Phil Hyde
@philopus.bsky.social
Always birding, currently county bird recorder, Lincolnshire. Retired Consultant Clinical Biochemist
Japan made a refreshing break from the UK winter
April 8, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Japan made a refreshing break from the UK winter
A fortuitous and planned weekend in Northumberland, with a bit of birding thrown in. Forgot my camera hence Digiscoped shots 🤪
January 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
A fortuitous and planned weekend in Northumberland, with a bit of birding thrown in. Forgot my camera hence Digiscoped shots 🤪
Unexpected over-wintering Black Redstart in a suburban estate in Louth (Lincs), a species I managed to miss in 2024
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January 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Unexpected over-wintering Black Redstart in a suburban estate in Louth (Lincs), a species I managed to miss in 2024
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Ring-necked Duck still at Tallington Lakes today, but though still present and seen by others, the Ferruginous Duck eluded me @lincsbirding.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social
December 14, 2024 at 6:17 PM
Ring-necked Duck still at Tallington Lakes today, but though still present and seen by others, the Ferruginous Duck eluded me @lincsbirding.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social
@lincsbirding.bsky.social @apcbirding.bsky.social As we begin the trawl through Lincolnshire 2023 records, several were noteworthy including two long-awaited unblockers for quite a few folk. Several Alpine Swifts and 13 European Bee-eaters in one flock! Amazing.
December 5, 2024 at 12:37 PM
@lincsbirding.bsky.social @apcbirding.bsky.social As we begin the trawl through Lincolnshire 2023 records, several were noteworthy including two long-awaited unblockers for quite a few folk. Several Alpine Swifts and 13 European Bee-eaters in one flock! Amazing.
@lincsbirding.bsky.social despite their feral origin, 7 of these at Covenham Reservoir yesterday (3M, 4F) were a colourful sight.
December 5, 2024 at 11:57 AM
@lincsbirding.bsky.social despite their feral origin, 7 of these at Covenham Reservoir yesterday (3M, 4F) were a colourful sight.
Malawi II, a few post-editing shots.. Sharpe's Greenbul, Boulder Chat, Babbling Starling and a few other scarcities evaded my limited photographic abilities. 273 species overall, 15-20 short of what we expected/hoped for, still very enjoyable (when we weren't on the road...)
November 24, 2024 at 7:53 AM
Malawi II, a few post-editing shots.. Sharpe's Greenbul, Boulder Chat, Babbling Starling and a few other scarcities evaded my limited photographic abilities. 273 species overall, 15-20 short of what we expected/hoped for, still very enjoyable (when we weren't on the road...)
Just returned from an unexpectedly gruelling trip to Malawi. Awful roads but lovely people.
November 24, 2024 at 6:53 AM
Just returned from an unexpectedly gruelling trip to Malawi. Awful roads but lovely people.
One of the 8 Cattle Egrets among the cattle at Saltfleetby-Theddlethorpe NNR this morning. Much more numerous in the SW, but spreading fast.
October 7, 2024 at 10:20 AM
One of the 8 Cattle Egrets among the cattle at Saltfleetby-Theddlethorpe NNR this morning. Much more numerous in the SW, but spreading fast.
Red-breasted Flycatcher at Donna Nook showing even better than yesterday.
September 25, 2024 at 11:45 AM
Red-breasted Flycatcher at Donna Nook showing even better than yesterday.
Phone-scope shot of the mooted Siberian Stonechat at Donna Nook found by Liam Andrews.
September 24, 2024 at 5:40 PM
Phone-scope shot of the mooted Siberian Stonechat at Donna Nook found by Liam Andrews.
A rare post, this, but after a successful sea-watch at Sutton-on-Sea included a cracking adult Pom Skua and Balearic Shearwater, a county tick…
September 23, 2024 at 4:38 PM
A rare post, this, but after a successful sea-watch at Sutton-on-Sea included a cracking adult Pom Skua and Balearic Shearwater, a county tick…
A couple from today at Frampton Marsh with @djrlincsbirder.bsky.social. Baird’s a little tricky to locate at times amidst a blizzard of Dunlin and Ringed Plover intermittently panicking as one of the local Peregrines kept an eye on everything.
August 25, 2024 at 5:36 PM
A couple from today at Frampton Marsh with @djrlincsbirder.bsky.social. Baird’s a little tricky to locate at times amidst a blizzard of Dunlin and Ringed Plover intermittently panicking as one of the local Peregrines kept an eye on everything.
A couple from the Lincs coast this week, though I missed last night’s Manx Shearwater “influx” of at least 57 in 2hr early evening. Not usually recorded in such numbers in the east!
August 21, 2024 at 12:42 PM
A couple from the Lincs coast this week, though I missed last night’s Manx Shearwater “influx” of at least 57 in 2hr early evening. Not usually recorded in such numbers in the east!
Good views of the Imm male Montagu’s Harrier, prob 3CY, at Gibraltar Point today.showed well on and off for 40 minutes or so, but ended up quartering the outer dune at the S end…dangerously close to the Little Tern colony..😳
July 2, 2024 at 6:15 PM
Good views of the Imm male Montagu’s Harrier, prob 3CY, at Gibraltar Point today.showed well on and off for 40 minutes or so, but ended up quartering the outer dune at the S end…dangerously close to the Little Tern colony..😳
Haven’t got used to posting on here, but from The Record Shot Studios, here’s today’s Whiskered Tern collage, busily feeding on flying plankton over the lakes at RAF Woodhall LWT reserve, Lincs.
June 7, 2024 at 7:47 PM
Haven’t got used to posting on here, but from The Record Shot Studios, here’s today’s Whiskered Tern collage, busily feeding on flying plankton over the lakes at RAF Woodhall LWT reserve, Lincs.
This purring male Turtle Dove is the first I’ve found on the Lincolnshire coast this spring, display flighting too. Seem scarcer than ever. Amazing it got past the nets and guns of N Africa and there Mediterranean.
May 16, 2024 at 11:57 AM
This purring male Turtle Dove is the first I’ve found on the Lincolnshire coast this spring, display flighting too. Seem scarcer than ever. Amazing it got past the nets and guns of N Africa and there Mediterranean.