The ducks are dabbling but that ice is way too thick for them to break alone. I am out here with a stick and a bubbler to keep the pond open.
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Bardolf Farm - A day full of showers, but this did not stop the insects from flying. Spotted Flycatcher 7 (ponds; Causeway 6, Burleston 1) and Cattle Egret 4 in the field adjacent to Causeway pond. 🦉🌎🦜 @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social #UKBirding #birds #ornithology #farmbirds
Bardolf Farm - A productive post-monsoon evening at the pools on PWM; Spot Fly 9 (5 Causeway 4 Burleston ponds), Wheatear (Devils Brook N end) Green Sand 2 (PWM & Lagoon), Mandarin pair (PWM), 🦉🌎🦜 #birds #ornithology #farmbirds @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
Bardolf Farm - Another wind swept day on the farm Wheatear 2 and Corn Bunting 9 (uncommon) a mobile flock Devil's Brook N end of meadows near A354. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social 🦉🌎🦜 #birds #ornithology #farmbirds
Two tiny turkeys are almost ready for the outdoors, but the gang of hoodlums might have other plans. See who is ready to join the big flock and the weekend move-in debate.
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Guinea fowl update! The flock is adjusting well to free-range life, and I share how we’re handling feeding and watering now. One bird has been stuck looping between fences, but today he figured something out.
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Puddletown Water Meadows Bardolf Farm - CBC Survey Day Cattle Egret 19 on water meadows with cattle. drake Teal Causeway pond. Spotted Flycatcher and Hummingbird Hawk Moth at Bardolf Manor House 🦉🌎🦜 #birds #ornithology #farmbirds @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
The Rooster and his Lady
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Bardolf Farm - A lot of posturing on the farm today during CBC surveys. It must be spring! Swallow 2, Red Kite, Coot 2 (uncommon), Geese: Egyptian 5, Greylag 5, Canada 18; 🦉🌎🦜 #ornithology #farmbirds
Bardolf Farm - Today's counts Geese: Barnacle 6 Egyptian 2: Corn Bunting, Yellowhammer 290, Chaffinch 275, Goldfinch 15, Gulls: BH 350, Med 54, Common 72, (Top Down) 🦉🌎🦜 #ornithology #ukbirding #farmbirds
Bardolf Farm - Today's counts Barnacle Goose 6 (Athelhampton), Cattle Egret 3 (Home Farmhouse), Med Gull, Green Sand (Athelhampton), Lapwing 140, Snipe 7, Wigeon 96, Teal 11, 🦉🌍🦜 #birds #ukbirding #ornithology #farmbirds @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
Puddletown Water Meadows Bardolf Farm - Today's counts as wildfowl visit the flooded meadows: Tufted Duck 1wF, Geese; Greylag 11 Canada 53; Wigeon 26, Teal 3, Lapwing 13, Peregrine, Brambling (Little Straps) 🦉🌍🦜 #birds #ornithology #ukbirding #farmbirds
Puddletown Water Meadows Bardolf Farm - This morning Tufted Duck 1wF, Gadwall 3m, Teal 29, Wigeon 19, Mallard 29, Green Sand 2, Greylag Goose 8, Canada Goose 35 @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social 🦉🌍🦜 #birds #ukbirding #ornithology #farmbirds
Puddletown Water Meadows Bardolf Farm - Tufted Duck 1w female, Barn Swallow 69 on wires, House Martin 14, Goldfinch 35 prior to the monsoon setting in! @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social 🦉🦜 #birds #ukbirdwatching #farmbirds
Puddletown Water Meadows Bardolf Farm - Todays totals Wigeon 2, Teal 12, Kingfisher 2, Little Egret 5, Barn Swallow 100+ mid afternoon on wires and hawking insects, Bullfinch 3. The search for a YBW continues!! @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social 🦉🦜 #birds #ornithology #ukbirding #farmbirds
Puddletown Water Meadows Bardolf Farm - The wildfowl is slowly making a return to the meadows and ponds, Wigeon 5, Teal 12, Mallard 51, Redwing 2, @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social 🦉🦜 #birds #ornithology #ukbirding #farmbirds
Bardolf Farm - Some movement overhead this morning Yellow Wagtail 2, Green Sandpiper 3 and Snipe all flying S over Devils Brook. Also a Kingfisher along the Brook. 🦉 #birds #ukbirding #ornithology #farmbirds @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
Puddletown Water Meadows Bardolf Farm - The Common Sandpiper is still present on pool at Mill Mead; Green Sandpiper 2 (Mill mead and Lagoon), 🦉 #birds #ornithology #ukbirding #farmbirds @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
Puddletown Water Meadows Bardolf Farm - This afternoons shorebirds on pool at Mill Mead; Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper 2, 🦉 #birds #ornithology #farmbirds #ukbirding @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
Bardolf Farm - Todays Spotted Flycatcher hawking insects this morning on the edge of woodland near the Manor House. #birds #birdwatching #farmbirds
Bardolf Farm - Field Watch as the rye was being harvested in the NW of the farm which culminated in scavenging raptors Red Kite 3 together until at least 1500hrs, Buzzard 6, Kestrel, and gulls, Med Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull 3, #farmbirds #birds #birdwatching #raptors
Bardolf Farm this mornings Pied Flycatcher immature male on the ridge at the NE end of Waterbarn Cottages also Reed Warbler and Goosander female #dorsetbirds #farmbirds #birds
