.25 #DorsetBirds

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Some more of the Red Kites from @theferalsfarm on 18.02.25 #DorsetBirds

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Firecrest (with an annoying branch!) #LytchettHeath 26.02.25 #DorsetBirds

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There were a pair of Firecrest at #LytchettHeath on Wdenesday #DorsetBirds

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A male Sand Lizard at #LytchettHeath , just starting to get it's green breeding colours along it's flank and cheek

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There were also a couple of Common Lizard on the same bank at #LytchettHeath

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This group of 4 young Sand Lizard are presumably a family group that were born last year #LytchettHeath

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The first Sand Lizards were sunning themselves on Lytchett Heath last Tuesday(25.02.25)

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Fieldfare at @theferals 25/02/25

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Goldcrest from another survey @theferalsfarm 25/02/25 #DorsetBirds

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Distant pic of the Merlin from Rock Lea View earlier this week #LytchettBay #DorsetBirds

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Also recorded this new species of Sawfly at Lytchett Heath last weekend , a Banded Clubhorn (Abia fasciata)

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I recorded the 1st Hoveflies of the year last weekend at Lytchett Heath, Spotted Thintail(Meliscaeva auricollis), Marmalade Hover Fly(Episyrphus balteatus), Tapered Drone Fly(Eristalis pertinax) and Common Drone Fly(Eristalis tenax)

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