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Baldbirder: Ross Newham @baldbirder.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Identikit image of Yellow-browed Warbler found by @peter-eerdmans.bsky.social in the Old Lighthouse garden at @dungenessbirdobs.bsky.social - a shy individual (the warbler, not Peter)... @kentishplover.bsky.social #kentbirding @dungenessowen.bsky.social #rarebirdsuk

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Baldbirder: Ross Newham @baldbirder.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Stunning wee 1w Grey Phalarope at Holborough Marshes @kentwildlife.bsky.social at luchtime today. Certainly an unexpected, but very welcome, bird just 1.6 miles (as the phalarope flies) from home. @kentishplover.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social @leeevansbirding.bsky.social #kentbirding #waders

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Baldbirder: Ross Newham @baldbirder.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Large flock (17+) of Long-finned Pilot Whales on the River Thames, viewed from Gravesend, this evening. First I've seen in UK waters this century. Last image shows one animal frequently on its side...fingers crossed for it. BDMLR are aware. #kentnature @kentfieldclub.bsky.social #cetaceans

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Baldbirder: Ross Newham @baldbirder.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Ad American Golden Plover this evening at Jury's Gap, in a quick 'county lines' forray into #sussexbirding territory... @rarebirder.bsky.social ##rarebirdsuk #ukbirding

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Baldbirder: Ross Newham @baldbirder.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Fun watching so many Black Terns passing @dungenessbirdobs.bsky.social this evening. Nice to compare moults between the smudgy adults (1st 2x images) and the pristine juveniles (last 2x images). Super duper birds! @kentishplover.bsky.social @martynwilson.bsky.social #kentbirding

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Baldbirder: Ross Newham @baldbirder.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Turn left for Dunge or straight over for Eastbourne...I went for the RNPhalarope which showed distantly... Mid afternoon onwards spent watching the sea, and some distant Gannets, at Seaford Splash... @neilburt.bsky.social #SussexBirding #ukbirding

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Baldbirder: Ross Newham @baldbirder.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Enjoyed an evening with the Beavers on the River Stour in the centre of Canterbury yesterday - great to see these fabulous beasts going about their business with so many people passing by. #KentNature @kentfieldclub.bsky.social #UKMammals

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Baldbirder: Ross Newham @baldbirder.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Smart male Redstart on Saturday at Hayle Park Nature Reserve, Maidstone - a great local patch find by @stevenixonkent.bsky.social #kentbirding @kentishplover.bsky.social

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Baldbirder: Ross Newham @baldbirder.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

A showy Golden Oriole at Dungeness, near the watertower, this afternoon! Brilliant stuff as it posed nicely out in the open for a few minutes at a time. Happy dayz... @rarebirder.bsky.social @dungenessbirdobs.bsky.social @kentishplover.bsky.social #RareBirdsUK #kentbirding

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Baldbirder: Ross Newham @baldbirder.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Couple of new Whinchat at East Malling yesterday & today - has been a good little passage of these on site this Autumn. @kentishplover.bsky.social #kentbirding #ukbirding @puxleymj.bsky.social @mallingbirder.bsky.social

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Baldbirder: Ross Newham @baldbirder.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Patch Gold! A lovely juvenile Whinchat at East Malling today - a nice find by @puxleymj.bsky.social Just the not-insignificant migration now to sub-Saharan Africa for the Winter. Amazing birds! @kentishplover.bsky.social #ukbirding #kentbirding #birdmigration @btobirds.bsky.social

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Baldbirder: Ross Newham @baldbirder.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Wood Warbler in the Moat at @dungenessbirdobs.bsky.social this afternoon - looking lovely and clean, as ever. Superb wee thing. #kentbirding @kentishplover.bsky.social #ukbirding

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Baldbirder: Ross Newham @baldbirder.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Wryneck in the Moat at @dungenessbirdobs.bsky.social this afternoon - superb prehistoric-looking summer-migrant woodpeckers! @kentishplover.bsky.social #kentbirding #rarebirdsuk

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Baldbirder: Ross Newham @baldbirder.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Some of the highlights from a couple of fun trips out with @scillypelagics.bsky.social last weekend. Wilson's Petrels + Cory's, Great & Sooty Shearwaters all performing wonderfully. #seabirds @rarebirder.bsky.social @cbwps.org.uk #CornwallBirds

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Baldbirder: Ross Newham @baldbirder.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Tree Pipit at Lower Moors, Scilly, 16/8/26 - a super smart bird, and not one I had expected to walk out of the reeds to the water's edge. #cornwallbirding #scillybirding #UKBirding

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Baldbirder: Ross Newham @baldbirder.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Lovely Wood Sandpiper occasionally dropping down in front of the hide at Lower Moors, St Marys, to enjoy the muddy banquette... Please to get it in flight. #cornwallbirding #UKBirding #scillybirding @rarebirder.bsky.social

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Baldbirder: Ross Newham @baldbirder.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Spent a fun ten minutes photographing a bathing (and cooling) Woodpigeon in the post-rain puddles at Musselburgh Lagoons car park last weekend. Pleasure to meet @griffinwildlife.bsky.social A few more puddles in Kent would be very welcome! #ukbirding #BirdingScotland

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Baldbirder: Ross Newham @baldbirder.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Herring Gull at Scrabster Harbour yesterday. An extraordinary bill - with both mandibles being hyper-extended. One parent being a Waldrapp...perhaps (not)! #gulls #BirdingScotland @bou.org.uk #avianbiology

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Baldbirder: Ross Newham @baldbirder.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Corrr! Blue-cheeked Bee-eater on @northronbirdobs.bsky.social Thurs afternoon. Missed the '89 Cowden bird by a day and the '09 Bockhill bird by 30 secs... Finally! Thanks to all the crew at the Obs for a great stay. #orkneybirding @rarebirder.bsky.social #rarebirdsuk @archieraven.bsky.social

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Baldbirder: Ross Newham @baldbirder.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Wall (Brown), Painted Lady, Clouded Yellow and Chalkhill Blues a plenty at St Margaret's at Cliffe yesterday - was trying to look for 'interesting' Small Whites, but the rascals wouldn't stop... @savebutterflies.bsky.social @kentwildlife.bsky.social #kentnature #butterflies

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Baldbirder: Ross Newham @baldbirder.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

A few more of the adult female Garganey from the Reedbed Hide at Stodmarsh NNR yesterday - smart bird! @kentishplover.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social #kentbirding #wildfowl

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Baldbirder: Ross Newham @baldbirder.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Red-banded Sand Wasp (Ammophila sabulosa) at RSPB Dungeness at the weekend. An impressive beast, seen shifting its paralysed prey (several times its own weight), to its nursery chamber/tunnel. @kentwildlife.bsky.social @kentfieldclub.bsky.social @dungenessbirdobs.bsky.social #kentnature #BWARS

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Baldbirder: Ross Newham @baldbirder.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Orange-shouldered Blister Beetle (Sitaris muralis) have started appearing from ‘their wall’ in East Malling, Kent, today. Strange clumsy beasts…their corpses litter the path below. #kentnature @kentfieldclub.bsky.social @kentwildlife.bsky.social #entomology

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Baldbirder: Ross Newham @baldbirder.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

A lovely juvvy/female-type Garganey from the Reedbed Hide at Stodmarsh NNR this afternoon - a super confiding wee thing. #kentbirding #wildfowl @kentishplover.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social

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Baldbirder: Ross Newham @baldbirder.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Pair of Garganey from Hanson Hide, ARC, Dunge, this evening - subtle beauty (much like myself..). Nice to catch them in flight. @kentishplover.bsky.social @dungenessbirdobs.bsky.social #kentbirding #wildfowl

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Baldbirder: Ross Newham @baldbirder.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Pleased to find a few Glow-worms around New Hythe Lakes, Kent, last night - fun wee beasties! #kentnature @kentfieldclub.bsky.social @kentwildlife.bsky.social

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Baldbirder: Ross Newham @baldbirder.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

A few stunning pixels of the adult White-rumped Sandpiper currently residing in the last remaining water at Oare Marshes KWT - distance, heat shimmer, incompetent photographer...usual excuses! @kentishplover.bsky.social @kentwildlife.bsky.social #RareBirdsUK #KentBirding @rarebirder.bsky.social

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Baldbirder: Ross Newham @baldbirder.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Scaly (Atlantic Beach) Cricket at Chesil Beach this weekend - with only a few known sites in the UK, it has a very restricted range (but good numbers where they do occur). Fascinating flightless insects with water-repellent scales. @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social #insects #ukwildlife #nature

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Baldbirder: Ross Newham @baldbirder.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Male and female juvenile Bearded Tits at Radipole RSPB last week - the differing bill colour and 'mask' being obvious, even at this early stage. Fun wee beasties. @rspb.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social #ukbirding #DorsetBirding

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Baldbirder: Ross Newham @baldbirder.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Great to join the crew at @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social last night and see three new Storm Petrels being ringed. Brilliant little pelagic birds with phenomenal recovery rates of ringed individuals between breeding/ringing sites. Magic! #seabirds #ukbirding @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

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Baldbirder: Ross Newham @baldbirder.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Bit of larophiling yesterday evening at Radipole RSPB car park... First up was a striking bird from a distance (but just tar/dirt), a CR bird (local), a poss rehab bird, and summer and winter plumage hoods already on the BHGulls. @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social #GULLSWP @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

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Baldbirder: Ross Newham @baldbirder.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Little Owls and a male Barn Owl enjoying the evening sun yesterday at @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social - the second picture being a rare occasion (for me) to photo two spp of owl with one click. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social #ukbirding #owls

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Baldbirder: Ross Newham @baldbirder.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Spent ten lovely minutes today in the quiet company of this dust-bathing Skylark at @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social - sheer fun watching it during its morning spruce-up! @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social #ukbirding #dorsetbirding

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Baldbirder: Ross Newham @baldbirder.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

A few more bits from around @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social this morning with Wheatear being ringed, Lesser Whitethroat x2 in skulking mode, 10+ Yellow Wags and a few Willow Warblers scattered around the recording area - a nice start. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social #UKBirding

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Baldbirder: Ross Newham @baldbirder.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Several feeding Swifts over @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social last night including this adult with a largish food bolus, a saliva-bound 'parcel' of insects, nearly ready to take back for the kid's dinner... @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding #DorsetBirding

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Baldbirder: Ross Newham @baldbirder.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

A few raptors around the @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social recording area yesterday, inc. Sparrowhawk, Buzzard catching a House Sparrow, a very grey-headed Buzzard and a Kestrel. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social #ukbirding

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Baldbirder: Ross Newham @baldbirder.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Nice little selction of warblers on morning walk today at Culverwell @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social: a showy Garden Warbler, a camera-shy Sedge, 4+ Willow and several local Common Whitethroat. All fun stuff! @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social #UKBirding #BirdMigration

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Baldbirder: Ross Newham @baldbirder.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Grasshopper Warbler ringed at @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social this morning and then refound sunning itself in the Crown Fields this evening. Top birds! @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social #DorsetBirding

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Baldbirder: Ross Newham @baldbirder.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Started the day enjoying Surf Scoters off Musselborough Lagoons, and ended the day wth the Long-tailed Shrike in Glos - a cool 26 yrs since I saw my first on South Uist. This Golden Eagle over the road somewhere between the two... Top day! @rarebirder.bsky.social #RareBirdsUK

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Baldbirder: Ross Newham @baldbirder.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

2s Night Heron (Miller’s Pond, Hants) last night and the eclipse drake Ring-necked Duck at Netherfield, Notts, this morning. The start of a few days off… @rarebirder.bsky.social @hantsbirdchat.bsky.social #ukrarebirds

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Baldbirder: Ross Newham @baldbirder.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Hummingbird Hawk-moth feeding on fistleplant... Have seen 6+ on recent Kent ramblings (2 at lunchtime today) - and every one of them a wee stunner! #KentNature #teammoth @kentwildlife.bsky.social @kentfieldclub.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

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Baldbirder: Ross Newham @baldbirder.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Scymnus interruptus, one of the wee-ladybirds. Two adult colour forms and a larva - all found by friends at East Malling. @ukladybirds.bsky.social @kentfieldclub.bsky.social #KentNature

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Baldbirder: Ross Newham @baldbirder.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Red-belted Clearwing at East Malling Research Station yesterday, enjoying the Hogweed heads. #TeamMoth #KentNature @kentfieldclub.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

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Baldbirder: Ross Newham @baldbirder.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Bonaparte's Gull enjoying the apres-office sun today at Oare Marshes KWT - having returned to moult on site for at least its 15th year... Smart bird! @rarebirder.bsky.social #kentbirding #rarebirdsuk #gulls @kentwildlife.bsky.social

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Baldbirder: Ross Newham @baldbirder.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Pammene aurana, Double Orange-spot, at East Malling, Kent, this evening - a lovely wee micro that is a daytime-flying Hogweed specialist. Worth checking out your hedgerows for it... @kentfieldclub.bsky.social #TeamMoth #kentnature #ukwildlife @savebutterflies.bsky.social

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