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Jack Pettit

@desertwarbler.bsky.social
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🦤🦜 Obsessed 19 year old birder/twitcher/wildlife photographer, currently volunteering at Spurn Bird Observatory - BOU: 3️⃣1️⃣9️⃣ - IOC: 3️⃣8️⃣4️⃣

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Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Super happy to find a Golden Oriole at the Point today @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social!! Been wanting to find a good bird here all spring and it finally happened 😍😍 It shared a bush with a Fieldfare at one point too 😮 #birds #birding #PWC2025
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Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Was really happy to find the Purple Sandpiper on the Breach this morning at @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social, you rarely see summer-plumaged birds in the UK and it’s safe to say this one showed quite well 😍😍 #birds #birding #NaturePhotography #birdsphotography #PWC2025
Purple Sandpiper
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Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Ridiculous views of a Dotterel this morning @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social, I still can’t believe how these guys will just walk up to you as though you aren’t there!! 🤯🤯 #birds #birding #NaturePhotography #PWC2025
Eurasian Dotterel
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Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Red-backed Shrike putting on a performance at @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social 😍 Can’t believe these cute little guys impale other birds on thorns and then eat them 😰 #birds #birding #naturephotography #PWC2025
Red-backed Shrike
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Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Cattle Egret living up to its name this evening at @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social 👀🐮 #birds #birding #BirdsSeenIn2025 #naturephotography #PWC2025
Western Cattle-Egret
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Spurn Bird Observatory @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Cattle Egret in the triangle this morning 📸 Tate Lloyd #Spurnbirds @RareBirdAlertUK
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Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Got super lucky with this Cattle Egret at @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social this morning deciding to show really close, my first summer-plumaged bird ever in the UK! 😍👀 #birds #birding #naturephotography #PWC2025 #BirdsSeenIn2025
Western Cattle-Egret
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Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
The radio message of a Nightjar at Chalk Bank at @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social had me racing down the peninsula on my bike to catch a glimpse of this cryptic species during the daytime, the first one l've ever seen in sunlight ☀️👀 #birds #birding #naturephotography #PWC2025 #BirdsSeenIn2025
Eurasian Nightjar
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Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Woke up this morning to a radio message of @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social’s 5th ever Melodious Warbler singing at Chalk Bank! A nervy 40 minute bike ride was rewarded with some excellent views of this little gem #birds #birding #pwc2025
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Patchwork Challenge @patchbirding.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
The April review of #PWC2025 is now on the blog! Detailing how the spring in progressing, leaderboards and patch finds as well as some of the great pictures competitors have shared. Hope you enjoy! patchworkchallenge.blogspot.com
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Patchwork Challenge
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Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Adult Male Kentish, Little Ringed and Common Ringed Plover in a row front of Kilnsea Wetlands hide, unbelievable!!!! @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social
Adult Male Kentish Plover (front), Little Ringed Plover (centre), Common Ringed Plover (back)
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Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
My first month and a half of volunteering at @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social have flown by! I’ve loved meeting all the other volunteers and sharing my passion for birds. Seen some really amazing birds too like Cory’s Shearwater, 2 Bee-eaters, Red-rumped Swallow, 7 Cranes, Temminck’s Stint and more! #birds
European Bee-eaterMale Pied FlycatcherShort-eared OwlFemale-type Black Redstart
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Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Photo of the Male Hawfinch at Spurn yesterday 😍 - still cannot believe how confiding he was. I don’t think I’ll get another Hawfinch experience like this in the UK for a long time. @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social #birds #birding #birdphotography #birdsseenin2025 #nature #naturephotography
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Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
I thought Hawfinch views like this were impossible in the UK!! 🤯🤯 Genuinely the most confiding male Hawfinch I’ve ever seen/heard of in the UK at Spurn today. Still feeling giddy with excitement 45 minutes after seeing him! #birds #birding #birdphotography #birdsseenin2025 #nature #naturephotography
Male Hawfinch
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Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Really nice day with @bc-s.bsky.social yesterday going to twitch the Black Scoter at Hoylake, I was expecting it to be pretty distant so when it came within ~50 metres of me I was pretty happy 😅 #birds #birding #birdsseenin2025 #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography
Drake Black ScoterSanderling
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Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Black Scoter showed amazingly close at Hoylake this morning with @bc-s.bsky.social, at its closest point it was maybe 50-70 metres out, no wind and amazing light too 😍 @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social #birds #birding #birdsseenin2025
Drake Black Scoter
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Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
One week before I was set to start my position as a spring volunteer for Spurn Bird Observatory, my first ever volunteering position in wildlife conservation after finishing college last year. I was so excited, what great fucking luck I have 😭😭😭
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Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Flushed this Jack Snipe at Beddington today 😍 Trying to get a photo as it raced away from me was a nightmare, but luckily I managed to get this one in focus 🤞 #birds #birding #birdsseenin2025 #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #pwc2025
Jack Snipe
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Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Got very lucky that this Great Crested Grebe at Beddington Farmlands didn’t seem to mind my presence at all, it was busy calling and dancing for a mate but was left all alone 😅🥲 #birds #birding #birdphotography #birdsseenin2025 #nature #naturephotography
Great Crested Grebe
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Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Firecrest at Beddington Farmlands 😍 So hard to photograph as it flitted amongst the Ivy, I think I got 20 decent photos after taking about 1000 images 😭 #birds #birding #birdsseenin2025 #nature #naturephotography
Firecrest
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Henry Wyn-Jones @henrywynjones.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Mind blowing views of this pair of White-tailed Eagles food passing an unfortunate drake Long-tailed Duck. Such a special birding experience!
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Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Can’t believe how well this Teal showed on patch today, and the light was perfect too! Super happy with how this photo turned out 😁🙏 #birds #birdsseenin2025 #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography
Eurasian Teal
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Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Black-throated Thrush in Hampshire this morning, luckily showing very well as soon as I arrived 👀 Thanks to the homeowners for allowing access to their garden. My first Black-throated Thrush for the UK ✅ #birds #birding #birdsseenin2025 #birdphotography #naturephotography
Black-throated Thrush
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Steve Gale @stevewg.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Mickleham Downs, Surrey: after a 4 hour search, plus the collective eyes of a dozen birders, a minimum total of 400 Hawfinches was agreed upon this morning #UKBirding #LowCarbonBirding @mallalieum.bsky.social
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Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Nice to see 4 Serins at Sandwich Bay today, especially since they weren’t too skittish and kept returning to the same patch of brambles. My first Serins for the UK ✅ #birds #birding #birdphotography #BirdsSeenIn2025 #naturephotography
European SerinEuropean Serin
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Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Tundra Bean Goose at Worth Marsh RSPB yesterday evening before flying SW with Greylags. Also a nice performance by a hunting Barn Owl 👀 @kentishplover.bsky.social #birds #birding #birdphotography #birdsseenin2025 #nature #naturephotography
Tundra Bean GooseTundra Bean Goose (bird on the right) with Greylag GeeseBarn OwlBarn Owl
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Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Water Pipit 📸 At Beddington Farmlands yesterday OM-1 Mark II, M.zuiko 300mm f4.0 IS #birds #birding #birdsseenin2025 #birdphotography #naturephotography
Water Pipit
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Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Not exactly photography weather at Beddington Farmlands yesterday but I managed to just about capture this Jack Snipe and 2 Water Pipits as they raced over my head. Also a nice performance by the overwintering male Stonechat 👀 #birds #birdphotography #BirdsSeenIn2025
Jack SnipeWater PipitWater PipitStonechat
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Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Decided to test the Procapture feature of my new OM-1 Mark II. It makes getting flight shots so much easier, now I can’t imagine going without it 😅😅 #birds #birdphotography #BirdsSeenIn2025
Blue TitBlue TitGreat TitLittle Egret mobbed by Carrion Crow
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Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Birding around Beddington Farmlands can be a lot of effort in mid-winter, but at least I can keep myself occupied by photographing it’s resident birds 😅 #birdphotography #birds #birding
European RobinEurasian NuthatchCanada GeeseDunnock
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Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Always nice to see a Firecrest so was extra nice to see this one at Beddington Farmlands showing and singing right in front of me 🧡 #birding #birds #birdphotography
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Ruud van Beusekom @ruudvanbeusekom.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Vanmorgen zat de Brileider eindelijk even dichtbij! @vogelbeschermingnl.bsky.social #Texelrules
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Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Never thought I’d twitch outside of the UK but I think I can make an exception for a Spectacled Eider 😉 #brileider #birding #birds @bc-s.bsky.social @mardenmark.bsky.social @andyappleton.bsky.social
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Ben Collins-Smith @bc-s.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
The Spectacled Eider did the honourable thing and stuck around for us this morning. Celebratory 11am beer with @mardenmark.bsky.social @desertwarbler.bsky.social @andyappleton.bsky.social
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Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Nice half-day at Abberton Reservoir yesterday! Unfortunately dipped most of the rare stuff which was tucked far away in the NE corner, but did catch up with 2 Slav and 6 BN grebes, as well as the drake Canvasback #birds #birding #birdphotography
Slavonian GrebeCommon GoldeneyeEgyptian GooseCanvasback
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Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Wasn’t expecting a Christmas present today 😂 Merry Christmas everyone! 🎄🎉 #birds #birding
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Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
This beautiful little autumn sprite of an Amur Stonechat in Suffolk added a lot of enjoyment to an otherwise dreary November day, a great way to hit 300 species for Britain too! ✅ #birding #BirdsSeenIn2024 #BirdsOfTwitter
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Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Desert warblers seem to like posing for me 😅😅 #birding #BirdsSeenIn2024
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Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Some photos of the LTS from @BeddingtonFarm today 😍 still buzzing 12 hours later!! Never thought I’d find a skua on patch, let alone a long-tailed. Easily my best patch find ever 😅😅 (This is a repost from my X account from September) #birding #BirdsSeenIn2024
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Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
I JUST FOUND A LONG-TAILED SKUA AT @BeddingtonFarm !!! I couldn’t believe it when I nearly stood on it hidden in the grass 😭 Looks exhausted but not injured - in the process of being taken into care 🙏🙏(this is a repost from X from September ) #birding #BirdsSeenIn2024
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Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Awesome day yesterday on my own at the Chorokhi Delta in Georgia!! 🇬🇪 4 lifers included a Grey-headed Swamphen, Citrine Wagtail, Eastern Olivaceous Warbler and a grand finale of a Krüper’s Nuthatch to close off my 2 weeks of the Batumi Raptor Count! 😁 #birding #BirdsSeenIn2024
Grey-headed SwamphenCitrine WagtailEastern Olivaceous WarblerKrüper’s Nuthatch
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Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
This beautiful little gem of a Green Warbler was kind enough to hop out of its favourite bush right onto a railing in front of me, one of my most wanted species for Batumi!! 😍🇬🇪 #birding #BirdsSeenIn2024
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Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Batumi doesn’t get much better than when a Crested Honey Buzzard flies directly over your head!! Also supporting cast of a Steppe Eagle (lifer), Egyptian Vulture (lifer), 147, Booted Eagles, 1124 Black Kites and 23302 Honey Buzzards were a nice bonus 😍🇬🇪 #birding
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Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Oh my god I just lifered Pygmy Cormorant in the middle of nowhere in Transylvania!!! Only the 15th-20th record of Pygmy Cormorant for this county in Romania ever 😳😳😳 #birding #birds #romania
Pygmy Cormorant
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Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Not every day that at Dotterel wanders up to within 10 metres of where you are sitting! 😅 (from May) #sussex #birding
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Jack Pettit @desertwarbler.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
140 species, 4 nights. There are no words to describe how much I enjoyed my first birding trip to Cyprus back in March and how much I wished it didn’t end 😅 Trip highlight was this stunning Asian Desert Warbler - Especially since it decided to check me out at arms length!! #cyprusbirds #birding
Asian Desert WarblerRüppell’s WarblerSardinian WarblerMasked Shrike
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