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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 6m
Cattle Egret still on Cowpen Marsh north of Seal Sands Road. @teesbirds.bsky.social
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 18h
Pink-footed Geese c.2000 early afternoon beside Calor Gas Pool + Spoonbill. Golden Plover x10, Great White Egret, Avocet x8, Dunlin c.60, Black-tailed Godwit x12 on west pond at RSPB Saltholme + Bar-tailed Godwit x2. Ruff c.12 & Pintail x6 on Back Saltholme + Greenshank. @teesbirds.bsky.social
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A closer crop of the Merlin this morning at Holme Fleet.
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Merlin at Holme Fleet 8.35 am. @teesbirds.bsky.social
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Black-tailed Godwit x36, Marsh Harrier x2, Ruff x10, Great White Egret & Greenshank this morning at RSPB Saltholme. Also Water Rail. @teesbirds.bsky.social
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Cattle Egret this morning on Cowpen Marsh. Great find by @imaddy.bsky.social 👍 @teesbirds.bsky.social
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
At least 12 Bearded Tit this morning at Dormans Pool. A flock of 5 was joined by a flock of 7. A few minutes later 8 flew by. Possibly a different group. Birds in the reeds remained distant today. @teesbirds.bsky.social
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Marsh Harrier this morning from Phil Stead Hide at RSPB Saltholme. Spoonbill on Back Saltholme from hide. Avocet x12 including cr bird Yf F4 ringed May 2025 nr Masham, N.Yorks. Seen here in June 2025 and bred at Spurn in 2026. At least a dozen Ruff still around today. @teesbirds.bsky.social
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Bearded Tit x6 this morning at RSPB Saltholme. A mix of males, females and juveniles. @teesbirds.bsky.social
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Smew, Ruff, Avocet, Bar-tailed Godwit, Curlew Sandpiper this morning at RSPB Saltholme. Also Peregrine Falcon, Black-tailed Godwit, Dunlin & Pintail. @teesbirds.bsky.social
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Avocet x7, Bar-tailed Godwit, Black-tailed Godwit x5 this morning on west pond at RSPB Saltholme. @teesbirds.bsky.social
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Great White Egret, Pink-footed Geese x68, Green Sandpiper disturbed by Sparrowhawk this morning from Phil Stead Hide at RSPB Saltholme. Avocet x4, Black-tailed Godwit x12, Ruff x6 on west pond from roadside. Also Bar-tailed Godwit x4. @teesbirds.bsky.social
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Green Sandpiper & Great White Egret this morning from Phil Stead Hide at RSPB Saltholme. @teesbirds.bsky.social
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Curlew Sandpiper, Bar-tailed Godwit x4, Ruff 15+, Black-tailed Godwit c.30, Avocet x4, Barnacle Geese x132 this morning at RSPB Saltholme. Also Smew, Dunlin and Pintail x3. Grey Partridge x9 beside sheep shed. Lots of Migrant hawkers in the warmer 20°C temperatures. @teesbirds.bsky.social
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Curlew Sandpiper x2, Bar-tailed Godwit x6, Pink-footed Geese x34 this morning at RSPB Saltholme. @teesbirds.bsky.social
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Great White Egret x2, Marsh Harrier x2, Pintail x2, Bar-tailed Godwit x2, Black-tailed Godwit x32, Dunlin x10, Wren this morning at RSPB Saltholme. @teesbirds.bsky.social
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Black-tailed Godwits, Dunlin, Great White Egret, Marsh Harrier, Ruff, Smew and Curlew Sandpiper this morning at RSPB Saltholme. @teesbirds.bsky.social
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Curlew Sandpiper on Back Saltholme. White-fronted Goose, Ruff & Avocet on west pond. Black-tailed Godwit x32, Ruff x3, Great White Egret x2 from Phil Stead Hide. @teesbirds.bsky.social
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Grey skies this morning at RSPB Saltholme but still plenty of birds to see. Curlew Sandpiper x2, Water Rail, Stonechat, Barnacle Geese, Avocet, Ruff, Black-tailed Godwit & Pintail on main lake. Also Marsh Harrier, Pinkfooted Geese & Bar-tailed Godwit x6. @teesbirds.bsky.social
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Goosander, Bar-tailed Godwit, Ruff, Smew, Curlew Sandpiper x2, Migrant Hawker this morning at RSPB Saltholme. @teesbirds.bsky.social
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Merlin this morning at Holme Fleet. @teesbirds.bsky.social
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Holly Blue butterfly and Migrant Hawker this morning in the garden at RSPB Saltholme. Great White Egret from Phil Stead Hide. White-fronted Goose on west pond. Pink-footed Geese x121 over Back Saltholme. @teesbirds.bsky.social
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Baird's Sandpiper this morning at RSPB Saltholme. Taken from the roadside. @teesbirds.bsky.social
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Curlew Sandpiper still on Back Saltholme from roadside. @teesbirds.bsky.social
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Another photo of the Osprey seen yesterday from Phil Stead Hide at RSPB Saltholme. Probably my favourite from the sequence I took. @teesbirds.bsky.social
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Bar-tailed Godwit, Great White Egret, White-fronted Goose, Baird's Sandpiper, Smew & Ruff this morning at RSPB Saltholme. @teesbirds.bsky.social
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A good 10 minutes or so. 8.51 am was the first photo.
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Bar-tailed Godwit, White-fronted Goose, Black-tailed Godwit, Barnacle Goose, Grey Plover on Back Saltholme and the main lake, Ruff & Common Snipe, Wigeon, Great Crested Grebe & Great White Egret today at RSPB Saltholme. @teesbirds.bsky.social
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A few Osprey photos taken this morning from Phil Stead Hide at RSPB Saltholme. @teesbirds.bsky.social
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Grey Plover on Back Saltholme from Corner screen. @teesbirds.bsky.social
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Osprey juvenile this morning from Phil Stead Hide. @teesbirds.bsky.social
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Osprey at Phil Stead Hide at RSPB Saltholme. Landed briefly. Headed off towards main lake. Also Kingfisher, Sparrowhawk, Black-tailed Godwit. @teesbirds.bsky.social
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Curlew Sandpiper, White-fronted Goose, Bar-tailed Godwit, Ruff, Great Crested Grebe, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Holly Blue butterfly & Migrant Hawker this morning at RSPB Saltholme. Also Spoonbill x2, Pintail x2, Smew and Golden Plover x12. @teesbirds.bsky.social
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Curlew Sandpiper, Bar-tailed Godwit x3, Black-tailed Godwit & White-fronted Goose on Saltholme west pond from roadside. @teesbirds.bsky.social
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Chiffchaff, Great White Egret, Marsh Harrier, Pink-footed Goose, Common Snipe, Smew, Spoonbill, Ruff, Kestrel this morning at RSPB Saltholme. @teesbirds.bsky.social
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Bar-tailed Godwit x5 this morning on west pond at RSPB Saltholme. Also Black-tailed Godwit x3, Avocet x1. @teesbirds.bsky.social
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Egyptian Geese x6, Great White Egret, Chiffchaff, Sparrowhawk, Black-tailed Godwit x32, Common Snipe x2, Water Rail this morning from Phil Stead Hide at RSPB Saltholme. Common Blue x2 & Migrant Hawker in the garden. @teesbirds.bsky.social
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Lesser Yellowlegs, Smew and Spoonbill early afternoon from Saltholme Hide. Also Peregrine, Greenshank, Black-tailed Godwit and Ruff x3. @teesbirds.bsky.social
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Migrant Hawker, Common Darter and two Holly Blue butterflies this morinng in and around the garden at RSPB Saltholme. @teesbirds.bsky.social
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Marsh Harrier this morning from Phil Stead Hide at RSPB Saltholme. @teesbirds.bsky.social
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Green Sandpiper 915am from Phil Stead Hide at RSPB Saltholme. @teesbirds.bsky.social
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Goosander 10.15 am Back Saltholme before flying off towards main lake. @teesbirds.bsky.social
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Reed Warbler, Pintail, Black-tailed Godwit, Spoonbill, Kestrel, Curlew & Bar-tailed Godwit. Comma butterfly. This morning at RSPB Saltholme. @teesbirds.bsky.social
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Little Stint 9.10 am at Dormans Pool at RSPB Saltholme. @teesbirds.bsky.social
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Wood Sandpiper 7.55 am at Holme Fleet. @teesbirds.bsky.social
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Merlin 8.20 am along Zinc Works Road. @teesbirds.bsky.social
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Whinchat x2, Curlew Sandpiper, Bar-tailed Godwit, Avocet, Spoonbill, Little Stint, House Martin, Whitee-fronted Goose this morning at RSPB Saltholme. @teesbirds.bsky.social
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Whinchat feeding on thistles in front of sheep shed at RSPB Saltholme. @teesbirds.bsky.social
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Curlew Sandpiper x2, Ruff, Bar-tailed Godwit, Black-tailed Godwit, Avocet & White-fronted Goose on west pond at RSPB Saltholme. Ruff, House Martin & Marsh Harrier from Phil Stead Hide. @teesbirds.bsky.social
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ianfouk.bsky.social @ianfouk.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Great White Egret, Swallow, Snipe & Ruff this morning from Phil Stead Hide at RSPB Saltholme. Also Cetti's Warbler, Marsh Harrier & Common Buzzard. @teesbirds.bsky.social
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