Bowling Green Marsh over high tide this morning was quiet bird-wise; highlights were 2 Whimbrel, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit and 2 Spoonbill. #UKBirding #Devon #Birds #nature #wildlife #birdsofmastodon
π· Spoonbill
π· Bar-tailed Godwit & Whimbrel
π· Grey Heron
I'm still laughing at the green duck poo squirt. #Childlish. Also Shelduck fluffy young, 3 Spoonbill and a Little Egret flushed by a dog all on the Otter Estuary NR with @exebirder.bsky.social #UKBirding #Devon #OtterEstuaryNR #nature #wildlife #BirdsofMAstodon
A fab. 6 hour trip in Lyme Bay, #Devon onboard Kelly's Hero. Highlights were great views of European Storm Petrel, a raft of at least 120 Manx Shearwater as well as a Sunfish & Gannet. Great company too.
#UKBirding #LymeBay #Brixham #birds #wildlife #nature #BirdsofMastodon
π· European Storm Petrel
π· Manx Shearwater
'A little bit of bread and no cheese'... the marvellous and gorgeous Yellowhammer singing away atop a small tree. I combined #Granddadery with birdwatching this evening.. whilst H was deb building with the Cubs , I went birding. #UKBirding #Devon #nature #wildlife #birdsofmastodon #birds
This Chaffinch had an 'X' on its side and I couldn't stop staring at it. π
#UKBirding #birds #nature #wildlife #Devon #BirdsOfMastodon
π· Chaffinch with X-factor
π· Wack-a-Grey Heron
Another day out with Dave B and we didn't dip a Dipper..... see what I did there?
This species was one that helped to get me hooked
on bird & wildlife watching. Always a pleasure to see one, especially one so still. I don't think I've ever seen one stay still for so long.
Apart from putting together that superb (π) Inner Farne Birds video, I spent my Sunday on #Dartmoor.
Many Willow Warbler, 2 Spotted and 1 Pied Flycatcher were the highlights. #UKBirding #Birds #nature #wildlife #Devon #BirdsOfMastodon
π· Willow Warbler
π· Spotted Flycatcher
Inner Farne birds - mostly Puffin doing Puffin things (disappearing down burrows, pooping, pairing up, loafing) but Arctic Tern establishing territory, a marauding Lesser Black-backed Gull looking to scavenge food from Puffin and Grey Seal also.
I went with Billy Shiel's Boats out of #Seahouses.
#UKBirding #Birds #Northumberland #Puffin #BirdsOfMastodon #NationalTrust #FarneIslands #Farne #seabird #nature #wildlife
A few snaps from my trip to #Northumberland last weekend. 3/3 ---- seabirds....
#UKBirding #Birds #nature #wilfdlife #BirdsOfMastodon
π· Eider male and femake
π· Guillemot
π· Razorbill
π· Bridled Guillemot
Paul