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Amy Robjohns @amythebirder.eurosky.social · 25/10/2026

*Sigh of relief* 😌 One of my favourite days because clock mind games are over for another year! For 6 months timetables don't lie, meetings are back to the scheduled time, and you don't have to pretend it's an hour later than it really is. Happy days. And... it's light because it really is 0654!!

Shingle beach with colourful wooden beach huts and wooden groynes. The sky is partly pale orange pink due to it being sunrise. The sea is wavy

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Amy Robjohns @amythebirder.eurosky.social · 24/10/2026

#ActiveTravel survey for Gosport borough looking at barriers etc: www.gosport.gov.uk/gosportgo #BikeSky

Poster with purple background and a parent and child walking. Both have bags and look happy. The poster says Shape Gosport's Cycling and Walking Future. Have your say on walking, cycling, and wheeling in our town. There is a QR code, website link snd logos for Walk Wheel Cycle Trust, Hampshire county council and Gosport Borough council. It looks like a poster created by real people instead. The poster is on a large screen on a pavement. In the background is a road junction with buildings. It is overcast and wet

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Amy Robjohns @amythebirder.eurosky.social · 23/10/2026

Lunchtime walk by the Solent felt like half battling against the F7 north-westerlies and half being pushed along by it! Thankfully Lee-on-the Solent & Saltern's coast paths aren't too bad on windy days. Hill Head on the other hand is best avoided... 😬

High tide witu waves going over the concrete breakwater thingy with a tall triangle marker. There is vegetated shingle which looks grassy and shingle beyond it. The Isle of Wight is visible and it is overcast.

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Amy Robjohns @amythebirder.eurosky.social · 19/10/2026

Good to hear Redwings seeping overhead this morning in Fareham 😌 Made waiting in the dark more pleasant! #HantsBirds

Dawn starting to break with orange glow near the horizon. Rest of sky is dark blue with dark grey clouds. There is a big aggregates lorry and bright lights. Two train platforms are visible with the yellow lines.

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Amy Robjohns @amythebirder.eurosky.social · 18/10/2026

Had time before the train to pause by @rspb.bsky.social Raddipole Lakes - very short walk from Weymouth station - and now enjoying the sunset in Bournemouth ☺️ #LowCarbonBirding

Mural of a male Marsh Harrier against a blue background. It has a grey head and grey wings with black tips and reddish brown under parts.

Swans, ducks and gulls in low water with reedbeds and an island.

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Amy Robjohns @amythebirder.eurosky.social · 18/10/2026

Still some Golden Samphire and Thrift in flower at Portland Bill today #WildflowerHour

Golden Samphire - yellow flowers, like Ragwort - with thin leaves. Most of these flowers had gone over

Thrift - pale pink flowers on the edge of the cliff with the sea in the background

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Amy Robjohns @amythebirder.eurosky.social · 18/10/2026

Somewhere out there are Bluefin Tuna! Had some great views but too slow for photos 😄 Thanks to Martin @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social for info & lending bins! #LowCarbonBirding #UKWildlife

Large white and red striped lighthouse on the top of a cliff. In the distance is another lighthouse and white cliffs of Purbeck. There are grey clouds

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Amy Robjohns @amythebirder.eurosky.social · 18/10/2026

Hello Dorset 👋 Haven't been here in ages - after multiple trains & rail replacement buses, it's time for a bus & then a nice walk! #LowCarbonBirding

Bus stop shelter beside a small bay with some houses overlooking it. Further out the sea looks a little choppy, with sailing boats on it. In the distance are white cliffs. It is sunny with clear skies

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Amy Robjohns @amythebirder.eurosky.social · 18/10/2026

Work-life balance still not great, but trying to sort that out starting today with a multimodal adventure and some #LowCarbonBirding & wildlife 🙂🤞

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Amy Robjohns @amythebirder.eurosky.social · 17/10/2026

Water refill stations are one of the forgotten facilities for travel & recreation. Like benches etc there aren't enough in most places but they're great, even if running errands! Hill Head has 4(!) and I find the taps at some train stations helpful as it saves weight to not pack as much water.

Water refill station with a plastic box underneath. It is metal and attached to the ground with a push button tap. Not like the newer, taller refill stations. It has a green sticker with a tern to mark the Solent Way. Behind is a grey beach hut, shingle, and the sea.

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Amy Robjohns @amythebirder.eurosky.social · 12/10/2026

Interesting find by my colleague over the weekend! #ukBirding

Book called "The Historical Atlas of Breeding Birds in Britain and Ireland
1875-1900" by
SIMON HOLLOWAY

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Amy Robjohns @amythebirder.eurosky.social · 11/10/2026

You've also reminded me of one of the books I've not got round to reading yet

WADERS their breeding, haunts and waters. By Desmond and Marimie Nethersole-Thompson

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Amy Robjohns @amythebirder.eurosky.social · 10/10/2026

As I had a day ticket, and the timings fitted, I took the opportunity to 'life tick' the 11 to Averstoke - only Fareham bus route I'd not done til now! 😄 Ended up in Stokes Bay for a walk afterwards before heading home. #PublicTransport

View from bus window showing a bus stop sign which says Solent & 11. There is a hedge behind it, then grass and some red brick buildings.

Fareham Creek from the bus. On one side are trees hiding Cams estate and golf course and further along the creek are lots of boats. It is sunny with clouds

Stokes Bay. Sparsely Vegetated shingle, sea with glare from the sun and Isle of Wight in the distance. More clouds in this photo

Lovely painted stone on a bench which seems to be partly made with pebbles. It is orange and has a black bird with an orange- yellow bill.

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Amy Robjohns @amythebirder.eurosky.social · 10/10/2026

That time again - Port Solent (top of Portsmouth Harbour) WeBS by bus! The gulls were joined by singles of Mute Swan, Little Egret, and Great Crested Grebe. @webs-gsmp.bsky.social #LowCarbonBirding

Taken from the bus near the front with glass doors and good visibility at the front. There is a path, grass and then the harbour with some glare from the sun. In the distance there are trees and Portchester Castle.

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Amy Robjohns @amythebirder.eurosky.social · 05/10/2026

Beautiful sunset & dusk this evening 😌

Twighlight in the Solent with a pale blue sky and yellow-orange on the horizon. The oil refinery at Fawley is just visible. Isle of Wight also on the horizon. Two benches in the foreground on the edge on the cliff top

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Amy Robjohns @amythebirder.eurosky.social · 04/10/2026

Returned to Titchfield Haven after a couple of weeks break. Trickles of Meadow Pipits, Skylarks and hirundines overhead - the latter swirling over the river! View from the new VC is pretty good, and turned out nice once fog cleared #LowCarbonBirding #PWC2026

Reedbed either side of the river and a tall tree. It is sunny.

Flat calm sea. Low mist means no island visible but it is otherwise sunny. Two wooden groynes on the beach

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Amy Robjohns @amythebirder.eurosky.social · 27/09/2026

Work-life balance hasn't been great lately (even after factoring in studying... plus it's been "summer") - need to sort that out... but was great to explore Portsmouth today, and gravitate towards the sea after enjoying the sculptures ☺️ Sandwich Terns the 'best' bird noted #PublicTransport.

Looking down towards the sea from a mound beside Southsea Castle. The castle has a white and black lighthouse. It is overcast

Artwork at Southsea, near Southsea Castle. Each of the 5 painting is colourful and abstract using lots of different lines to show the sea. By Stephanie Morgan. #Art

Close up of HMS Warrior. It has no sails and is painted black with a red stripe at the bottom.

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Amy Robjohns @amythebirder.eurosky.social · 27/09/2026

Even more! This lovely #Solent wetland themed lion, and an important one about Hertha Ayrton, a scientist (prideofportsmouth.co.uk/sculptures/h...) More info here about the sculptures: prideofportsmouth.co.uk

Lion depicting a wetland scene. It shows an Avocet, Ringed Plover, a wader which could be a Dunlin, Lapwing, Little Egret, flying Brent Geese

Same lion with a grey owl, swallow and a Kingfisher

Same lion with Grey Heron, more swallows, a Short-eared Owl, Tufted Ducks, Grey Wagtail an another duck which could be a Wigeon, and a Harrier. The nearby lions are very colourful

Lion with a woman in a purple dress holding a sign saying "votes for women". It had text saying "An error that ascribed to a man, what was actually the work of a woman has more lives than a cat."

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Amy Robjohns @amythebirder.eurosky.social · 27/09/2026

Real and interesting art by real, creative people ❤️🎨 So much better than the sad, homogenous outputs genAI produces... Enjoyed the lion sculptures at Portsmouth's Hostoric Dockyard today! Range of themes including the sea, wildlife, and a data visualisation lion.

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Amy Robjohns @amythebirder.eurosky.social · 26/09/2026

Still some Strawberry Clover flowering in Lee-on-the Solent and pink Yarrow #WildflowerHour

Lots of tiny pink flowers that look like one big flower

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Amy Robjohns @amythebirder.eurosky.social · 12/09/2026

That time of year again: @webs-gsmp.bsky.social by bus! Unsurprisingly for September, Port Solent (Portsmouth Harbour) was quiet with a grand total of 27 Black-headed, 3 Common & 1 Herring Gulls 😅 #LowCarbonBirding

Window view from the bus showing the top of the harbour on the opposite side of the road.

Paulsgrove Lake with shipbuilding yard and Portchester Castle in the distance

Marina with lots of white boats. Behind is exposed chalk from a quarry on Portsdown Hill. It is sunny with some white clouds. A few houses can be seen around the marina

Amy is wearing olive trousers and sat on a blue and pink patterned seat. In the gap is a grey and red hiking rucksack with a tripod strapped to it n the side pocket. The tripod is slightly taller than the bag. It is missing a head (packed inside bag). The tripod is held in place with an extra strap attached to the load-bearing strap used to lift bags. The frame is made of trampoline mesh. It has some tape to repair holes. The bus is mainly grey but has a photo with grass

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Amy Robjohns @amythebirder.eurosky.social · 12/09/2026

There's more! Flounced Rustic and this Agriphila geniculea stumbled across this morning in VC11. Do like (most of the time) that my brain seems to notice lots - makes errand walks more interesting, and of course, it's always good to have a spare pot to hand 😆 #TeamMoth

Small beige micro moth in a glass tube. It was found resting on a wall and, being a 'grass' moth was released onto the grass nearby

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Amy Robjohns @amythebirder.eurosky.social · 10/09/2026

Decent numbers of Whitethroats, Willow Warblers and Blackcaps at Titchfield Haven plus Barn Owl, Glossy Ibis, 2+ Cattle Egrets, 2 Dartford Warblers, 4 Wheatear, Rock Pipit, Greenshank, trickle of hirundines & Meadow Pipits overhead etc #LowCarbonBirding

Three birds on brambles. One is a Whitethroat facing towards the camera. It has a white throat, creamy pink underparts and brown head. The other two are Dartford Warblers. They are a darker brown and have short bills and long tails

Willow Warbler and Long-tailed Tit in a tree. The Willow Warbler has olive brown upper parts and lemon yellow underparts. The long-tailed tot has pale underparts and dark head and wings

Two Whitethroats and two wheatears on brambles. The Wheatears are facing the camera and have pink ish breast and brown grey heads

Glossy Ibis feeding on mud at the edge of the River Meon. It is black with pale legs abs a down curved bill

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Amy Robjohns @amythebirder.eurosky.social · 09/09/2026

Still continuing on my #Booksky theme... Next up is Carmageddon by Daniel Knowles

Book taken under a red light - it's the colour that least disrupts the body clock so is good for evenings. Book is called Carmagedon by Daniel Knowles. The front cover has lots of cars piled on top of each other. At the bottom is more text saying "how cars make life worse and what to do about it"

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Amy Robjohns @amythebirder.eurosky.social · 08/09/2026

Last half hour at Titchfield Haven yielded Cattle Egret still, and a handful of Whitethroats and Blackcaps on the East Meadows + Yellow Wagtail & Peregrine during the walk to reserve #LowCarbonBirding

Sun shining through gaps in trees over a gravel path.

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Amy Robjohns @amythebirder.eurosky.social · 08/09/2026

Soggy start to a week off with a wander over to Browndown - much needed and very welcome after a mostly too hot summer! Not much seen yet asides from Sandwich Terns offshore. Hopefully some birdy days to come 🤞 #LowCarbonBirding

Shingle beach with lots of MOD signs warning of DANGER and potential for explosives. One sign says not to enter if the red flag is flying - thankfully it wasn't today. Another sign warns of high wildfire risk. In the distance is lots of horse scrub. It is overcast and wet.

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Amy Robjohns @amythebirder.eurosky.social · 06/09/2026

Traveller's-joy was one of many species that distracted me on today's walk, and 100th species for @bsbibotany.bsky.social #100PlantsChallenge 🎉 Finished just before term restarts for masters yr2! #WildflowerHour Enjoyed trying to ID local plants - lots more to get my head round some day.

White flowers with many very thin petals growing beside chicken wire

Same species but this time gone over and looks more like its other name of "old man's beard"

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Amy Robjohns @amythebirder.eurosky.social · 06/09/2026

Asides from missing an Osprey (d'oh) it's been nice wandering around the seafront and must be a Flying Ant or something kind of day! Also an obliging Clouded Yellow at Elmore Triangle + many vocal Sandwich Terns offshore. #LowCarbonBirding

Mix of grey and white clouds. There are flats and a row of street lights, and some trees, plus one massive house. Above are lots of gulls that appear to be fly catching

Looking towards Fawley oil refinery from Lee-on-the Solent. There is a slope with gorse and vegetated shingle below. Some breakwaters are visible with tall markers. In the distance the tall funnels from the refinery are visible on the left, and Hill Head and Brownwich / Chilling farmland on the right, with Southampton Water just visible and a cruise ship in it if you squint! It is overcast

Orangey-yellow butterfly with a white circle. It is partially obscured by a small branch and sat on a green leaf

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Amy Robjohns @amythebirder.eurosky.social · 05/09/2026

Hill Head: trickle of Yellow Wagtails, Meadow Pipits & hirundines overhead + single Tree Pipit call heard. Also small flock of Terns, 2 Eider offshore, and brief check of boardwalk on reserve yielded Blackcaps & Willow Warblers. Ooh, and this boat... #LowCarbonBirding #PWC2026

Wonky photo that looks like the Isle of Wight is sinking or very sloped to the east. In front of it is a black and white steam boat with red funnels. There is a small white sailing boat. It is sunny with clear skies

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Amy Robjohns @amythebirder.eurosky.social · 31/08/2026

Small patch of Lucerne (I think) on top of the cliff/slope at Lee-on-the Solent, plus Orange Balsam and Marsh Thistle at Titchfield Haven #WildflowerHour

Purple flowers and small leaves. It is clover like

Very tall Marsh Thistle with purple thistles on the top of long prickly stems

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Amy Robjohns @amythebirder.eurosky.social · 31/08/2026

Already packed camera away and was chatting to SB when a raptor caught my eye... Cue panic and pausing conversation for Honey-buzzard west over Titchfield Haven! A speck my the time I got the camera on it 🫣 My 5th over patch - most late August birds. #PWC2026 #LowCarbonBirding

Original photo mainly of grey clouds and two blobs which are birds. One has a red arrow pointing at it

Cropped photo of a Honey-buzzard showing a dark oval ish carpal patch and mostly pale underwings but darker primaries. It is flying away

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Amy Robjohns @amythebirder.eurosky.social · 31/08/2026

Some of Hill Head's Turnstones are looking particularly smart including this one who was blocking the path! #HantsBirds

Turnstone on grey paving. It is still in breeding plumage with ruddy tones on wings and mantle (hence its full name Ruddy Turnstone). Black Brest, mostly white head and underparts and orange legs.

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Amy Robjohns @amythebirder.eurosky.social · 30/08/2026

Water Mint, Gypsywort, Greater Bird's-foot Trefoil and Skullcap at Titchfield Haven #WildflowerHour Another highlight were 'singing' (heard only) Coneheads - long-winged, I think, ought to bring bat detector tomorrow to confirm!

Large jagged leaves with small white flowers around the stem

Yellow flowers in a circle. Plant is over a board walk with black boards

Purple tube like flowers. Leaves are sort of triangular

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Amy Robjohns @amythebirder.eurosky.social · 30/08/2026

Much more pleasant temperatures at last with a lovely F5 breeze helping! First Pintail of autumn back at Titchfield Haven today #LowCarbonBirding

Cloudy sky with some white and some pale grey clouds. The sea looks grey ish. There are dark wooden groynes and shingle beach with tide line. The tide is in. Round the way to the east are lots of flats. In the foreground are multiple kites from kite surfers.

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Amy Robjohns @amythebirder.eurosky.social · 29/08/2026

Yesterday there were many gulls roosting at Monks Hill, Hill Head, as well as huge flocks offshore. Shelter would've helped (shaky views through scope!) but good local count of 10+ Lesser Black-backed & ad Yellow-legged among the roost. Maybe the Franklin's Gull might visit! 🙏 #LowCarbonBirding

Two shingle spits or islands with mixed flock of Gulls roosting on them. Their mantles are varying shades of grey - Lesser Black-backed Gulls being the darkest, slate coloured, and others paler grey. Some are young birds and are still brown. The sea looks blue and sea state is probably moderate

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Amy Robjohns @amythebirder.eurosky.social · 29/08/2026

More much needed rain this morning and a lovely soggy walk 😌

The rain itself isn't really visible but it is proper raining and there is low grey cloud. The Isle of Wight is not visible. The shingle beach looks a bit wet and tide is high. There are two tall green marker posts with triangles marking some rocks. In the foreground is a patch of scrub which is on the slope / cliff.

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Amy Robjohns @amythebirder.eurosky.social · 26/08/2026

...and several large fishing flocks of Gulls and Terns in the Solent again today! Apologies for the questionable handheld digiscoping 😆 Also, sound up if you'd like a reminder of how cars & roads - noise pollution - ruin what would otherwise be peaceful soundscapes #HantsBirds

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Amy Robjohns @amythebirder.eurosky.social · 26/08/2026

Orange Swift on a wall at Lee-on-the Solent (VC11) this morning is the latest moth stumbled across - do enjoy the way you can bump into wildlife & plants almost anywhere! #TeamMoth

Moth resting on a white wall. It is orange or rusty in colouration with white stripes that firm an upside down V on its wings. There are also a few black markings.

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Amy Robjohns @amythebirder.eurosky.social · 23/08/2026

Seaside Daisy (Erigeron glaucus) at Lee-on-the Solent #WildflowerHour

Daisy-like plant with pale purple petals and yellow centre. Most aren't fully in flower

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Amy Robjohns @amythebirder.eurosky.social · 22/08/2026

Fish! Reason for the impressive fishing flocks of Terns and Gulls in the Solent, and why it's now part of a marine Special Protection Area, complementing the rest of the Solent's land/intertidal designations. #HantsBirds

Two silver fish jumping just above the surface of the water. There is a tern nearby. Calm sea

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Amy Robjohns @amythebirder.eurosky.social · 22/08/2026

May live in Hants, but rarely venture this far west, so to see The Needles twice in c. 5 weeks is rare! 😄 #Solent

The Narrows - the narrowest section of the Solent between The Needles on the Isle of Wight and Hurst Spit. The Needles are visible of the left but don't look very needle like. There is a narrow red and white lighthouse with them. The cliffs on the island are steep and chalk. At the top is a building - where we were a month ago! On the right is Hurst Castle and a white lighthouse. They are on a long shingle spit. The sea is fairly calm and there is a yellow buoy. Clear skies

Close up of the Needles and cliff with a couple of white sailing boats with open sails

Distant photo of the Needles and Isle of Wight as we leave (or approach) Lymington with the Marshes and seawall in the foreground. The tide is out exposing intertidal salt marshes and mud. Behind the seawall are lagoons and more marshes.

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Amy Robjohns @amythebirder.eurosky.social · 22/08/2026

Cool to get a low flying seabirds' eye view of the #Solent! Bird highlights include a Gannet off the Beaulieu Estate (& North Solent NNR), and Greenshank at Lymington. Low tide while we were on land - most birds were a long way out on the marshes! #HantsBirds

Gannet - white blob - sat on the sea. Behind it is a beach and some houses, and lots of trees. Part of the Beaulieu Estate.

Looking east while passing the Beaulieu Estuary. The Isle of Wight is just visible on the right. This is after you go round the corner after passing Cowes. Looking ahead there is land visible including the Spinnaker Tower.

View from Lymington with some exposed salt marsh on the left, Isle of Wight on the right and just visible, the Spinnaker Tower on the horizon

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Amy Robjohns @amythebirder.eurosky.social · 22/08/2026

Lymington-Keyhaven Marshes coming into view as we approach Lymington! 😄 One could get buses & trains here, but the Gosport Ferry's day trip sounded even more fun! #LowCarbonBirding #PublicTransport

Salt Marshes with the Isle of Wight in the distance, calm sea, clear skies. A large red first aid box on the ferry is visible

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Amy Robjohns @amythebirder.eurosky.social · 22/08/2026

Time for another "overseas" adventure... 😄 #LowCarbonBirding

Calm water near the narrow entrance to Portsmouth Harbour. There are buildings on both sides. In the foreground is the red ensign from a boat that is static because it's calm. Clear skies

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Amy Robjohns @amythebirder.eurosky.social · 19/08/2026

Titchfield Haven: 2 Spoonbills, Great White, Cattle and Little Egrets + Whinchat on East Meadows and the Frying Pan this evening, and c30 Greylags! Wasn't that long ago that most of these species would've been rare/scarce or 'patch gold' 😮 #LowCarbonBirding #PWC2026

Great White Egret (large white heron with long S shaped neck and yellow bill) in water with a Grey Heron which is hunched (grey upper parts, white ish under parts and yellow bill) and two Spoonbills (large white birds with long bill that is spoon shaped at the base). There is tall vegetation at front which is blurred and reeds behind

Cattle Egret's head poking up above the long vegetation. It had a white head with a yellow bill. It is stood next to a brown Highland cow which is facing away and has long up-curved horns. There is a reedbed behind

Two sleeping Little Egrets low down in a willow tree. They look like white blobs. Behind them is a reedbed with trees

Whinchat on a bush. It is pale with a noticeable eye stripe. The photo is terrible!

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Amy Robjohns @amythebirder.eurosky.social · 19/08/2026

Lovely even visit to Titchfield Haven ending with Yellow Wagtails coming into roost 😌 Enjoying the extra events the staff have held this year #PatchBirding

Low sun almost below the height of the reedbed which looks dark. The sky is mostly clear with a few pink ish clouds

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