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I wonder about people sometimes. Iberian Lynx eat mainly rabbits yet Spanish farmers and hunters have a found a way to block a proposal to introduce Lynx to Catalonia where rabbits are abundant opting to poison them instead. It makes me want to scream. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

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Wandel around Bartley & Frankley reservoirs today. So so bright everywhere ☀️☀️☀️ Male Stonechat the highlight. Kestrel, 4 Buzzard & 2 Sparrowhawk. Male Reed Bunting. Pair of Teal - Frankley. Skylark. GCG 9. Jay, GSW, Grey Heron. @ecorecord.bsky.social #UKbirding

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Edgbaston res - 6.30-9.30 with @thehairycrisp.bsky.social A pleasant few hours in great company. A couple of nfy's plus the usuals getting into their spring stride. Shoveler 4 Greylag Redwing 6 Little Grebe 6 GCG 4 Greenfinch, pied & grey wags, drumming peckers @ecorecord.bsky.social #UKbirding

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The Vale, Birmingham Uni Male Reed Bunting Teal x4 Shoveler 1m Little Grebe x2 Buzzard @ecorecord.bsky.social #UKbirding

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Edgbaston res. 6.40-8.15 Barnacle x Canada hybrid Buzzard nfy YLG adult again Redwing x9 Mistle & Song thrush Little Grebe x6 GCG x2 - incidentally, this time last year there were 18! Where are they? Bring on spring! @ecorecord.bsky.social #UKbirding

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We’re here and excited to join the #birding community. 🐦 #BirdTrack is a free online and in-field tool for your bird sightings. You can keep up to date with what others are seeing, view the latest trends, and contribute your data to #BTOScience ➡️ www.birdtrack.net #UKBirding #Ornithology

submitted 22 days ago • 10 comments

What. A. Goal. #bcfc

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

Edgbaston res. 11-12.15 Ad Yellow-legged Gull Little Grebe x3 GCGx2 Treecreeper Grey wag Song Thrush's #UKbirding @ecorecord.bsky.social

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Walk along Birmingham-Worc canal to Sainsbury's at Selly Oak, produced a Kingfisher near the railway bridge and a Peregrine on Ol' Joe. #ukbirding

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

"If I live too long, I'm afraid I'll die"

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Lovely pristine fungi. Velvet shanks I think.... #fungifriends

submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment

A gentle stroll through Cannon Hill Park today was very pleasant. The Bar-headed Goose was there surveying its domain. Other than that, just a Little Egret, some Stock Dove and Nuthatch action, and a couple of very obliging Goldcrest showing down to mere centimeters.

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Edgbaston res. 7.45-9 Juv GBBG. Presumably the same bird from a few days back. Little Grebe 5 GCG 2 Chiffchaff Treecreeper Redwing 3 #ukbirding

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As some may have noticed I'm trying to learn more about young Gull id. This was at Edgbaston res at midday, and I felt it had GBBG vibes. Heavy bill, nicely patterned/almost barred mantle. Pale wing tips. Sorry for the usual grainy pics. Any thoughts appreciated. #ukbirding

submitted 61 days ago • 1 comment

I think Edgbaston reservoir's year list is done. It's a hard place to get anything, so we've done OK by our standards. 92 species across the year. Highlights: Red-throated Diver Osprey Ring Ouzel Black-necked Grebe Red Kite Common Scoter Brambling Kittiwake Happy New Year everyone! #ukbirding

submitted 63 days ago • 7 comments

Great to catch up with @thehairycrisp.bsky.social at Edgbaston res this morning. Couldn't see the Gull I thought might be baltic from yesterday. Looking at other ones today & saw this one. I presume a 2nd or 3rd winter Herring, but made us curious.. Any thoughts appreciated @saloplarus.bsky.social

submitted 69 days ago • 1 comment

Edgbaston res- 7.45-9 Possible Baltic Gull. Long & slim in body & wing. Very dark mantle, with dark primaries showing no discernable windows. No image I'm afraid. I just felt it worth a mention. I'll try to look for it again Peregrine, plus a couple of chiffchaff the best of the rest #ukbirding

submitted 71 days ago • 0 comments

An afternoon up the A38 - Slavonian Grebe showed well at Whitemoor Haye from quarry entrance with 2 juv Whooper Swans with Mutes at Sittles Farm, followed by a smart + showy drake Red-breasted Merganser at Tucklesholme. Finished with a dispiriting visit to a restored Branston GP with 3 Egyptian Gs 😕

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Mistletoe used to be relatively rare in Birmingham and the Black Country, but there has been a big increase in recent years - possibly due to climate change or an increase in Blackcaps spreading mistletoe seeds. More info here: mistletoe.org.uk/infosheets/M...

submitted 76 days ago • 2 comments

The annual trip to Tynemouth after a couple of days in Newcastle. 4 hours from 11.30-15.30 GND 1N RTD 2N 1S 2 diver sps between piers Gannet 1 Eider 5 Redshank, Oyks, Turnstones Fulmars Grey Heron 2, Grey wag, Rockits, Auks Kestrel A seal and some dolphin/porpoise action, too #NEbirding

submitted 73 days ago • 0 comments

Edgbaston res - 8-9 Generally quiet as expected, but good to stretch the legs a bit F Goosander Little Grebe x8 - think that's a record count. Chiffchaff Sparrowhawk Coal Tit Collared Dove x3 Plus the usual stuff #ukbirding

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Edgbaston res- 7.30-9 Yesterday & today in gruelling conditions. Just the usual suspects, really. Always nice to see the wintering Kingfisher. Little grebe - around 5 birds knocking around. Redwing, Grey Wags, Collared Dove, several Treecreepers. 18 Tufties yesterday. #ukbirding

submitted 86 days ago • 0 comments

Windy days like this, when the noise coming from the little gaps in your windows sound like King Penguins are gathering ......or is it just me 🤔

submitted 86 days ago • 1 comment

One of the Uk's most endangered species. High Brown Fritillary, Arnside Knott, Cumbria. 13/7/22. On a visit earlier this year we failed to see any ☹️ @savebutterflies.bsky.social @ukbutterflies.bsky.social

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Edgbaston res. 7.30-8.45 Rock Pipit briefly. Redpoll 2/3 GSW, Nuthatch, Treecreeper Little Grebe x4 GCG x11 Redwings #ukbirding

submitted 94 days ago • 1 comment

@Chris4Patches had a fabulous session today monitoring post-thaw habits of finch & bunting on the farms (predictably off the supplementary food & onto crops, paddocks & dingles) The Merlin was seen again, this time at Breach Also 2 Snipe, 350+ Linnet, 290+ Chaffinch & plenty of portly Greenfinch!

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A Blackening Waxcap, Hygrocybe conica for black fungi Friday #FungiFriends #FungiFriday

submitted 94 days ago • 0 comments