Bill MacBirding
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Birds, Butterflies, Orchids & Moths #VC3
Birding Torbay & Berry Head NNR, Brixham, Devon.
Birding Torbay & Berry Head NNR, Brixham, Devon.
April 30, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Small Blues Cupido minimus, at least six seen this afternoon in the quarry at Berry Head. Nearly all were seen on the hill leading down into the quarry.
April 30, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Small Blues Cupido minimus, at least six seen this afternoon in the quarry at Berry Head. Nearly all were seen on the hill leading down into the quarry.
Common Redstart on Dartmoor today.
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April 24, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Common Redstart on Dartmoor today.
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Common Whitethroat in full song at Berry Head this evening.
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April 21, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Common Whitethroat in full song at Berry Head this evening.
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Reed Warbler at Slapton NNR today.
April 20, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Reed Warbler at Slapton NNR today.
Reeling GHWarbler 200m south of memorial car park, in scrub between footpath and Ley
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April 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Reeling GHWarbler 200m south of memorial car park, in scrub between footpath and Ley
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Green-winged orchid on the Dorset coast at the weekend. The colours are intense!
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April 8, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Green-winged orchid on the Dorset coast at the weekend. The colours are intense!
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Male Pied Flycatcher on Dartmoor, checking a potential nest site and establishing a territory before the females arrive later this month.
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April 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Male Pied Flycatcher on Dartmoor, checking a potential nest site and establishing a territory before the females arrive later this month.
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Thanks to the 300 or so who have followed this account so far. There's still several thousand following the Twitter account so please spread the word about the benefits of Bluesky. #adfree #muskfree #migrantmothuk #teammoth #mothsmatter
November 16, 2024 at 7:34 PM
Thanks to the 300 or so who have followed this account so far. There's still several thousand following the Twitter account so please spread the word about the benefits of Bluesky. #adfree #muskfree #migrantmothuk #teammoth #mothsmatter
Dog sitting for 3 weeks has its benefits! Walking the dog at Bantham 11.30 this morning and found a Kentish Plover on the tideline of the main beach. Constantly flushed by surfers and walkers it didn’t hang around on a rising tide. No pic so a cute dog snap will have to do 😜
November 11, 2024 at 3:46 PM
Dog sitting for 3 weeks has its benefits! Walking the dog at Bantham 11.30 this morning and found a Kentish Plover on the tideline of the main beach. Constantly flushed by surfers and walkers it didn’t hang around on a rising tide. No pic so a cute dog snap will have to do 😜
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Out and about today in #SouthDevon first Coleton Fishacre. Then Broadsands to put seed down for the Cirl Buntings. Managed to find Yellow-browed Warblers at both sites! Below left Broadsands bird and right Pudcombe Cove at Coleton Fishacre both in willow scrub.
November 9, 2024 at 4:33 PM
Out and about today in #SouthDevon first Coleton Fishacre. Then Broadsands to put seed down for the Cirl Buntings. Managed to find Yellow-browed Warblers at both sites! Below left Broadsands bird and right Pudcombe Cove at Coleton Fishacre both in willow scrub.
Red-necked Grebe still, from fisherman’s platform and another Ring Ouzel in the quarry at Berry Head this morning.
November 1, 2024 at 8:22 AM
Red-necked Grebe still, from fisherman’s platform and another Ring Ouzel in the quarry at Berry Head this morning.
One of the many Firecrest at Berry Head this week.
October 28, 2024 at 10:27 PM
One of the many Firecrest at Berry Head this week.
Image of today’s Red-necked Grebe at Berry Head, interesting to compare with the Portland bird.
October 28, 2024 at 12:12 PM
Image of today’s Red-necked Grebe at Berry Head, interesting to compare with the Portland bird.
Red-necked Grebe just off the fisherman’s platform at Berry Head quarry first light.
October 28, 2024 at 7:02 AM
Red-necked Grebe just off the fisherman’s platform at Berry Head quarry first light.
Short seawatch at Berry Head early am:
5 Balearic, 1 Arctic Skua, 1 ad.Little Gull, 14 Med Gull, single Common Tern and hundreds of Kittiwake & Auks.
Later in the quarry 5 Firecrest & 100+ Redwing overhead.
5 Balearic, 1 Arctic Skua, 1 ad.Little Gull, 14 Med Gull, single Common Tern and hundreds of Kittiwake & Auks.
Later in the quarry 5 Firecrest & 100+ Redwing overhead.
October 25, 2024 at 8:41 AM
Short seawatch at Berry Head early am:
5 Balearic, 1 Arctic Skua, 1 ad.Little Gull, 14 Med Gull, single Common Tern and hundreds of Kittiwake & Auks.
Later in the quarry 5 Firecrest & 100+ Redwing overhead.
5 Balearic, 1 Arctic Skua, 1 ad.Little Gull, 14 Med Gull, single Common Tern and hundreds of Kittiwake & Auks.
Later in the quarry 5 Firecrest & 100+ Redwing overhead.
Glad we went, cracking bird, performed perfectly.
October 23, 2024 at 6:33 PM
Glad we went, cracking bird, performed perfectly.
11.45am Single Whooper Swan Broadsands beach, Paignton 50m from the shoreline.
October 18, 2024 at 10:48 AM
11.45am Single Whooper Swan Broadsands beach, Paignton 50m from the shoreline.
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Crimson Speckled (U. pulchella) observed by day on Tresco, Isles of Scilly on 16/10. R. Dryden per B. Dawson.
October 17, 2024 at 12:41 PM
Crimson Speckled (U. pulchella) observed by day on Tresco, Isles of Scilly on 16/10. R. Dryden per B. Dawson.
1.30pm YBW still Berry Head quarry.
October 17, 2024 at 1:23 PM
1.30pm YBW still Berry Head quarry.
Berry Head: YBW & 2 Ring Ouzel in the quarry, 30+ Redwing overhead (rain stopped play).
October 16, 2024 at 9:01 AM
Berry Head: YBW & 2 Ring Ouzel in the quarry, 30+ Redwing overhead (rain stopped play).
Berry Head 2.45pm Ring Ouzel in the quarry feeding on rose hips.
October 4, 2024 at 1:54 PM
Berry Head 2.45pm Ring Ouzel in the quarry feeding on rose hips.
Berry Head quarry this am, 15+ Chiff, 5 B/cap, Garden Warbler and my first Firecrest of the autumn.
September 25, 2024 at 8:20 AM
Berry Head quarry this am, 15+ Chiff, 5 B/cap, Garden Warbler and my first Firecrest of the autumn.