Cracking shots, Graham!
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Wow! Very nice 👌 🪶
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Smallmouth Bay by Ferrybridge Dorset

Scope required to see the birds today on the Fleet at Ferrybridge. Chesil Bank in the distance. A bit dull after yesterday's sunshine 🌞

Great to see the Little Terns back at Ferrybridge today. 3 on the oyster bed with 7 Sandwich Tern, 10+ Mediterranean Gull & 3 Common Gull. Lingering Red-breasted Merganser & Oyc nearby. Wheatear at Smallmouth Bay with numerous Swallow over. #DorsetBirds 🇬🇧
5 Marsh Harrier flying earlier at Radipole 😍

Middlebere from Combe Heath, RSPB ARNE

The viewing screen over Middlebere, the Arne

The view to Brownsea from Jim & Duncan's bench, Shipstal, Arne

🌞 morning on Coombe Heath with @dizzygirl66.bsky.social et al.
Osprey Beaky on Middlebere nest having breakfast, flew 1100hr. 2 White-tailed Eagle over Purbecks. 2 Red Kite ♥️ 4 Buzzard. 19 Curlew, 2 Lapwing, 300+ Blackwit, lots Shelduck. Several Sandwich Tern, Blackcap GSW
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Killerton House, Devon. A fine 18th-century National Trust House.

Bright blooms on a dull weather day.

Avoided the 🌧 for a lovely time at Killerton NT House, gardens & parkland #Devon 🇬🇧
🪶 Great Spotted Woodpecker, several Treecreeper & Nuthatch, MistleThrush, SongThrush 🎵
Lots Blue, Great & Long-tailed Tits & Chiffchaff. Flock Chaffinch. Noisy Rookery!
Several Wren & Stock Dove.
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Saltram, National Trust with Blue Sky 💙

The oldest part of Saltram House, an inner courtyard.

The Lime Avenue, Saltram 😍

A magnificent Orangery at Saltram, near Plymouth 🇬🇧

Saltram NT #Devon @nationaltrust.org.uk 🌧
#UKbirding 🇬🇧 🪶 pair of Red-crested Pochard, pair Mandarin Duck, Ring-necked Parakeet! Blackcap, SongThrush, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Nuthatch, flock Goldfinch, lots Chaffinch, tits, Corvids, Gulls. LtEgret.

😁 3 Seals Hope Cove this morning, close in 😍

Lovely new bench depicting the local wildlife at Bolberry Down, National Trust. Note the featured Dartford Warbler & Skylark. Site of an old RAF airfield in WW2.

Bolberry Down #Devon #UKbirding 🪶 @nationaltrust.org.uk
Nasty 23kt Westerly wind, gusting 38kt, and mizzle. Lovely new bench 😍 📷
Didn't stop a Dartford Warbler atop the gorse singing. Several Skylark singing too, and holding their positions high in the wind. Stonechat busy.
Gannet flying East.

Sunny Hope Cove, south Devon 🇬🇧

View north, Hope Cove to Thurlestone.

Thurlestone Rock, south Devon 🇬🇧

South Milton Ley, south Devon 🇬🇧 on the SW Coast Path.

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Hope Cove, South Huish & S Milton Leys
2 Egyptian Geese, Canada, Shelduck, Wigeon, Teal, Grey Heron, 7 Cattle Egret, LtEgret, Oycs.
6 Buzzard, 4 Kestrel, Raven eating 🐀, masses Jackdaw.
flock Linnet, lots Stonechat, Skylark, Greenfinch, Chaffinch, Rock Pipit, Gulls & tits. ❤️

Great pictures, Phil! 👍
Good to see you at Lodmoor & have a catch-up.
Strange that I should see an Otter shortly after we were discussing them at Lodmoor. This one I saw from 'the blue house'. Surprising what turns up...

Lovely 🌞 Lodmoor #Weymouth 🇬🇧 #DorsetBirds 🪶
Wheatear male, Swallow ❤️
2 Avocet, 2 Dunlin, 8 Blackwit, Snipe. Curlew heard only.
Male MarshHarrier, Buzzard, 2 Raven.
Some Common & Med Gulls.
6 Shoveler, pair Gadwall, lots Teal, Wigeon, Shelduck, Canada.

Otter swimming @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social 😍

Lovely place, great sighting...
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Thanks. They were off Goathorn and across South Deep to Furzey Island, and we watched them for around 40 minutes, moving very slowly. Initially, they popped up in front of a RBM I was watching. No boats or other disturbance about.

Lunch at Bramble Bush Bay, and a Red Kite low overhead...
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Great Northern Diver South of Brownsea lsland 1245hr
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3 Harbour Porpoise from Jerry's Point @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social 1220hr

Very nice pair of Scoter in Studland Bay currently, from Middle Beach @harbourbirds.bsky.social 🪶

Western Approach to Maiden Castle, Dorchester, Dorset 🇬🇧

The view to Dorchester, north of Maiden Castle.

The lower circular route around Maiden Castle, from the north side looking east.

Blue sky 🌞 but a nasty 12kt Westerly blowing for today's stroll on Maiden Castle #Dorchester #DorsetBirds 🇬🇧 🪶
Very quiet! Just 2 pairs of Stonechat, small flock c10 Linnet on the set-aside. Raven, Buzzard, Kestrel. Plenty of Crows arguing about nest space & a single singing Robin.
Very Peaceful ❤️

High Wood near Badbury Rings, Dorset.

The Pond in Badbury Rings Wood on a misty March day.

Misty Badbury Rings & High Wood #DorsetBirds 🇬🇧 🪶
2 Yellowhammer, small flocks Linnet & Goldfinch. Bullfinch, Treecreeper, 2 Nuthatch, c30 Redwing, several Chiffchaff & Chaffinch. 11 Stonechat, Kestrel, 5 Goldcrest, 2 Wren, 4 Skylark.
3 Green Woodpecker, GSW.
Mallards on pond.
Tits, Gulls, Corvids.

Excellent shot!
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Black Hole Marsh in the reeds.

River Axe & the Seaton tramway, Devon 🇬🇧

Sea mist over Black Hole Marsh, East Devon.

Sea Mist, Seaton Wetlands #Devonbirds 🇬🇧 🪶
Peregrine, Buzzard, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk. 50+ Redshank, 20+ Curlew, 2 Blackwit, Oyc.
Lots Shelduck, Teal. Shoveler, Gadwall, Mallard, 3 LtGrebe, Grey Heron, 2 LtEgret.
2 Stonechat, tits&finches.
4 Lesser BBGull in the flock, Cormorant.
Several Chiffchaff 🎶

Heath & woodland at Culpepper's Dish Dorset.

Heard & seen, Common Crossbills.

Lovely 🌞 Spring day for a walk at Culpepper's Dish #DorsetBirds 🇬🇧 🪶
Looking for Crossbills; pleased with a flock of nine including a magnificent red-plumage male in the conifer overhead.
Also, flock of Siskin, Mistle Thrush singing, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard. A Marsh Tit heard, but couldn't locate it...

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Very nice 👌 🪶 🇬🇧

Blustery grey Thursday at Silverlake #DorsetBirds 🇬🇧 🪶
Peregrine Falcon having breakfast, 2 Stonechat, Dartford, Red Kite, Raven, Egyptian Goose, 20+ Canada, Pochard, 4 Tuftie, 2 GreatCrested Grebe, Lt Grebe, 10+ LBBGull.

Thorncombe Wood had a Marsh Tit, & 2 Red-legged Partridge at Thorncombe Farm.

Blue Spring skies at Thorncombe Wood

An almost warm Spring afternoon at Thorncombe Wood, Dorset

Firecrest singing in Thorncombe Wood, two seen

A murky morning on Maiden Castle, Dorchester, Dorset 🇬🇧. The view Westwards.

A Little Gull briefly on Charminster water meadows, W of Dorchester #DorsetBirds 🇬🇧🪶 also, Goldcrest, fem Blackcap, 2 LBBG.
Maiden Castle, 3 Corn Bunting, 3 Stonechat, Redwing, singing Skylarks.
Blue sky at Thorncombe Wood, 2 Firecrest, 7 Goldcrest, 5 Nuthatch, 2 Siskin, tits&finches, woodpeckers 😍

Sandsfoot Castle with Portland on the skyline. Dorset 🇬🇧

Hamm Beach, Portland Harbour, at low tide.

Dorset Wildlife Trust Visitor Centre at Ferrybridge, twixt The Fleet lagoon & Portland Harbour. Great coffee stop.

Smallmouth Bay on Portland Harbour. Colourful on a dull day!

Sandsfoot Castle #DorsetBirds 🇬🇧 🪶 6 Great Northern Diver, Slavonian Grebe, c15 Great Crested Grebe, several Red-breasted Merganser, lots Shag, 7 Brent.
Hamm Beach yielded 2 additional GND & 4 Black-necked Grebe in a group.
Ferrybridge had several Dunlin & Ringed Plover & Mediterranean Gulls & Brent.

The view from Middle Beach looking North.

The famous Jerry's Point, with view to Brownsea Island.

From Shell Bay looking North to the ferry to Sandbanks. Studland, Dorset 🇬🇧

Dry, bright & still at Studland #DorsetBirds 🪶 🇬🇧
Middle Beach, Black-necked Grebe, Great Northern Diver, GC Grebe, lots Shag.
Bramble Bush Bay & Jerry's Point, 10 BNG, 4 GND, c25 Red-breasted Merganser, 20+ GCG. 20 Turnstone, 24 Sanderling, 11 Dunlin, Redshank, Sparrowhawk.
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Thorncombe Wood, East of Dorchester, Dorset

Thorncombe Wood on a rare sunny day in Winter.

Rushy pond, by Roman Road, Thorncombe Wood.

A map marking the sighting spot of 7 Lesser Redpoll today.

Blue sky 💙 at Thorncombe Wood #DorsetBirds 🇬🇧 🪶
7 Lesser Redpoll 😍
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 5 Goldcrest, 6 Nuthatch, 3 Treecreeper, large flocks of Siskin & Chaffinch.
3 Raven, 2 Greenfinch (male), 2 Song Thrush, several Wren, Dunnock. Lots of Blue, Great, Long-tailed Tits. Et al

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A grey morning at Silverlake, South & East Lakes.

A blue sky 💙 attempting an appearance at lovely Thorncombe Wood.

Ruth's Bench, with several Goldcrest & at least one Marsh Tit nearby. Thorncombe Wood hot spot!

High water level at Silverlake #DorsetBirds 🇬🇧 🪶 3 Pintail, several Pochard, Gadwall, 2 Gt Crested Grebe. Dunnock singing 🎶 few Coot, Canada. Cormorant.

Brighter at Thorncombe Wood, Marsh Tit, numerous Gt, Blue & Coal Tits. 3 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch. Several Stock Dove, Siskin, Wren. Buzzard over.