Matthew Pollock
@mattp1975.bsky.social
North Warwickshire birder - mainly on foot or by bike 🚲🦉🐦⬛🦆🤓
IT engineer💻 | metal vocalist 🎤 | gardener🌻| jogger🏃♂️| Green Party member🟢
#birdingbybike #lowcarbonbirding #warksbirding #ukbirding
IT engineer💻 | metal vocalist 🎤 | gardener🌻| jogger🏃♂️| Green Party member🟢
#birdingbybike #lowcarbonbirding #warksbirding #ukbirding
First big flood of the season put KWP off limits today. Across the road at Kingsbury Range was accessible though. Highlights bird wise - Merlin, 40+ Skylark, 60+ Fieldfare, 5x Redwing, c10 Meadow Pipit, 2x Wigeon, 5x Shoveler, c50 Starling, c35 Linnet #lowcarbonbirding #warksbirding
November 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
First big flood of the season put KWP off limits today. Across the road at Kingsbury Range was accessible though. Highlights bird wise - Merlin, 40+ Skylark, 60+ Fieldfare, 5x Redwing, c10 Meadow Pipit, 2x Wigeon, 5x Shoveler, c50 Starling, c35 Linnet #lowcarbonbirding #warksbirding
Slow circuit around the accessible part of Lea Marston Lakes (Coton Pools in old money) this afternoon. 51 sp. noted, 10+ Chiffchaff, 6x Greenfinch, 2x Bullfinch, Great Egret, 12x Redwing, 5x Goldcrest, 2x Grey Wagtail the highlights #warksbirding #lowcarbonbirding
November 8, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Slow circuit around the accessible part of Lea Marston Lakes (Coton Pools in old money) this afternoon. 51 sp. noted, 10+ Chiffchaff, 6x Greenfinch, 2x Bullfinch, Great Egret, 12x Redwing, 5x Goldcrest, 2x Grey Wagtail the highlights #warksbirding #lowcarbonbirding
Back on the #localpatch after a week away in Northumberland.
A few winter thrushes about c40x Fieldfare, c5x Redwing at Kingsbury Firing Range. Other bits - 2x Stonechat, 9x Red-legged Partridge, c50x Meadow Pipit, c50x Skylark, c35 Linnet, 8x Greenfinch, Reed Bunting #warksbirding #lowcarbonbirding
A few winter thrushes about c40x Fieldfare, c5x Redwing at Kingsbury Firing Range. Other bits - 2x Stonechat, 9x Red-legged Partridge, c50x Meadow Pipit, c50x Skylark, c35 Linnet, 8x Greenfinch, Reed Bunting #warksbirding #lowcarbonbirding
October 19, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Back on the #localpatch after a week away in Northumberland.
A few winter thrushes about c40x Fieldfare, c5x Redwing at Kingsbury Firing Range. Other bits - 2x Stonechat, 9x Red-legged Partridge, c50x Meadow Pipit, c50x Skylark, c35 Linnet, 8x Greenfinch, Reed Bunting #warksbirding #lowcarbonbirding
A few winter thrushes about c40x Fieldfare, c5x Redwing at Kingsbury Firing Range. Other bits - 2x Stonechat, 9x Red-legged Partridge, c50x Meadow Pipit, c50x Skylark, c35 Linnet, 8x Greenfinch, Reed Bunting #warksbirding #lowcarbonbirding
Last day of the break today. No sign of the YBW this morning in High Newton.
Nice potter around Craster this morning, then I headed up to Budle Bay this afternoon.
Highlights - 3x Red-breasted Merganser, 5x Knot, 10x Sanderling, several thousand Barnacle Geese. #NEBirding
Nice potter around Craster this morning, then I headed up to Budle Bay this afternoon.
Highlights - 3x Red-breasted Merganser, 5x Knot, 10x Sanderling, several thousand Barnacle Geese. #NEBirding
October 16, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Last day of the break today. No sign of the YBW this morning in High Newton.
Nice potter around Craster this morning, then I headed up to Budle Bay this afternoon.
Highlights - 3x Red-breasted Merganser, 5x Knot, 10x Sanderling, several thousand Barnacle Geese. #NEBirding
Nice potter around Craster this morning, then I headed up to Budle Bay this afternoon.
Highlights - 3x Red-breasted Merganser, 5x Knot, 10x Sanderling, several thousand Barnacle Geese. #NEBirding
Zoe's illness grounded holiday activities today, so I spent most of the day birding on foot from the cottage.
64 sp. for the day. Highlights - Yellow-browed Warbler still, though elusive - Newton Links, 30 Twite - Long Nanny, 16x Razorbill, 6x Common Scoter, 3x RT Diver #NEBirding #LowCarbonBirding
64 sp. for the day. Highlights - Yellow-browed Warbler still, though elusive - Newton Links, 30 Twite - Long Nanny, 16x Razorbill, 6x Common Scoter, 3x RT Diver #NEBirding #LowCarbonBirding
October 15, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Zoe's illness grounded holiday activities today, so I spent most of the day birding on foot from the cottage.
64 sp. for the day. Highlights - Yellow-browed Warbler still, though elusive - Newton Links, 30 Twite - Long Nanny, 16x Razorbill, 6x Common Scoter, 3x RT Diver #NEBirding #LowCarbonBirding
64 sp. for the day. Highlights - Yellow-browed Warbler still, though elusive - Newton Links, 30 Twite - Long Nanny, 16x Razorbill, 6x Common Scoter, 3x RT Diver #NEBirding #LowCarbonBirding
Cracking start to the day with a Yellow-browed Warbler nr Newton Steads car park. Also 27x Gannet past north from the beach.
Stag Rocks - 7x Purple Sandpiper
Holy Island - was way too busy
Low Newton - Pec Sand still, 4x Ruff.
Couldn't dig out any Willow Tit despite a good search #NEBirding
Stag Rocks - 7x Purple Sandpiper
Holy Island - was way too busy
Low Newton - Pec Sand still, 4x Ruff.
Couldn't dig out any Willow Tit despite a good search #NEBirding
October 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Cracking start to the day with a Yellow-browed Warbler nr Newton Steads car park. Also 27x Gannet past north from the beach.
Stag Rocks - 7x Purple Sandpiper
Holy Island - was way too busy
Low Newton - Pec Sand still, 4x Ruff.
Couldn't dig out any Willow Tit despite a good search #NEBirding
Stag Rocks - 7x Purple Sandpiper
Holy Island - was way too busy
Low Newton - Pec Sand still, 4x Ruff.
Couldn't dig out any Willow Tit despite a good search #NEBirding
A quick walk from the cottage this morning produced 4x RT Divers c100m out in Beadnell Bay. Called in at Beadnell for a couple of hours this afternoon - Arctic Tern, 4x Razorbill, 3x RT Diver, 14x Turnstone, 2x Grey Plover, 3x Golden Plover, 3x Rock Pipit, 2x Gannet, 2x Harbour Porpoise #NEBirding
October 13, 2025 at 6:56 PM
A quick walk from the cottage this morning produced 4x RT Divers c100m out in Beadnell Bay. Called in at Beadnell for a couple of hours this afternoon - Arctic Tern, 4x Razorbill, 3x RT Diver, 14x Turnstone, 2x Grey Plover, 3x Golden Plover, 3x Rock Pipit, 2x Gannet, 2x Harbour Porpoise #NEBirding
Today, took in some places I didn't get chance to visit on previous hols - Cullernose Pt, Druridge Bay NR and Longhoughton.
Longhoughton proved best bird wise - 30x Barnacle Geese, Twite, 5x RT Diver, c300 Golden Plover, 6x Grey Plover. Rounded off the day with a Barn Owl - Newton Steads #NEBirding
Longhoughton proved best bird wise - 30x Barnacle Geese, Twite, 5x RT Diver, c300 Golden Plover, 6x Grey Plover. Rounded off the day with a Barn Owl - Newton Steads #NEBirding
October 12, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Today, took in some places I didn't get chance to visit on previous hols - Cullernose Pt, Druridge Bay NR and Longhoughton.
Longhoughton proved best bird wise - 30x Barnacle Geese, Twite, 5x RT Diver, c300 Golden Plover, 6x Grey Plover. Rounded off the day with a Barn Owl - Newton Steads #NEBirding
Longhoughton proved best bird wise - 30x Barnacle Geese, Twite, 5x RT Diver, c300 Golden Plover, 6x Grey Plover. Rounded off the day with a Barn Owl - Newton Steads #NEBirding
Decent start to our week away in Northumberland.
Pectoral Sandpiper still - Low Newton Pool, c20 Twite - Long Nanny.
Other coastal goodies inc. - RT Diver, 3x Guillemot, c300 PF Geese, c200 Golden Plover, Grey Plover, Gannet, Rock Pipit, 4x Dunlin, c20 Ring Plover, Common Scoter #NEBirding
Pectoral Sandpiper still - Low Newton Pool, c20 Twite - Long Nanny.
Other coastal goodies inc. - RT Diver, 3x Guillemot, c300 PF Geese, c200 Golden Plover, Grey Plover, Gannet, Rock Pipit, 4x Dunlin, c20 Ring Plover, Common Scoter #NEBirding
October 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Decent start to our week away in Northumberland.
Pectoral Sandpiper still - Low Newton Pool, c20 Twite - Long Nanny.
Other coastal goodies inc. - RT Diver, 3x Guillemot, c300 PF Geese, c200 Golden Plover, Grey Plover, Gannet, Rock Pipit, 4x Dunlin, c20 Ring Plover, Common Scoter #NEBirding
Pectoral Sandpiper still - Low Newton Pool, c20 Twite - Long Nanny.
Other coastal goodies inc. - RT Diver, 3x Guillemot, c300 PF Geese, c200 Golden Plover, Grey Plover, Gannet, Rock Pipit, 4x Dunlin, c20 Ring Plover, Common Scoter #NEBirding
An extended #localpatch walk this morning from Kingsbury Firing Range to Kingsbury Wood in search of Stonechat.
Found a pair along the dried out ditch that runs through the site - sp #89 for the site list. Other birds of note - c50 Skylark, c75 Linnet, c50 Mipit
#lowcarbonbirding #warksbirding
Found a pair along the dried out ditch that runs through the site - sp #89 for the site list. Other birds of note - c50 Skylark, c75 Linnet, c50 Mipit
#lowcarbonbirding #warksbirding
October 5, 2025 at 11:14 AM
An extended #localpatch walk this morning from Kingsbury Firing Range to Kingsbury Wood in search of Stonechat.
Found a pair along the dried out ditch that runs through the site - sp #89 for the site list. Other birds of note - c50 Skylark, c75 Linnet, c50 Mipit
#lowcarbonbirding #warksbirding
Found a pair along the dried out ditch that runs through the site - sp #89 for the site list. Other birds of note - c50 Skylark, c75 Linnet, c50 Mipit
#lowcarbonbirding #warksbirding
A long sought after site ✅ came today, by way of a Common Redstart in the public footpath hedge at Kingsbury Firing Range.
Personal site list now up to 87 species.
Other birds of note - 20+ Skylark, 100+ Linnet, Treecreeper, Meadow Pipit
#localpatch #warksbirding #lowcarbonbirding
Personal site list now up to 87 species.
Other birds of note - 20+ Skylark, 100+ Linnet, Treecreeper, Meadow Pipit
#localpatch #warksbirding #lowcarbonbirding
September 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
A long sought after site ✅ came today, by way of a Common Redstart in the public footpath hedge at Kingsbury Firing Range.
Personal site list now up to 87 species.
Other birds of note - 20+ Skylark, 100+ Linnet, Treecreeper, Meadow Pipit
#localpatch #warksbirding #lowcarbonbirding
Personal site list now up to 87 species.
Other birds of note - 20+ Skylark, 100+ Linnet, Treecreeper, Meadow Pipit
#localpatch #warksbirding #lowcarbonbirding
Shustoke Reservoir this morning - Dunlin & Ruff - both at the west end. Quiet otherwise #warksbirding #localpatch
September 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Shustoke Reservoir this morning - Dunlin & Ruff - both at the west end. Quiet otherwise #warksbirding #localpatch
Nice to be back out on the #localpatch this pm after 3 days stuck indoors painting. All change bird wise - last few Common Terns gone, along with the steady passage of hirundines from K'bury South. Green Sand replaces the lingering Common Sand.
K'bury Range - 60+ Mipit, 70+ Linnet new #warksbirding
K'bury Range - 60+ Mipit, 70+ Linnet new #warksbirding
September 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Nice to be back out on the #localpatch this pm after 3 days stuck indoors painting. All change bird wise - last few Common Terns gone, along with the steady passage of hirundines from K'bury South. Green Sand replaces the lingering Common Sand.
K'bury Range - 60+ Mipit, 70+ Linnet new #warksbirding
K'bury Range - 60+ Mipit, 70+ Linnet new #warksbirding
A few bits on passage through the patch this weekend.
3x Whinchat - Seeney Lane, Marston (Cuttle Mill Farm/HS2 footpath) yesterday, Wheatear - Seeney Lane, Marston (Marston Lakes/HS2) this evening. #warksbirding #birdingbybike
3x Whinchat - Seeney Lane, Marston (Cuttle Mill Farm/HS2 footpath) yesterday, Wheatear - Seeney Lane, Marston (Marston Lakes/HS2) this evening. #warksbirding #birdingbybike
September 7, 2025 at 6:23 PM
A few bits on passage through the patch this weekend.
3x Whinchat - Seeney Lane, Marston (Cuttle Mill Farm/HS2 footpath) yesterday, Wheatear - Seeney Lane, Marston (Marston Lakes/HS2) this evening. #warksbirding #birdingbybike
3x Whinchat - Seeney Lane, Marston (Cuttle Mill Farm/HS2 footpath) yesterday, Wheatear - Seeney Lane, Marston (Marston Lakes/HS2) this evening. #warksbirding #birdingbybike
Went out #birdingbybike this afternoon looking for local Whinchat. Didn't find any, so headed up to #middletonlakes
Highlights - Spotted Redshank, 2x Curlew Sandpiper, Water Rail, Peregrine, Ruff, 4x LRP, 3x Snipe, 5x Black-tailed Godwit.
KWP - Yellow-legged Gull
#ukbirding #lowcarbonbirding
Highlights - Spotted Redshank, 2x Curlew Sandpiper, Water Rail, Peregrine, Ruff, 4x LRP, 3x Snipe, 5x Black-tailed Godwit.
KWP - Yellow-legged Gull
#ukbirding #lowcarbonbirding
August 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Went out #birdingbybike this afternoon looking for local Whinchat. Didn't find any, so headed up to #middletonlakes
Highlights - Spotted Redshank, 2x Curlew Sandpiper, Water Rail, Peregrine, Ruff, 4x LRP, 3x Snipe, 5x Black-tailed Godwit.
KWP - Yellow-legged Gull
#ukbirding #lowcarbonbirding
Highlights - Spotted Redshank, 2x Curlew Sandpiper, Water Rail, Peregrine, Ruff, 4x LRP, 3x Snipe, 5x Black-tailed Godwit.
KWP - Yellow-legged Gull
#ukbirding #lowcarbonbirding
Shustoke Reservoir - Ruff, 4x Common Sandpiper, 2x Raven
Whitacre Heath NR - 2x Spotted Flycatcher, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff #ukbirding #localpatch
Whitacre Heath NR - 2x Spotted Flycatcher, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff #ukbirding #localpatch
August 24, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Shustoke Reservoir - Ruff, 4x Common Sandpiper, 2x Raven
Whitacre Heath NR - 2x Spotted Flycatcher, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff #ukbirding #localpatch
Whitacre Heath NR - 2x Spotted Flycatcher, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff #ukbirding #localpatch
Point blank views of a smart looking Ruff this morning at Shustoke Reservoir. Not a bird I've seen at the site before. The receding water levels and exposed shoreline likely bringing the waders in. 3x Common Sandpiper also #ukbirding #localpatch
August 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Point blank views of a smart looking Ruff this morning at Shustoke Reservoir. Not a bird I've seen at the site before. The receding water levels and exposed shoreline likely bringing the waders in. 3x Common Sandpiper also #ukbirding #localpatch
Visit to #RSPBFramptonMarsh today. Water levels extremely low, so number of birds on the reserve massively reduced.
Still, managed a few good bits - 7x Little Stint, 2x Marsh Harrier, Ruff, Whooper Swan, Peregrine, 5x Dunlin, 2x Yellow Wag, Greenshank, Redshank. LRP, Ringed Plover, Golden Plover
Still, managed a few good bits - 7x Little Stint, 2x Marsh Harrier, Ruff, Whooper Swan, Peregrine, 5x Dunlin, 2x Yellow Wag, Greenshank, Redshank. LRP, Ringed Plover, Golden Plover
August 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Visit to #RSPBFramptonMarsh today. Water levels extremely low, so number of birds on the reserve massively reduced.
Still, managed a few good bits - 7x Little Stint, 2x Marsh Harrier, Ruff, Whooper Swan, Peregrine, 5x Dunlin, 2x Yellow Wag, Greenshank, Redshank. LRP, Ringed Plover, Golden Plover
Still, managed a few good bits - 7x Little Stint, 2x Marsh Harrier, Ruff, Whooper Swan, Peregrine, 5x Dunlin, 2x Yellow Wag, Greenshank, Redshank. LRP, Ringed Plover, Golden Plover
A few hours #birdingbybike around the #localpatch this morning.
Highlights:
KWP - 2x Black Tern (juv) briefly on Swann Pool 10am
20+ Common Tern (mainly juv) across the park, Hobby - Richards Meadow.
Whitacre Heath NR - 4x Yellow Wagtail - Flashes hide
Lea Marston Landfill - 2x Raven
#ukbirding
Highlights:
KWP - 2x Black Tern (juv) briefly on Swann Pool 10am
20+ Common Tern (mainly juv) across the park, Hobby - Richards Meadow.
Whitacre Heath NR - 4x Yellow Wagtail - Flashes hide
Lea Marston Landfill - 2x Raven
#ukbirding
August 16, 2025 at 1:25 PM
A few hours #birdingbybike around the #localpatch this morning.
Highlights:
KWP - 2x Black Tern (juv) briefly on Swann Pool 10am
20+ Common Tern (mainly juv) across the park, Hobby - Richards Meadow.
Whitacre Heath NR - 4x Yellow Wagtail - Flashes hide
Lea Marston Landfill - 2x Raven
#ukbirding
Highlights:
KWP - 2x Black Tern (juv) briefly on Swann Pool 10am
20+ Common Tern (mainly juv) across the park, Hobby - Richards Meadow.
Whitacre Heath NR - 4x Yellow Wagtail - Flashes hide
Lea Marston Landfill - 2x Raven
#ukbirding
Counted 8 juv. Yellow Wagtail on the patch at lunchtime. I suspect there are a few more knocking about. Not sure if this is one or two broods, only seen one adult pair on site this year.🤷♂️
#lowcarbonbirding #warksbirding #ukbirding #localpatch
#lowcarbonbirding #warksbirding #ukbirding #localpatch
August 7, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Counted 8 juv. Yellow Wagtail on the patch at lunchtime. I suspect there are a few more knocking about. Not sure if this is one or two broods, only seen one adult pair on site this year.🤷♂️
#lowcarbonbirding #warksbirding #ukbirding #localpatch
#lowcarbonbirding #warksbirding #ukbirding #localpatch
Walk from home around the #localpatch this morning produced 28sp Highlights: 2x Yellow Wag, Hobby (juv), 4x GSW, 9x Chiffchaff, 4x Skylark, 2x Buzzard, 2x Raven, 3x Red-legged Partridge, Green Woodpecker, Blackcap. #lowcarbonbirding #warksbirding #ukbirding
July 27, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Walk from home around the #localpatch this morning produced 28sp Highlights: 2x Yellow Wag, Hobby (juv), 4x GSW, 9x Chiffchaff, 4x Skylark, 2x Buzzard, 2x Raven, 3x Red-legged Partridge, Green Woodpecker, Blackcap. #lowcarbonbirding #warksbirding #ukbirding
A few bits from this afternoon:
Bodymoor Heath GP - Greenshank, 4x Green Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover, 8x Oystercatcher
Bodymoor Heath Water - Yellow-legged Gull, Hobby
#warksbirding #birdingbybike #lowcarbonbirding
Bodymoor Heath GP - Greenshank, 4x Green Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover, 8x Oystercatcher
Bodymoor Heath Water - Yellow-legged Gull, Hobby
#warksbirding #birdingbybike #lowcarbonbirding
July 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
A few bits from this afternoon:
Bodymoor Heath GP - Greenshank, 4x Green Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover, 8x Oystercatcher
Bodymoor Heath Water - Yellow-legged Gull, Hobby
#warksbirding #birdingbybike #lowcarbonbirding
Bodymoor Heath GP - Greenshank, 4x Green Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover, 8x Oystercatcher
Bodymoor Heath Water - Yellow-legged Gull, Hobby
#warksbirding #birdingbybike #lowcarbonbirding
A few hours around the patch this morning.
Bodymoor Heath GP: 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x LRP
Middleton Hall Lake: Great Egret, Little Egret
RSPB - Jubilee N: Little Egret
Cliff Pool: 3x Little Egret
#warksbirding #birdingbybike #lowcarbonbirding
Bodymoor Heath GP: 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x LRP
Middleton Hall Lake: Great Egret, Little Egret
RSPB - Jubilee N: Little Egret
Cliff Pool: 3x Little Egret
#warksbirding #birdingbybike #lowcarbonbirding
July 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
A few hours around the patch this morning.
Bodymoor Heath GP: 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x LRP
Middleton Hall Lake: Great Egret, Little Egret
RSPB - Jubilee N: Little Egret
Cliff Pool: 3x Little Egret
#warksbirding #birdingbybike #lowcarbonbirding
Bodymoor Heath GP: 2x Green Sandpiper, 2x LRP
Middleton Hall Lake: Great Egret, Little Egret
RSPB - Jubilee N: Little Egret
Cliff Pool: 3x Little Egret
#warksbirding #birdingbybike #lowcarbonbirding
Dragged myself out for a few hours this morning to check the local patch.
Bodymoor Heath GP - 4x LRP, Green Sand, 10x Oyc, 10x Pied Wag, c70 Lapwing
KWP - 12x Common Tern, Hobby, 7x Egyp Geese
c350 BHG inc. at least 180 juv across the pits I visited.
#warksbirding #birdingbybike #lowcarbonbirding
Bodymoor Heath GP - 4x LRP, Green Sand, 10x Oyc, 10x Pied Wag, c70 Lapwing
KWP - 12x Common Tern, Hobby, 7x Egyp Geese
c350 BHG inc. at least 180 juv across the pits I visited.
#warksbirding #birdingbybike #lowcarbonbirding
July 5, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Dragged myself out for a few hours this morning to check the local patch.
Bodymoor Heath GP - 4x LRP, Green Sand, 10x Oyc, 10x Pied Wag, c70 Lapwing
KWP - 12x Common Tern, Hobby, 7x Egyp Geese
c350 BHG inc. at least 180 juv across the pits I visited.
#warksbirding #birdingbybike #lowcarbonbirding
Bodymoor Heath GP - 4x LRP, Green Sand, 10x Oyc, 10x Pied Wag, c70 Lapwing
KWP - 12x Common Tern, Hobby, 7x Egyp Geese
c350 BHG inc. at least 180 juv across the pits I visited.
#warksbirding #birdingbybike #lowcarbonbirding
Kingsbury South - A reeling Grasshopper Warbler in this scrub was an unexpected site ✅ for me at lunchtime. Shame I didn't have my bins or my camera.🤷
#patchbirding #lowcarbonbirding #warksbirding
#patchbirding #lowcarbonbirding #warksbirding
July 1, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Kingsbury South - A reeling Grasshopper Warbler in this scrub was an unexpected site ✅ for me at lunchtime. Shame I didn't have my bins or my camera.🤷
#patchbirding #lowcarbonbirding #warksbirding
#patchbirding #lowcarbonbirding #warksbirding