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Gary Pickles

@gdp01.bsky.social
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Birder - UK but usually active in Yorkshire. Nikon p950 📷 Nikon Monarch M7 10x42 🥸 Kowa TSN 55a 17-40x 🔭

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Gary Pickles @gdp01.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Full day at RSPB Saltholme on Teeside. Lots to see including the resident Barnacle Geese. Tried to find the Jack Snipe with the loan of thermal imaging binoculars but dipped. But found this 👇Golden Plover. Went with Nick, a friend who's a photographer/birder hence the quality of the photo! #birding
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Gary Pickles @gdp01.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Out early on my patch...back and getting stuck in to my new book with a coffee. I highly recommend this book to all patch birders out there.. #birding
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Gary Pickles @gdp01.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Just done my first morning volunteering as part of a working party on Sun Lane Nature Reserve. Only a small reserve but brings so much pleasure so good to give a bit back. 👍🏼
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Gary Pickles @gdp01.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
On a twitch to my local RSPB Fairburn Ings to see the Baird's Sandpiper. Got it!!! ...but at distance 😁 #birding
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Gary Pickles @gdp01.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Patch birding. Dead chuffed - saw my first Kingfisher of the year. Why did it take so long! Little Egret and Goosander showing nicely on this shot. #birding
Little Egret and Goosander
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Gary Pickles @gdp01.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Back to Spurn. Visible Migration is a joy and here's a Wheater preparing to fly. Ended the day at Beacon Ponds... pleased to see Bar-tailed Godwit and Sanderling; two more to add to my year list. Had to leave at 8pm to escape the midges 🦟 #birding
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Gary Pickles @gdp01.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Day at RSPB Old Moor. It's not often you see 4. Snipe together. Also good to catch the Spotted Redshank again #birding
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Gary Pickles @gdp01.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Out on patch again. The highlight was watching a flock of juvenile Goldfinch feeding on seeds. #birding
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Gary Pickles @gdp01.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Out on patch. Pleased to hear, but not see 😕, a Spotted Flycatcher out on Sun Lane Nature Reserve. #birding
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Gary Pickles @gdp01.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Last day at Spurn. Spent most of day Sea-Watching - inc. Manx Sheerwater, Sandwich Tern, Red-throated Diver, Pink-footed Geese, Common Scoter. Other stuff inc.- flock of Lapland Bunting, ringing demo, hundreds of birds migrating on day with good conditions and a Wryneck twitch! #birding #Migfest2026
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Gary Pickles @gdp01.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Morning at Beacon Ponds - Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint, Knot, Bar-tailed Godwit, Yellow-legged Gull. Afternoon Sea-Watching from Warren - Arctic Skua, Red-throated Diver, Shag, numerous Shelduck and Gannets. And an impressive flock of Meadow Pipits. Back for more tomorrow! #birding #Migfest2026
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Gary Pickles @gdp01.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Called in at North Cave Wetlands on my way to Spurn #Migfest2026 Good to see the long staying Ruddy Shelduck. #birding
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Gary Pickles @gdp01.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Ruff at Old Moor yesterday. #birding
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Gary Pickles @gdp01.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Today was a day for waders. RSPB Old Moor. Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank, Black tailed Godwit, Ruff. Excellent day but dipped on Stint!
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Gary Pickles @gdp01.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
RSPB Fairburn Ings. Black Swan on Main Bay - presume escapee.
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Gary Pickles @gdp01.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Ruff on New Flash at RSPB Fairburn Ings ang with Curlew Sandpipers, Wood Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Common Ringed Plovers and Black tailed Godwits. Currently holed up in main reserve hiding from rain in hide overlooking Main Bay.
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Gary Pickles @gdp01.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Weatherwatch: Climate crisis fuelling steep fall in migratory bird numbers www.theguardian.com/news/2026/au...
theguardian.com
Weatherwatch: Climate crisis fuelling steep fall in migratory bird numbers
Many species under threat use the African-Eurasian flyway, one of the planet’s largest mass-migration systems
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Gary Pickles @gdp01.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
My happy place ☺️ #birding
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Gary Pickles @gdp01.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Very early start to twitch a bird that's escaped me twice this year. The splendid Glossy Ibis. Three at RSPB Fairburn Ings #birding
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Gary Pickles @gdp01.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Out at RSPB Old Moor. These 15 Black Tailed Godwit, Hobby, Spoonbill, Hobby and Marsh Harrier to name the highlights of many. Lovely day.
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TG42Birder🇵🇸 @tg42birder.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Size of 140 football fields now Hundreds evacuated. Large areas of heathland habitat destroyed. Dartford Warblers, Woodlark, Nightjars etc. News reporter described Nightjars flying over the area. Climate change is rapidly outpacing conservation. It will only get worse. 🤷‍♂️🙄 #ukbirding
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Gary Pickles @gdp01.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Up to Bolton-on-Swale YWT to catch the Black-crowned Night Heron. Fabulous birds - 3 in total at 8.30. Going down to roost. Nest visible. Called in to Nosterfield N R on way home. #birding
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Gary Pickles @gdp01.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Brilliant morning birding at Blacktoft Sands..only just realised I'm starving and need my lunch. Bearded Reedling, Water Rail, Spotted Redshank, first Snipe of year plus these amazing Spoonbill. Great place for some serious birding. #birding
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Gary Pickles @gdp01.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Cinnabar moth caterpillar at Sun Lane Nature Reserve #patch #birding
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Gary Pickles @gdp01.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Roe Deer on Sun Lane Nature Reserve this evening. Good being out in nature. #birding
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Gary Pickles @gdp01.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Up at Sun Lane Nature Reserve again. Buzzards and a Marsh Harrier - an exciting rarity for this location. #birding
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Gary Pickles @gdp01.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Late night - 21.00 - at Sun Lane Nature Reserve on my #patch. Wood pigeon, Carrion Crow and Swift tonight. Will explore this small reserve again. #birding
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Gary Pickles @gdp01.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
A trip to Cumbria to see the Osprey at Foulshaw Moss. Excellent birding and good to see these fabulous raptors and their young #birding
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Gary Pickles @gdp01.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
And an afternoon at North Cave Wetlands. Med Gull, Little Ringed Plover and pleasing to see so many Avocet chicks.
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Gary Pickles @gdp01.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Blacktoft Sands. In the middle of an excellent morning. Barn Owl, Hobby, Ruff, Spoonbill and this pair of Spotted Redshank showing well from Marshland Hide #birding
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Gary Pickles @gdp01.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Back visiting my patch tonight. Barney the Barn Owl #birding
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Gary Pickles @gdp01.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Full morning at Lin Dike hide, RSPB Fairburn Ings. Target bird was Green Sandpiper and spotted 2 of them albeit at distance. Scope needed!
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Gary Pickles @gdp01.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Called in at Noth Cave Wetlands on the way home and eventually saw my first Wood Sandpiper of the year 😎
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Gary Pickles @gdp01.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
And finally from RSPB Bempton Cliffs.... nesting swallows.
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Gary Pickles @gdp01.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Guillemots nesting. RSPB Bempton Cliffs
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Gary Pickles @gdp01.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Fabulous day at a sweltering RSPB Bempton Cliffs. Saw usual sea birds but also lots of farmland species. Back tomorrow for hopefully a Corn Bunting and the Quail that's knocking about. This Puffin's mate is in the adjacent hole.. 😎
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Gary Pickles @gdp01.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Tropical heron spotted in UK for first time as more exotic birds arrive to thrill birdwatchers
Appearance of a western reef heron in north Wales is unlikely to be the last, as heating temperatures mean species can survive Britain’s winter, say experts
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Gary Pickles @gdp01.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Birding on my patch looking for my first Kingfisher to add to my year list. Hunting that flash of azure blue. Dipped!! #birding
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Gary Pickles @gdp01.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Full day birding at RSPB Fairburn Ings. 1st year Arctic Tern and the Avocet below a few metres away from the hide. What splendid birds they are! 😁 #birding
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Gary Pickles @gdp01.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
'Leap of faith' made on our final day here! #Yellow-leggedGull #sneakybirding #Portugal
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Gary Pickles @gdp01.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Hatched!!! 🐣 #Yellow-leggedGull #sneakybirding #Portugal
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Gary Pickles @gdp01.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Hopefully we are still here when the Yellow-legged Gull hatches her eggs. #sneakybirding #Portugal
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Gary Pickles @gdp01.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Excellent day at @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social Lovely people. Fabulous birds. You can just make out the Pectoral Sandpiper on this photo and my first Ringed Plover of the year. #birding
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Gary Pickles @gdp01.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Fairburn Ings. Four hours in Lin Dike hand scanning the habitat in front of me. Good to see my first 3 Whimbrel and Yellow Wagtail of the year. Dipped on a Hobby seen by others.. #birding
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Gary Pickles @gdp01.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Back to RSPB St Aidan's. Huge estate and well worth a visit. Dipped on the Wood Sandpiper again but so much reedbed to scan. My first Whitethroat of the year and the Swifts are back up north! And of course the Little Owl 🦉 #birding
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Gary Pickles @gdp01.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Brilliant day at RSPB St Aidan's... Pair of Garganey, Common Tern, Sedge and Reed Warblers in the sun... 🌞 #birding
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Gary Pickles @gdp01.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Out on my patch again. Willow Warbler, Redshank, Grey Wagtail and this splendid Mandarin Drake. #PWC2026 #birding
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Gary Pickles @gdp01.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Out on my patch. Common Sandpiper flying up the River Wharfe and first House Martins of the year. Spring is truly upon us. #PWC2026 #birding
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Gary Pickles @gdp01.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
An excellent day of hard birding at Fairburn Ings trying to reach 100 on my yeast list before month end. Included Black-tailed Godwit in full breeding plumage on the Main Bay and the resident Eurasian Spoonbills 👍🏼 #birding
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Gary Pickles @gdp01.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Day in the sun at RSPB St Aidans. These Black-necked Grebes and the resident Little Owl to close.
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