Graham Devine
@devine1974.bsky.social
Trying to be the best person I can be. Reader, listener and birder
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One of my favourite books is Wild America, the 1953 trip made by legendary naturalists Roger Tory Peterson (USA) and James Fisher (UK).
Some of it was filmed and RTP took that on tour to theaters across the States. Until today, that was the only opportunity to see it (1/2)
youtu.be/irjm8dxb0xA?...
Some of it was filmed and RTP took that on tour to theaters across the States. Until today, that was the only opportunity to see it (1/2)
youtu.be/irjm8dxb0xA?...
WILD AMERICA
YouTube video by Roger Tory Peterson Institute
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January 27, 2026 at 9:38 PM
One of my favourite books is Wild America, the 1953 trip made by legendary naturalists Roger Tory Peterson (USA) and James Fisher (UK).
Some of it was filmed and RTP took that on tour to theaters across the States. Until today, that was the only opportunity to see it (1/2)
youtu.be/irjm8dxb0xA?...
Some of it was filmed and RTP took that on tour to theaters across the States. Until today, that was the only opportunity to see it (1/2)
youtu.be/irjm8dxb0xA?...
Arrived at work this morning and despite the clouds from last nights storm having lifted, there is still a good swell and brisk onshore wind. Along the strand line, feeding l amongst the BH Gulls a Juv. Little Gull and a Mediterranean Gull. #birds
January 27, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Arrived at work this morning and despite the clouds from last nights storm having lifted, there is still a good swell and brisk onshore wind. Along the strand line, feeding l amongst the BH Gulls a Juv. Little Gull and a Mediterranean Gull. #birds
It’s January and the frogs 🐸 are back in my garden pond, smaller males arrive first, followed by females full of eggs and almost half as large again as the males, soon there will be spawn. #nature
January 27, 2026 at 12:10 AM
It’s January and the frogs 🐸 are back in my garden pond, smaller males arrive first, followed by females full of eggs and almost half as large again as the males, soon there will be spawn. #nature
Definitely the calm after the storm in SE Cornwall and took advantage of the glassy water to go looking for grebes at St John this afternoon. Not a five grebe day but Little, Great Creasted, Black Necked and Slavonian made it a four grebe day, is still a good day! #birds
January 25, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Definitely the calm after the storm in SE Cornwall and took advantage of the glassy water to go looking for grebes at St John this afternoon. Not a five grebe day but Little, Great Creasted, Black Necked and Slavonian made it a four grebe day, is still a good day! #birds
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If you get a chance, go to the Luminescence show @mancathedral.bsky.social. it's incredible and tells the story of Manchester and the cathedral beautifully through music and prose
#proudmanc #proudcathedralcanon
#proudmanc #proudcathedralcanon
January 24, 2026 at 7:39 PM
If you get a chance, go to the Luminescence show @mancathedral.bsky.social. it's incredible and tells the story of Manchester and the cathedral beautifully through music and prose
#proudmanc #proudcathedralcanon
#proudmanc #proudcathedralcanon
After checking out the goose flock in the flooded fields at Modbury turning up 4 Green Sandpipers it was to the coast to see if I could catch up with the influx of Little Gulls. As @stuartgreen.bsky.social was watching an adult off Plymouth Barbican, I found a Juv. bird at sea off Mt.Batten #birds
January 24, 2026 at 4:56 PM
After checking out the goose flock in the flooded fields at Modbury turning up 4 Green Sandpipers it was to the coast to see if I could catch up with the influx of Little Gulls. As @stuartgreen.bsky.social was watching an adult off Plymouth Barbican, I found a Juv. bird at sea off Mt.Batten #birds
I am travelling for work at present and the change of geography has seen a change in the quality and quantity of wildfowl. At Eyebrook Reservoir this morning to catch 6 Smew and a pair of Scaup. Yesterday a smart male American Wigeon at Lowick Lake NR. A great turbo charge to the year list. #birds
January 14, 2026 at 9:03 AM
I am travelling for work at present and the change of geography has seen a change in the quality and quantity of wildfowl. At Eyebrook Reservoir this morning to catch 6 Smew and a pair of Scaup. Yesterday a smart male American Wigeon at Lowick Lake NR. A great turbo charge to the year list. #birds
In the grotty weather yesterday kept busy with a trip to Plymouth Hoe. Apart from this guy feeding the gulls, I saw a smart male redstart and 3 Purple Sandpipers. A circuit of Saltram was wetter and less rewarding with even the duck pond barren. Highlight there were 4 Goodsander on the Plym. #birds
January 12, 2026 at 7:08 AM
In the grotty weather yesterday kept busy with a trip to Plymouth Hoe. Apart from this guy feeding the gulls, I saw a smart male redstart and 3 Purple Sandpipers. A circuit of Saltram was wetter and less rewarding with even the duck pond barren. Highlight there were 4 Goodsander on the Plym. #birds
More 10km patch birding today and so many great birds to be seen. Today back at Efford Marsh LNR to see the YBW that was in the very top of the trees when I saw it on 31/12 today it was almost in the water feeding! 2 Water Rail, an added bonus. Also a Chiffchaff with Tristis characteristics #birds
January 4, 2026 at 10:11 PM
More 10km patch birding today and so many great birds to be seen. Today back at Efford Marsh LNR to see the YBW that was in the very top of the trees when I saw it on 31/12 today it was almost in the water feeding! 2 Water Rail, an added bonus. Also a Chiffchaff with Tristis characteristics #birds
That’s my 2025 list complete, sure there are birds missing from the list that I could have seen Hobby & Whooper Swan and if I had traveled today Bean Goose. But 2025 has been a great year with amazing wildlife experiences. It finished today as it started with a Yellow Browed Warbler on patch #birds
December 31, 2025 at 11:27 AM
That’s my 2025 list complete, sure there are birds missing from the list that I could have seen Hobby & Whooper Swan and if I had traveled today Bean Goose. But 2025 has been a great year with amazing wildlife experiences. It finished today as it started with a Yellow Browed Warbler on patch #birds
As we reach the final day of 2025. I was up early on patch to seek out Dipper (ironic I know) I have spent last few days now watching at various spots with no luck, but this morning, 2 sat on a log, below a bridge I have stood on many times this year. The last year ✅ of 2025, 365 days in! #birds
December 31, 2025 at 8:59 AM
As we reach the final day of 2025. I was up early on patch to seek out Dipper (ironic I know) I have spent last few days now watching at various spots with no luck, but this morning, 2 sat on a log, below a bridge I have stood on many times this year. The last year ✅ of 2025, 365 days in! #birds
Spent a couple of hours sat abreast an Oif all pipe next to a 3ft deep bank of rotting kelp this afternoon in a quest to catch sight another year tick for 2025. Amongst the Rock and Meadow Pipits was a Water Pipit. Difficult to get onto the birds today with so many dogs on the beach. #birds #glamour
December 28, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Spent a couple of hours sat abreast an Oif all pipe next to a 3ft deep bank of rotting kelp this afternoon in a quest to catch sight another year tick for 2025. Amongst the Rock and Meadow Pipits was a Water Pipit. Difficult to get onto the birds today with so many dogs on the beach. #birds #glamour
With nights drawing in and birding hours depleting, I watched this last night. I enjoyed watching new birders engaging in birdwatching in a tech enabled way. I also enjoyed how they weaved into the narrative, searching question around the ethics of what birders do #birds
youtu.be/zl-wAqplQAo?...
youtu.be/zl-wAqplQAo?...
LISTERS: A Glimpse Into Extreme Birdwatching
YouTube video by owen reiser
youtu.be
September 21, 2025 at 9:40 AM
With nights drawing in and birding hours depleting, I watched this last night. I enjoyed watching new birders engaging in birdwatching in a tech enabled way. I also enjoyed how they weaved into the narrative, searching question around the ethics of what birders do #birds
youtu.be/zl-wAqplQAo?...
youtu.be/zl-wAqplQAo?...
Straight from the office to South Huish this evening.
2 Grey Phalaropes showed well along the waters edge.
First time I have seen them being waders as all my other sightings have been on the sea
First time I’ve seen legs!
✅209
#birds
2 Grey Phalaropes showed well along the waters edge.
First time I have seen them being waders as all my other sightings have been on the sea
First time I’ve seen legs!
✅209
#birds
September 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Straight from the office to South Huish this evening.
2 Grey Phalaropes showed well along the waters edge.
First time I have seen them being waders as all my other sightings have been on the sea
First time I’ve seen legs!
✅209
#birds
2 Grey Phalaropes showed well along the waters edge.
First time I have seen them being waders as all my other sightings have been on the sea
First time I’ve seen legs!
✅209
#birds
In some pretty challenging conditions and a brief window in the rain this afternoon visited Bolt Tail
Sabine’s Gull, a Great Shearwater and half a dozen Balearic Shearwaters the best of it.
A Knot and 17 Barwits at South Milton before hand.
#birds
Sabine’s Gull, a Great Shearwater and half a dozen Balearic Shearwaters the best of it.
A Knot and 17 Barwits at South Milton before hand.
#birds
September 14, 2025 at 4:59 PM
In some pretty challenging conditions and a brief window in the rain this afternoon visited Bolt Tail
Sabine’s Gull, a Great Shearwater and half a dozen Balearic Shearwaters the best of it.
A Knot and 17 Barwits at South Milton before hand.
#birds
Sabine’s Gull, a Great Shearwater and half a dozen Balearic Shearwaters the best of it.
A Knot and 17 Barwits at South Milton before hand.
#birds
Used my stay over in St Ives last night to make time to visit Ryan’s Field, Hayle.
Good numbers of birds on the marsh today, escaping the high tide
Spoonbill, Curlew Sand, Ruff & Knot the highlights amongst the regular species. Knot was a year tick and also to my surprise was Spoonbill.
#birds
Good numbers of birds on the marsh today, escaping the high tide
Spoonbill, Curlew Sand, Ruff & Knot the highlights amongst the regular species. Knot was a year tick and also to my surprise was Spoonbill.
#birds
September 12, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Used my stay over in St Ives last night to make time to visit Ryan’s Field, Hayle.
Good numbers of birds on the marsh today, escaping the high tide
Spoonbill, Curlew Sand, Ruff & Knot the highlights amongst the regular species. Knot was a year tick and also to my surprise was Spoonbill.
#birds
Good numbers of birds on the marsh today, escaping the high tide
Spoonbill, Curlew Sand, Ruff & Knot the highlights amongst the regular species. Knot was a year tick and also to my surprise was Spoonbill.
#birds
So, never give up, I used the opportunity of a black tie dinner in St Ives to try again at Siblyback. Pec. Sandpiper & Baird’s Sandpiper as well as Wheatear, Peregrine, Ruff and Curlew Sand #birds
September 11, 2025 at 11:46 PM
So, never give up, I used the opportunity of a black tie dinner in St Ives to try again at Siblyback. Pec. Sandpiper & Baird’s Sandpiper as well as Wheatear, Peregrine, Ruff and Curlew Sand #birds
Sometimes, it just doesn’t work. A race to Siblyback after work to arrive in time to find the wader flock that may of held Pectoral Sandpiper and Baird’s Sandpiper. No sooner had I got close enough to scope them then the heavens opened. It made impossible to positively id any small waders. #birds
September 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Sometimes, it just doesn’t work. A race to Siblyback after work to arrive in time to find the wader flock that may of held Pectoral Sandpiper and Baird’s Sandpiper. No sooner had I got close enough to scope them then the heavens opened. It made impossible to positively id any small waders. #birds
A few weeks ago I arranged to take a friend to try and see Osprey. Then for the first bird we get bins onto, an Osprey! Flying down the Tavy to fish in the Tamar before heading off to eat the catch on a pylon behind the rail bridge. Sometimes the place, the tides and the dates make your luck #birds
September 7, 2025 at 8:20 PM
A few weeks ago I arranged to take a friend to try and see Osprey. Then for the first bird we get bins onto, an Osprey! Flying down the Tavy to fish in the Tamar before heading off to eat the catch on a pylon behind the rail bridge. Sometimes the place, the tides and the dates make your luck #birds
Back from Spain this afternoon. Went out for bread and milk. Caught up with the Juv. Rose Coloured Starling in Wembury. The first time I have seen 200 species in a year and still 4 months left! #birds
September 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Back from Spain this afternoon. Went out for bread and milk. Caught up with the Juv. Rose Coloured Starling in Wembury. The first time I have seen 200 species in a year and still 4 months left! #birds
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Calling South West #birders
The BTO South West Conference is coming up, and it looks like a really interesting day
Talks about locally important species by local and @btobirds.bsky.social speakers - & I'll be there speaking about #Wildlife Gardening
More here: www.bto.org/our-work/eve...
The BTO South West Conference is coming up, and it looks like a really interesting day
Talks about locally important species by local and @btobirds.bsky.social speakers - & I'll be there speaking about #Wildlife Gardening
More here: www.bto.org/our-work/eve...
September 4, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Calling South West #birders
The BTO South West Conference is coming up, and it looks like a really interesting day
Talks about locally important species by local and @btobirds.bsky.social speakers - & I'll be there speaking about #Wildlife Gardening
More here: www.bto.org/our-work/eve...
The BTO South West Conference is coming up, and it looks like a really interesting day
Talks about locally important species by local and @btobirds.bsky.social speakers - & I'll be there speaking about #Wildlife Gardening
More here: www.bto.org/our-work/eve...
In the mountains of Andalucía, for my early walk. Booted Eagle, Crossbill, Crested Tit, Dartford Warbler & Hoopoe made for a change from the estuarine species of a few days ago. I was interested how vocal Booted Eagle was, their calls carrying across the wooded slopes was distinct. #birds
September 4, 2025 at 11:20 AM
In the mountains of Andalucía, for my early walk. Booted Eagle, Crossbill, Crested Tit, Dartford Warbler & Hoopoe made for a change from the estuarine species of a few days ago. I was interested how vocal Booted Eagle was, their calls carrying across the wooded slopes was distinct. #birds
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How gorgeous is the wryneck currently at Exeter? Lifer yesterday and what a little beauty! It was a lot smaller than I expected! #ukbirding
September 1, 2025 at 9:46 AM
How gorgeous is the wryneck currently at Exeter? Lifer yesterday and what a little beauty! It was a lot smaller than I expected! #ukbirding
Early start to get to Guadlahore Marsh in Malaga. Well worth it for Gull Billed Tern at roost woke and left as soon as sun came up. Greater Flamingo, Temmicks Stint, Little Bittern and two very smart White-Headed Duck all really great to see, in total some 52 species recorded in 2 hours #birds#spain
September 2, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Early start to get to Guadlahore Marsh in Malaga. Well worth it for Gull Billed Tern at roost woke and left as soon as sun came up. Greater Flamingo, Temmicks Stint, Little Bittern and two very smart White-Headed Duck all really great to see, in total some 52 species recorded in 2 hours #birds#spain
After two days of being close to but not able to get to Turf Locks at Exminster. I made the dash this afternoon to catch the confiding Wryneck which showed well on the short grass either side of the lock gates. #birds ✅199🫣
August 29, 2025 at 9:23 PM
After two days of being close to but not able to get to Turf Locks at Exminster. I made the dash this afternoon to catch the confiding Wryneck which showed well on the short grass either side of the lock gates. #birds ✅199🫣