A partially obscured Woodcock is sitting on the ground among leaf litter and other vegetation, it's large eye staring back from the centre of the image.
This Woodcock was quietly roosting under a small conifer in St Fittick's Park today.
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A Jack Snipe crouches down close to the marshy, wet ground. It is surrounded by wetland grasses and plants and is well camouflaged amongst them.
A Jack Snipe crouches down close to the marshy, wet ground. It is surrounded by wetland grasses and plants and is well camouflaged amongst them. This is a close up of the head and bill.
Jack Snipe have been hard to find this year, but this one at St Fittick's Park today shone out in the thermal imager as it flattened down against the edge of the reeds.
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A thermal image of Fieldfares roosting in some conifers
Saw 30 or so Fieldfares fly through the garden just before sunset and land in some willows about 100m away. Thinking they might be looking for a roost I got the thermal out watched them gradually move into the adjacent conifers where they settled down around 15 mins after sunset. #thermalbirding
2 More thermal surveys this week in South Staffordshire saw us ring our first Woodcock of the Autumn together with
Grey Partridge 3
Common snipe 2
Redwing 1
Meadow pipit 1
Skylark 11
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Swift nest box viewed through thermal imager showing heat signature of occupation
Using the thermal to check the Swift box. Note the heat spot at the left hand end where the nest cup is. 1 adult is also in the entrance.
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They put on quite the finale for the last Nightjar survey of the season last night 😍 #thermalbirding
🌙 Ever wondered what birds do after dark?
Thanks to thermal Imagers, we spotted a Nightjar feeding peacefully along a Staffordshire path - something we’d never witness with the naked eye ✨
Revealing the secret lives of wildlife, one glow at a time . #Thermalbirding
Worth checking the Stream vision app for your #Pulsar thermal device as a firmware update landed for the Telos yesterday #BirdingGear #thermalBirding
the pale dot is a thermal image of a woodcock in undergrowth
woodcock in undergrowth
Proper record shots! It took a while staring through the scope to eventually find the Woodcock. Also at Potteric Carr was a Bittern, 21 Snipe (mostly found using the thermal), 1st winter Caspian Gull, 2 Chiffchaff and a Grey Wag. #thermalbirding #phonescoped
In Aug 2022 we created these scrapes in Worcestershire yesterday we saw the benefits, with Great White, Cattle and Little Egret all present, together with Common and 15 Jack snipe. We ringed 3 Jacks. Brilliant to see them mature, even better a very pleased farmer Jake #birdringing #thermalbirding
Just a bit of standing water in an arable field can attract excellent wading birds, a visit to North Shrops saw us catch
Jack snipe 3
Woodcock 1
Skylark 2
There were good numbers of Common & Jacks present, together with 3 Teal in a splash no bigger than an estate car! #thermalbirding #birdringing
At least 3 Jack Snipe were present on the patch today, along with 55 Common Snipe. Other species included 6 Goosander, Pochard and 2 Great White Egret. The only new species for the year was a sad, solitary Yellowhammer (#132) in Seckington. #peakybirders #patchbirding #thermalbirding #alvecotepools
Jack Snipe trying to stay unseen amongst the dead stems in a marsh
2cy drake Scaup with 3 drake Tufted Ducks on Cole Mere
Before the gull roost, popped in to see @pilning.bsky.social 's smart 2cy drake Scaup at Cole Mere, and as usual just had to say hi to Jack #shropshirebirding #thermalbirding #marshstarling
A trip to North Shropshire with on Monday saw us ring
Woodcock 2
Common snipe 1
Jack Snipe 3
Fieldfare 2
Skylark 15
A great way to end 2024, Happy New Year to all of our followers #birdringing #thermalbirding
A challenging night at Overbury and whilst bird numbers caught were ok, there were far more birds present with around 100 Woodcock noted.
We ringed
Skylark 10
Woodcock 9
Fieldfare 4
#Pulsartelosxp50 #birdringing #thermalbirding
Thermal video of Short-eared owl tonight along Wallington road #ukbirding #thermalbirding
A drake Teal, 4 new Woodcock, site-faithful retraps of Woodcock from 2021 and Common Snipe from Jan 23 in the Conwy Valley yesterday. #thermalbirding #ringing #birdsinwales @btobirds.bsky.social @cofnod.bsky.social
Good couple of days birding started yesterday with Short eared owl on the Wallington road (first picked up with thermal) & tonight 4 Woodcock at RSPB the Lodge, 1 in cover on the ground (thermal again) & 3 leaving roost seen in flight #ukbirding
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Short eared owl this evening along Wallington road, picked up with thermal then flew in front of car #hertsbirds #thermalbirding #ukbirding
Tawny Owl hidden by vegetation
I would never have spotted this roosting Tawny Owl at Potteric Carr without the thermal imager #thermalbirding #ukbirding 🪶
Out surveying with put Pulsar Telos XP50 last night, we ringed some juvenile Skylark, and two Barn owls, this year's young. Highlight was a leveret found in a stubble field #thermalbirding #thermalimaging
Test #thermalbirding
Still here! One week on, roosting on the same tiny puddle in the clearfell #marshstarling #dwarfturtle #jacksnipe #thermalbirding @HalfSnipe x.com/saloplarus/status/176275...
A beautiful night for a soggy stubble stroll in front of #salopobs in the company of 3 Woodcocks, 5 Tawnies and plenty of snoozing Skylarks and Fieldfares #lovewinter #thermalbirding #darkskies
