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Bev Bishop @bev-bishop.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Beautiful day at WWT Slimbridge where I finally saw a Water Rail (a bird that has repeatedly eluded me this year), as well as Great White Egret, Green Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Ruff, Greenshank, Snipe, Blackwits and more @wwtsightings.bsky.social #UKBirding

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Bev Bishop @bev-bishop.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Upsetting start to the day as I came across a serious car accident on my way to Wood Lane Nature Reserve. My heart wasn’t really in birding after that, but this is what I saw. Hope all those involved in the accident make a full recovery.

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Bev Bishop @bev-bishop.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Garganey and Green Woodpecker were the highlights this morning at RSPB Sandwell Valley #UKBirding

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Bev Bishop @bev-bishop.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Pleased to join a day trip to RSPB Titchwell Marsh today. Never seen it so busy, but that’s what two Spotted Crakes will do! Lifers for me, albeit rather distant. Lots of other lovely birds to enjoy too on a very windy day #UKBirding #NorfolkBirding

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Bev Bishop @bev-bishop.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

My last day in Dorset was spent at Portland and RSPB Lodmoor. No sign of yesterday’s Grey Phalarope, but a lovely (if windy) day #UKBirding

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Bev Bishop @bev-bishop.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Lovely trip with Birds of Poole Harbour this morning… no White Tailed Eagles, but several Ospreys, including two that flew over the boat. Also saw two Glossy Ibis and lots of Egrets, as well as Spoonbills and various waders in Brownsea Lagoon #UKBirding #DorsetBirding

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Bev Bishop @bev-bishop.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

A soggy old day for my first day in Dorset, but I got my timing right at RSPB Lodmoor today to largely avoided the rain and was rewarded with Greenshank, Black-tailed Godwits, GWE and Little Egret, Common Terns, Med Gull, Dunlin and Common Sandpiper #UKBirding #DorsetBirding

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Bev Bishop @bev-bishop.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

First stop this morning was Sutton Park where there were lots of Common Whitethroats and Willow Warblers around #UKBirding

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Bev Bishop @bev-bishop.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Green and Common Sandpipers were the highlights at RSPB Sandwell Valley this morning #UKBirding

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Bev Bishop @bev-bishop.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Never seen Venus Pool Nature Reserve so dry, but there’s still plenty to see if you look closely, including 1 Ruff, 2 Common Sandpipers, 2 Little Ringed Plovers and several Snipe. Lots of Little Egrets and Grey Herons too #UKBirding

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Bev Bishop @bev-bishop.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Smashing morning in the hide at RSPB Sandwell Valley with Common and Green Sandpipers showing right in front of the hide, as well as a Snipe out in the open and one of the Barnacle Geese #UKBirding

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Bev Bishop @bev-bishop.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Took a trip to Severn Valley Country Park this morning, where a Kingfisher proved very obliging #UKBirding

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Bev Bishop @bev-bishop.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Smashing day out at WWT Welney today… the Glossy Ibis hid from me, but I got fantastic views of Yellow Wagtails, Swallows, Reed Bunting, Snipe and Ruff #UKBirding

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Bev Bishop @bev-bishop.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Day out at RSPB Burton Mere to see Great White Egrets, Avocets, Black-tailed Godwits and Ruff #UKBirding

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Bev Bishop @bev-bishop.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I had an early visit to @warwickshirewt.bsky.social Brandon Marsh Nature Reserve today, before it got too hot and this is what I saw #UKBirding

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Bev Bishop @bev-bishop.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

More to see at RSPB Sandwell than I was expecting, including 3 Barnacle Geese, 2 LRP (one adult and one juvenile), a Garganey and a Common Sandpiper #UKBirding

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Bev Bishop @bev-bishop.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

More highlights from today’s visit to WWT Slimbridge. There were lots of invertebrates, including a Hummingbird Hawk Moth and two Clouded Yellow Butterflies #UKBirding

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Bev Bishop @bev-bishop.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Smashing visit to WWT Slimbridge today, where I saw Common Cranes, Cattle Egret, Common Snipe, Ruff, Common Redshank, Spotted Redshank, Greenshank and Wood Sandpiper #UKBirding

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Bev Bishop @bev-bishop.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Other high from RSPB Blacktoft Sands today, including Greenshank and Green Sandpiper that came super close #UKBirding

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Bev Bishop @bev-bishop.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I couldn’t resist another visit to RSPB Blacktoft Sands before visiting a dear friend today. I was hoping to get a closer look at the Spoonbills and I think I managed it! #UKBirding

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Bev Bishop @bev-bishop.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Spoonbills stole the show at Gibraltar Point today on an extremely windy visit. Two Great White Egrets were determined not to be upstaged #UKBirding

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Bev Bishop @bev-bishop.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

An early visit to RSPB Frampton Marsh gave me views of two Black-winged Stilts, Blackwits, Ruffs, LRPs and more. Large areas of the reserve are bone dry now, which means the birds are concentrated around the areas where there is still water#UKBirding

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Bev Bishop @bev-bishop.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

I bid a fond farewell to Northumberland today, but not before visiting Hauxley Nature Reserve. Incredibly windy, but worth it for the Dunlin alone. Living in the West Midlands, I don’t often get the chance to get so close to those delightful little waders #UKBirding

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Bev Bishop @bev-bishop.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Today was a four Tern day… a visit to Coquet Island from Amble gave me Common Sandwich, Artic and my first ever Roseate Terns. Lots of Grey Seals too and lots of sunshine #UKBirding

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Bev Bishop @bev-bishop.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Seabird numbers dwindling fast on the Farne Isles, but I still saw these beauties today #UKBirding

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Bev Bishop @bev-bishop.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

All the Razorbills have now departed RSPB Bempton Cliffs but there are still a few Guillemots and Fulmars, as well as loads of Kittiwakes. I saw one Puffin and the inevitable Tree Sparrows and Swallows #UKBirding #RSPB #BemptonCliffs

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Bev Bishop @bev-bishop.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Gannet Central at RSPB Bempton Cliffs this morning… stunning birds, which never fail to impress #UKBirding #RSPB #BemptonCliffs

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Bev Bishop @bev-bishop.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Lovely first day of my holiday, visiting RSPB Blacktoft Sands, where Egret and Bearded Tits were present in large numbers. Missed the best of the Spoonbills and just saw one distant bird, but there were Blackwits, Common Redshank, Spotted Redshank, Greenshank, Ruff and more.

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Bev Bishop @bev-bishop.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I popped by Venus Pool Nature Reserve in Shropshire today and this is what I saw #UKBirding

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Bev Bishop @bev-bishop.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I spent a few hours in Meadow hide at Severn Valley Country Park this morning. Kingfisher only made a brief appearance, but the hope it would return and some good conversation kept me there until I had to go to work. A very pleasant way to spend a morning off #UKBirding

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Bev Bishop @bev-bishop.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Too hot to do much except an early visit to Wyndley Pool in Sutton Park to see these lovelies #UKBirding

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Bev Bishop @bev-bishop.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Such a good morning at RSPB Sandwell Valley with 5 Oystercatchers, a juvenile Redshank, a Green Sandpiper, a Common Sandpiper, 2 Little Ringed Plovers, 4 Barnacle Geese and all the usuals too #UKBirding

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Bev Bishop @bev-bishop.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

I had an early visit to Draycote Water today… didn’t see the Fudge Duck, but there was a Black-tailed Godwand lots of Goosanders and Common Terns #UKBirding

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Bev Bishop @bev-bishop.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Exhausted after a monster working week, I only had the energy to sit in a hide so I checked out the reflection pool at Severn Valley Country Park and saw these beauties. No sign of any Kingfishers today #UKBirding

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Bev Bishop @bev-bishop.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Thank Goodness the heatwave has broken. Temperatures at RSPB Sandwell Valley were much more comfortable today #UKBirding

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Bev Bishop @bev-bishop.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Lovely to be back at RSPB Sandwell Valley after a few weeks away. Lots of babies and a male Garganey were the highlights #UKBirding

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Bev Bishop @bev-bishop.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Reasonably quiet at Venus Pool in Shropshire today #UKBirding

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Bev Bishop @bev-bishop.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Lots of adorable babies at WWT Slimbridge today, including Avocet, Oystercatcher, Common Crane and Shelduck #UKBirding #WWTSlimbridgeSightings

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Bev Bishop @bev-bishop.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Kingfisher showing well at Severn Valley Country Park this morning #UKBirding

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Bev Bishop @bev-bishop.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Popped into @SuttonParkNNR after work to see the bunnies. There was a single cygnet on Wyndley Pool too.

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Bev Bishop @bev-bishop.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Morning visit to RSPB Sandwell Valley for five noisy Oystercatchers, two Little Ringed Plovers and lots of beautiful wildflowers #UKBirding

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Bev Bishop @bev-bishop.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

I visited Earlswood Lakes this morning to see my first ever Spotted Sandpiper. It didn’t come close while I was there, but still lovely to tick off a lifer #UKBirding

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Bev Bishop @bev-bishop.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

I was surprised to see a Moorhen steal an egg from a Lapwing nest at RSPB Sandwell Valley this morning. There was a lovely family of Canada Geese though, with eight goslings.

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Bev Bishop @bev-bishop.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Three Grey Herons, five Little Egrets, a pair of nesting Great Crested Grebes and distant Shelduck and male Garganey at Ladywalk Nature Reserve this morning before the arrival of some rain #UKBirding

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Bev Bishop @bev-bishop.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

What a difference a day makes… freezing today at WWT Slimbridge but lots to enjoy, including Common Cranes with a chick at Hogarth hide, as well as loads of Avocets and Shelducks #UKBirding

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Bev Bishop @bev-bishop.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Bank Holiday Monday visit to Venus Pool Nature Reserve in Shropshire. Only unusual sighting were two melanistic Pheasants on a nearby field #UKBirding #ShropshireBirding

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Bev Bishop @bev-bishop.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Ringed Plover showing very well at RSPB Sandwell Valley as well as 3 Little Ringed Plovers, 3 Common Sandpipers, 4 Oystercatchers, 3 Goosanders, 2 Little Egret and lots of hirundines #UKBirding

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Bev Bishop @bev-bishop.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

I visited Brandon Marsh Nature Reserve to see the two Black-winged Stilts this morning. Happy to also see my first Garganeys and Common Terns of the year #UKBirding

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