Tim Jones
@timjones-devon.bsky.social
Birder, conservationist, wildlife gardener; Lundy Bird Observatory organising committee; coast lead for North Devon Biosphere Nature Recovery Group 🏳️🌈
3/3 A Barnacle Goose flew in over the Cory's seawatchers on 17th, followed in short order by a Gt White Egret, and I stumbled on an Ortolan Bunting creeping in the tussocks nearby. Something of a Lundy 'purple patch', with the goose & egret being scarcer than the bunting in island terms! #UKbirding
October 26, 2024 at 4:27 PM
3/3 A Barnacle Goose flew in over the Cory's seawatchers on 17th, followed in short order by a Gt White Egret, and I stumbled on an Ortolan Bunting creeping in the tussocks nearby. Something of a Lundy 'purple patch', with the goose & egret being scarcer than the bunting in island terms! #UKbirding
2/3 The highlight was an unprecedented influx of feeding Cory's Shearwaters on 17th & 18th, presumanly the outer edge of larger numbers in the Celtic Sea/SW approaches. The first occurrence of multiple Cory's in Lundy waters and maybe a sign of things to come as seas warm...
October 26, 2024 at 4:21 PM
2/3 The highlight was an unprecedented influx of feeding Cory's Shearwaters on 17th & 18th, presumanly the outer edge of larger numbers in the Celtic Sea/SW approaches. The first occurrence of multiple Cory's in Lundy waters and maybe a sign of things to come as seas warm...
Great write-up & pics Tom! You've perfectly captured the thrill of encountering new and unusual species on a local birding patch that you know inside-out on one level but which keeps yielding new discoveries and posing new challenges and questions.👏
October 8, 2024 at 10:32 AM
Great write-up & pics Tom! You've perfectly captured the thrill of encountering new and unusual species on a local birding patch that you know inside-out on one level but which keeps yielding new discoveries and posing new challenges and questions.👏