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Birds, Butterflies, Birds, Beasties, Birds, Moths,(VC15) Birds, Nature and occasionally other stuff..

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🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦 @joycomes.bsky.social · 5h
Evening Grosbeak 16-21cm permeant residents across North America, spanning Canada, the US and parts of Mexico. diet seeds, fruits, insects Female incubated 14 days, both parents feed 15 days both parents feed chicks 4 weeks after they fledge, or the male alone if the female has a second brood
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Gary McFarlane @garym6942.bsky.social · 23h
The discovery of a complete fossil of a feathered dinosaur species adds to evidence that birds evolved the ability to fly several times rather than through a single lineage. nature.com/articles/d41... via @nature.com #palaeontology #ornithology #science #SciChat
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Stunning fossil shows dinosaurs’ distinctive path to flight
A fossil from a previously undiscovered species with feathery limbs, unearthed in China, adds to evidence that dinosaurs and birds evolved flight more than once.
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Steve Fitzgerald @stevefitz.bsky.social · 11h
Head started Curlew in Thornham Harbour on Thursday evening. According to the recovery project website, this guy was released at Sandringham and spent all last winter at Thornham. My sighting was the first reported since April. I wonder where he spent the summer #UKBirding #norfolkbirding #birds
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kevguttridge.bsky.social @kevguttridge.bsky.social · 2h
Been on amazon, ordered a Merv and a Clif for the morning. #teammoth
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kevguttridge.bsky.social @kevguttridge.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Oystercatcher and the carrot colour bill. #BirdOfTheDay #BestBeaks #Birds
Head of an Oystercatcher
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kevguttridge.bsky.social @kevguttridge.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Dusky Thorn for a bit of #MothFaceFriday #teammoth
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kevguttridge.bsky.social @kevguttridge.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
All the Jackdaws in my neighbourhood stick together, they must be Velcrows...😆
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Dungeness Bird Observatory @dungenessbirdobs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Just got the news back on a juvenile Redshank that was seen by the Lifeboat station on the 11th September. It was originally ringed just 11 days earlier at Makkevika, Giske in Norway, a total of 1323km away.
Redshank on the beach at Lifeboat Station.
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kevguttridge.bsky.social @kevguttridge.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ha ha, just found my fishing licence from 1974, 5p that was a whole shilling... #thosewerethedays
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kevguttridge.bsky.social @kevguttridge.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A pair of Razorbills. #BirdOfTheDay #Black&White #Birds
A pair of Razorbills looking left.
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kevguttridge.bsky.social @kevguttridge.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
So, I do some looking up on Nutcrackers in Britain and now I get emails telling me the nutcracker comes to a London theatre..that would be an interesting twitch..😆
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kevguttridge.bsky.social @kevguttridge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Broad-bodied Chaser. #WildWebsWednesday #ukwildlife
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kevguttridge.bsky.social @kevguttridge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A Ruff for #WaderWednesday #Birds
Ruff.
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Steve Gale @stevewg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
One third done. School report in… northdownsandbeyond.blogspot.com/2026/09/uma2...
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UMA26 September report
September has positively flown by. My 'Uberpatch Meteorological Autumn' project (a rather pompous construct to spur me on to cover the local...
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kevguttridge.bsky.social @kevguttridge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Great Spotted Woodpecker. #BirdOfTheDay #BestOfTheMonth #Birds
Great Spotted Woodpecker perched on a post.
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kevguttridge.bsky.social @kevguttridge.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Great Skua or Bonxie. #BirdOfTheDay #EFG #Birds
Great Skua in flight against  blue sky.
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kevguttridge.bsky.social @kevguttridge.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Nice Moths from earlier in the year, time of year. Pyrausta nigrata. #teammoth #DarlandBanks
Pyrausta nigata on a Buttercup.
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Kevin Thornton @lowcarbonkev.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Dog walker: "Maybe a more measured means of protecting the wildlife is something they should consider." (Doesn't appreciate been trying that for years. Or that this is mostly renewing existing arrangements w/ some small changes.) Good ol' Kent. If it's not "Stop the boats", it's "Stop the birds"😉
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Thanet dog walkers oppose proposed Birchington beach restrictions
Dog owners criticise plans to ban dogs from part of Birchington beach and impose lead restrictions.
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Trevor Codlin @trevorcodlin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This Med Gull was ringed as an adult in Antwerp, Belgium on 21/06/2006 it was then seen on 29/06/2006 at Milford on Sea, Hants. On 06/11/2018 it was back at Milford & yesterday 27/09/2026 I saw it at Lee on Solent, Hants. An amazing 20yrs 3m 6 days (7403 days) since ringing. #ukbirding #birdringing
Adult Mediterranean Gull
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CM @manchesterbirder.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
In case you missed it, a Manchester rarity in this blog. #ukbirding #birds
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Grey Phalarope (just) in the Danelaw, I mean, Greater Manchester
Worthington Lakes is a set of reservoirs on the very boundary between Greater Manchester and Lancashire.  There will be grumbles about this,...
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kevguttridge.bsky.social @kevguttridge.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A top of a fence post that looks exactly like a Great Spotted Woodpeckers head. #BirdOfTheDay #AwkwardAvian #Birds
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kevguttridge.bsky.social @kevguttridge.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Singing Wren. #BirdOfTheDay #BokehBirds #Birds
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kevguttridge.bsky.social @kevguttridge.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Just found these two making baby Turnips on the garage..😊 #teammoth
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kevguttridge.bsky.social @kevguttridge.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
First Wogan of the Autumn ☹️ #teammoth So not in the trap last night were
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kevguttridge.bsky.social @kevguttridge.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Couple of hours on Sheppey this morning, 20+ Meadow Pipits, 30+ Chaffinches,a Willow Warbler, 4 Chiffchaffs, 4 GSW, a flock of 20+ Linnets, 1 Corn Bunting and a few Migrant Hawkers. #Kentnature #KentBirding
Great Spotted Woodpecker perched on a Wooden Fencepost.A Migrant Hawker.
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kevguttridge.bsky.social @kevguttridge.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Puffin with a beak full. #BirdOfTheDay #Seabirds #Birds
A Puffin flying with a beak full of Sandeels.
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kevguttridge.bsky.social @kevguttridge.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Hooded Crows in the evening light. #BirdOfTheDay #Pairs #Birds
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Nick Holmes @thehandlab.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
England's Wildlife Trusts are ~90% of the way to raising £30M to buy 3,800 hectares of #Northumberland. If you have some spare money, even just £10, they can really use it *before September 30th*! 🙏 #rewilding #wildlife 🦅🐿🐺🦉 www.wildlifetrusts.org/appeals/roth...
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Donate to Secure The Rothbury Estate | The Wildlife Trusts
Stretching over 3,800 hectares, the Rothbury Estate in Northumberland is abundant with opportunity. It’s the largest continuous area of land to appear on the market in 50 years. Its sale creates a uni...
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Dungeness Bird Observatory @dungenessbirdobs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A Death’s-head Hawk-moth is on show at the Observatory until late afternoon, it was trapped the night of the 24th near New Romney.
Image and moth taken by Chris Philpot
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kevguttridge.bsky.social @kevguttridge.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
My total for the night, but included a Feathered Ranunculus and 2 Clancy's Rustic. #teammoth
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kevguttridge.bsky.social @kevguttridge.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Somewhere in there is a face of a Yellow-tail. #MothFaceFriday #teammoth
Yellow-tail Moth.
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kevguttridge.bsky.social @kevguttridge.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Dog walk this morning #darlandbanks and the air is filled with Robin song. At least 12 , 4 Chiffchaffs and 18 Meadow Pipits flying West. #kentnature #kentbirding
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kevguttridge.bsky.social @kevguttridge.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Not many in trap but the star being a Feathered Ranunculus #teammoth
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kevguttridge.bsky.social @kevguttridge.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Adonis Blue for a bit of #WildWebsWednesday #ukwildlife
Adonis Blue Butterfly on a grass stem.
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kevguttridge.bsky.social @kevguttridge.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Female Kestrel. #BirdOfTheDay #Raptors #Birds
Female Kestrel Perched on a post.
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kevguttridge.bsky.social @kevguttridge.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Sanderling and Seaweed. #WaderWednesday #Birds
Sanderling on a beach surrounded by Seaweed
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kevguttridge.bsky.social @kevguttridge.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Goldfinch in the evening light. #BirdOfTheDay #RedHeads #Birds
Goldfinch perched on a twig in the evening light.
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Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 🇨🇦 @secondnaturemb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Sunrise song. You'll want the volume up for this one, but not too high. Every coyote within a half kilometre radius decided to make themselves known this morning while I was enjoying the sunrise from the kayak. A truly magical moment. #mammals 🌿
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kevguttridge.bsky.social @kevguttridge.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Oy! Do you mind I'm having my picture taken. #BirdOfTheDay #CaptionThatBird #Birds
A Puffin lying down facing the camera and another about to walk in front of it.
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kevguttridge.bsky.social @kevguttridge.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Kittiwake. #BirdOfTheDay #Elegant #Birds
Headshot of a Kittiwake.
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Owen Leyshon @dungenessowen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
A wonderful spectacle of the thousands of House Martins gathering on wires and on the Power Station at Dungeness early this morning I reckon 8,000+ #KentBirding
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kevguttridge.bsky.social @kevguttridge.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Back home to the patio of England..☹️
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Gary Allport @birdsandlife.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Steppe Whimbrel - remember this? The tracking data now part of an amazing collaborative study of all tracks of whimbrels globally, put together by Camilo Carniero just published in Ibis. Still a big data gap in Southern and Eastern Africa onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Migratory routes of tracked whimbrels with the breeding (triangles pointing downwards), wintering (triangles pointing upwards) and stopover sites (spring: circles; autumn: diamonds). Stopover symbol sizes represent duration in days. Each subspecies is represented by a distinct colour, with undetermined by grey symbols and dashed tracks. The coloured polygons at high northern latitudes illustrate the longitudinal ranges considered to assign subspecies with exception of N. p. alboaxillaris (see Table 2; note that presumed overlapping subspecies N. p. phaeopus– rogachevae and N. p. rogachevae– variegatus are not labelled). Repeated individual tracks are shown but not included in statistical analysis. The map is presented in an equal area projection, which retains the relative size of areas.
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kevguttridge.bsky.social @kevguttridge.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
103/5 1 SHC, 1 Brimstone 10 Brown-spot pinion, 18 LYU and 73 Lunar Underwings #teammoth #Herefordshire
3 Lunar Underwings of various flavours in a egg tray.
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kevguttridge.bsky.social @kevguttridge.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
1971 Edition an interesting and sad read.. #BirdingBook
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Tina Hagger @haggytea.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Come and design, carve and print your very own Ex Libris book stamp with me at a gorgeous independent bookshop 📖 Wednesday 21st October, 6pm at The Little Green Bookshop in Herne Bay. ✂️ All materials included ☕ Refreshments included www.thelittlegreenbookshop.com/event-detail...
A poster for an Ex Libris Book Stamp Workshop showing 6 different ex libris book plates in pink. A poster for an Ex Libris Book Stamp Workshop showing 6 different ex libris book plates in blue.
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kevguttridge.bsky.social @kevguttridge.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Azure Damselfly on Bramble. #WildWebsWednesday
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kevguttridge.bsky.social @kevguttridge.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
First time I've ever had a Hornet in the trap. Lucky you i here some of you say....😄 #teammoth #bycatch
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kevguttridge.bsky.social @kevguttridge.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The view from the Malverns this afternoon... #Herefordshire #Worcestershire
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kevguttridge.bsky.social @kevguttridge.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Tall.... #thicktrunktuesday
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