Semi-competent Birder, all round Nerd. Occasional conservation volunteer, Night worker and father of Guinea Pigs.
Poole, England
Joined March 2009
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Cranefly on @DWTBrownsea
Looks like a Tipula Sp., but not one of the one 5 (of 61 UK species !) illustrated in Brock @georgecmcgavin @StevenFalk1
📷 Sue Ketteridge
Beautiful little Wolf Spider on @DWTBrownsea Pardosa Sp. - apparently difficult to ID even with microscope! - possibly P. amentata ? (Black hairs on pedipalps a clue, but don't know if diagnostic?) @BritishSpiders @georgecmcgavin
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Many of these Black-tailed Godwits will have spent the winter in Portugal, France and Spain (with some from UK). Southern birds are using a cunning 'overtake' plan to get to iceland early.
More here:
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More and more Icelandic Bl.t.#godwits during monthly Waddensea-transect count. Today 2.522 #grutto's new record for March near Normerven, Wieringen, Nths. @waderquest @Waderworld1 @WaderStudy @ForWaders @vogelnieuws @WadersForReal @Sovon @DZK_deWadden @waddentweets @WaddenNieuws
Tracked down to Lancs - ringed as a chick 2023 or 2024 (we need to get a reading on the flag) and hanging out with this 2024 Sussex Avocet @DWTBrownsea @BrownseaNT @DorsetBirdClub @SightingDOR
Can anyone help with this Avocet on @DWTBrownsea? Best I could do as in deep water, and hopefully someone can get a better view and read the flag. Looks similar to the UK scheme but can't find an exact match?
@GrahamFAppleton @PetePotts7 @WWTworldwide @_BTO @WaderStudy
Can anyone help with this Avocet on @DWTBrownsea? Best I could do as in deep water, and hopefully someone can get a better view and read the flag. Looks similar to the UK scheme but can't find an exact match?
@GrahamFAppleton @PetePotts7 @WWTworldwide @_BTO @WaderStudy
'shanks on Spring on @DWTBrownsea @harbourbirds @DorsetBirdClub @SightingDOR @BrownseaNT @georgecmcgavin
Turnstone bathing in the sun - we recently had a ring recovery locally of a bird ringed in Alert Alaska, about 4000km to the North, where it's -33c this time of year @GrahamFAppleton @waderquest @WaderStudy @Waderworld1 @_BTO
Signs of Spring on @DWTBrownsea yesterday with the Gulls investigating the breeding sights, the first Terns, Oycs copulating and Med Gulls courting @harbourbirds @DorsetBirdClub @SightingDOR @DWTBrownsea @BrownseaNT @georgecmcgavin
Martin Adams retweeted
Dorset is a top county for these 3 heathland birds. Please take the opportunity in this once-in-a-generation survey by signing up for 1 or 2 of our 100s of squares. Surveying is a great way to discover new sites, enjoy our fabulous county and contribute to citizen science.
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Nice footage - got to♥️a Purp!
Sad that Purple Sandpiper has joined the "red-list" of 11 waders in UK.
In this case, red status is conferred because there is a tiny Scottish breeding population. Wintering numbers are significantly down.
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#ornithology
Purps at Portland. Love these characterful critters clinging on to exploit their marginal niche @PortlandBirdObs @RSPBWeymouth @DorsetBirdClub @SightingDOR @waderquest @WaderStudy @Waderworld1 @GrahamFAppleton @Natures_Voice @BBCSpringwatch
Martin Adams retweeted
If I were forced to pick one scene in Lynch's run that encapsulates his art (which is impossible), my pick is the Llorando sequence in Mulholland Drive.
Even in the dark of our nightmares, the beauty and pain of art can reach us, even if that art is built on nightmares itself.
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#DoctorWho Sings’ 5th birthday celebrations conclude with an all-new version of #Queen’s #BohemianRhapsody! It’s the perfect finale to our Revisited 2 series, and we think you’re gonna love it! You can check out the entire song on #YouTube at: youtu.be/JUCfxfxHheQ
Great views of Scaup and Eider... at @WWTSlimbridge last month. Slightly more distant from Jerry's Point today! @harbourbirds @DorsetBirdClub @DorsetWildlife @SightingDOR
Godwit wishes to you and yours! 🎉🎁🎄💚 @BayHoles @harbourbirds @DorsetBirdClub @SightingDOR @Natures_Voice @DorsetWildlife @GrahamFAppleton @waderquest @WaderStudy @Waderworld1
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Probably my 3 top odonata 📸 of 2024. 1. Southern Migrant Hawker 2. Scarlet Darter and 3. Willow Emerald Damselfly. @BDSdragonflies @ScotlandBds @Britnatureguide @NatureUK @BBCSpringwatch
