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Dan Webb @danwebb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Good day on patch yesterday with 4 Grey Herons high SW over Marcle Ridge, probably not many hours after crossing the North Sea, also 217 Mipits SW and 5 Song T SW, then a Woodlark in the field behind home at Sellack a patch first #patchbirding

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Dan Webb @danwebb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Two good days of migration at Marcle Ridge with @williamlambourne.bsky.social included 429 Mipits SW yesterday and a further 359 today, first 4 Jays on the move yesterday (a decent UK movement on the cards after last years acorn crop?), 10 Song T and 8 Snipe on the continental line today #ukbirding

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Dan Webb @danwebb.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Yesterday morning at Walford Pools, migrants included 7 plus Yellow Wags, c.50 Swallows, c.30 House Martins, 8 Sand Martins, 3 Swifts, 1 Common Sand and a single Hobby chasing hirundines #patchbirding

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Dan Webb @danwebb.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Quiet at Strumble Head WSW backing WNW F4-2 highlights 1 Sooty Shear, 2 Bonxie, 1 DP Arctic, 6 Sandwich and 2 Commic Terns

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Dan Webb @danwebb.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Minimum of 16 Chiffs at Ross STW but nothing obviously grey, with the photographed bird being the only noticeable bird although still quite green. Also 5 Blackcaps, 6 Goldcrests, 23 Pied and 2 Grey Wags #patchbirding

Chiffchaff at Ross STW, still nominate form although a touch different from the others present

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Dan Webb @danwebb.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Fantastic and atmospheric gull roost at Cley this evening in wild conditions, highlights were 9 Caspians (6 adult/nr adult), 3 1st winter), adult female Yellow-legged Gull, intermedius LBBG, several argentatus HG and 2 Med Gulls #norfolkbirding

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Dan Webb @danwebb.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

The Woodpigeon flood was in full flow at Marcle Ridge this morning with 58,700 SW a new site and county record, also another good movement of 1068 Starlings WSW, 4 Bramblings, 52 Chaffinches, 58 Redwings and 4 GWE (3,1) all WSW #patchbirding

3 Great White Egrets migrating over Marcle Ridge

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Dan Webb @danwebb.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Some of the 1400 plus Starlings through Marcle Ridge this morning with @williamlambourne.bsky.social

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Dan Webb @danwebb.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

The arrival of Starlings to the east coast yesterday reached Marcle Ridge this morning with 1450 WSW in tight knit flocks low passed the watchpoint, one of the best migration spectacles! Also 17,700 Woodpigeons SW, 7 Brambling, 150 Chaffinches, Crossbills and 2 tardy Red Admirals SW #patchbirding

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Dan Webb @danwebb.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Another site record count today with 111 Greenfinches SW through Marcle Ridge (unlikely to have been a post-roost dispersal), also 227 Starlings WSW, 190 Redwings S/WSW, 48 Chaffinches WSW, 1 Brambling heard going over and a trickle of 950 Woodpigeons the highlights #patchbirding

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Dan Webb @danwebb.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

A record count of 1069 Chaffinches WSW through Marcle Ridge this am, also 4400 Woodpigeons, 276 Starlings, 55 Fieldfares, 44 Redwings, 6 SongT, 3 Crossbills and 3 Redpoll the highlights with @williamlambourne.bsky.social #patchbirding

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Dan Webb @danwebb.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Steady at Marcle Ridge with surprisingly few Redeings and Chaffinches, vismig highlights included 291 Fieldfares WSW/E, 57 Redwings NW, 7 Song Thrush SW/NW, 277 Starlings WSW/WNW, 26 Crossbills S/NW, 1 Brambling WNW, 3 Coal Tits S and 2 Egyptian Geese with @williamlambourne.bsky.social #patchbirding

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Dan Webb @danwebb.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

A patch mega with Cattle Egret NW over Marcle Ridge, otherwise quiet with 14 Crossbills SE, 55 Redwings SW/NW and a slow flow of Continental Chaffinches and Starlings #patchbirding

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Dan Webb @danwebb.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Fabulous day with @williamlambourne.bsky.social on Marcle Ridge vismig with Continental migration getting flowing. Highlights included 394 Redwings, 58 Fieldfares, 219 Starlings, 6 Bramblings, 198 Chaffinches, 2 Hawfinches, 18 Redpolls, 5 Snipe and 2 Golden Plover #patchbirding

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Dan Webb @danwebb.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Good morning on Marcle Ridge with @williamlambourne.bsky.social topped off with this female type Black Redstart, also 10 Crossbills (N6, N15, N11 call types from William’s recordings, 3 Golden Plover, 303 Mipits, 5 Chaffinches and 5 Yellowhammers the highlights #lowcarbonbirding

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Dan Webb @danwebb.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Migration totals from Marcle Ridge, all S/WSW Mipit 314 Alba Wag 37 Stonechat 1 Chaffinch 2 Linnet 14 Greenfinch 1 Redpoll 1 Starling 14 Skylark 5 Swallow 8 House Martin 9 Golden Plover 1 Grounded, 2 Stonechats, 3 Chiffs also 2 Marsh Tits calling #patchbirding

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Dan Webb @danwebb.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Marcle Ridge migration totals all SE/SW with @williamlambourne.bsky.social House Martins 602 Swallow 27 Mipit 34 Yellowhammer 2 Skylark 27 Song Thrush 2E Albas 8 Crossbill 6 Siskin 1 Greenfinch 4 Goldfinch 4 Golden Plover 1 Grounded 1 Whinchat, 12 Stonechats, 2 Chiff #patchbirding

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Dan Webb @danwebb.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Great to be back up Marcle Ridge after a week away and despite the F2 northerly some vismig with minimum of 8 Golden Plover S, 268 House Martins S, 122 Swallows S, 50 Skylarks SE/W, 94 Mipits S/SW, 3 Crossbills S the highlights with @williamlambourne.bsky.social

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Dan Webb @danwebb.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Slow overhead at Marcle Ridge in a brisk SSE with only 42 Swallows, 3 Mipits & 3 Grey Wags SW/SE but more than made up for with 5 juvenile Whinchats strung along the wires with 3 Stonechats, a couple of Mipits and resting Swallows making a perfect September scene #patchbirding

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Dan Webb @danwebb.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

A fresh arrival of migrants at Marcle Ridge this morning with 3 Wheatears, 3 Redstarts, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Blackcap and 7 Chiff grounded, overhead 22 Swallows, 3 House Martins, 1 Tripit, 1 Yellow Wag and 1 Grey Wag SE/SW #patchbirding

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Dan Webb @danwebb.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

North easterly and complete cloud cover provided our first juv Whinchat of the autumn (photo and find by @williamlambourne.bsky.social), also first juv Stonechat, 5 Tripits SW/W & 1N, 1 Yellow Wag W, 7 Goosanders SW, 1 Yellowhammer W, another calling and a few Swallows through #patchbirding

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Dan Webb @danwebb.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

High pressure yesterday passing through seemed to have encouraged an exodus from Marcle Ridge with fewer migrants today, still 4 Tripits SW, 3 Yellow Wags SW, 7 Spotfly, 3 Willow Warblers, 4 Whitethroats and 7 Blackcaps, also 8 LBBG SW and 1 adult Common Gull SW #parchbirding

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Dan Webb @danwebb.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Marcle Ridge totals from this morning with @williamlambourne.bsky.social included 4 Tripits SW/3 grounded, first Wheatear of the autumn, 12 Spotfly, 2 redstarts, 2 willow warblers, 2 whitethroats, 19 swallows SW, 4 house martins S #patchbirding

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Dan Webb @danwebb.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

A true bit of northern magic on Walford Pools in the form of a juvenile Greenshank, only the 2nd record for the patch. Otherwise an increase in coots and tufties to 33 of each. Yesterday a Green Sand at Sellack Boat, Marsh Tit and 6 more Crossbills east #patchbirding

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Dan Webb @danwebb.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

A couple of flocks of crossbills ‘chipping’ south east and north over Marcle Ridge this morning and a trickle of swifts and swallows, @williamlambourne.bsky.social picked up an early tree pipit before I arrived #patchbirding #vismig

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Dan Webb @danwebb.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

First bit of wader passage on the Ross on Wye patch this morning with juv and adult redshank and a common sand at Walford Pools, also juv redstart at Sellack church yesterday evening #patchbirding

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Dan Webb @danwebb.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Highlights of the patch included a steady passage of 51 swifts WSW before a flurry of 22 sand martins and 2 swallows SW, minimum of 3 fresh juv spot fly, unpaired garden warbler still singing, whitethroats feeding young and 14 juv goosanders with female #patchbirding #herefordbirding

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Dan Webb @danwebb.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Fascinating day amongst crossbills whilst surveying in west Wales, plenty of juveniles amongst a large flock of over 40 birds. This females dexterity was absorbing to watch, what a brilliant bird. Good numbers of tree pipits and willow warblers, a singing cuckoo and trickle of swallows through

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Dan Webb @danwebb.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

A great morning around the patch in good condition yielded a Blue-headed type wagtail, whitethroat, 2 gadwall, 1 common sand, goldeneye, wigeon, c.30 sand martins and 8 swallows at Walford Pools, as well as a pair of LRP on territory on the Wye, another common sand, singing sedge warbler & redstart

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Dan Webb @danwebb.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

First trap of the year at Sellack, south Herefordshire and a Pale-brindled beauty was the sole occupant #teammoth

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Dan Webb @danwebb.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

RND and goldeneye still present at Walford Pools, also female wigeon, 25 greyalgs, 62 coots, 4 tufted duck, 25 mallard, 4 little grebes and a single hawfinch over. Minimum of 26 hawfinch and 3 blackcaps at church and a decent group of 8 song thrush in a single turnip field #herefordbirding

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Dan Webb @danwebb.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Record shot from back of camera

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Dan Webb @danwebb.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

The highlight of a morning on the home part of the patch at Sellack was a flock of 80 plus greenfinches with 70 chaffinches feeding on a newly drilled crop, otherwise 5 lapwing on flooded potatoes with 120 common, 10 b-h gulls and 24 mute swans while searching for a yellow bill #herefordbirding

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Dan Webb @danwebb.bsky.social · 03/11/2024

Reasonable vismig at Marcle Ridge this morning with @birder1.bsky.social, highlights included 3 hawfinch E, 709 starlings WNW, 299 redwings WNW/E, 362 fieldfares WNW/E, 1 crossbill SW and a merlin through. A walk at Sellack this afternoon produced another hawfinch E #vismig #herefordbirding

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Dan Webb @danwebb.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

The high pressure and overcast conditions seem to have eased #vismig at Marcle Ridge this morning with highlights being 7500 woodpigeons SW, 2 brambling W, 279 redwings mainly NW/N and 117 fieldfares mainly NW amongst a dribble of other species

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Dan Webb @danwebb.bsky.social · 30/10/2024

Finally Marcle Ridge gets a Hawfinch, in fact 3 with 2 heading low W and a single calling ‘tsick’ amongst a flock of redwings going east, also a merlin NW, 268 fieldfares W/NE, 235 redwings W/NE, 1 brambling NW and a snipe SE the highlights #vismig

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Dan Webb @danwebb.bsky.social · 26/10/2024

The grey flood of woodpigeons increased a notch this morning with over 18,000 SW through Marcle Ridge, also 131 starlings W, 81 chaffinches W, 3 redpoll SW, 4 siskins SW/E, 1 yellowhammer SW the #vismig highlights

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Dan Webb @danwebb.bsky.social · 22/10/2024

The first decent push of woodpigeons through Marcle Ridge this morning with 10,900 SW by 9.45, also a good movement of 264 chaffinches W the highlights amongst a trickle of other migrants #vismig

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Dan Webb @danwebb.bsky.social · 17/10/2024

A real invasion of scandi berry guzzlers at Marcle Ridge with @birder1.bsky.social this am with 1106 W/17E, also a record chaffinch movement for the site with 613 W, other highlights included first 2 brambling W of autumn, 2 crossbills N and 358 starlings W

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Dan Webb @danwebb.bsky.social · 05/10/2024

Autumn progressing at Marcle Ridge with reasonable vismig the last two mornings. Highlights today with @birder1.bsky.social included 49 song thrush mainly, 70 redwings, 5 jays, 19 albas, 31 mipits and a snipe mainly SW, still slow for chaffinches but should improve over next week

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Dan Webb @danwebb.bsky.social · 29/09/2024

Low cloud and a moderate SE breeze at Marcle Ridge with @birder1.bsky.social vismig highlights included 229 mipits SW, 40 skylarks SW/ 17 NE, 14 albas SW/E and 65 linnets SW. Still awaiting some redwings. Quiet for grounded migrants with just 2 chiff and 5 song thrushes

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Dan Webb @danwebb.bsky.social · 17/09/2024

A change of vismig site to Winterton on Sea, Norfolk while on holiday this week. 6.45-10.15 F4 NE brought the first decent movement of DB Brent of the week with 41 S and 11 N, also 79 teal S, 1N, 23 wigeon N, 18S, 1 bonxie S, 1 barwit N, 18 scoter N, 17S amongst the highlights #ukbirding

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Dan Webb @danwebb.bsky.social · 06/09/2024

A busy couple of hours on Sellack Ridge after the rain included 2 Whinchats, 1 stonechat, 2 Spotfly, 2 whitethroats, 3 blackcaps, 6 chiffs and 2 hobbies, 41 house martins NE, 18 swallows NE and 10 Red admirals SW #herefordbirds #ukbirding

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Dan Webb @danwebb.bsky.social · 25/08/2024

Marcle Ridge, Herefordshire visible migration highlights of 6 tree pipits SW, 1 yellow wag SW, 27 swallows SW, 36 hm NW/SW, 3 sand martins S. Grounded migrants- 2 Whinchat, 1 wheatear, 10 stonechats, 1 redstart, 1 Spotfly, 1 WW and 1 tree pipit with @birder1.bsky.social #ukbirding

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Dan Webb @danwebb.bsky.social · 21/08/2024

Quieter morning at Marcle Ridge #vismig- 7 tree pipits SW (7 grounded), 25 swallows SW, 3 house martins SW, 1 yellow wag SW (1 grounded) and 3 LBBG SW with @birder1.bsky.social #ukbirding

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Dan Webb @danwebb.bsky.social · 17/08/2024

Much Marcle busy again with 12 Tree Pipits SW, 1 N, 5 Spotfly SW, 3 Yellow Wags SW and 38 Swallows SW the #vismig highlights. Grounded migrant highlights of 2 Whinchats found by @birder1.bsky.social, 3 Willow Warblers, 6 Stonechats and a Spotfly #ukbirding

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