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Frank & Polly

@frank8polly.bsky.social
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I don't do politics & anybody who does & follows me will be blocked Nature loving dog owner who takes photos of stuff we see along our way based mainly in the Forest of Dean but can be found on Portland Dorset and the Isle of Mull Polly is my dog

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Frank & Polly @frank8polly.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Not sure if or when Ill have anything to post in the future, but thanks to all the local birds and others from further afield for their news and support. At sundown yesterday a Tawny Owl calling heard from Gloucester Hospital the view from there this morning Hanging up my Bins for the foreseeable
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Frank & Polly @frank8polly.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
My first Hair Ice of this Winter seen today and prehaps the most stunning and biggest example I've ever seen From Google ""Hair ice is a rare, hair-like ice formation that grows on rotting wood from broadleaf trees when the air is moist and the temperature is below freezing""
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Frank & Polly @frank8polly.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
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Frank & Polly @frank8polly.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
From the Isle of Mull, brilliant wildlife seen, but can someone identify the caterpillar for me please
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Frank & Polly @frank8polly.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Juvenile Crossbill in the #ForestofDean recently
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Frank & Polly @frank8polly.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Nice to see 2 Adders in the #ForestofDean this morning... this one photographed at distance with imaged cropped and the snake left to bask in peace #snake
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Frank & Polly @frank8polly.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Purple Hairstreak flutterby Only the second I've knowingly seen and bizarrely within 20mtrs of where I saw my other ! #ForestofDean
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Frank & Polly @frank8polly.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Stunning afternoon at Symonds Yat Rock watching these young Peregrines tallon grappling
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Frank & Polly @frank8polly.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Humming Bird Hawk moth feeding on Red Valerian at Symonds Yat Rock today One of at least 3 different ones whizzing around
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Frank & Polly @frank8polly.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Highlight of an unplanned trip to a Dorset Heath yesterday was 2 female Sand Lizards
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Frank & Polly @frank8polly.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
That'll do nicely
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Frank & Polly @frank8polly.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
After Forestry England #ForestofDean scraped clean my best area of Broad-leaved helleborine with no plants showing there yet this year.... it was nice to discover 7 spikes in a new to me location this morning
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Frank & Polly @frank8polly.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Grasshopper Warbler in the #ForestofDean this morning #Glosbirds
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Frank & Polly @frank8polly.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
I don't as a rule twitch birds... preferring to visit spots I know to see what's there and if there's an unusual bird, that's a bonus... But with 4 relatively long staying Dotteral an hour from home. I thought I ought to visit them.... Definitely not disappointed
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Frank & Polly @frank8polly.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Nightjar churring at a traditional Forest of Dean site at 20.55 this evening Woodcock over as well #Glosbirds
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Frank & Polly @frank8polly.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Dark Edged Beefly and Rose Chafer in the Wye Valley this morning.... Happy to be corrected though
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Frank & Polly @frank8polly.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Seems a little early but my first Cinnabar Moth of the year Coleford, Gloucestershire
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Frank & Polly @frank8polly.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Exhibitors arriving for the Coleford Carnival of Transport...... Bit grey and damp, but for now, at least it's not raining... Here's hoping it's a successful day for stall holders, exhibitors, local traders and the organisers
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Frank & Polly @frank8polly.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
2 m Pied Fly disputing a hole near the CTH paving area Gropper reeling between the Crem and CTH Wood Warbler briefly calling in mixed woodland (1st heard 2 days ago) on my 5 mile wander with Polly this morning #GlosBirds
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Frank & Polly @frank8polly.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Heard from CTH but distantly to the north Cuckoo calling at 07.49am today #Glosbirds
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Frank & Polly @frank8polly.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Not a bad morning's wander in the #ForestofDean Fallow Buck Fallow Does with last years fawns Wild Boar Male Crossbill
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Frank & Polly @frank8polly.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Easily my best sighting and photo of the year so far Weasel in the #ForestofDean this morning
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Frank & Polly @frank8polly.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Shush, don't move the paparazzi are out again Roe bucks in the #ForestofDean
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Frank & Polly @frank8polly.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
As part of the redevelopment of the of Coleford. This is the chosen design of the new clock tower. There will be numbers incorporated into the paved areas & the shadow cast by the tower will show the time. The town needs to be closed twice a year overnight to move the numbers forwards / backwards
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Frank & Polly @frank8polly.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Is it a bird ? Is it a plane ? No it's Super Boar!
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Frank & Polly @frank8polly.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Spectacular scenes today as the Yew trees release clouds of pollen
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Frank & Polly @frank8polly.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Fallow does and fawns in the last of the day's sun Roe Buck deep in the Oak wood Wild Boar warming up after a cold night. Common Buzzard All in the #ForestofDean
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Frank & Polly @frank8polly.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Birding in the 80's meant seeing a Red Kites was a truly special moment & generally meant travelling mid Wales Seeing these 2 drift towards my garden as I was stood at my kitchen sink in Coleford, today. washing up had me dashing for the camera & outside for a better view #Glosbirds
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Frank & Polly @frank8polly.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Remembering the Battle of Coleford this morning
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Frank & Polly @frank8polly.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
I left a #trailcam out in the #ForestofDean for a couple of days. I had hoped for more but pleased with these results, considering I hadn't used my camera in over 3 years Wild #Boar &Fallow #Deer
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Frank & Polly @frank8polly.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Don't forget flours and a card for your loved one today
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Frank & Polly @frank8polly.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Every day is an adventure walking Polly, there's no guarantee on what you might see.... But watching 2 Fallow bucks sparing while a sounder of Wild Boar rooted in the foreground. Certainly didn't rank high on the what might be seen in February in the #ForestofDean Phone footage
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Frank & Polly @frank8polly.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Brambling have been thin on the ground, locally for me, this winter. It was nice to see a male (only the second on patch this winter) associating with 6 Chaffinch and 3 Reed Bunting CTH/WGL FoD #Glosbirds
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Frank & Polly @frank8polly.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Nice of the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust to provide bins for the lazy b'stards who can't carry their energy drink cans home
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Frank & Polly @frank8polly.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
@julianthomas19.bsky.social Thought this might interest you It's about the building of the seawall at Portland Cov youtu.be/Z424LNfjOyk?...
youtu.be
Chesil Coast Protection Works 1962-1967. Unique film and images. Civil Engineering, Portland
YouTube video by Stuart Morris
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Frank & Polly @frank8polly.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Long Tailed Tits at roost filmed using a Thermal Imaging camera in the #ForestofDean
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Frank & Polly @frank8polly.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Two years ago using a recently acquired Thermal Camera I found some roosting Long Tailed Tits. I've checked a few times but never been able to reconnect, but tonight in the same tree they were back ! #Glosbirds
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Frank & Polly @frank8polly.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
I accept it's not the greatests of photos. Hawfinch and Crossbills sat together in the same tree just after dawn the other morning in the #ForestofDean
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Frank & Polly @frank8polly.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Various Fallow Bucks, seen in the ##ForestofDean during the recent cold spell
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Frank & Polly @frank8polly.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
The magical frozen #ForestofDean
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Frank & Polly @frank8polly.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Fallow Buck in the frosty #ForestofDean this morning
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Frank & Polly @frank8polly.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Lords Hill Orange Marmalade with Lime Lemon and Root Ginger....
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Frank & Polly @frank8polly.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
My first Hair Ice of 2025 Seen in several spots on this mornings frosty wander around the #ForestofDean #hairice
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Frank & Polly @frank8polly.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Let's hope 2025 is even more Boaring
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Frank & Polly @frank8polly.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Has Spring, sprung already.. ? Seen today in Highnam Gloucestershire Snowdrop, Lesser Celandine and Primroses in flower
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Frank & Polly @frank8polly.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Thought the garden seemed quiet this morning
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Frank & Polly @frank8polly.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Surprising find on this mornings wander At least 12, probably more Hawfinch seen/heard leaving what I presume is a roost at 07.50 this morning along with many Chaffinch & plenty unseen Crossbill in the same general area central in the central FoD area (not WGL/CTH) #Glosbirds
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Frank & Polly @frank8polly.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Fallow Doe and fawn in the #ForestofDean this morning
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Frank & Polly @frank8polly.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Roe Deer in tbe #ForestofDean this morning
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Frank & Polly @frank8polly.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Stunning sunrise in the #ForestofDean this morning
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