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Andrew Chick

@apcbirding.bsky.social
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Mostly Cumbria, mostly birds and plants …but also 🌼🦡🦇🐸🐍🪷🦋🍄🕷️ www.forktail.co.uk

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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Grey Chi – An Autumn Moth of the North-West forktail.co.uk/2026/08/22/g...
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Grey Chi – An Autumn Moth of the North-West
The Grey Chi (Antitype chi) is one of those moths that feels particularly at home in the north-west of Britain. While many familiar garden moths are widespread throughout the country, Grey Chi has …
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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Cumbrian Bird's-nest Orchids @wildflowerhour.bsky.social No green bits needed at all, as it gets all it nourishment from soil mycorrhizae, and it's pollinated by flies and ants!
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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Cumbrian Moonwort – one of Britain's most mysterious plants.. 🌿✨ #Moonwort #Cumbria #LakeDistrict #Botany #PlantLore #WildflowerHour
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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Lots of Little Gull action today on the Lancashire coast line... At least five at RSPB Marshside... Great little birds!
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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
POW - Picture of the Week - Male Redstart near The Nest Cafe at Thurstaston on the Wirral.... #wirralbirding 14/04/26
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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
03/04/2026 A morning at #StAidansRSPB Reserve, a site that embodies an inspirational concept of industrial rejuvenation & ecological restoration! Booming Bitterns, grebes & much much more - well done #RSPB great work!
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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
A real highlight from RSPB Leighton Moss on 31st March, an incredibly acrobatic 1st winter Little Gull twisting and turning over the reserve. Light as a feather and full of energy, giving brilliant views as it fed on the wing. A proper spring treat! 🐦✨ #LeightonMoss #Birding #LancashireBirding
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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
A bit of Cumbrian adder action, two males taking advantage of a brief break in the cloud cover 30.03.26 @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social
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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Greater Painted Snipe!!! It’s been a very long wait, but I’ve finally managed to see one of these incredible birds… 😊 forktail.co.uk/2026/02/13/w... #Birds #Birding #GambiaBirds
Greater Painted Snipe (Female)Greater Painted Snipe (Male)Photo hide…!!Sunset over habitat in Kota, Gambia
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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
A really approachable Great White Egret at Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria this afternoon..
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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
“AI, could you remove the foliage so I can see the bird better?” “Ah, perfect, thanks!” 🦉
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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Four of the six Bewick’s Swans leaving the overnight roost at Deeping Lakes LWT, Lincolnshire this morning (06/01/26). A lovely winter sight. 🦢❄️
4 of the 6 Bewick's Swans leaving the roost at Deepings Lakes LWT, Lincolnshire 0601264 of the 6 Bewick's Swans leaving the roost at Deepings Lakes LWT, Lincolnshire 0601264 of the 6 Bewick's Swans leaving the roost at Deepings Lakes LWT, Lincolnshire 060126
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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Deeping Lakes: Many of the c.150 Whooper Swans were standing on thin ice, 2 with white rings. Both originally ringed Sandvatn, Mývatnsheiði in 2023. Today’s sighting represents the 1st sighting of 36C since 2024, while 34F has previously been recorded at Crowland and Welney @waterbirdcm.bsky.social
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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Found this striking partial-albino male Blackbird today at Bowness-on-Windermere… 23.12.25
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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Autumn in Cumbria means one thing… Whooper Swans are on the move! 🦢🍂 Graceful flocks are arriving to spend the winter gracing our lakes and wetlands, a truly magical sight. #Birding #CumbriaBirds #WhooperSwans
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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Among Britain’s industrial relics, few plants are as evocative as Spring Sandwort (Sabulina verna). This tiny, starry wildflower marks old mine spoil, telling a story of metal, geology & human endeavour. 📸 NE Cumbria, Nov 2025 #wildflowerhour
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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Troutbeck River in full spate after overnight rain…. #cumbria #LakeDistrict
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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Sadly, this Barrow bird didn’t follow the Green Cross Code… @cumbriabirdclub.bsky.social
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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Some Bird Magic — the Rutland Baird’s Sandpiper pulls a classic disappearing act… straight up the barrel of a camera lens! Maybe a bit of overkill on the size of lens required! 🎩🔫📸 #ukbirding #BirdingUK #RareBirdUK
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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
A flash of turquoise cutting across the rising mega tide at Barrow-in-Furness this morning... @cumbriabirdclub.bsky.social
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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Roosecote Sands, Barrow this morning, 153 Pale-bellied Brent Geese feeding, c500+ Pink-foot south in several flocks and this crazy leucistic Curlew…. #birds #cumbriabirds
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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Nighthawk Magic - British Columbia Sept 2025 #Birds #BCBirds
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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Bold blues and brash calls.... the Steller’s Jay never blends into the background. A true forest trickster, curious, noisy, and impossible to ignore. 🌲💙 #Birds #StellersJay
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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Forest gamebirds with very different styles 🌲🪶 The Ruffed Grouse drums on logs with rapid wingbeats, a heartbeat of the woods. The Sooty Grouse booms deep calls through mountain forests, echoing like distant drums. #Birds #CanadianBirds #Birding
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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Master of the skies 🦅 The Osprey dives with pinpoint precision, snatching its prey straight from the water. A true symbol of wild rivers and coasts. #BirdsOfPrey #Osprey #WildlifePhotography #CanadianBirds #Birds
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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Tiny, bold, and with a voice like a toy horn 🚗🎺 the Red-breasted Nuthatch is a master climber, walking headfirst down tree trunks in search of insects & seeds. A splash of rusty-orange chest + a bold eye stripe make it unmistakable! #birds #birdingcanada #CanadianBirds
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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Between tarmac & pasture, a wall-top blooms with Bird’s-foot Trefoil, Harebell, ferns and fine grasses. A narrow ribbon of biodiversity squeezed between two low-diversity landscapes. #WildflowerHour #Biodiversity #Cumbria forktail.co.uk/2025/08/27/a...
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A Ribbon of Wildness Between Road and Pasture
At first glance, the scene is an ordinary roadside wall – a strip of stone edging the tarmac footpath, with a fence and pasture beyond. Yet the top of this wall tells a richer, more hopeful story. …
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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
A quiet visitor this morning – a fine adult Roe Deer buck standing just beyond our Lake District garden, alert and watchful in the misty light. 🦌✨ #LakeDistrict #Wildlife
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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
A splash of colour in the autumn garden 🍂💙 This juvenile Blue Tit is still finding its way among the fading leaves here in our Lake District garden. #Birdwatching #LakeDistrict #BlueTit
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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Garden Wasp…
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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Yellow-wort (Blackstonia perfoliata) in Cumbria - brightens dry grasslands & coastal slopes with its striking starry yellow flowers. A late-summer gem, often closing by afternoon sun 🌼💛 #wildflowerhour
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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
🌸 Common Restharrow – a creeping perennial of dry, sandy soils. Once notorious for stopping farmers’ harrows, now admired for its stunning pink pea-flowers. In Cumbria it’s abundant on coastal dunes, frequent in the Eden Valley, but scarce elsewhere. #Wildflower #Cumbria #Wildflowerhour
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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Common Lizard - Fowlshaw Moss's CWT - Cumbria 220825 #Reptiles #UKReptiles #UKHerp
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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Skullcap - Lake District #WildFlowerHour 💀🧢
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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Kirkstone Pass - 18/08/25 #LakeDistrict
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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Strawberry Clover - Cumbria #wildflowerhour 🍓☘️
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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
🌿 Common Sea-lavender (Limonium vulgare) lights up the Cumbrian saltmarshes in summer with its soft purple blooms. Not a true lavender, but just as striking, a coastal classic at its best. 💜 #wildflowers #saltmarsh
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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Peak summer at Bowber Head Farm – the upland hay meadows are bursting with colour and life. One of the UK's rarest habitats, lovingly managed by Cumbria Wildlife Trust. 🌼🌾 #HayMeadow #CumbriaWildlife #BowberHead
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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Dogs and Disturbance on Roosecote Sands SPA: A Growing Concern... forktail.co.uk/2025/06/25/d...
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Dogs and Disturbance on Roosecote Sands SPA: A Growing Concern
Yet again, dogs have been seen running unchecked across Roosecote Sands, a designated Special Protection Area (SPA) for its important birdlife. On this occasion, two large pointer-type dogs were ph…
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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Humming Bird Hawkmoth, Barrow Cumbria 250625 feeding on Sea-lavender #ukmoths
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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Western Sandpiper at Maidens, South Ayrshire… my 400th UK bird species ✅ for the 2nd (!!!) time (read below 👇 to get the full sorry story)…. forktail.co.uk/2025/06/22/w...
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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Bowber Head Farm CWT is buzzing in June 🌼🐝 the upland hay meadows burst into life with wildflowers, pollinators, and the hum of a centuries-old tradition. One of England’s rarest habitats, right here in Cumbria. #HayMeadows #CumbriaWildlife #BowberHead #SSSI #MeadowMagic
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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Adders spotted basking at Foulshaw Moss today! A great sign that this precious peatland is healthy and teeming with life. Keep your eyes peeled and tread carefully — they're shy and protected. 🐍☀️ @cumbriawildlife #Adders #FoulshawMoss #PeatlandWildlife
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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
White-faced Darter on the wing today at Foulshaw Moss! One of the UK's rarest dragonflies, this fiery little beauty is thriving thanks to years of careful peatland restoration by @cumbriawildlife. #WhiteFacedDarter #FoulshawMoss
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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
My first visit it RSPB Hogbarrow and I find a Pectoral Sandpiper... Nice site!! @cumbriabirdclub.bsky.social
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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
(Not Birds…) At least 40+ Small pearl-bordered fritillary seen on the Claife, Cumbria afternoon… seem to like the thistles in the emerging bracken… #ukbutterflies #butterflies
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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
The displaying Buff-breasted Sandpiper at East Halton, Lincs 19th May 2025 #Lincsbirding #Birds
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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
A few migrants around Barrow, Cumbria this morning made for a productive outing, including a Spotted Flycatcher, remarkably, I didn’t see a single one in Cumbria last year, and this is my second this month. #birds #cumbriabirds
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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
40 species at Cavendish Dock & Roosecote Sands, including 150 Ringed Plovers (Tundra?), 30+ Dunlin in full sum plum. The exposed Oystercatcher is back nesting for what looks like its 4th year, while its partner keeps watch from CCTV pole & motorbikes zip past pulling wheelies on the footpath!
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Andrew Chick @apcbirding.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Not many places left for the Oystercatchers to go at Barrow, Cumbria.... #Birds #CumbriaBirds
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