Male Wheatear on grass
Male Wheatear amongst rocks
Male Wheatear on grass
Male Wheatear on grass
Wheatears on Titterstone Clee this morning #photography #birds #Nature #wildlife #ukwildlife #shropshirebirds #birdphotography #UKBirding
The reed-lined edge of the mere (lake) with a stand of bare trees behind and two swimming Mute Swans in the foreground.
The mere, framed by bare trees with reeds in the foreground and the setting sun shining rays of light from behind a low line of cumulus cloud.
A pasture with a receding flood (extensive muddy margins) with the trees of Lloyd's Wood/Sweat Mere beyond under a sky of grey cumulus clouds.
Enjoyed a nice walk down to Crose Mere after work. Lots of hirundines over the mere, but the highlight was the rapidly receding field flood which held two Shelducks, two Oystercatchers, five(!) Little Ringed Plovers, 23 Pied Wagtails and one gorgeously bright Yellow Wagtail.
#ShropshireBirds
Crow on a branch, bent over and looking back between it's legs
Crow on a branch, bent over and looking back between it's legs
Not sure what this crow was doing, but it was doing it a lot 🤷🏻♂️ #photography #birds #ukwildlife #shropshirebirds #Nature #wildlife #birdphotography #UKBirding
Little Ringed Plover on stoney ground
Little Ringed Plover #photography #birds #ukwildlife #shropshirebirds #Nature #wildlife #birdphotography #UKBirding
Yellow Wagtail stood by a road puddle, reflected in the water
Yellow Wagtail admiring it's yellowness! #birds #ukwildlife #shropshirebirds #Nature #wildlife #birdphotography #UKBirding
Adult Coot feeding their chick, another chick in the background, on water with reed stems sticking out the surface
Coot & chicks on the old river bed in Shrewsbury #photography #Nature #wildlife #ukwildlife #shropshirebirds #birdphotography #birds #UKBirding
Marsh Tit, tail feathers spread, hanging off a tree branch just coming into bloom with red flowers
Marsh Tit #ukwildlife #shropshirebirds #birdphotography #birds #UKBirding #Nature #wildlife
Greater Spotted Woodpecker on a fallen tree, with 2 Robins & a Dunnock for company!
Woodpecker, 2 Robins & a Dunnock #photography #Nature #wildlife #ukwildlife #shropshirebirds #birdphotography #birds #UKBirding
Male Redstart on a large tree branch, singing
First Redstart of the season, Attingham Park #photography #birds #Nature #wildlife #ukwildlife #shropshirebirds #birdphotography #UKBirding #NationalTrust
Red Kite in flight
Red Kite over Attingham Park #photography #birds #ukwildlife #shropshirebirds #Nature #wildlife #birdphotography #UKBirding #NationalTrust
Pair of swans, female on a nest on the edge of a pool, male in the water near by, joined by a pair of coots.
Nesting swans at Comer Wood, National Trust #NationalTrust #photography #birds #ukwildlife #shropshirebirds #Nature #wildlife #birdphotography #UKBirding
Sounds of spring - a Singing Wren #ukwildlife #shropshirebirds #Nature #wildlife #birdphotography #UKBirding #birds #photography
Coot, backlit by the sun, on water studded with bright, sunlit dots
Sparkle Coot #photography #Nature #wildlife #ukwildlife #shropshirebirds #birdphotography #birds #UKBirding
Female Mallard in the margins of a pond, with her 9 ducklings
Duckling in the water
2 ducklings, one the water, one on the waters edge
Duckling on the bank of a pond
Cuteness alert. 9 fresh ducklings. #birds #ukwildlife #shropshirebirds #Nature #wildlife #birdphotography #UKBirding
A siskin sat in the greengage tree.
Oh yes, a pair of siskins have visited my garden this morning 😍
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Black Headed in flight
Black Headed Gull, shouting it's head off for a change 🙄 #photography #birds #ukwildlife #shropshirebirds #Nature #wildlife #birdphotography #UKBirding
Shropshire's famous Wrekin Hill (near Telford) under a grey sky viewed across green fields and a wooded shelter belt from the woodland edge of Haughmond Hill.
Online Bird Song ID courses led by BTO trainers. Three options starting 29 and 30 April (links in 🧵).
Being confident with bird songs is a key skill, particularly if you want to get involved in survey work such as @bbs-birds.bsky.social
Pic is a warbler glade on Haughmond Hill.
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3 Little Ringed Plover gathered together, facing each other, on the edge of a pool island
Little Ringed Plover having a meeting. What are they plotting? 🤔 #photography #birds #ukwildlife #shropshirebirds #Nature #wildlife #birdphotography #UKBirding
Blue Tit with a beak full of moss, just landing, wings out, on the front of a nest box
Blue Tit with a beak full of moss, sat on the front of a nest box
Some Blue Tit nest box action at the in-laws house #ukwildlife #shropshirebirds #Nature #wildlife #birdphotography #UKBirding #birds
Snipe partially hidden by grass
Sneaky Snipe #photography #Nature #wildlife #ukwildlife #shropshirebirds #birdphotography #birds #UKBirding
A pair of Black Headed Gulls in the margins of a pool
Pair of Lesser Black Backed Gulls in the margins of a pool
Two pairs of gulls I can identify. I'm terrible with gulls. #birds #ukwildlife #shropshirebirds #Nature #wildlife #birdphotography #UKBirding
Male Blackcap singing in a tree
Blackcaps are arriving #photography #birds #ukwildlife #shropshirebirds #Nature #wildlife #birdphotography #UKBirding
If you live in and around Shropshire and you are thinking of taking on a Breeding Bird Survey square this spring, three examples of vacant squares can be found below. All three squares have been surveyed before, and already have established transect routes set up. #ShropshireBirds #Ornithology
Chiffchaff all fluffed up sat amongst branches
Floofy Chiffchaff #photography #birds #ukwildlife #shropshirebirds #Nature #wildlife #birdphotography #UKBirding
A graphic to promote a Breeding Bird Survey 1 km square showing the Ordnance Survey map of the square with the transect route marked. Text reads as follows: Square profile Location: Broad Oak/Six Ashes Surveyed for 20 years Habitat: Farmland and parkland Bird species recorded: 62 Headline species: Cuckoo
A graphic to promote a Breeding Bird Survey 1 km square showing the Ordnance Survey map of the square with the transect route marked. Text reads as follows: Square profile Location: Nesscliffe Surveyed for 24 years Habitat: Farmland and woodland Bird species recorded: 67 Headline species: Redstart, Corn Bunting
A graphic to promote a Breeding Bird Survey 1 km square showing the Ordnance Survey map of the square with the transect route marked. Text reads as follows: Square profile Location: Wenlock Edge/Broadstone Surveyed for 19 years Habitat: Farmland Bird species recorded: 72 Headline species: Curlew, Spotted Flycatcher, Redstart
We need counters for three long-standing BBS squares. Just two early morning visits between April and June, plus a recce. It's a very rewarding survey.
You need to be able to identify, by sight and by sound, the birds likely to be encountered.
More info: bto.shropshire@gmail.com
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Collage of mother mallard and her brood of 13 ducklings playing catchup
7 ducklings!
Hold up.. 12 ducklings!
Wait!!! 13 ducklings!! 😲
#ukwildlife #photography #birds #Nature #wildlife #shropshirebirds #birdphotography #UKBirding
A screenshot of the first page of the report.
The Great White Egret
Avalon Marshes Nesting and Colour Ringing Report 2025. Two of the birds visited Shropshire.
HT to Darren on the #ShropshireBirds WhatsApp news group for the link.
www.alisonmorgan.co.uk/Birds/GWE%20...
Long Tailed Tit in a tree with a break full of nesting material
Long Tailed Tit looks to be building a cosy nest #photography #Nature #wildlife #ukwildlife #shropshirebirds #birdphotography #birds #UKBirding
A Great White Egret in partially flooded sheep pasture.
A Red Fox in a grass field against a backdrop of sheep netting. Quite a lot of white on the shoulder.
A male Stonechat on a barbed wire fence.
A female Stonechat on a barbed wire fence.
The field drain has been repaired so "just" a Great White Egret on my @webs-gsmp.bsky.social core count today. Twenty years ago it would have caused a regional twitch!
The Stonechat pair were new for the site, and the strikingly marked Fox was a nice bonus.
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