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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
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
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
August 30, 2025 at 4:01 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
August 7, 2025 at 12:43 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
July 27, 2025 at 12:25 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
July 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM