Derek Julian
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Derek Julian
@camelbirder.bsky.social
Ecologist, interested in watching and preserving every living thing. Waterbird enthusiast, lover of #waders #geese and #ducks. Can also be found looking at #moths, #butterflies #Dragonflies and much more.
Work in social care.
Lives in Kernow (Cornwall).
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❓Did you know ❓

Diving ducks have their legs positioned further back than dabbling ducks...

However this also makes them less agile on land
July 31, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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First up on #WeBSSpeciesSpotlight... Black-tailed Godwit 🎉

Black-tailed Godwits are most common in Spring/Autumn as they move from their breeding grounds in Iceland to winter in Britain, Ireland, France and Portugal🌍

Find out more at www.bto.org/learn/about-... 🪶

#ornithology
July 28, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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Pendeen Watch: (25th July 25) Fea’s Petrel 1 minute video as it passed left of the rocks. Digiscoped with iPhone and Swaro BTX. Video has been rendered courtesy of Mike McKee.

Given the distance, time on the bird and general panic, this was the best I could get.

#cornwallbirding #birding
July 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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New Study! Goosanders were tracked using GPS tags in two Scottish river catchments. 🌊 Results showed birds ranged over significantly longer river stretches in the Forth than birds in the Tweed, with licensed shooting occurring in the latter. All birds showed greater movement during daylight hours. ☀️
July 25, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Join BirdGuides today and get a FREE £24 ticket to the Spurn Migration Festival! It's a limited-time offer, so click the link to grab yours now. 

https://bit.ly/GoToSpurnForFree 

#birding #birdguides #birdwatching #birdwatch #birds #birdmigration #bird #migfest
July 27, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Grey Seal with skate prey at St Agnes, Cornwall this morning.
July 27, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Wood Sandpiper at Wadebridge this morning. #cornwallbirds #ukbirds
July 26, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Great Northern Diver at Hell’s Mouth this morning.
July 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Moth day today with a Barred Straw at work in St Teath this morning. #moth.
July 4, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Clouded border shared my shower this morning. #mothuk
July 4, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Great few days so far in East/North Yorkshire. Holiday to relax and watch seabirds, thumbs up to both so far.
May 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Really good wildlife cruise on the Tamar/ Lynher today. Spoonbill, Avocet, Black-necked Grebe, hundreds of waders and wildfowl well worth a trip. Next one in February. #ukbirding
January 12, 2025 at 6:08 PM
2w Ring-bill Gull off Padstow this evening. #ukbirding
January 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
4 Goosander and 3 Mandarin at Target Bridge, Camel River this afternoon. #ukbirding.
December 21, 2024 at 9:36 PM
2 Black-necked Grebe on Camel Estuary off Padstow today also 2 Great Northern Divers. #ukbirding.
December 21, 2024 at 9:32 PM
Short-eared Owl high over St Teath heading northeast at 4pm. First woodcock of the winter at 5pm. #ukbirding
November 25, 2024 at 5:58 PM
Water Pipit at Chapel Amble this morning. #ukbirding.
November 22, 2024 at 9:00 AM
#ukbirding Cattle Egret at St Teath today. Getting everywhere down here.
November 19, 2024 at 5:52 PM
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October 26, 2024 at 8:39 PM