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Jac French
@laughingdove4.bsky.social
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Young Birder|Twitcher|Naturalist, Loves Seawatching, Seabirds, Art, Subspecies. 🗺️Bird Life list: 259: Shorelark🪶 Patch: Great Orme, also frequents RSPB Conwy + Rhos Point 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 North Wales!
Runner-Up: 2024 SpurnMGYBC
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And a short phonescope video, it seems to like the same sort of area so hopefully it'll stick around a little longer!
November 25, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Shorelark still showing this afternoon on The Great Orme, at the same spot on the cliff edge below Cairn.

#Birds #Birding #Birdingwales #Sunset #UK #Wales #UKBirding #birdinguk #Nature #Wildlife #Photography #Photo
November 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
laughingdove4.bsky.social
Some decent quality #Birds around Wirral today:

Burton Marsh:
Glossy Ibis, 2 Egyptian Goose, 15+ Whooper Swan.

Parkgate:
2+ Barn Owl, Short-Eared Owl, 7 Marsh Harrier, lots of Pink-Footed Goose.

#Birding #UKBirding #birdinguk #UK #England #Nature #Wildlife
Glossy Ibis foreground, Northern Lapwings background.
November 16, 2025 at 6:36 PM
laughingdove4.bsky.social
2 Lifers In 2 days!!
This lovely Shorelark was a nice addition and showed along the cliff edges on The Great Orme this Afternoon, near Cairn. Good to see @sarahenoch.bsky.social and @benllechbirder.bsky.social!

#Birds #Birding #Rarebirdsuk #Nature #Wildlife #Photo #Photography #Wales #UK
November 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
laughingdove4.bsky.social
And a Big thanks to @alandaviesbirds.bsky.social for Directions, my first Lifer for a while and a nice little bird too.
November 6, 2025 at 5:13 PM
laughingdove4.bsky.social
Fantastic views of Lesser Yellowlegs this afternoon at Inland Sea, Anglesey, second time was the charm and an interesting walk aswell, it showed around the smaller 'islands' at the North End.

#Birds #Rarebirdsuk #Birding #UKBirding #birdinguk #Wildlife #Wales #UK #Nature #Photography #Photo
November 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
laughingdove4.bsky.social
Watercolour again this morning, Yellow-Browed Warbler this time!

#Art #Birds #Birding #Birdart #Watercolour #Painting #paint #UK #Wales
October 30, 2025 at 12:11 PM
laughingdove4.bsky.social
Nice morning at The Great Orme, happy to find this Yellow-Browed Warbler (along Llys Helig Drive, c5 houses down), but other highlights 4 Brambling, Peregrine, Treecreeper, 6+ Bullfinch, 3 Chough, Raven, Blackcap and a few Siskin.

#Birds #Birding #UKBirding #birdinguk #UK #Wales #Nature #Wildlife
October 29, 2025 at 1:13 PM
laughingdove4.bsky.social
The Great Orme 7:30-9:30 with Levi: 3 Fieldfare, Firecrest, Snow Bunting, 300+ Chaffinch, Brambling, Reed Bunting, 2 Snipe.
Llyn Brenig 11:45-15:00: 2 Willow Tit, Brambling, 7+ Coal Tit, 4 Goldcrest.

#Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #UKBirding #birdinguk #UK #Wales #Photo
Willow Tit
October 18, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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A quick watercolour, Red-Necked Phalarope.

Seen on 14/09/25 at @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social, #Migfest25

#Art #Birds #Birding #UK #Watercolour #Painting #Artwork #Birdart #Artist #Nature #Wildlife
October 16, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Nice to connect with the 2 Firecrest on the Great Orme this afternoon (only a couple feet Infront of me!), also 3 Redwings, Wheatear, 12+ Stonechat, 5 Feral Goat, 4 Chough, Buzzard and 2 Raven.

#Birds #Birding #Nature #Wildlife #Wales #UK #UKBirding #birdinguk #Photo #Photography #Mammals
October 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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A Perfect Bird.

📷 Long-Tailed Tit
📌 Holyhead, Anglesey

#Birds #Birding #UKBirding #birdinguk #nature #wildlife #Photo #Photography #UK #Wales
October 12, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Decent amount of species around and outside of Caerhun Churchyard this morning, best were Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Red Kite, Raven, Skylarks, Bullfinch, Mistle Thrush, Goldcrests, GSW, Goosander.

#Birds #Birding #UKBirding #birdinguk #Wales #UK #Photo #Photography #Nature #wildlife
October 12, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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Spotted Flycatcher at Holyhead Country Park this pm, Cors Ddyga Whooper Swan, Marsh Harrier, c70 Golden Plover and 4 Egyptian Goose. Kingfisher (and Black Swan) at Aberogwen. Grey Wag, c20 Skylark over the Orme.

#Birds #Birding #UKBirding #birdinguk #Photography #photo #nature #wildlife #UK #Wales
Whooper Swan (Back-of-Camera)
October 11, 2025 at 8:13 PM
laughingdove4.bsky.social
A quick visit to Holyhead Breakwater Country Park this afternoon, 2 Leach's Petrel, DP Arctic Skua (both West) were my highlights, nice to see the Grey Seal pups plus a Blackcap and plenty of Goldcrest.

#Birds #Birding #Photography #UKBirding #birdinguk #photo #wales #nature #wildlife #uk
Holyhead Breakwater Country Park, looking East.
October 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM
laughingdove4.bsky.social
For #Birds, my highlight was this Slavonian Grebe at West Kirby Marine Lake (Yesterday), along with a Rock Pipit. And at Burton Mere, 30+ Pink-Footed Goose, Coal Tit, Spotted Redshank, 4 Ruff and a few Pintail.

#UKBirding #birdinguk #Photography #Wildlife #Nature #Photo #UK #England #Birding
September 29, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Other #Dragonflies in the area (@rspbburtonmere.bsky.social) included these very showy Common Darters, along with this Migrant Hawker in the same spot as the Willow Emerald Damselfly.

#Odonata #Insects #Wildlife #Nature #UK #England #Photography #Photo
Common Darter Common Darter- Close-up Migrant Hawker Common Darter
September 29, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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It was good to get a chance to see this Willow Emerald #Damselfly today at @rspbburtonmere.bsky.social! It was difficult to get a photo but showed (through the scope!) at the Garden Pond.

#Odonata #Nature #Wildlife #UK #England #Insects #Photography #Photo
September 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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I always enjoy spotting the Western Roe #Deer at @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social, these were ones we saw at #Migfest25, along with other #Mammals such as European Badger, Brown Hare, Common Bottlenose Dolphin and Common Pipistrelle.

#Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Photo #England #UK
September 23, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Brilliant morning at Point Lynas, 7:30-10:30, nice to find a Pomarine Skua, other highlights 1 Bonxie, 4 Arctic Skua, 5 Black Tern, 1 Black Guillemot, 2 Leach's, 1000+ Scoter, 7 RTD, 3 GCG, 9 Risso's Dolphin, 4 Porpoise!

#Birds #Birding #UKBirding #birdinguk #wildlife #nature #Wales #Photo #UK
September 21, 2025 at 6:53 PM
laughingdove4.bsky.social
Another Highlight of #Migfest25 for me would be the Pipit movement, with Thousands of Meadow Pipits moving South over the weekend, aswell as a few Tree Pipits, which it was nice to pick up through call.

#Birds #Birding #UKBirding #birdinguk #Photography #Nature #Wildlife #Photo #England #UK
Tree Pipit Tree Pipit Meadow Pipits Meadow Pipit
September 16, 2025 at 8:21 PM
laughingdove4.bsky.social
Outstanding Afternoon at Rhos Point, Highlights including:
1 Long-Tailed Skua
3 Leach's Petrel
1 Surf Scoter
4 Arctic Skua
7 Red-Throated Diver
2 Little Tern
1 Arctic Tern
25+ Common Tern
45+ Manx Shearwater

#Birds #Birding #rarebirdsuk #UKBirding #birdinguk #Nature #Photography #Wildlife
Rhos Point Arctic Tern (With Sandwich Terns)
September 16, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Probably the Birding highlight of #Migfest25 at @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social on the weekend for me, this Stunning Juvenile Red-Necked Phalarope! It showed so well, at times only a few feet away!

#Birds #England #UK #UKBirding #Birdinguk #Nature #Photography #Wildlife #Photo #rarebirdsuk #Birding
September 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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2 Adult Dark Morph Arctic Skua East past the Great Orme yesterday Afternoon, also 4 Chough, Blackcap, Raven, plus several Gannet, Kittiwake and Guillemot past.

#Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Photo #Birds #Birding #UKBirding #birdinguk #Wales #UK
The Great Orme, facing North-West. European Rabbit Red-Billed Chough
September 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
laughingdove4.bsky.social
Nice day around the Caernarfon area, good to get a Dark Morph Arctic Skua off Dinas Dinlle aswell as Manx Shearwater, 4 Snipe, and several Common Scoter, Kittiwake, GBBG and Gannet.

#Birds #Birding #Wales #Photography #Photo #UK #UKBirding #birdinguk #Nature #Wildlife
Common Snipe Ruddy Turnstone Dinas Dinlle, looking towards the Llyn Peninsula
September 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM