Scott Petrek
@ScottoftheMarsh
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Birder. Reserves Officer @cumbriawildlife . Part of @WaterbirdCM . Looking after tweets for @WaderStudy . Views my own 🏳️🌈 #WetlandsAreAmazing
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On a sunny afternoon, a man pauses in a churchyard to remember his wife. He has visited every day since she passed. Earlier he politely asked, "May I join you?" as I sat on a bench, enjoying the sunshine. Little did I know I was about to have an extraordinary conversation... 🧵⬇️
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It was a lovely reminder that even the most unassuming man, on his daily walk along the country lanes to the churchyard, has lived a rich life and has amazing stories to tell 😇
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I found myself sat talking to Dr CH Fry, international ornithologist, and author of several books 📚 including the Poyser book 'The Bee-eaters', co-author (with his wife) of 'Kingfishers, Bee-eaters and Rollers' and one of lead authors on the series 'The Birds of Africa'...
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Warning, super cute Snipe chicks! A nest of 3 found last night in one of the tern colonies
#Flatey2018
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After I noticed a Goldcrest in the Yew tree, he remarked how with age they are a species he now struggles to see and hear. As we chatted more, it quickly became clear he was a lover of birds, and knew a great deal...
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Out cleaning the
@slimbridge_wild
hides today with the volunteers ready to reopen tomorrow. Realised that the debris in the Decoy Hide was mainly discarded moth wings, left over from bats hanging here at night to feed on larger species
#GlosMoths
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Joined by a friendly Jackdaw this lunchtime. Managed to read
@_BTO
ring ET82800, quick check online revealed bird was ringed as a chick in May 2001! Another check and appears it's a new longevity record for species,19+ years, beating previous record by over a year! 📸
@birdingfox
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Never did I expect to find a corner of a small pond at over 700m up a fell, full of breeding Common Frog! 🐸 Wouldn't be an exaggeration to say hundreds of people probably walked past today and never even noticed them
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Scanning around scrape, counting Snipe
@WWTSlimbridge
when this beast suddenly appeared in view. There may have been swearing
#GlosBirds
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A memorable moment in
#Portugal
on our
#birdringing
trip - catching 11 Hoopoes in one go! Cue
#Slo
-mo release video
@_BTO
@Brewoodringers
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Not what I expected to find in the
@slimbridge_wild
swan pipe this morning! At least 11 newly hatched and tightly packed Mallard ducklings, with 3 unhatched eggs left behind this afternoon
#SpringIsComing
@BBCSpringwatch
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Rescued from the tyre tracks
@slimbridge_wild
this morning, a Skylark that's not quite fledged yet. Safely returned to the longer grass, and hopefully getting airborne soon
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Big THANK YOU to the TWAT 🤬 who decided it would be nice to fly over a legally protected site, well below the height limit, and flush birds from the entire reserve. Top job. Definitely not following the new Paramotor Code👍🤦
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Day 2️⃣0️⃣ of
#30DaysWild
and an early start to help with tern chicks ringing (under license) 🥰
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The lights are going out on another
@slimbridge_wild
swan season. Our Bewick's are getting ready to return to Russia. A few more days and they'll be gone, and we hope that'll they'll return for many winters to come
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Well that wasn't on the forecast this morning...
#YearoftheWaders
@waderquest
@slimbridge_wild
@WWTSlimbridge
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Sitting in the dappled shade amongst the wildflowers growing in the cemetery, under a warm clear blue sky, finally crossing something off my bucket list... Not a bad way to celebrate my birthday. Wild Hamster 🐹 in Vienna 🇦🇹✅️
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Britain is internationally important for wintering birds, estimated to host 12.8 million individual waterbirds each season. They rely on our wetlands and us working together to protect them
#WorldMigratoryBirdDay
#WetlandsAreAmazing
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On the late feed tonight. The Centre may have closed early to visitors but the birds still expect their supper. Merry Christmas from the Rushy to all, and to all a good night...
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Morning in
@RSPBLeightonM
Causeway Hide waiting for the cafe to open. Treated to a family of Otter, three cubs play whilst mum catches breakfast. Speaking of which... 😋🍳🥓☕️
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Over 600 Red-necked Phalarope can gather on the island before migrating as far as the Pacific Ocean. Birds caught for
#Flatey2018
are part of an international study looking at whether there are genetic differences from populations across the world and where they winter
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I've read about, I've heard it called 'an old wife's tale' but today I finally got to see why deceit is a word associated with Lapwing. New experience for me at the awesome
@HolkhamEstate
with
@KaneBrides
@NHarnser
#FakingIt
#BirdBehaviour
@waderquest
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If heaven exists, it is filled with Lapwing. Gorgeous end to day bathed in winter sun
@WWTSlimbridge
with
@pauledwardrose
#YearoftheWaders
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'Tis the season 🎄 Tree rehomed from a reserve where it shouldn't have been growing. A bit of browsing damage from deer, looks a bit sorry for itself, but now decorated and festive, it makes me smile everytime 😁
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Limestone pavements look out of this world. Amazing and unique habitats like this one
@cumbriawildlife
Hutton Roof 🪨🌿👀⬇️
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Exploring the wilds of Cumbria today, discovering a couple of 'my' new
@cumbriawildlife
reserves - their stories, management and future plans. Looking forward to seeing them in full bloom next year
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First cygnets of the season have arrived
@slimbridge_wild
@WWTSlimbridge
, parents Ypres and Somme with 3
#GlosBirds
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Another 48 Whooper Swans caught and ringed today with the stunning cliffs of the north coast as our backdrop, complete with nesting Fulmar and Kittiwake
#Iceland
🇮🇸
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Haha, the sneaky b... 😅
Couldn't have asked for a better duo to work with. This pair are true conservation heroes. Dedicated, unstoppable and inspiring. We've been the perfect combination, and built an amazing team of volunteers. Very sad to leave, but new challenges ahead
This week, we say farewell to a very special someone. 👋🦆
Good luck to our Reserve Warden, Scott on his next adventure; thank you for all you do for wetlands and wildlife. We will miss you very much!
@slimbridge_wild
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Having a go in the boat yesterday, catching moulting birds on the water. Experienced hands of Sverrir and
@KaneBrides
make it look easy - it's really not 😅
#Iceland
🇮🇸
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New addition this morning to the ‘list of things I didn’t expect to see today’ - a Snipe in a tree...
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Real reason I came to Cumbrian Solway coast was to search Kirkbride area for
@WaterbirdCM
colour-ringed Whooper Swans. Success! 🥳 Sightings of 44B and 42J added to database. Amazing to think we last saw these birds in Iceland 🇮🇸 a few months ago!
@KaneBrides
@Stephen8Vickers
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An emotional week saying goodbye to my conservation heroes 😢
Proud of what we've achieved in the last 7 years, and that I can call them friends, not just colleagues. Keep being awesome Dave and Martin. See you soon 🦆💙
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The Coot with a love of flower arranging is back nest building on the
@slimbridge_wild
Rushy, making use of the daffodils. This year they've also managed to find two coconut shie - no idea where from as we don't use them on site!
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Walked the long way 'home' taking in some scrubby pathways and accidentally did a proper birding thing, and found a Little Bunting 😇 Showing very well near our accommodation at Rantum, Sylt 🇩🇪
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Finishing a great day on the south Solway coast, watching the tide come in at Drumburgh under the pink and orange skies of sunset - 1500+ Golden Plover, 37 Bar-tailed Godwit, 6 Redshank, single Greenshank, several hundred Dunlin, thousands of Lapwing and gulls
#CumbriaBirds
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HUGE congratulations to my wetland wildlife conservation hero - Dave Paynter, awarded a BEM for services to wildlife conservation 🎖🥳🦆🦢
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May have seen the White-spotted Bluethroat well this morning, singing away - but for me this was
#BirdoftheDay
, a recently fledged juvenile Lapwing. Can't be beaten, and like most waders we need lots more of them!
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Day 5️⃣ of
#30DaysWild
sees this solitary wasp trying to be less solitary, but getting caught out by a Fly Orchid
@cumbriawildlife
Latterbarrow. I believe the wasp is Argogorytes mystaceus? 🤔🐝
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A sneaky
#DuckSexRatio
on Pochard yesterday whilst in the
@WWTWelney
main observatory produced 374 males and 42 females
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Lovely surprise to see
@BettieSloane
back
@slimbridge_wild
. Think we broke the land speed record for a wheelchair on route to her first ever Black-winged Stilt
#Lifer
✅️ Great to see she's lost none of her character either 💚
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On list of things I thought I'd see today, a southern ground hornbill in South Staffs wasn't one of them
#escapee
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My last
@WWTSlimbridge
commentated feed of year, but more to come this winter! BIG thanks
@SteveHeaven
(man behind the names) for joining me every afternoon helping bring talk to life by identifying individuals allowing us to share life stories of our Bewick's Swans with visitors
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What a great email to wake up to 😎 a report of 282A, ringed in Chester in November 2021 but yesterday was seen on the Daugava in Riga, Latvia! 🇱🇻
#NWBHGs
📸 I Gaile
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Meet GR60527, a drake Pochard ringed
@WWTSlimbridge
as an adult in January 2015. Managed to read the
@_BTO
metal ring this lunchtime on the Rushy whilst he had a snooze
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It may not look much, but this is Staffordshire’s biggest Lapwing colony thanks to a caring land owner and funding from
@NaturalEngland
. A quick scan produced 74 birds plus a few Curlew and Golden Plover
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A very wet but very happy bunch out at
@slimbridge_wild
Mid Point this morning. Started with a Red-necked Phalarope amongst the wader flock and then
@lostintewkesbur
put a whack-off cherry on the cake with a Gull-billed Tern, a UK lifer for us all!
#GlosBirds
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At least 146 hirundines sat on the wires this morning in Slimbridge village - 9 Swallow, 51 Sand Martin and 86 House Martin. A treat to see, but a sure sign that winter is coming
#GlosBirds
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Another 17 Grey Heron ringed this morning, as part of
@Belvide_Ringers
new colour-ringing project. Also collected some pellets for a new eDNA study
#birdringing
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Whilst walking through the tern colonies we also came across a few wader chicks including Snipe and Redshank
#Flatey2018
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This Mediterranean Chameleon was my honorary 'bird of the day' from this morning's
#birdringing
session near Olhão
#Portugal
🇵🇹, and reported to Vita Nativa for their citizen science project 🦎
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Might have found my new favourite
@cumbriawildlife
nature reserve (so far!)... welcome to Lowick Common 😊 Lots of things to tackle, but some special wetlands jewels dotted across the reserve to care for and restore
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Post-work picnic tea
@RSPBLeightonM
watching the sunset over Morecambe Bay and the saltmarsh, to the soundtrack of Wigeon, Greenshank, Lapwing, Redshank, Teal... 😌
#WetlandsAreAmazing
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Great first day exploring the seemingly endless valleys of northern
#Iceland
🇮🇸 in search of Whooper Swan families
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Wait a minute... I think I know that guy 🤔
Please give a warm welcome to our new Southern Reserves Officer, Scott! 👋 If you live in south
#Cumbria
, Scott is probably caring for a wild place near you – tell us your favourite places in the comments ⬇️
(1/2)
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Lapwing are ace. This confiding bird came close enough to film some leg shaking feeding behaviour
@_BTO
@waderquest
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Early start for breeding bird survey
@cumbriawildlife
Smardale Gill nature reserve. My first Pied Flycatcher (singing male) and Wheatear pair of the year and loads of Willow Warbler (35+ singing males) 😁🎶💛
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Celebrating 40 years of Dave's amazing work to create one of the UK's best wetland reserves, and his inspirational efforts to keep finding new ways to make it even better. And then he delivers another brilliant episode of WildWatch 🎥 The man is a true hero of conservation
Slimbridge Reserve Manager, Dave Paynter, has worked for
@WWTworldwide
for 4️⃣0️⃣ years!
In this special
#WildWatch
learn more about how the Slimbridge reserve and wetland wildlife has changed during his time here. 🌿
Watch now:
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Bizarre one this evening. This dog fox tracked a Roe Deer buck the whole length of the
@slimbridge_wild
seawall, seemingly testing it, almost playing a game of 'catch me if you can'... No idea what was really going on
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Now I'm crying! 😭 Love you to bits matey, and looking forward to many more adventures together 💙
I've been putting off thinking about this, every time it creeps into my mind, but the time has come to say goodbye to my colleague, my hero & above all my best friend as he leaves WWT 😭 Wishing you all the very best
@ScottoftheMarsh
& THANK YOU for everything 💚
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Great time at
@cumbriawildlife
Hale Moss today with the volunteers, clearing scrub and sections of ranker mire vegetation. Wet and knackered, but still got smiles on their faces
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Missing the
@WWTSlimbridge
@slimbridge_wild
teams of volunteers. This
#VolunteersWeek
as ever we want to say a HUGE thank you for their dedication, hard-work, friendship and home baking. We couldn't do it without you and we hope to have you back on site soon. For now, stay safe
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My first visit to
@cumbriawildlife
Foulshaw Moss. Great expanse of wetland, looking forward to seeing it next summer. Tree Sparrow flock was nice to see, also 2 Brambling with Chaffinch flock, Water Rail under feeders and Marsh Harrier over
#CumbriaBirds
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Volunteers are amazing, and the life blood of so many organisations. I've had the pleasure of working with hundreds over the years. Thank you to you all! 💙
#VolunteersWeek
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Where has the time gone? Four years ago today since I joined the
@slimbridge_wild
team. A lot has happened, and the adventure continues...
The end of another great week with great birds
@WWTSlimbridge
. I think this sums up my new job perfectly...
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Yet another balloon landed on the
@slimbridge_wild
reserve this morning, thankfully on a path and not scaring or even killing our wildlife. They've become a weekly occurrence and it has to stop. Time to
#BanBalloons
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It's
#wildflowerhour
time and this week it's
#PollinatorPals
. My addition is this Six-spotted Burnet moth on a Field Scabious from
@cumbriawildlife
Latterbarrow recently
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Great evening of skittles with
@slimbridge_wild
volunteer team (plus special guests). A shed load of autumn work all done for another year - thank you one and all for everything you do for
@WWTSlimbridge
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Couldn’t resist doing a quick
#DuckSexRatio
on the Teal at Hayle Estuary in
#Cornwall
this afternoon. “Male, female, female, ooo... Garganey?!”. Nice surprise in the winter!
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First evening catch done with 68 new birds caught including a surprise 10 Turnstone and this Stone Curlew! Also 3 Portuguese controls of Grey Plover and 2 Dunlin
#birdringing
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A nice trip down to RSPB Greylake with
@RobertaBirder
to see the Baikal Teal, followed by an accidental tour of Somerset's minor road network to get home 😅. Nice to bump into some familiar faces too
@paulmarshall77
@PeterCranswick
@RobSwift5
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Working at
@cumbriawildlife
Hale Moss today, mapping scrub and planning future management work at this nationally important wetland site, home to species like Black Bog-rush, Butterwort and Bird's-eye Primrose
#WetlandsAreAmazing
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Still waders with chicks in the Highlands of Iceland 🇮🇸 with adults on constant watch, including these two today - Whimbrel (Spói) and Black-tailed Godwit (Jaðrakan)
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Nice to see a good number of waders taking advantage of the
@slimbridge_wild
Top New Piece as a high tide roost, with a good variety of species too including Turnstone, Little Stint, Sanderling and Knot with the Dunlin and a lot of Ringed Plover
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Do I retweet myself? Is that allowed? 😅 The reedbed has already been a great addition to the reserve, and it will only get better! Over the last couple of years we've also created and restored over 2 miles of extra wetland corridors around the reserve too
#WorldWetlandsDay
Our new Five Acre wetland treatment system at
@WWTSlimbridge
is a treat for water and wildlife 💧🐸🌾 It's cleverly designed to make sure the water we use returns to our reserve clean, as
@ScottoftheMarsh
explains ⬇️
#WorldWetlandsDay
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Sunset over the Severn Estuary this evening. Thousands of gulls heading in to roost on the mudflats, whilst 212 Curlew shelter out of the wind on
@slimbridge_wild
Tack Piece. At least 87 White-fronted Geese also present to the north, the rest hidden behind the hedge
#GlosBirds
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One of 6 badgers vaccinated this morning as part of
@StaffsWildlife
vaccine deployment programme
http://t.co/vxcpAxVqkZ
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The bird based equivalent of 'how many people can you fit in an old Mini Cooper?' - how many Coot can you fit on a heap of cut reeds? 😅
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Enjoyable high tide walk around
@cumbriawildlife
South Walney - Great Northern and 3 Red-throated Diver on sea, plus 14 Common Scoter. Also 170 Pale-bellied Brent Geese, 8 Greenshank, 5 Goldneye, 15 Shoveler, and large roosts of Redshank, Knot and Oystercatcher
#CumbriaBirds
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📢 Attention please...
D32 is a Moorhen. Yes, a Moorhen.
Moving from Merseyside, UK to Copenhagen, Denmark and back 🇬🇧🇩🇰 A Moorhen...
They're so often overlooked, but never underestimate the 'common' species ✌️
@WaterbirdCM
have a whole host of studies on species like this
D32 is back to Merseyside! The first year of the
#NMP
produced 148 new birds from locations across Britain and Ireland. This project is a massive collaboration between 46 ringers. We had 181 resightings sent to our but D32 is by far the most exciting bird.
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Here they come! 🪻😁 First Greater Butterfly and Fly Orchids starting to flower
@cumbriawildlife
Latterbarrow this evening
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Looks like a silent disco in the clouds over towards Malvern. Not a sound, but near constant flashes of light 🌩
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Great morning
@RSPBLeightonM
with visiting friends - started with 3 Otter from causeway hide, then 3 Whooper Swan over north, 4 Marsh Harrier over reedbed, 8 Goldeneye amongst duck from Lilian's, and lots of skeins of Pink-feet heading north too
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Finally got round to checking out the Pasqueflower display at Barnsley Warren. Big thanks to
@duncan_dine
for the extra info. Plenty of Redstart in the scrubby valley too, plus singing Corn Bunting and several Red Kite
#GlosBirds
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Having a snooze after a long journey. Great to see the Bewick's Swans arriving back
@slimbridge_wild
and hoping that
#lockdown
can end as planned so we can reopen and our visitors can enjoy them too
#StaySafe
#GlosBirds
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Great to see
#SAVCurlews
birds on reserve
@slimbridge_wild
this week. You can follow some of them on
@WWTworldwide
here -
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Stunning morning on the
@slimbridge_wild
Reedbed Walkway. Five species of warbler singing simultaneously and a stunning male Redstart in the hedgerow 🔊
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Cute 😇 Tawny Owl chick found this morning
@slimbridge_wild
before a squirrel came to investigate...
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Some Alpine Gentian from Iceland 🇮🇸 for
#wildflowerhour
and this week's theme of
#GentianFamily
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When your eyes are bigger than your belly. Adult Spotted Redshank showing very well this morning
@slimbridge_wild
Stephen Kirk Hide, but struggling with its breakfast
#GlosBirds
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Day 2️⃣3️⃣ of
#30DaysWild
and finally got around to unpacking some wildlife art for my new home 🏡 🖼
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Arrived in the north at Akueryi for a week catching Whooper Swans with
@KaneBrides
@sritchie43
. Always wanted to experience it after hearing all the stories, and now very excited to get going 😁🦢
#Iceland
🇮🇸
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How did the Purple Sandpiper get its name? For the answer, you just need to add a little sunshine...
@waderquest
#YearoftheWaders
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