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Birder based in the Isle of Man
Mainly patch birding Langness. Waders are my main interest, but if its a bird then I'm interested! Very amateur photography Nikon P1000
Musician/Keys player
PWME
Mainly patch birding Langness. Waders are my main interest, but if its a bird then I'm interested! Very amateur photography Nikon P1000
Musician/Keys player
PWME
Fantastic to see a Shore Lark at Point of Ayre yesterday. A lifer for most of us there, great find by Peter Christian. Still present today. 🪶 🇮🇲
#rarebirds #birding
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#Birdwatching
November 3, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Fantastic to see a Shore Lark at Point of Ayre yesterday. A lifer for most of us there, great find by Peter Christian. Still present today. 🪶 🇮🇲
#rarebirds #birding
#Birdwatching
#rarebirds #birding
#Birdwatching
I have watched this pair of Ringed Plover perform a "scrape ceremony" 4 x this week. I'd never heard of it until I researched the behaviour, I thought he was shielding her from the sun with his wings and tail, but he creates a canopy while tossing around bits of shell and stone for decor. 🪶🇮🇲
May 23, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I have watched this pair of Ringed Plover perform a "scrape ceremony" 4 x this week. I'd never heard of it until I researched the behaviour, I thought he was shielding her from the sun with his wings and tail, but he creates a canopy while tossing around bits of shell and stone for decor. 🪶🇮🇲
Great Grey Shrike playing hard to get on the Isle of Man yesterday! I looked for 3 hours with no luck, had a last glance before heading home and finally it appeared. A first for me, and the first Shrike on island in approx 20 years.
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April 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Great Grey Shrike playing hard to get on the Isle of Man yesterday! I looked for 3 hours with no luck, had a last glance before heading home and finally it appeared. A first for me, and the first Shrike on island in approx 20 years.
🪶🇮🇲
🪶🇮🇲
It's #waderwednesday
Ringed Plover, Ruddy Turnstone and a single Dunlin
Ringed Plover, Ruddy Turnstone and a single Dunlin
February 12, 2025 at 9:24 AM
It's #waderwednesday
Ringed Plover, Ruddy Turnstone and a single Dunlin
Ringed Plover, Ruddy Turnstone and a single Dunlin
Ring-Necked Duck yesterday, Isle of Man. 🇮🇲 🪶
Hoping to get better pics if she stays!
Hoping to get better pics if she stays!
February 7, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Ring-Necked Duck yesterday, Isle of Man. 🇮🇲 🪶
Hoping to get better pics if she stays!
Hoping to get better pics if she stays!
It has taken me a verrrry long time to realise this, but the drum roll at the start of Rossini's Thieving Magpie Overture is mimicking the alarm call of the Magpie. I came to birding late, and bird calls/songs even later in my defense.
February 2, 2025 at 8:20 PM
It has taken me a verrrry long time to realise this, but the drum roll at the start of Rossini's Thieving Magpie Overture is mimicking the alarm call of the Magpie. I came to birding late, and bird calls/songs even later in my defense.
A bit of video of the Cattle Egret feeding today round a herd of bulls. Using it's wings for control in the wind, and to stay away from under their feet!
It catches a juicy worm at 36secs 🪶🇮🇲
I muted the sound as the strong wind was distorting the mic on the P1000
#Birding
It catches a juicy worm at 36secs 🪶🇮🇲
I muted the sound as the strong wind was distorting the mic on the P1000
#Birding
January 27, 2025 at 9:53 PM
A bit of video of the Cattle Egret feeding today round a herd of bulls. Using it's wings for control in the wind, and to stay away from under their feet!
It catches a juicy worm at 36secs 🪶🇮🇲
I muted the sound as the strong wind was distorting the mic on the P1000
#Birding
It catches a juicy worm at 36secs 🪶🇮🇲
I muted the sound as the strong wind was distorting the mic on the P1000
#Birding
Cattle Egret as a BOP went over today.
Doing it's best Muppet impression with crest and chest puffed out 🪶🇮🇲
All the gulls flushed, but this bird stayed pretty cool
#Birding
#IsleofMan
#RareBirdsUk
Doing it's best Muppet impression with crest and chest puffed out 🪶🇮🇲
All the gulls flushed, but this bird stayed pretty cool
#Birding
#IsleofMan
#RareBirdsUk
January 27, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Cattle Egret as a BOP went over today.
Doing it's best Muppet impression with crest and chest puffed out 🪶🇮🇲
All the gulls flushed, but this bird stayed pretty cool
#Birding
#IsleofMan
#RareBirdsUk
Doing it's best Muppet impression with crest and chest puffed out 🪶🇮🇲
All the gulls flushed, but this bird stayed pretty cool
#Birding
#IsleofMan
#RareBirdsUk
Spent 45 minutes trying to get the colour ring combo on my 1st cr Dunlin this morning. Camera and scope pointed into gusty wind, and frequent flushing by dog walkers didn't help. That and the fact this bird likes to feed in water. 🪶
#waders #Shorebirds
#ColourRingedBirds
#waders #Shorebirds
#ColourRingedBirds
January 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Spent 45 minutes trying to get the colour ring combo on my 1st cr Dunlin this morning. Camera and scope pointed into gusty wind, and frequent flushing by dog walkers didn't help. That and the fact this bird likes to feed in water. 🪶
#waders #Shorebirds
#ColourRingedBirds
#waders #Shorebirds
#ColourRingedBirds
Throwback to December when this Heron landed on the beach in front of me having caught a Long-tail (we can't say R.A.T. on IOM!)
Unable to swallow it, he dunked it in the sea a few times like a digestive biscuit in a cup of tea and finally got it down.
Unable to swallow it, he dunked it in the sea a few times like a digestive biscuit in a cup of tea and finally got it down.
January 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Throwback to December when this Heron landed on the beach in front of me having caught a Long-tail (we can't say R.A.T. on IOM!)
Unable to swallow it, he dunked it in the sea a few times like a digestive biscuit in a cup of tea and finally got it down.
Unable to swallow it, he dunked it in the sea a few times like a digestive biscuit in a cup of tea and finally got it down.
Goldeneye, Merlin and Knot Derbyhaven yesterday 🇮🇲
Challenging light and shaking hands (from too much ventolin!) causing issues, but nice to get the Merlin staring down the camera. 🪶
Challenging light and shaking hands (from too much ventolin!) causing issues, but nice to get the Merlin staring down the camera. 🪶
January 23, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Goldeneye, Merlin and Knot Derbyhaven yesterday 🇮🇲
Challenging light and shaking hands (from too much ventolin!) causing issues, but nice to get the Merlin staring down the camera. 🪶
Challenging light and shaking hands (from too much ventolin!) causing issues, but nice to get the Merlin staring down the camera. 🪶
Batten down the hatches, wheely bins and trampolines Manxies, it's gonna be a Hoolie. 🇮🇲
It may blow some interesting birds in though 🪶
It may blow some interesting birds in though 🪶
January 23, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Batten down the hatches, wheely bins and trampolines Manxies, it's gonna be a Hoolie. 🇮🇲
It may blow some interesting birds in though 🪶
It may blow some interesting birds in though 🪶
Throwback to the start of Dec, and getting the overwintering Greenshank and Avocet together on my patch 🪶
The last Avocet on IOM was 20 years ago, on the Langness Peninsula.
This one spent a bit of time travelling between the Point of Ayre reserve at the northern tip of IOM, then back down South 🇮🇲
The last Avocet on IOM was 20 years ago, on the Langness Peninsula.
This one spent a bit of time travelling between the Point of Ayre reserve at the northern tip of IOM, then back down South 🇮🇲
January 21, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Throwback to the start of Dec, and getting the overwintering Greenshank and Avocet together on my patch 🪶
The last Avocet on IOM was 20 years ago, on the Langness Peninsula.
This one spent a bit of time travelling between the Point of Ayre reserve at the northern tip of IOM, then back down South 🇮🇲
The last Avocet on IOM was 20 years ago, on the Langness Peninsula.
This one spent a bit of time travelling between the Point of Ayre reserve at the northern tip of IOM, then back down South 🇮🇲
A Raven with an awful lot to say for itself today.
It started by doing 3 usual calls, followed by 3 throaty, clucking "coo" calls for over a minute, then went into this. 🪶
It started by doing 3 usual calls, followed by 3 throaty, clucking "coo" calls for over a minute, then went into this. 🪶
January 20, 2025 at 6:09 PM
A Raven with an awful lot to say for itself today.
It started by doing 3 usual calls, followed by 3 throaty, clucking "coo" calls for over a minute, then went into this. 🪶
It started by doing 3 usual calls, followed by 3 throaty, clucking "coo" calls for over a minute, then went into this. 🪶
Well hello there handsome! Drake Shoveler, Langness 🪶
January 18, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Well hello there handsome! Drake Shoveler, Langness 🪶
My eBird Recounted for 2024.
I birded like a Bowerbird apparently!
I birded like a Bowerbird apparently!
January 18, 2025 at 9:43 AM
My eBird Recounted for 2024.
I birded like a Bowerbird apparently!
I birded like a Bowerbird apparently!
Merlin, Isle of Man.
He was crouched down in the grass on the golf practice ground watching a flock of Ringed Plover & Dunlin that didn't hang around to find out if he meant business. Fabulous little falcon 🪶
He was crouched down in the grass on the golf practice ground watching a flock of Ringed Plover & Dunlin that didn't hang around to find out if he meant business. Fabulous little falcon 🪶
January 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Merlin, Isle of Man.
He was crouched down in the grass on the golf practice ground watching a flock of Ringed Plover & Dunlin that didn't hang around to find out if he meant business. Fabulous little falcon 🪶
He was crouched down in the grass on the golf practice ground watching a flock of Ringed Plover & Dunlin that didn't hang around to find out if he meant business. Fabulous little falcon 🪶
Always chuffed to see a Chough or 2. We are very lucky to have a healthy population on the Isle of Man, they are so full of character and I just love watching them forage and swoop.
Bonus Dabchick too, Fort Island
Bonus Dabchick too, Fort Island
January 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Always chuffed to see a Chough or 2. We are very lucky to have a healthy population on the Isle of Man, they are so full of character and I just love watching them forage and swoop.
Bonus Dabchick too, Fort Island
Bonus Dabchick too, Fort Island
Black Redstart this morning, Castletown, Isle of Man 🪶
January 6, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Black Redstart this morning, Castletown, Isle of Man 🪶
Looking for roosting waders among the rocks and pebbles.
Purple Sandpiper, Dunlin and Ringed Plover, Isle of Man
Purple Sandpiper, Dunlin and Ringed Plover, Isle of Man
January 5, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Looking for roosting waders among the rocks and pebbles.
Purple Sandpiper, Dunlin and Ringed Plover, Isle of Man
Purple Sandpiper, Dunlin and Ringed Plover, Isle of Man
Does my bill look big in this? Raven, Isle of Man
January 5, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Does my bill look big in this? Raven, Isle of Man
Snow Bunting yesterday, Point of Ayre. A first for me and what a beauty
November 30, 2024 at 9:25 AM
Snow Bunting yesterday, Point of Ayre. A first for me and what a beauty
The Avocet is still showing well. Yesterday at Strandhall #IsleofMan
#Birding #Birdwatching #NikonP1000
#Birding #Birdwatching #NikonP1000
November 21, 2024 at 8:33 AM
The Avocet is still showing well. Yesterday at Strandhall #IsleofMan
#Birding #Birdwatching #NikonP1000
#Birding #Birdwatching #NikonP1000
Finally got a picture of a Hen Harrier that includes a head/face :-) Still much room for improvement, but full zoom in wind is always a challenge with the P1000. Makes a change from fumbling everything and getting a distant shot of the bird vanishing from behind
November 17, 2024 at 3:23 PM
Finally got a picture of a Hen Harrier that includes a head/face :-) Still much room for improvement, but full zoom in wind is always a challenge with the P1000. Makes a change from fumbling everything and getting a distant shot of the bird vanishing from behind
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Welcome to the UK Birding feed.
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Collating #UKBirding and relevant passive tags on birding (UK, Europe and trip reports), ringing, noc/vismig, patch-listing etc.
- For a primer on feeds see - bou.org.uk/blog-dudley-...
- For the starter pack, of active birding accounts, see - go.bsky.app/QcrV7vb
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November 14, 2024 at 8:41 PM
Some handy info for the many who have recently joined here.
I do not miss the bots and ads, and am seeing far better content here than the algorithms allowed elsewhere.
I do not miss the bots and ads, and am seeing far better content here than the algorithms allowed elsewhere.