Roughly 14% of this evening’s Barwits
I’ve long been told ‘Barwit’ day is the best day on my adopted patch. While today was 1500 away from the best day, seeing 520 come in low up the Severn, see the M4 bridge and then head NE inland was a great spectacle @bristolbirding.bsky.social
Before I’ve had one vismig this year, there are tree pipit back on territory and singing in mid wales 🏔️
There are still seabirds moving against a cold easterly wind. Fewer Manx, kitt and fulmar. Highlights are two puffin and six common scoter and a great northern diver south.
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Only my second record of pom skua in St Austell bay. The first, below, was December 2014.
Another hour from 17:00.
Pom skua (!!), 990 auks (poss razorbill majority), another 2500 Manx, 48 gannet, 21 fulmar, 3 GND (inc a br. plumage), 90 kitt and 6 sandwich tern. @cbwps.org.uk
~6,100 Manx moving south from St Austell bay over an hour and a half watch just now. Also, 1500 auks, 90 kitts, 28 fulmar, 58 gannet, 2 bonxie and 2 GND. #cornwallbirding
Purple sandpiper on the rocks beyond Mevagissey outer harbour - these are semi regular here in spring.
We always suspected satellite groups nesting around the core Derbyshire breeding area, and a small number passed through to breed at Nant Ffrancon in Wales (a rare east-west movement).
This is probably the last English Twite without a full life history.
Nice to see LMCG reported, now at least 5 years old.
Despite the population collapse in Derbyshire, this bird has been recorded on passage every year since, although now alone.
We have no idea if/where he breeds, but not with the West Yorks group, so a +1 on our English pop. estimate.
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A buzzard carrying a slow warm
First slow worm (?) of the spring, last week in mid Wales.
Four redpoll - and an almost in focus flight shot - were a welcome garden first yesterday. They're quite scarce in the city here.
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Only John Endler had one of the Bole’s papers, is this any use? I suspect this this accessible online.
I am wearing Matilda's, is that allowed?
It's finally feeling like Spring at Aust after a good push of Wood pigeon and finches this week - mostly Chaffinch Linnet and Siskin with fewer Crossbill and Redpoll.
I’ve set it so your posts appear on the birding feed without needing a hashtag.
Good question. I can’t find those in my files. They probably came from a co-author, I’ll see if I can dig them up.
First vismig session of the season on the Severnside patch produced Crossbill, Redpoll, Siskin, Red Kite and 1,200 Woodpigeon with @j-dunning.net. Grounded migrants included my first LRPs of the year and a free-wheeling flock of 226 Knot on the estuary. Spring sure comes early nowadays #ukbirding
Agreed. I have deliberately not shared our most recent data, nor any view/interpretation. I think it’s important to share Derek’s opinion - that’s all it is.
Spring has begun... over the last week we have received 35 reports of Sand Martins, seven of Swallow, four each of Wheatear and House Martin, and two Red-rumped Swallows! #ukbirding
Six, wild, twite returned to a breeding site in the Pennines on Friday
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Apparently the amount it matters is relative !
Not yet Will, and not even fully resolved yet. We'll let you know when we've got a decent tree.
This is a difficult read, considering we all want the same thing.
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