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Dawn Erskine @dawnbirder.bsky.social · 1s

Word is it's just been taken by a Sparrowhawk 😥

Dawn Erskine @dawnbirder.bsky.social · 1h

Pectoral Sandpiper today in Isles of #Scilly The last bird enjoyed before hot footing it to #FarewellScillonian111 #UKBirding A redid post as I forgot to take the background sound off

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Dawn Erskine @dawnbirder.bsky.social · 1h

Last couple of birds enjoyed in Isles of #Scilly Pectoral Sandpiper & Black Redstart making the trip list about 80 species, without trying too hard #UKBirding

2 birds. A wader in a reedbed & a passerine on a beach.

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Dawn Erskine @dawnbirder.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

We'd all be happy with a lot more Tree Sparrows 🤎

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Dawn Erskine @dawnbirder.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I saw that at the cinema. Good enough to watch snuggled up on the sofa, I'd say 👏 I wasn't sure if something in the storyline that seemed obvious to me was acknowledged in the film or not. I would appreciate your perspective if you warch it 🙏

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Dawn Erskine @dawnbirder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Thanks Chris. Nice to get that one confirmed by someone's underwing photo 🙏

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Dawn Erskine @dawnbirder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Only my third visit to Scilly, too. The second one being a long weekend of pelagics 👍

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Dawn Erskine @dawnbirder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

That is sad to read that they're down to one site

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Dawn Erskine @dawnbirder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I heard about the sennen Choughs 😅 I didn't get chance to go for them tho. Just Cirls on the way down

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Dawn Erskine @dawnbirder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Day 3 & 4 in Isles of #Scilly Went back for seconds of lifer Wilson's Snipe once it was confirmed by underwing. From above the impression was of a large Jack Snipe. Shooters Pool was delightful, much bird activity incl YBW, Lesser Whitethroat, Blackcaps & Water rails. Also Jack Snipe & Firecrests 🪶

A small bird with a firey crest & a wader amongst the reeds.

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Dawn Erskine @dawnbirder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Day 2 in Isles of #Scilly Cycled down to the Sapphire for a pelagic via RC Starling. At sea: 200 Grey Phalarope, Great Shears, year tick Sooty & Cory's. Euro & a Leach's Petrel. Best moment was being still on the water surrounded by many of the above & dolphins close too. Stormie by Vickie Heaney 🪶

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Dawn Erskine @dawnbirder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I meant to ask if you were going to Shetland this year 🫣🤪

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Dawn Erskine @dawnbirder.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I saw the raft of 200-ish Grey Phals on Sunday's pelagic and twitched your Starling on the way to the quay beforehand 👏

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Dawn Erskine @dawnbirder.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I also just drank 2 vodka drinks, but I did get a lifer today 🙃

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Dawn Erskine @dawnbirder.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

That is impressive 👏 I've thought that I should see both, but I've not got around to it yet 🙏

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Dawn Erskine @dawnbirder.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I had 2 lots of Scilly chips on the same day 😋

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Dawn Erskine @dawnbirder.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

That sounds pretty idyllic birding 🙏

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Dawn Erskine @dawnbirder.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

You're welcome Jonny 🤘 Sorry to hear about the workload 🙏

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Dawn Erskine @dawnbirder.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It's a North American species. If you do some research, you may see quite a few of them. We just got one as they're mega rare here 🙏

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Dawn Erskine @dawnbirder.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I usually go to Shetland but I fancied a change. I definitely don't care that I would normally have been there on Thursday when that Sibe Blue Robin was found. Nope definitely not bothered at all 😅

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Dawn Erskine @dawnbirder.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Thanks Matt. Worth going back once the crowd had died down 🙏

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Dawn Erskine @dawnbirder.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Thanks Carl 🙏 Sorry to hear it's a year off for you

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Dawn Erskine @dawnbirder.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Great first day in Isles of #Scilly Scillonian sea watching was fun: close pods of dolphin & porpoise, year tick Stormies & Grey phalaropes. Headed straight for distant views of lifer, Sora. Went back for more after picking up hire bikes, my first cycling in 7 years. Both were a blast #UKBirding

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Dawn Erskine @dawnbirder.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Thank you 🥰 They offer much respite from the human world. Tho sadly they are negatively impacted by it too

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Dawn Erskine @dawnbirder.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Are they? I didn't know that re Trump supporters. Tho I'm not surprised.

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Dawn Erskine @dawnbirder.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Bonkers! Brainwashed rather than thinking about their choices

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Dawn Erskine @dawnbirder.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Dreadful stuff. I'm not saying that the fact she was sexually abused as a child, raped etc means that her crimes should be excused. But it seems to me that her actions are a societal, Epstein, Trump, etc. type problem. The death penalty in the first place seems like the worst kind of scapegoating!

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Dawn Erskine @dawnbirder.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I was at a cinema meetup recently and offered round some chocolates. One person said, "What are they?". How do you describe chocolate? It seems my mistake was that I started with the word "Vegan". They then started going on about loving meat. You try to do a friendly thing 🤷🏼‍♀️

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Dawn Erskine @dawnbirder.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I messaged Trev about an insect I was trying to ID. Then he realised he remembered me from secondary school. Small world moment 😅

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Dawn Erskine @dawnbirder.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Had a load of chiffchaffing going on at the ringroad reedbed the other day whilst drinking my morning coffee 🙂 Need to make that a routine 🙏 Work out if it's adults in the warm weather or juveniles getting some practice in. Hopefully, the weekend is good, Amy 🙏

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Dawn Erskine @dawnbirder.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

No doubt my MP Nadia Whittome will do the right thing anyway, but yep, sent 🙏

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Dawn Erskine @dawnbirder.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

What I don't understand is how the billionaires are going to carry on hoarding money when the workforce has been replaced by ai and machines. Seems like a flawed plan to me

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Dawn Erskine @dawnbirder.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

And still, it continues. One of my neighbours was telling me that her husband has been subjected to this. On one occasion, being taken to a psych hospital

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Dawn Erskine @dawnbirder.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Almost 8 years in & I'm afraid I'm yet to get to the loving it part 😅 Hard work & it can be rewarding is the best I can do.

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Dawn Erskine @dawnbirder.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I could watch this for hours 😍 Such little charmers.

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Dawn Erskine @dawnbirder.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Fake rescue stories? Not that I watch them, as it is usually human created situations that animals/birds are being rescued from

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Dawn Erskine @dawnbirder.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Two subsequent Bonaparte's Gulls. A 1w/2cy in April 2021 & an adult in April 2024, both in the southwest #UKBirding

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Dawn Erskine @dawnbirder.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Bonaparte's Gulls. The 1st pic was a lifer in 2019. Oare Marshes returning bird in summer plumage. Very grateful that someone pointed it out to me. Pic 2 & 3 are the same bird on Sept 3rd '26. Got straight on it, affirming learning 🙏 The bottom pic is a county first beaut in May 2021 🪶

Several pictures of a small to medium sized gull in different plumages. In both wetland & beach settings.

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Dawn Erskine @dawnbirder.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

What a brilliant bird 👏 Making me wonder why on earth I'm on a train to work in Derby, UK 🤔

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