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Shaun Evans @shaunevans.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Red Eyed Vireo about to be released after being trapped and ringed at Kenfig nnr on the weekend. #birdguides #birdingwales

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john_l_uk 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺 @john-l-uk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Goldcliff update, large hirundine flocks hawking around the sea wall filling up before crossing the Bristol Channel and more #GwentBirds #GOS

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Goldcliff Birding #267 4K

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john_l_uk 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺 @john-l-uk.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The recipient of the Fake Infantino FIFA Peace Prize discusses genocide with no qualms about killing millions of innocent people. I can’t imagine the Nobel committee is going to be considering him for a real peace prize anytime soon.

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Steve Dudley @stevedudley.bsky.social · 03/10/2024

Nothing mega but at least I had birds! These are three of the four Yellow-broweds found today (our second wave of the autumn), plus Garden and Willow warblers, Blackcaps, several Robins, a couple of Sparrowhawks and 61 Pink-feet. A reasonable days #WestrayBirding in glorious sunshine. #UKbirding

Yellow-browed Warbler, Westray, Orkney Isles, 3 October 2024

Sun with partial halo (sundogs), Westray, Orkney Isles, 3 October 2024

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Shaun Evans @shaunevans.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Landed to get a great view of this Red-Eyed Vireo ✅ at Kenfig NNR today 90 mins after being released by the ringers. #birdingwales #birdguides #birdsseenin2026 #birds

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Darryl @darrylspittle.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Goldcliff Pools: Garganey, Ruff, Barwit, c.150 Knot, 2 Snipe, Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Whinchat, Yellow Wag, 3 Blackcap, c.20 Chiffchaff, etc. #gwentbirding

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Paul Stephens @dmesg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

A few hours seawatch at Neist Point with @welshnaturelady.bsky.social before the bad weather, 1 LT Skua, 7 Arctic Skua and 11 Sooties all heading into the Minch. Knot, Purple Sand, WTE. #birdingScotland and a submarine in Broadford Bay.

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john_l_uk 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺 @john-l-uk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

A related Yellowhammer and Corn Bunting from Eastleach Martin, Glos.

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john_l_uk 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺 @john-l-uk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Some screenshots from the video of my visit to Eastleach Martin to see a long-staying Long-Tailed Shrike, a bird normally seen in Asia.

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john_l_uk 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺 @john-l-uk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

A very early start to arrive at a field on the Gloucestershire/Oxfordshire border before dawn following a friend who knew the site well. He was able to quickly locate the bird using an infra red scope and I was lucky enough to record it together with Corn Bunting, Whinchat, Yellow Hammer and more.

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In search of a Long Tailed Shrike 4K

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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

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Mountain Birder @dawson61.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Managed to get the Ortolan Bunting before the weather turned this morning at Merthyr, S.Wales

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Mountain Birder @dawson61.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

This runt of the litter is giving it some from a while ago at an undisclosed site in South Wales

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Paul Stephens @dmesg.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Nice few hours at Kidwelly Quay, 3 Osprey 2 successful fishing attempts, 2 Marsh Harrier, Peregrine, Cattle Egret, 2 Curlew Sand, Spotshank, flyover Yellow Wag. #birdingWales

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john_l_uk 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺 @john-l-uk.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

A first look at the new hide in Goldcliff. Lots of migrant Goldfinches and Meadow Pipits passing through, a Kestrel, a large flock of Godwits, a small flock of Little Egrets, several migrant Clouded Yellows and more.

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Goldcliff Birding #266 - Phoenix Hide 4K

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Marc Hunt @somersetbirder.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Photos of 2 First Winter Ortolan Buntings seen near an old, disused railway track near Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales this afternoon 😍

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Mountain Birder @dawson61.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Couple of long eared owl pics from our trip to Lancashire recently. #longearedowl #lancashirebirding

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john_l_uk 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺 @john-l-uk.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

My son is on holiday in Montenegro and came across this article in their press. Leaders and donors of ReformUK Ltd, the renamed Brexit party, for some perfectly innocent reason preferring to use an office in Tivat Montenegro rather than London, Manchester or anywhere in the U. K.

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Gambling, crypto and suspicious money in Montenegro

Prominent figures and donors to the Reform UK party, including billionaire Christopher Harborne and convicted felon George Cottrell, run their businesses from a modest office...

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Mountain Birder @dawson61.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

A long trip to deepest Lancashire for the Long Eared Owl, what a beautiful bird. #longearedowl #lancashirebirding

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Paul Stephens @dmesg.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Early visit to Pembrey Harbour, lots of Manx, Lesser Yellowlegs, distant Osprey, a few Clouded Yellow. Banc y lord, Wood Sand, Yellow Wag, 5 Green Sand. #birdingWales

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Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

...if anything, our little 40w garden trap at the Grove was relatively busier including a particularly good catch of 5 Striped Hawks - 4 made quite a handful...

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john_l_uk 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺 @john-l-uk.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

A short video looking at some of the species that have visited our garden this summer. More species in the next video.

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Garden Butterflies '26 4K

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john_l_uk 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺 @john-l-uk.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Another unforgivable breach of human rights in a country formally known as the “Land of the Free”.

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john_l_uk 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺 @john-l-uk.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

One of the best times of the year to spot Wood Sandpipers and Slimbridge is one of the best places to see them. Green Sandpipers are more numerous and it’s almost guaranteed to see them here.

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Slimbridge Robbie Garnett Hide - Wood and Green Sandpipers, Ruff, Greenshank

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john_l_uk 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺 @john-l-uk.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I thought all Hummingbird Hawk-moths were migrants but it turns out some are breeding here. If this moth isn’t native it’s done well to arrive in Snowdonia in early June during the gales and rainstorms we experienced then

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Hummingbird Hawk Moth Bodnant Gardens 4K

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john_l_uk 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺 @john-l-uk.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I’ve never seen a mole before and honestly didn’t expect to see one feeding above ground in a castle full of visitors.

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Wholly Mole-y

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john_l_uk 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺 @john-l-uk.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

An early Hummingbird hawk-moth seen in North Wales in early June. The weather was atrocious and it was only able to feed during a break from the heavy rain.

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Hummingbird hawk-moth on Fringed Pink in Bodnant Gardens

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john_l_uk 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺 @john-l-uk.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

My son took this a couple of days ago, an urban fox quite at home on a cycle track close to the City of London. #wildlife_London

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john_l_uk 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺 @john-l-uk.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Goldcliff as it was two days ago. A dawn visit to be there before the predicted high temperatures.

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Goldcliff Birding #262 4K

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john_l_uk 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺 @john-l-uk.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

What has changed between the 1970s when a long car journey would result in a windshield covered with insect squash and now, when in spite of ‘no mow May’ and a ban on many pesticides there are visibly less insects. The first mobile phone was introduced in 1973, is there any correlation?

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john_l_uk 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺 @john-l-uk.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Unbelievable. King Charles is STILL set to fly to the US to celebrate with Trump next week. With everything Trump is saying and doing right now - and the hate and chaos he's spreading - this trip must be cancelled. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ca...

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Stop King Charles' visit to Trump!

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Mountain Birder @dawson61.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Green Woodpecker always a delight #gwentbirds #welshbirds

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Mountain Birder @dawson61.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Handsome Male Redstart what a beautiful bird to photograph.

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john_l_uk 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺 @john-l-uk.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Views of Sanderling, Dunlin, Ringed Plover and Bar-tailed Godwit battling the wind on the ebb tide in Ferrybridge, Weymouth.

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Chesil Beach: Blowin' in the wind!

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john_l_uk 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺 @john-l-uk.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

I can’t understand why anybody in the U.S. would start taking exception to migrants. I was researching on Ancestry today and this U.S. census from 1930 popped up. The White House has just published a racist message about Trump being the great saviour from the ‘aliens’ (migrants) who are among us!

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 11/06/2026

WE SHOULD BE EMBARRASSED 🤬 The way the U.S. welcomed the team from Senegal 🇸🇳 vs. The way Mexico welcomed the team from Spain 🇪🇸 #WorldCup

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