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Geoff & Steph
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Lovers of Dorset, Birding, Travel... the fresh air of outdoors... Time Spent in Nature heals your Body, Mind & Spirit ❤️
Hints of Blue Sky, Bradbury Rings #DorsetBirds 🇬🇧 🪶
4 Skylark, 5 Stonechat, c10 Redwing, Green Woodpecker, Nuthatch, Buzzard, Kestrel, Raven, Tit flocks.

Kingston Lacy had another Green Woodpecker, flock of 70 Greenfinch, SongThrush, Tits & Chaffinches, several StockDove.
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January 17, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Grey damp day at lovely Lodmoor #Weymouth #DorsetBirds 🇬🇧 🪶
Water level high!
3 Avocet, 12 Snipe, 100s Lapwing, c400 Golden Plover.
Marsh Harrier, Raven.
Mysterious cross, Shelduck-Ruddy?
Lots Shelduck, Canada, Wigeon, Teal, Mallard, Gadwall, Shoveler, Tufted Duck.
Kingfisher.
c20 Mediterranean Gull.
January 14, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Damp & dull, Studland #DorsetBirds
Jerry's Point, 2 GND, 3 BNG, 3 Goldeneye, Razorbill, Raven, Curlew, Oycs. 30+ RBM, lots GCG.
Bramble Bush Bay, 50+ Brent, 2 Redshank, Lt Egret.
🪶 Shell Bay, 200+ Brent, c20 Sanderling. Lots Shag.
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Brands Bay, WTEagle, many Pintail, Wigeon.
January 12, 2026 at 5:16 PM
White Tailed Eagle settled in Brands Bay 1500hr
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#DorsetBirds 🇬🇧 🪶 😍
January 12, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Bleak mid-winter at Stourhead #NT #Wiltshire 🇬🇧

🪶 20+ flock of Siskin on beech mast, c80 Lapwing, 2 GreyWagtail, numerous Tits, several Chaffinch flock Goldfinch. Redwing.
Red Kite, 2 Raven.
Nuthatch, Treecreeper, lots Wren. P Wag.
Grey Heron, 2 TuftedDuck, Mallards.

Sparrowhawk at Wincanton A303.
January 9, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Excellent Phil! 😃
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Crossbills in the icy cold this morning at Culpepper’s Dish
January 6, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Winter wonder, Thorncombe Wood #DorsetBirds 🪶 🇬🇧
2 Marsh Tit, numerous Blue, Great, Coal & Long-tailed Tit.
2 Goldcrest, one watched us from 3 feet away 😍
8 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 6 Redwing.
Buzzard, pair Raven, Mistle Thrush, 3 Wren, just 2 female Chaffinch, c10 Goldfinch. 2 Pheasant. Lots Robin.
January 5, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Blue Sky at Maiden Castle #DorsetBirds 🇬🇧 🪶 ✨️
Sunny 🌞 cold, the sun low in the sky to the South.
c6 Redwing on hawthorns, 2 resident Raven nearby.
A lonely Golden Plover with a small Starling flock near the car park and 2 Lapwing overhead. Just 3 Goldfinch! 3 Stonechat.

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January 4, 2026 at 5:54 PM
🌞 cold 🥶 Ferrybridge, nasty N wind! #DorsetBirds 🇬🇧 🪶
4 Grey Plover, 3 Barwit.
Numerous Dunlin & Ringed Plover, 2 Oystercatcher, Turnstone.
100+ Mediterranean Gull.
3 Red-breasted Merganser, 25+ Brent.
Stonechat, Pied Wag, several Meadow Pipit & Skylark. Greenfinch.
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January 3, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Briefly at Charminster water meadows, W of Dorchester #DorsetBirds 🪶
A 2026 tick ✔️ for the 2 Tundra Bean Geese in company with 2 Egyptian Geese.
Kestrel, 3 Little Egret, c300 Lapwing, numerous Wigeon & Teal.
Several Mute Swan, 2 Common Gull, lots Black-headed & Herring Gulls. Small flock LT Tit. 🇬🇧
January 2, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Dull quiet day on Maiden Castle #DorsetBirds 🇬🇧 🪶
Just 4 Stonechat, Mistle Thrush, 2 Dunnock, several Robin & Blackbird. Plenty of Crow & Herring Gull. Resident Raven & Kestrel. No Linnet nor Goldfinch! Nor Fieldfare!

So, 260 European species for 2025, a record for us! 🍾

HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE 😊
December 29, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Thanks again to @therockinbirder.bsky.social et al, for today's 2 White-fronted Geese who joined yesterday's 2 Bean! #DorsetBirds 🪶 🇬🇧 Probably 250+ Canada too, and several Common Gulls.
All at Dorchester water meadows on route to Charminster, exactly where a new major road is planned; Norchester 🤮
Thanks to @therockinbirder.bsky.social for the heads-up for 2 Tundra Bean Geese with the Canadas at Dorchester Water meadows (B3147) #DorsetBirds 🇬🇧 🪶.
Also, several Gadwall, Shoveler, Wigeon, Mallard. Mistle Thrush, flocks of Pied Wag & LT Tit, LtEgret.

🌞 Woodsford had Red Kite, flocks Chaffinch.
December 28, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Thanks to @therockinbirder.bsky.social for the heads-up for 2 Tundra Bean Geese with the Canadas at Dorchester Water meadows (B3147) #DorsetBirds 🇬🇧 🪶.
Also, several Gadwall, Shoveler, Wigeon, Mallard. Mistle Thrush, flocks of Pied Wag & LT Tit, LtEgret.

🌞 Woodsford had Red Kite, flocks Chaffinch.
December 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Many thanks 😊 to all contributors for this fine publication...
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#DorsetBirds 🪶

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🇬🇧 and arrived in time for New Year, perfect ❤️
December 27, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Freezing East wind at sunny Ferrybridge 🌞 #DorsetBirds 🪶
4 Grey Plover ❤️
100+ Dunlin, 20+ Ringed Plover, 7 Oystercatcher, Turnstone, 6 Brent, RBM & GCG.
2 Stonechat, c10 Greenfinch, c10 Mipit, 50+ Starling.
150+ Med Gull, 3 LBBG, 2 GBBG.

A very choppy Portland Harbour had 10 RBG.

MERRY XMAS ALL 🎄
December 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
It must be Christmas 🎄

Summer Lodge, Evershot for the best in Festive Afternoon ✨️ Tea...
#Dorset 🇬🇧

Recommended!

MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎅
December 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
It must be Christmas 🎄
Many thanks to all at Portland Bird Obs #DorsetBirds for this most welcome Christmas present 🎁
A great deal of work, much appreciated 👍 👏 🪶

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December 18, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Obidos, Portugal 🇵🇹 on a side trip from Lisbon (pics). Ginja in chocolate cup, & a Black Redstart male. Iberian Grey Shrike en-route 🪶
Lisbon had 15 Sanderling, 2 Sandwich Tern, Turnstone, numerous Cm Chiffchaff, H Sparrow. Plenty of Yellow-legged Gulls & LBB Gulls. Several Med Gulls, 3 Gannet.
December 16, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Bright 🌞 day, Lanzarote, Canaries 🇪🇸 🪶

Less than salubrious Puerto del Carmen for the perfume emporiums!

Whimbrel, Turnstone, numerous Rose-ringed Parakeets & Spanish Sparrows ♥️

Two Sandwich Tern fishing along the ⛱️ beaches.
December 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Blue Sky, hot & dry in San Sebastian, La Gomera 🇪🇸 🪶 Canary Islands.

3 Berthelot's Pipit, a 2025 tick, Common Sandpiper, numerous Canary Islands Chiffchaff. Several Spanish Sparrow.

Plenty of Yellow-legged Gulls & Rock Doves.

One metre long Sharks!

Jolly nice Little Gull when departing Madeira...
December 9, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Sunny dry & hot, Santa Cruz, Tenerife 🇪🇸 🪶 with a day at the Palmetum.
2 Hoopoe, several African Blue Tit & Atlantic Canary 😍
3 Blackcap. Numerous Canary Islands Chiffchaff & some Common Chiffchaff. Greenfinch. 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Barbary Partridge. Little Egret. Lots Spanish Sparrow. Canaries Kestrel.
December 8, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Blue Sky in Madeira 🌞 🪶
Sooty Shearwater on the cruise in, 4 Madeira Kestrel & numerous Atlantic Canary plus 4 Grey Wagtail ♥️.
Insufficient time for proper Birding!

On Reids terrace watching #HebrideanSky arriving in port...
December 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
A Twitch for the 'Chickerell' Desert Wheatear at the Bridging Camp off Camp Rd, Wyke Regis today. #Dorset 🪶 view from Public Footpath!
Good company, great bird, lovely sunny 🌞 day, great photos at #DorsetBirds
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views West towards Abbotsbury 😍
November 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Hadn't been out for 3 days (winter slump!), so was pleased it was a lovely day. Walked Cogden to West Bexington. Fab to see a good flock of Yammers, with a few Cirl Buntings in the mix. Then a gd Green Finch flock (about 3 dozen), which eventually mixed with Linnets. Lots of Stonechats. #UKBirding
November 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Fabulous blue sky 🌞 day #Weymouth #DorsetBirds 🇬🇧 🪶
Portland Harbour quiet with 10 Red Brested Merganser & Grey Heron!
Ferrybridge @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social 120 Dunlin, 40 Ringed Plover, 8 Turnstone, 3 Little Egret, an overflying Lapwing ❤️ numerous Mediterranean Gull, Mipit, Greenfinch, 5 Skylark.
November 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM