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Red-throated Diver just in front of hide at Brands Bay @harbourbirds.bsky.social @studlandbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

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Lots of black-headed gulls prospecting on #WildBrownsea lagoon this morning. Also, several Med gulls though they should head off up the Wareham Channel in due course. No sign of the 3 Sani Terns @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social

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3 common scoter (1 drake) 1 GN Diver and 2 BN Grebes off Middle Beach @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

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Almost summer plumage black-necked Grebe off South Haven. The Long-tailed Duck is currently in Bramble Bush Bay with some mergs @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

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1 slav grebe Jerrys Point @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

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More nice photos Pete @moorebirdsbybike.bsky.social

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Nice photos mate @moorebirdsbybike.bsky.social

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25 Fieldfares along Soldiers Road, Hartland Heath this evening Liz Also 12 or so over my Swanage house at dusk were my first for the house this year. Perhaps a local arrival today @woodfordliz.bsky.social

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Today's Blog Post - A historical WW2 subject as I passed through Arnhem in Part 5 of the Dutch mini-break Plus, a memorial in Garderen to the Canadians who liberated the Arnhem area, a few months after Arnhem being the Bridge Too Far birdingpooleharbourandbeyond.blogspot.com/2025/03/19-f...

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Wow

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The next blog instalment is from our three full days along the wildlife-rich waterways of the Kinabatangan! Featuring some awesome nocturnal birds and mammals, plus excellent views of wild Orangutans and the critically endangered Helmeted Hornbills! seafordbirding.blogspot.com/2025/03/born...

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Good to hear. Thanks for the clarification Peter @peter-purbeck.bsky.social

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After a classroom day in Weymouth yday, been at sea to the West of the Bill in Lyme Bay on a Volunteer Seabird At Sea (VSAS) training day today. The course was excellently run by Tim and Sarah from JNCC. Some quick post survey photos of Portland from a different angle to the angles Im used to

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Thanks Paul. I've updated the blog with this update wrt European Bison & Stork nest confirmation and obviously given you the credit for these updates @paulrhodes.bsky.social

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Couldn't agree more Jenny, other to be more specific "A major Sika Deer, plus any Munjacs (before they get fully established), cull...." Sika are the introduced species with numbers which are far too high. The native Roe Deer occur, but in very low numbers in comparison @jennysea.bsky.social

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59 cattle egret heading towards the harbour roost along the Piddle this evening. 24 we’re feeding with cows on Ferncroft Farm Wareham Common and left before two groups of 17 and 18 followed on. Viewed from West walls bench. @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

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Today's Blog Post: Part 4 of the Dutch mini-break last week with @moorebirdsbybike.bsky.social Onto look for the Pygmy Cormorant at Lelystad Pygmy Cormorant, Tufted Duck, Whooper Swan & Scarlet Elfcap birdingpooleharbourandbeyond.blogspot.com/2025/03/19-f...

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For a fire then the fine should be starting at 1000 quid As @lytchettbirder.bsky.social states £100 wouldnt cover the attendence costs. My £1000 wouldnt either for a big fire, but its high enough to start as a deterrant

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@dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social

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This states: The first project that we have licensed for wild release is the National Trust’s Purbeck Beaver Project in Dorset - where beavers are expected to deliver many benefits across the Purbeck Heaths National Nature Reserve.....

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If you don't understand the importance and the benefits of reintroducing Beavers back into the English countryside, then have a read of this article. Well done to @theguardian.com & all involved in pushing to reintroduce Beavers back into the UK

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My latest Blog Post: Part 3 of the Dutch mini-break last week with @moorebirdsbybike.bsky.social With no obvious sign of the Spectacled Eider on Day 2, we left Texel & looked for these Dutch White Nuns, AKA Smew, along with some Redheads birdingpooleharbourandbeyond.blogspot.com/2025/02/19-f...

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Golden Plover over Holme Lane GP this AM, also 1 Barnacle Goose at Holmebridge, 5 Cattle Egret on north ridge of Piddle Valley, opposite Wareham Common, 1 GW Egret over Swineham, 2 WT Eagles & 4 Marsh Harrier in Wareham Channel, plus Chiffchaffs singing at several sites @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

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A Ringed Seal was recently photographed in Forth, marking a rare appearance of this Arctic pinniped in Britain:

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What a fabulous morning for the official Lookout opening event! 🩵 #WildBrownsea @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social

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I heard someone talking on the radio this morning about leaving #dog hair out for #birds to use in their nests If pets have been treated with certain flea treatments, this could kill the chicks Now seems a good time to repost this article 👇 #neonicotinods www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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DEFRA shouldn't have been continuing to put a halt to this Beaver release program a few months ago Maybe DEFRA have finally realised that the tories are no longer running the government

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Looks good @wildontheroad.bsky.social @jonnysnaps62.bsky.social

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Looks good Nicki. Not long till the 2025 visitor seaon starts @wildontheroad.bsky.social

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Bittern at Swineham tonight, first picked up calling from Arne Moors direction before circling the pit and dropping in on the north western corner @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

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My latest Blog Post: Part 2 of of the Dutch mini-break last week with @moorebirdsbybike.bsky.social There was masses of Geese on Texel inc this menagerie of Egyptian, Barnacle, Greylag & WF Goose. Plus, Brent G, WF Goose & Fieldfare. birdingpooleharbourandbeyond.blogspot.com/2025/02/18-f...

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TODAY is 30th anniversary of last irrefutable record of a Slender-billed Curlew, 25 Feb 1995, Merja Zerga, Morocco. June is 30th anniversary of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds Agreement @curlewaction.bsky.social @curlewrecovery.bsky.social @wadertales.bsky.social #ornithology #birds

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My latest Blog Post: Part 1 of the Dutch mini-break last week with @moorebirdsbybike.bsky.social, to see the Spectacled Eider. With a bonus showy BN Grebe It's an easy trip to see a difficult to find & stunning Seaduck birdingpooleharbourandbeyond.blogspot.com/2025/02/18-f...

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Walk in Wareham Forest with jackiedh.bsky.social this morning. Produced a small flock of feeding Crossbill attacking the pine cones and on occasions the male was breaking into song.

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5 Black-throated Diver, 1 Great Northern Diver, 2 Sandwich Tern, 8 RB Mergs and 8 Turnstone from Baiter this AM @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

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More photos from Stromness, South Georgia in Jan 23 on my lastest Blog Post Wilson's Stormy, Brown Skua, Southern Elephant Seal & one of my favourite photos of the trip: Antarctic Fur Seal pups birdingpooleharbourandbeyond.blogspot.com/2025/02/21-j...

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My latest Blog Post from South Georgia in Jan 23 The old whaling base, Shackleton's Waterfall, Gentoo & King Penguins at Stromness birdingpooleharbourandbeyond.blogspot.com/2025/02/21-j...

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The Snares Penguin is a good New World record Pete @plymbirding.bsky.social

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Well worth a look as there are some stunning underwater photos @oceanauk.bsky.social

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Oh my days, the geese on Texel last week! Tens of thousands of White-fronts, Barnacles, Brents and Greylags - a great spectacle after we'd seen the Spectacled Eider

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After leaving Texel last Wednesday morning, our first stop was a roadside ditch full of Smew near Den Helder

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After leaving Texel last Weds we headed for Lelystad where the long-staying Pygmy Cormorant gave us the run-around - but after distant views of it perched, we were treated to a fairly close flypast. Then @studlandbirds.bsky.social put me on a train to Amsterdam to meet the family

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Nice photos Pete. Definitely better than mine taken without a convertor @moorebirdsbybike.bsky.social

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Matt’s foreign blog posts are always an enjoyable read. Especially those covering places I visited c30 years ago. Its interesting to see how they have changed in the modern ebird world, when information is so much better & bird recordings are readily available @matt-eade24.bsky.social

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A morning walk in the Corfe River Valley. At least 8 chiffchaff at Norden STW, kingfisher flying along the river and 2 marsh tit in woodland near Purbeck Park. There were plenty of scarlet cap too.

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None of the locals know anything about this sighting that appeared on RBA and BG. Potentially visible from Jerry’s Pt, if it reappears

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No but Pete did threaten to hire one on Texel. Albeit a seat in my car proved more popular. @moorebirdsbybike.bsky.social

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I carried for some birding on my first visit to Luxembourg, with a bonus of 4750 or so Cranes moving through. Also, visited some famous WW2 historical sites: Arneham & Nijmegen & a look around the Bastogne area (Battle of the Bulge). A great mini trip to Europe thanks to the Spectacled Eider

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Just got back from a wildfowl filled trip with @moorebirdsbybike.bsky.social to Texel for the Spectacled Eider: my new favourite Duck. Geese everywhere & some nice displaying Smew. Plus, Pygmy Cormorant before Pete headed for Amsterdam to meet up with his family

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