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Posts by Dave B

Grasshopper Warbler - Emsworthy Mire 19/4/2026
Grasshopper Warbler - Emsworthy Mire 19/4/2026 YouTube video by Exeter Birder

Grasshopper Warbler at #EmsworthyMire #Dartmoor this am
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cGR...

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Nice views of a reeling Grasshopper Warbler this am with a further 2 heard later elsewhere on site, 2 Cuckoos chasing each other, Restart, Wheatear, Skylarks, Stonechats and Meadow Pipits at #EmsworthyMire #Dartmoor today with @vivthesetter.bsky.social

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Good to catch up with a few Redstarts and Pied Flycatchers around Dartmoor today with @vivthesetter.bsky.social

1 week ago 7 0 0 0

Yes i've quite often seen there and the hedgerows along the road behind Boscombe downs too.

1 week ago 0 0 0 0

That's a shame. They are everywhere up on the plains where the Great Bustards are.

1 week ago 1 0 1 0
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A good trip out to Wiltshire today wih 3 other local birders where we saw 5 Stone Curlew, 34 Great Bustards, 3 Grey & 5 Red-legged Partridges, 100+ Corn Buntings, 3 Tree Sparrows, 5 Red Kite and 2 Whitethroats

1 week ago 12 0 1 0
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Great Egret, Cattle Egret, White-fronted Goose, Spoonbill and Sandwich Tern were the highlights on #ExminsterMarsh early pm

2 weeks ago 8 0 0 0
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Nice views of the adult Forster's Tern after lots of walking and searching to find it on a buoy near the boat yard on #UptonLake #HolesBay from #HarkwoodDrive #Poole early pm. Also 2 Sandwich Terns with @vivthesetter.bsky.social

2 weeks ago 8 0 0 0

Was it to the right or to the left of the pond 😅

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Good views of the 1/w Bonaparte's Gull and adult Mediterranean Gull on the #PlymEstuary at #BlaxtonMeadow also pair of Red-crested Pochard at #SaltramNT #Plymouth with @vivthesetter.bsky.social today

1 month ago 14 1 0 0

Thanks Rob 👍

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Great views of an adult Black-crowned Night Heron on the Grindle Brook, Winslade Park, Clyst St.Mary late afternoon with @vivthesetter.bsky.social

1 month ago 15 0 1 0

Not bad for Brixham 🤣

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Good views of the 1/w Ross's Gull as the first bird seen fishing in #NewlynHarbour on a trip down to #Cornwall this morning with thanks to @vivthesetter.bsky.social

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Caspian Gull,Kittiwake,Black-throated Divers,Great Northern Divers,Gannet,Shag,Razorbill,Guillemots, Purple Sandpipers,Rock Pipit around #BrixhamHarbour and Dolphins from the #BrixhamBreakwater + Cirl Buntings,Reed Bunting,Chaffinch and Great Northern Divers at #Broadsands today

2 months ago 13 0 1 0
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At least 4 Little Gulls seen near Teignmouth Pier on the midday high tide with @vivthesetter.bsky.social

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Little Gull (1of 4) near Teignmouth Pier 26/1/2026
Little Gull (1of 4) near Teignmouth Pier 26/1/2026 YouTube video by Exeter Birder

Little Gulls seen today with @vivthesetter.bsky.social

www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHB6...

2 months ago 7 0 1 0
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Great to catch up with the Killdeer✅ Great-tailed Grackle✅both lifers + male Hen Harrier, Goshawk and Red Kite on a nice trip out to #Hampshire today with @vivthesetter.bsky.social and @middevonbirder.bsky.social

2 months ago 12 0 0 0
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2 Lesser Whitethroats (probable Siberian) together at times, 3+ Black Redstarts and 4+ Blackcaps around #SeafieldGardens #Seaton this am.

2 months ago 10 0 1 0
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Northern Lights viewed from Haldon at midnight looking left of Exeter

3 months ago 17 2 0 0
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Golden Plover, Avocet, Sanderling, Red-breasted Merganser, Brent Geese and Seals were just a few seen on a sunny #ExeEstuary from the #StuartLineCruise today with @vivthesetter.bsky.social and great commentary from @exebirding

3 months ago 4 0 0 0
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A trip out to Cornwall today to see the Lesser Yellowlegs at #Truro + pair of Lesser Scaup at #Helston + Scaup, Marsh Harrier, Great Egret and Firecrest at #Marazion and a Yellow-legged Gull at #Newlyn with @vivthesetter.bsky.social and Dave-L in challenging conditions with fog and sunshine.

3 months ago 9 0 0 0
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Drake Goldeneye on the #ExeEstuary near #TopshamLock this afternoon

3 months ago 10 0 0 0
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Probable Siberian Lesser Whitethroat feeding on the yucca tree seeds and 3+ Black Redstarts around the #BowlingClub and #SeafieldGardens #Seaton today with @vivthesetter.bsky.social and DL

3 months ago 12 0 0 0
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2 probable Siberian Lesser Whitethroats and 4 Black Redstarts around the #BowlingClub and #SeafieldGardens #Seaton in the sunshine this afternoon

3 months ago 8 0 0 0
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Slavonian Grebe showed really well feeding in the channel next to footpath at the #OtterEstuaryNatureReserve early afternoon

3 months ago 14 0 0 0
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Yellow-browed Warbler, Firecrest, Treecreeper, Goldcrest, Nuthatch, 7 Siskin and assorted tit flock at #DWT_MincinglakeValleyPark today.

3 months ago 8 0 0 0
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18 Russian White-fronted Geese from viewing screen at #DartsFarmWetlands this am amongst c750 Brent Geese with @vivthesetter.bsky.social

3 months ago 9 0 0 0

Yep i didn't see that whilst looking on the camera 👍

3 months ago 1 0 1 0
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Dusky Warbler tecking along in the undergrowth around #BoscathnoeReservoir #Penzance today also 9 Goosanders on the water + pair of Lesser Scaup on #Helston #BoatingLake on a trip out to #Cornwall with @vivthesetter.bsky.social

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