Steve Stansfield
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Steve Stansfield
@bardseyobswarden.bsky.social
Director of Operations & Warden of @BardseyObs for 27yrs, Worked at UK Bird Observatories for 34yrs. Chair of @BirdObs_Council & Welsh Rarities Committee @wbrc
Arctic Tern: 2
Unidentified Common/Arctic Tern : 1
Sandwich Tern : 7
Mediterranean Gull : 20
Golden Plover: 8
Common Scoter: 9
Manx Shearwater : 6
Razorbill : 3119
Northern Gannet : 259
Kittiwake : 2015

@rarebirder.bsky.social
October 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Another seven here today.
September 15, 2025 at 8:44 PM
September 15, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Arrived safe and sound and ready to go!!
July 26, 2025 at 6:19 PM
No. Fully feathered.
June 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I will do it anyway, be nice to have the first orinus for the UK 😉
June 24, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I will get DNA confirmation done on this Alex. I think it’s all photographic effect. It certainly was as huge as it looked in Ewan’s image.
June 24, 2025 at 7:49 AM
From exactly the same spot the one on 5th June was singing from. It had a completely different vocal repertoire than the previous bird, much less mimicry, but still a BRW. I opened a net and trapped it about 3 feet from where I caught the one last week! Left facing - today, right facing 5 June
June 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM
June 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Bill length was within normal range for BRW.
June 22, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Today’s bird was replacing three feathers on the right side of its tail, last weeks was replacing three on the left side!
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June 14, 2025 at 4:52 PM
From exactly the same spot the one on 5th June was singing from. It had a completely different vocal repertoire than the previous bird, much less mimicry, but still a BRW. I opened a net and trapped it about 3 feet from where I caught the one last week! Left facing - today, right facing 5 June
June 14, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I live on Bardsey Island, Europe’s first International Dark Sky Sanctuary.

To come and stay and see the darkness of our night sky, the Milky Way and hopefully the Aurora visit bbfo.org.uk/stay
For more info on the dark sky status see
darksky.org/places/ynys-...
June 13, 2025 at 10:53 AM