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Stuart Malcolm
@birderstuart.bsky.social
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Birder from Chichester, UK.
Love to travel and take middling photos.
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Very high tide = lots of waders on my @webs-gsmp.bsky.social count in Chichester Harbour. A glorious day but I think t-shirt weather in November is not a sign of a healthy planet! Several passers by looked through my scope (for the first time) and were blown away by the density of birds.
Many small grey birds are on the ground in the lower part of the picture and flying against the sea in the upper part. Digiscoped phone shot. Many small grey birds are flying against the sky White clouds against a blue sky over a harbour scene. Some green and yellow autumnal leaves
November 8, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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One of today’s #BirdOfTheDay themes is #fluffy.
I’ve always liked this Northern Yellow Warbler (newly split) photo I took in Wisconsin a few years ago.
A small yellow bird is in the middle of the photo. It is on a branch and has fluffed up its feathers. The background is mainly green leaves.
November 6, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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A dog in a car. It is wearing sunglasses and a helmet and is cool as fuck.
November 2, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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An excellent evening in Havant being throughly entertained by @rialina.com
She’s on tour for a while yet so @deborahmalcolmart.bsky.social would definitely recommend catching her if you can!
A red stage set up viewed over the heads of audience members.
October 25, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Tonight was the first night of the Sound & Light show to celebrate 950 years of Chichester cathedral. I thought it was fantastic, really cool and well done. A must see if you’re in the area. #chichester
A cathedral against a red cloudy sky. On the right is a statue of a Ninja Monk A light show projection that looks like a Death Metal album cover A pair of stone statues are in the foreground. In the background light patterns play on church walls. Blue, white & red lights reflect on church walls
October 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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I’m glad you added the clarification as I was getting very confused whilst idly scrolling.
A Bluesky screenshot. A photo of a lake above some text.
October 20, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Not surprisingly there was a smaller than usual turnout for our Chichester RSPB Group walk at Pulborough Brooks this morning, but the birds were active before the rain came. Redpolls, Redwings & Fieldfare, Ruff, Golden Plover & Peregrine amongst the highlights. And the reserve needs the rain!
A bird with a white belly, black back and red vent is on a fence post in front of a wire fence. It is a male Great Spotted Woodpecker A path covered in fallen leaves goes underneath a green tree tunnel.
October 19, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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I know it’s two separate countries but this made me smile.
A screenshot of a Bluesky feed.
October 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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The long staying Osprey at Arundel performed as requested for the Tuesday Birders this morning, at one point flying right over our heads. Two juvenile Hobbies were also on The Hanger. Redpolls, Redwing, Coal Tit, Cattle Egret and Mandarin Duck were amongst the other goodies. #birds #sussexbirds
An Osprey flies left. It is a large bird and has a largely white body with some brown feathers in the wings. A large brown and white bird flies right pursued by 3 smaller black birds.
October 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Their best album since the 90’s.
The cover of the album ‘Peace’ by The Levellers. It is a painting of a phoenix in the flames.
October 5, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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It’s like a travel version of a Short-eared Owl!
An Owl flies towards the viewer.
October 3, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Garden centres are always a good place for tat.
A page from a shopping website. A brown duck wears green wellington boots. A whole bunch of people had to agree this was a good idea, and nobody stopped them.
October 3, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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It was eyes to the skies for the Chichester RSPB Group at Pagham this morning. Two Hobbies gave great & prolonged views, & Peregrine and Sparrowhawk were seen in the same airspace. 2 Green Sandpipers, 2 Snipe, female Marsh Harrier and a Fox on Ferry Pool. Lots of Stonechat activity as well.
A dark falcon flies right. It has a black & white head pattern.
October 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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A beautiful sunny morning at Pagham North Walls. 2 Spoonbills, 2 Curlew Sands, 4 Spotted Redshanks, 2 Rock Pipits, & a Yellow-legged Gull.
Also a Clouded Yellow, several Red Admirals & a Painted Lady. Glorious!
A Painted Lady butterfly on ivy flowers. It is a largely orange butterfly with white spots on the darker forewings. It is on green vegetation. A Red Admiral butterfly. A black & red butterfly on green vegetation.
September 30, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Is it time to rename the Crows Nest?This Peregrine Falcon was an unusual boat adornment on the Chichester RSPB walk at Thorney this morning. #birds
A sailing boat with a tall mast. On the right hand side of the mast is a grey bird of prey.
September 28, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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An Osprey was a nice consolation for missing the Little Stint at Pagham North Walls late morning. And finally got a chance to connect with some of the Curlew Sandpiper influx (4). My first Brent Geese (3) of the autumn as well. A nice variety with 65 species seen.
A large bird of prey is flying left. It is mainly white with some dark feathers in the underwings and tail.
September 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Back in 2021 when I was living in Portsmouth for a few weeks I set myself a B&W photo challenge on my iPhone whilst on my walks.
I call this one “waiting for chips?”
#BirdOfTheDay #ClassicMono
An immature gull is on the floor in front of an empty bench in this B&W photo.
September 25, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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@piatpod.bsky.social How much money do you need to get Owen & Quentin from the ‘Listers’ documentary on to GAM to cover this?
It would be epic. Just let me know how much I need to send?
(If you haven’t seen Listers it’s brilliant, and the post credit sequence is perfect for PIAT).
A poster for a tv movie. A man in a blue jacket and a woman in a green jacket look at each other whilst 2 badly photoshopped Varied Thrushes wonder what they’ve done to deserve this.
September 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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First outing of the season for some gloves at Church Norton this morning as the wind definitely had an autumnal feel! 3 Spoonbills in the harbour, and 3 Redstarts & a dozen or so Chiffchaffs in the hedges were the highlights.
A small brown bird with a red rump faces away from the camera. It sits in the middle of a green bush. It is a juvenile Common Redstart A small bird is in the middle of the picture. It is a dull olive colour on the upper parts and a paler more yellow colour on the underparts. There is a branch on the right and other bits of vegetation around the bird. It is a Chiffchaff.
September 21, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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Is Mikey P turning into Prince Andrew? The Trump-Epstein effect strikes again!
A useless grey haired man in a suit holds a microphone on the left. On the right is another useless grey hared man in a suit, but this one isn’t sweating.
September 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Alien v Predator
A woman in black wears a very silly hat that looks like a UFO. Standing next to her is a pedophile who lost a fight with a can of Ronseal.
September 18, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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Only a couple of us weren’t deterred by the weather for our Chichester RSPB field trip. I forgot my walking boots (d’oh) so we went round WWT Arundel instead. Great Egret, Kingfisher, Cetti’s Warbler, my first site Whinchat, and my first Marsh Tit here for a while made for a good morning. ☔️
A large white bird with a yellow bill is in water. In the background is green vegetation. It is a Great Egret.
September 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Get yourselves some scores.
Three men and a woman sit behind a pink and silver desk. The woman holds a number 9, the men hold a number 10.
September 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Another glorious day for my WeBS count in Chichester Harbour today. 500+ Med Gulls, and my first Knot & Barwit of the autumn. Highlight was this Wall Brown butterfly, a new one for me.
A grey and orange butterfly facing left sits on a trio of green leaves. It is a Wall Brown butterfly. An orange and brown butterfly facing left sits on a green and brown leaf. It is a Wall Brown.
September 6, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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There’s not enough squash content on Bluesky. Hopefully @watsoncomedian.bsky.social can rectify that. A great match to be watching.
A shot of a crowd. A man in green in the middle is very excited.
September 5, 2025 at 7:59 PM