Toby Carter
@tcartz.bsky.social
2️⃣5️⃣ | Birder | BSc Env Conservation🎓🌿 | Business Development Executive for ZEISS Consumer Optics
Always great to have your first Jack Snipe of the autumn, hopefully the first of many to come.
November 1, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Always great to have your first Jack Snipe of the autumn, hopefully the first of many to come.
Another day, another bold wader. This juvenile Pectoral Sandpiper was quite content feeding on the excess of invertebrates along the shoreline around us.
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October 14, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Another day, another bold wader. This juvenile Pectoral Sandpiper was quite content feeding on the excess of invertebrates along the shoreline around us.
macaulaylibrary.org/asset/643444040
macaulaylibrary.org/asset/643444040
As promised, few more photos of the confiding juvenile Baird's Sandpiper at Rutland Water. The love for American Waders here in the UK reached a new level with this bird.
More photos on eBird - ebird.org/checklist/S278…
More photos on eBird - ebird.org/checklist/S278…
October 11, 2025 at 8:59 PM
As promised, few more photos of the confiding juvenile Baird's Sandpiper at Rutland Water. The love for American Waders here in the UK reached a new level with this bird.
More photos on eBird - ebird.org/checklist/S278…
More photos on eBird - ebird.org/checklist/S278…
Couldn’t really ask for better views, the juvenile Baird's Sandpiper showed very well yesterday in the afternoon light. Laying in goose droppings was worth it.
More photos to come, who needs a Needletail anyway...
More photos to come, who needs a Needletail anyway...
October 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Couldn’t really ask for better views, the juvenile Baird's Sandpiper showed very well yesterday in the afternoon light. Laying in goose droppings was worth it.
More photos to come, who needs a Needletail anyway...
More photos to come, who needs a Needletail anyway...
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Nice to see the Least Sandpiper again at Stilt Pool with @tcartz.bsky.social
#ukbirding #birds #sussexbirding
#ukbirding #birds #sussexbirding
April 13, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Nice to see the Least Sandpiper again at Stilt Pool with @tcartz.bsky.social
#ukbirding #birds #sussexbirding
#ukbirding #birds #sussexbirding
Great views of Cirl Buntings yesterday during a quick visit to RSPB Labrador Bay.
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🪶 #birds
March 13, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Great views of Cirl Buntings yesterday during a quick visit to RSPB Labrador Bay.
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🪶 #birds
When driving within 3 miles of a showy Glossy Ibis, it'd be rude not to pop in.
Lovely views of this individual at Rhuddlan, North Wales last week.
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#birds 🪶
Lovely views of this individual at Rhuddlan, North Wales last week.
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#birds 🪶
February 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM
When driving within 3 miles of a showy Glossy Ibis, it'd be rude not to pop in.
Lovely views of this individual at Rhuddlan, North Wales last week.
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#birds 🪶
Lovely views of this individual at Rhuddlan, North Wales last week.
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#birds 🪶
There's something about a male Black Redstart, top tier bird for sure.
This individual was on the Great Orme around the copper mine earlier this week.
#birds 🪶
This individual was on the Great Orme around the copper mine earlier this week.
#birds 🪶
February 16, 2025 at 11:16 AM
There's something about a male Black Redstart, top tier bird for sure.
This individual was on the Great Orme around the copper mine earlier this week.
#birds 🪶
This individual was on the Great Orme around the copper mine earlier this week.
#birds 🪶
Bit of Owl action this afternoon with the star being 2 Long-eared Owls along with Short-eared, Barn & Tawny also noted.
Topped off with 7 Cranes over the Nene Washes.
#birds 🪶
Topped off with 7 Cranes over the Nene Washes.
#birds 🪶
January 25, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Bit of Owl action this afternoon with the star being 2 Long-eared Owls along with Short-eared, Barn & Tawny also noted.
Topped off with 7 Cranes over the Nene Washes.
#birds 🪶
Topped off with 7 Cranes over the Nene Washes.
#birds 🪶
Great views of the male Desert Wheatear at Pendine yesterday afternoon, species I've wanted to see in the UK for some time.
🪶 ##UKBIRDING
🪶 ##UKBIRDING
January 12, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Great views of the male Desert Wheatear at Pendine yesterday afternoon, species I've wanted to see in the UK for some time.
🪶 ##UKBIRDING
🪶 ##UKBIRDING
Handy work trip to Norfolk meant jamming in on this juvenile Glaucous Gull at Cley Coastguards. Cracking brute of a bird.
🪶 #Birds #UKBirding #Norfolk
🪶 #Birds #UKBirding #Norfolk
January 9, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Handy work trip to Norfolk meant jamming in on this juvenile Glaucous Gull at Cley Coastguards. Cracking brute of a bird.
🪶 #Birds #UKBirding #Norfolk
🪶 #Birds #UKBirding #Norfolk
Watching these Purple Sandpipers squabble amongst themselves during a high tide roost this afternoon. Such smart, little waders.
#Birds 🪶 #Wales #UKBirding
#Birds 🪶 #Wales #UKBirding
January 4, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Watching these Purple Sandpipers squabble amongst themselves during a high tide roost this afternoon. Such smart, little waders.
#Birds 🪶 #Wales #UKBirding
#Birds 🪶 #Wales #UKBirding
Treated to some lovely views of Crested Tit today in the Cairngorms, several birds present in this flock as they moved through the woodland 🏴🌲🪶
#Birds #Scotland #Cairngorms
#Birds #Scotland #Cairngorms
December 29, 2024 at 4:01 PM
Treated to some lovely views of Crested Tit today in the Cairngorms, several birds present in this flock as they moved through the woodland 🏴🌲🪶
#Birds #Scotland #Cairngorms
#Birds #Scotland #Cairngorms
Not often you get such close views of a Red-necked Grebe, this individual at Rutland Water showed very well in breezy conditions earlier this week.
#UKBirding #Birds
#UKBirding #Birds
December 18, 2024 at 9:29 AM
Not often you get such close views of a Red-necked Grebe, this individual at Rutland Water showed very well in breezy conditions earlier this week.
#UKBirding #Birds
#UKBirding #Birds
Watching this brute of a juvenile Glaucous Gull defend it's seal carcass from local Herring Gulls gave for some great flight views yesterday.
#Birding #UKBirding #Norfolk
#Birding #UKBirding #Norfolk
December 17, 2024 at 7:49 PM
Watching this brute of a juvenile Glaucous Gull defend it's seal carcass from local Herring Gulls gave for some great flight views yesterday.
#Birding #UKBirding #Norfolk
#Birding #UKBirding #Norfolk
Trip down to Somerset with the returning drake Baikal Teal at Greylake being the highlight, on both visits today it just slept despite the constant presence of a Merlin.
Elsewhere this Glossy Ibis was unexpected with a flock of Cattle Egrets.
Elsewhere this Glossy Ibis was unexpected with a flock of Cattle Egrets.
December 13, 2024 at 5:48 PM
Trip down to Somerset with the returning drake Baikal Teal at Greylake being the highlight, on both visits today it just slept despite the constant presence of a Merlin.
Elsewhere this Glossy Ibis was unexpected with a flock of Cattle Egrets.
Elsewhere this Glossy Ibis was unexpected with a flock of Cattle Egrets.
Good views of both Tundra Bean & Russian White-front this morning in North Norfolk, 5 Shore Lark & 6 Snow Bunt at Holkham before ending at Warham for the Pallid Harrier & 2 Hen Harriers.
November 30, 2024 at 5:12 PM
Good views of both Tundra Bean & Russian White-front this morning in North Norfolk, 5 Shore Lark & 6 Snow Bunt at Holkham before ending at Warham for the Pallid Harrier & 2 Hen Harriers.
November 29, 2024 at 5:23 PM
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I'm just working through a photo backlog, looking for new images for our Birdquest website. Here's one that brightened my morning... a brilliant male Bar-bellied Pitta from #Vietnam. They don't come much brighter than this! #Birding #BirdPhotography
November 25, 2024 at 11:39 AM
I'm just working through a photo backlog, looking for new images for our Birdquest website. Here's one that brightened my morning... a brilliant male Bar-bellied Pitta from #Vietnam. They don't come much brighter than this! #Birding #BirdPhotography
Major highlight from a recent trip to Fuerteventura on the Canary Islands - African Houbara.
Very fortunate to get such close views.
#birds #wildlife #photography #nature
Very fortunate to get such close views.
#birds #wildlife #photography #nature
November 20, 2024 at 11:46 AM
Major highlight from a recent trip to Fuerteventura on the Canary Islands - African Houbara.
Very fortunate to get such close views.
#birds #wildlife #photography #nature
Very fortunate to get such close views.
#birds #wildlife #photography #nature
Glad the drake Long-tailed Duck at Thornton Reservoir stayed, lovely views this morning & an overdue county tick.
#Birds #UKBirds #UKBirding #Ducks
#Birds #UKBirds #UKBirding #Ducks
November 17, 2024 at 2:27 PM
Glad the drake Long-tailed Duck at Thornton Reservoir stayed, lovely views this morning & an overdue county tick.
#Birds #UKBirds #UKBirding #Ducks
#Birds #UKBirds #UKBirding #Ducks
First post on this new platform, great views earlier this week of this Long-eared Owl. One of 3 present at Eldernell, Cambridgeshire.
November 16, 2024 at 7:43 AM
First post on this new platform, great views earlier this week of this Long-eared Owl. One of 3 present at Eldernell, Cambridgeshire.