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Bernie Beck

@berniebeck.bsky.social
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A passion for birding with a little painting and sketching

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Bernie Beck @berniebeck.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Kidwelly Quay this morning Redshank 212,Dunlin 3,Green Sand 1,Greenshank 21,Barwit 3,Curlew 134,Pintail 103,Wigeon 64,Teal c150,Kingfisher and Marsh Harrier #birdingwales
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Bernie Beck @berniebeck.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
WWT Llanelli this morning Spotshank 4,Blackwit c400,Redshank 88,Green Sand 2,Ruff 1,Snipe 1,Spoonbill 12,Teal 51,Pintail 3,Marsh Harrier 1,Peregrine 1 and a Grey Wagtail #birdingwales
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Bernie Beck @berniebeck.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Kidwelly Quay tonight Redshank 343,Greenshank 12,Spotted Redshank 1,Dunlin 4,Curlew 67,Snipe 2,Teal 219,Pintail 31,Wigeon 14,Lapwing 1 and Little Grebe 3 #birdingwales
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Bernie Beck @berniebeck.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Bernie Beck @berniebeck.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Pembrey Harbour this morning Barwit 2,Curlew 6,Redshank 14,Turnstone 1,Dunlin 5,Gannet 43,Common Scoter c200 and Manx Shearwater 1 #birdingwales
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Bernie Beck @berniebeck.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A trip up to Kenfig this morning after about a 20 min wait the Red eyed Vireo showed well for a couple of minutes, a great find by Neil and a fantastic addition to my Welsh List
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Bernie Beck @berniebeck.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
A wet Pembrey Harbour tonight was good for Terns Roseate 1,Arctic 4,Common 14,Sandwich 92 also Ringed Plover 45,Redshank 51,Turnstone 13,Sanderling 6,Curlew 4 and Med Gull 22 #birdingwales
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Bernie Beck @berniebeck.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Four of the six Spotshanks with a Redshank (back bird),from Steel Hide late morning #birdingwales
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Bernie Beck @berniebeck.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Pembrey Harbour this morning Wheatear 1,Ringed Plover 76,Dunlin 4,Redshank 1,Turnstone 4,Curlew 2,Sandwich Tern 58,Med Gull 8,Common Gull 21,Gannet 3,Marsh Harrier and Osprey #birdingwales
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Bernie Beck @berniebeck.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Baird's Sandpiper on the right (honest), with a Dunlin, Blackpool,Swansea this evening
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Bernie Beck @berniebeck.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Steel Hide today Spotshank 3 juvs,Greenshank 24,Redshank 187,Curlew Sand 1,Knot 168,Curlew c150,Whimbrel 1,Blackwit c700,Dunlin 2,Teal 8,Shoveler 5,Yellow legged Gull 1cy,Yellow Wagtail and an Osprey
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Bernie Beck @berniebeck.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Kidwelly Quay tonight Curlew Sandpiper 1,Dunlin 134,Ringed Plover 37,Redshank 261,Spotted Redshank 1,Curlew 32,Greenshank 7 and a juv Marsh Harrier #birdingwales
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Bernie Beck @berniebeck.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Ortolan Bunting at Merthyr Tydfil this afternoon and addition to my Welsh List
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Bernie Beck @berniebeck.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Yellow Wagtail Banc-y-Lord top ponds #birdingwales
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Bernie Beck @berniebeck.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Lesser Yellowlegs at Pembrey Harbour this evening, very difficult to get any shots #birdingwales
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Bernie Beck @berniebeck.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Pembrey Harbour this morning Common Tern 10,Sandwich Tern 83,Med Gull 34,Common Gull 2,Redshank 1,Ringed Plover 4,Greenshank 1,Turnstone 2,Common Sand 1,Knot 2 and Little Egret 1 # birdingwales
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Bernie Beck @berniebeck.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Pembrey Harbour tonight Sandwich Tern 86,Med Gull 154,Common Gull 3,Ringed Plover 47,Dunlin 11,Turnstone 3,Gannet 2 and a flyover Wood Sandpiper #birdingwales
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Bernie Beck @berniebeck.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Pembrey Harbour tonight Sandwich Tern 86,Med Gull 223,Common Gull 4,Dunlin 12,Ringed Plover 7,Sanderling c40 and a fly around Yellow Wagtail which landed briefly then was lost to view over Pembrey Burrows
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Bernie Beck @berniebeck.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Pembrey Harbour tonight Sandwich Tern 116,Med Gull 41,Curlew 3,Whimbrel 2,Ringed Plover 27 a d Gannet 8
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Bernie Beck @berniebeck.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Kidwelly Quay early morning Redshank 218,Greenshank 15,Curlew 105,Whimbrel 7,Dunlin 1,Teal 1,Great White Egret 1,Little Egret 33 and Kingfisher 1
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Bernie Beck @berniebeck.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
WWT this morning Wood Sand 1,Spotshank 1,Redshank 136,Greenshank 35,Green Sand 1,Dunlin 7,Lapwing 15,Common Sand 1,Blackwit c600, GW Egret 2 and a Goshawk #birdingwales
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Bernie Beck @berniebeck.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Pembrey Harbour early afternoon Sandwich Tern 38,Med Gull 2 and Greenfinch 15
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Bernie Beck @berniebeck.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
WWT Llanelli this morning Wood Sand 1,Green Sand 1,Redshank 168,Greenshank 32,Blackwit c600,Dunlin 16,Spotted Redshank 1, and Lapwing 17
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Bernie Beck @berniebeck.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Kidwelly Quay early morning Ruff 1,Common Sand 2,Ringed Plover 1,Curlew 13,Whimbrel 6,Dunlin 1,Redshank 254,Greenshank 5,Black headed Gull with Polish ring and a Hobby Flew through
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Bernie Beck @berniebeck.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Kidwelly Quay tonight Redshank 268,Greenshank 5,Curlew 126,Whimbrel 4 and a Glossy Ibis flew over heading to Banc-y-Lord
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Bernie Beck @berniebeck.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
WWT Llanelli this morning Blackwit c450,Redshank 231,Greenshank 27,Spotted Redshank 1,Knot 4,Dunlin 96,Lapwing 38,Green Sand 1,Common Gull 1 then along came a Peregrine and scattered the lot #birdingwales
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Bernie Beck @berniebeck.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Kidwelly Quay early morning Common Sand 3,Redshank 145,Greenshank 6,Curlew 17,Whimbrel 9,Dunlin 2,Common Gull 5 and a juv Yellow legged Gull
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Bernie Beck @berniebeck.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Pembrey Harbour tonight Med Gull 5,Common Gull 7,Dunlin 18,Ringed Plover 6,Sanderling 10 and Swift 24
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Bernie Beck @berniebeck.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Kidwelly early evening Whimbrel 4,Curlew 27,Redshank 219,Greenshank 18,Common Sand 2 a and Dunlin 1 #birdingwales
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Bernie Beck @berniebeck.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
WWT this morning Wood Sand 1,Green Sand 1,Blackwit c800,Redshank 247,Greenshank 51,Spotted Redshank 1,Knot8,Dunlin 135,Lapwing 32,Curlew 1 and a juv Goshawk chasing a Lapwing #birdingwales
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Bernie Beck @berniebeck.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Pembrey Harbour tonight Med Gull 121,Common Gull 3,Sandwich Tern 46,Whimbrel 1,Curlew 3,Ringed Plover 1 and Sanderling 2
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Bernie Beck @berniebeck.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Pembrey Harbour tonight My first Common Tern of the year,Sandwich Tern c75,Med Gull 6,Ringed Plover 1 and Whimbrel 1
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Bernie Beck @berniebeck.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Started off this morning with a juv Garganey at WWT Llanelli finished late afternoon with the Gloucestershire Long tailed Shrike
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Bernie Beck @berniebeck.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Med Gulls have started the summer build up a little earlier than usual with 129 at Pembrey Harbour and 8 Sandwich Tern tonight,Privet Hawkmoth from WWT trap this morning #birdingwales
Med GullsPrivet Hawk-moth
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Bernie Beck @berniebeck.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
At last a few waders at WWT Llanelli today Spotted Redshank 1,Greenshank 2,Redshank 24,Knot 48,Green Sandpiper 1, Blackwit c400 and Lapwing 14
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Bernie Beck @berniebeck.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Sketches for the 2025 Carmarthenshire Bird Report
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Julian Hughes @penrhynbirder.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
No prizes for guessing what would headline this week's @northwaleslive.bsky.social BirdNotes... It's set to be just the seventh first-for-Britain found in #NorthWales, a list that dates back to 1753. A few non-heron sightings too. 📷John Riley #BirdingWales www.birdnotes.wales/blog/first-f...
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First for Britain draws the crowds
Caernarfon residents woke on Sunday to an array of expensive optical equipment lined along the harbour wall. Britain’s first Western Reef Heron has attracted birders from across the country since...
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Bernie Beck @berniebeck.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
A trip up to Foryd Bay midday to see this Western Reef Heron a first for Britain,showed well late afternoon early evening #birdingwales
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Bernie Beck @berniebeck.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
A wet Pembrey Harbour this morning Whimbrel 3,Barwit 19,Dunlin 44,Ringed Plover 37, Sanderling 31,Gannet 2 No sign of last night's Curlew Sandpiper
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Bernie Beck @berniebeck.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
After a fantastic birding trip it's now back to the "bread and butter " of local birding, Pembrey Harbour this morning
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Bernie Beck @berniebeck.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
So final days birding today provided Bimaculated Lark and Radde's Accentor, also more Red throated Robins,Rock Thrushes, Short toed,Crested,Wood,Sky and Horned Larks bringing to an end a remarkable trip in which I had 30 Lifers,and some great birds
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Bernie Beck @berniebeck.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Tue 13 May Fish Ponds,a day to add species to the trip list gave me 3 Lifers White headed Duck, Spur winged Plover and Turkestan Short toed Lark,plus great views of fantastic birds,B-c Bee-eaters,White tailed Lapwing
Blue checked Bee-eaterWhite tailed Lapwing
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Bernie Beck @berniebeck.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Another belting day,05.00 start Caspian Snowcock, Finsch Wheatear, Menetries Warbler,Desert Finch and Grey necked Bunting,Rufous bushchat,etc etc
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Bernie Beck @berniebeck.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
What a day Crimson winged Finch, White winged Snowfinch, Eastern Rock Nuthatch, Upchers Warbler and White throated Robin all ticked today
Persian Wheatear 
White throated Robin White winged Snowfinch with Rock Sparrow
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Bernie Beck @berniebeck.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
One of two Wallcreepers
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Bernie Beck @berniebeck.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Afternoon delights Siberian Stonechat, Nightjar, Levant Sparrowhawk
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Bernie Beck @berniebeck.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Out for 05.30 Caucasian Snowcock 2,Caucasian Grouse 3,Great Rosefinch 20+,max 37,Mountain Chiffchaff 1, white winged Redstart 8, Griffon and Bearded Vultures,Red fronted Serins
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Bernie Beck @berniebeck.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Great first day in Georgia some highlights white winged Redstarts c17,Steppe Eagle 3,Booted Eagle 2,Golden Eagle 1 L Spotted Eagle 1,Levant Sparrowhawk 5+,Caucasian Snowcock and Black Grouse photo left and Green Warbler 2 and a few Alpine Chough
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Bernie Beck @berniebeck.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
A nice red Barwit down Pembrey Harbour this morning, off to Georgia and Armenia today so hopefully will connect with some othe birds wearing red
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Bernie Beck @berniebeck.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Found this Yank Wigeon this morning on the Dafen Scrapes almost exactly 40 years (May 1986) since finding my first a pair at Teesmouth #birdingwales
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