KeithB
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Warks Birder. Family. Birds & Rock.
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This guy still at home in the garden, into his fourth month. A through the kitchen window shot 😖
March 11, 2025 at 9:02 AM
This guy still at home in the garden, into his fourth month. A through the kitchen window shot 😖
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Grey Partridge yesterday at Trescott, Staffs. Found by Ian Moore.
March 2, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Grey Partridge yesterday at Trescott, Staffs. Found by Ian Moore.
Yep dodgy bird but what a beautiful goose! BOC shot @barnsj32.bsky.social Red Breasted Goose @RSPBMIDDLETON 1st lake after the canal bridge
March 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Yep dodgy bird but what a beautiful goose! BOC shot @barnsj32.bsky.social Red Breasted Goose @RSPBMIDDLETON 1st lake after the canal bridge
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We nailed all three regular breeding British woodpecker species at Middleton Lakes RSPB this morning. Here’s a mega scarce male Lesser Spotted Woodpecker drumming away. You can just about hear another in the background. 🪶 #ukbirding #peakybirders #peakypeckers #woodpecker #phonescoping #warksbirding
March 1, 2025 at 11:21 AM
We nailed all three regular breeding British woodpecker species at Middleton Lakes RSPB this morning. Here’s a mega scarce male Lesser Spotted Woodpecker drumming away. You can just about hear another in the background. 🪶 #ukbirding #peakybirders #peakypeckers #woodpecker #phonescoping #warksbirding
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Little Bustard has been rediscovered in Algeria, three decades after its supposed extinction in the country:
Little Bustard rediscovered in Algeria
Little Bustard has been rediscovered in Algeria, three decades after its supposed extinction in the country. A sedentary population has been discovered at Macta Marsh in the north-west of the country, with numbers there apparently supplemented by wintering birds from elsewhere. The species was thoug...
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February 20, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Little Bustard has been rediscovered in Algeria, three decades after its supposed extinction in the country:
#BecomingLedZeppelin Saw it last night at Warwick Arts Centre. Bloody Marvellous. What a treat & Typically Zep like, left you desperate for more.
#LedZeppelin
#LedZeppelin
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February 20, 2025 at 10:40 AM
#BecomingLedZeppelin Saw it last night at Warwick Arts Centre. Bloody Marvellous. What a treat & Typically Zep like, left you desperate for more.
#LedZeppelin
#LedZeppelin
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I certainly wasn't expecting an entire flock of Cirl Buntings at St Aldhelm's Head this morning! At least 8, incl'g 3 males, were feeding along a sheltered hedgeline, with a handful of Yellowhammer. This may well be the largest flock recorded in Purbeck since the sp went extinct in the last century.
February 10, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I certainly wasn't expecting an entire flock of Cirl Buntings at St Aldhelm's Head this morning! At least 8, incl'g 3 males, were feeding along a sheltered hedgeline, with a handful of Yellowhammer. This may well be the largest flock recorded in Purbeck since the sp went extinct in the last century.
Red Kite drifted reasonably low over Eastern Green Cov 13.38hrs today. They’re spreading…😀
February 5, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Red Kite drifted reasonably low over Eastern Green Cov 13.38hrs today. They’re spreading…😀
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Wallasea Island RSPB is to expand by some 100 ha as part of major habitat-restoration work:
Wallasea Island RSPB set for major expansion
Wallasea Island RSPB is to expand by some 100 ha as part of major habitat-restoration work. Work is to begin later this year and will turn newly purchased land into natural grassland and a coastal lagoon, supporting rare and threatened birds such as Northern Lapwing, Common Redshank and Avocet.
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January 23, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Wallasea Island RSPB is to expand by some 100 ha as part of major habitat-restoration work:
Brambling under the feeders at Marsh Lane late morning.
January 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Brambling under the feeders at Marsh Lane late morning.
Draycote Water.Fudge Duck. Goosander. Goldeneye. Grey Wagtail. This am.
January 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Draycote Water.Fudge Duck. Goosander. Goldeneye. Grey Wagtail. This am.
Wife’s pics of Hawfinch at Wolston Church this am.
January 9, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Wife’s pics of Hawfinch at Wolston Church this am.
Finally! Hawfinch (back of camera pic) at Wolston Church this am. Very flighty in & out of Yews.
January 9, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Finally! Hawfinch (back of camera pic) at Wolston Church this am. Very flighty in & out of Yews.
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Willow Tit is almost certainly extinct in Warwickshire with my last sighting at Brandon Marsh a singing Male in 2022.Today we travelled into North Staffordshire to see the species
January 7, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Willow Tit is almost certainly extinct in Warwickshire with my last sighting at Brandon Marsh a singing Male in 2022.Today we travelled into North Staffordshire to see the species
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Productive dusk visit #LadywalkNR
24 Russian White-fronts in with the Greylags on main pool/meadow,half the flock at least flew out SE towards Shustoke res at dusk.
Good start to #PWC2025 also
10+ Mandarin,3k Starling through South ,GWE +Tawny owl (female) @mercianbirding.bsky.social #Warksbirds
24 Russian White-fronts in with the Greylags on main pool/meadow,half the flock at least flew out SE towards Shustoke res at dusk.
Good start to #PWC2025 also
10+ Mandarin,3k Starling through South ,GWE +Tawny owl (female) @mercianbirding.bsky.social #Warksbirds
January 7, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Productive dusk visit #LadywalkNR
24 Russian White-fronts in with the Greylags on main pool/meadow,half the flock at least flew out SE towards Shustoke res at dusk.
Good start to #PWC2025 also
10+ Mandarin,3k Starling through South ,GWE +Tawny owl (female) @mercianbirding.bsky.social #Warksbirds
24 Russian White-fronts in with the Greylags on main pool/meadow,half the flock at least flew out SE towards Shustoke res at dusk.
Good start to #PWC2025 also
10+ Mandarin,3k Starling through South ,GWE +Tawny owl (female) @mercianbirding.bsky.social #Warksbirds
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6 hawfinch still present in Jubilee Gardens Bewdley at 9.40 am #WorcsBirds
December 15, 2024 at 9:46 AM
6 hawfinch still present in Jubilee Gardens Bewdley at 9.40 am #WorcsBirds
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Ham Wall yesterday afternoon for the Starling murmuration. They didn't throw many shapes but watching them stream into the reed beds in ever increasing flocks never fails to amaze. RSPB are estimating that there are 300,000 at the moment, hard to tell but it felt like more to us. #SomersetBirding
December 11, 2024 at 7:33 AM
Ham Wall yesterday afternoon for the Starling murmuration. They didn't throw many shapes but watching them stream into the reed beds in ever increasing flocks never fails to amaze. RSPB are estimating that there are 300,000 at the moment, hard to tell but it felt like more to us. #SomersetBirding
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Having been ravaged by bird flu in recent summers, Coquet Island's important Roseate Tern population has enjoyed a successful breeding season in 2024:
Roseate Tern bounces back after bird flu
Having been ravaged by avian influenza in previous summers, Coquet Island's important Roseate Tern population has enjoyed a successful breeding season in 2024. A record number of 191 chicks hatched on the island off the Northumberland coast this summer, with 92% going on to fledge. Despite this posi...
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December 10, 2024 at 12:51 PM
Having been ravaged by bird flu in recent summers, Coquet Island's important Roseate Tern population has enjoyed a successful breeding season in 2024:
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Some good tern news...
Having been ravaged by bird flu in recent summers, Coquet Island's important Roseate Tern population has enjoyed a successful breeding season in 2024:
Roseate Tern bounces back after bird flu
Having been ravaged by avian influenza in previous summers, Coquet Island's important Roseate Tern population has enjoyed a successful breeding season in 2024. A record number of 191 chicks hatched on the island off the Northumberland coast this summer, with 92% going on to fledge. Despite this posi...
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December 10, 2024 at 12:58 PM
Some good tern news...
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December 10, 2024 at 4:39 PM
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Cracking Sunrise at Brandon Marsh White Egret showing well.
December 1, 2024 at 8:09 AM
Cracking Sunrise at Brandon Marsh White Egret showing well.
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Nice to catch the dapper drake Smew at Watton NR today. @tophilllow.bsky.social #ukbirding
November 30, 2024 at 2:16 PM
Nice to catch the dapper drake Smew at Watton NR today. @tophilllow.bsky.social #ukbirding
Amazing Murmuration at #BrandonMarsh
November 30, 2024 at 5:37 PM
Amazing Murmuration at #BrandonMarsh