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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 21h

Northern Lights - at sea, @south east of Sumburgh Head, Shetland

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

PG Tips revisited this evening - canny😊 #UKbirding

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Stunning PG Tips near Valyie, Unst yesterday #UKbirding

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Aye, a good reason to avoid Rusty-rumped Warbler as an new alternative name

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Oooooooof! PG Tips at Valyie, Unst

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Red-backed Shrike after the rain eased a bit yesterday - Northdale, Unst #UKbirding

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Red-backed Shrike defying the weather at Northdale, Unst this afternoon #UKbirding

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Hi Andy, an ambassadorial role?😉🙂 - I’m staying on Unst if you end up this way

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

An appetite whetted by an unidentified bunting was duly followed by a rummage along the Burn of Vinstrick near Lund this afternoon - no sign of the bunting but a Water Rail was a canny sight #UKbirding

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

From the Ministry of Funny Walks - one of two Buff-breasted Sandpipers on Unst today #UKbirding

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Canny Barred Warbler at Skaw, Unst this afternoon, rather obliging, as far as these beasties go #UKbirding

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Nice views of the Juvvy Male Pallid Harrier on Unst this morning

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Super Shetland Surfie, Queen Eider and a juvvy Pallid Harrier - a canny start to our Shetland trip #UKbirding

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Nice to find a Surf Scoter off Lerwick, next to a Queen Eider at one point - Champion🙂 #UKbirding

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Bonny Curlew Sand on Holy Island's eastern shore yesterday #NEbirding

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Male Southern Hawker at Gosforth NR last Sunday @britishdragonflies.bsky.social

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Apologies to Neha Mujumdar for mixing her name up, haste and old age, not a good combination!

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Cause for the Emerald Dance today - Neham Ujumdar and I found a pair of Willow Emeralds at Gosforth NR and watched the female ovipositing on Willow stems, possibly the first naturalists to see this in Northumberland?! @britishdragonflies.bsky.social

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Using archaic nomenclature, that would’ve been a feature of a Dinner Lady rather than a Painted Lady

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Hemp Agrimony cutting the mustard locally - much appreciated by this Painted Lady and about 30 Red Admirals #butterflyconservation

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Chris Knox @budlebirder.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Thanks to Birdwatch magazine for their favourable review of my publication the Birds of Budle Bay. Copies are still available for anyone who would like to purchase one #NEbirding #BudleBay @alantilmouth.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Lots of potential for tomorrow and Friday, today certainly punched above its weight given the lack of rain

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Holy Island today, selected totals - GREENISH WARBLER, 8 Pied Fly, 6 Whinchat, 1 Wheatear, 4 Redstart, 1 Spot Fly, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Blackcap, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Reed Warbler (Straight Lonnen), 7 Chiff, 12 Willow Warbler and a Wood Sandpiper #NEBirding

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Male Migrant Hawker showing in the brighter spells between showers at Gosforth Nature Reserve this afternoon #britishdragonflies.bsky.social

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Sheltered from the rain on North Ron with @yellowbrow.bsky.social last Friday - we were in excellent company! Many thanks to @georgenorthron.bsky.social @maddyhine.bsky.social and Anna Temple at @northronbirdobs.bsky.social for their magnificent help👏 #UKbirding #OrkneyBirding

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Bit of a belter and worthy of celebration

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Southern Hawker at Gosforth NR, a female egg laying in the moss between gaps in the stones of the SUDS pond's gabion baskets @nenature.bsky.social

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Myathropa florea - Batman Hoverfly at Gosforth Nature Reserve today @nenature.bsky.social

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

A pale bellied theme at Beal last Thursday #NEbirding

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Thanks Joanie, the group had just pitched down on the sea having flown past our bows

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Thanks for clarifying Jamie👍 …….. they were very enjoyable in the daylight😎

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Shine a Light - Rhinoceros Auklets showing off their 'horns' which are bioluminescent (best seen after dark!) - 10th June 2026, Kenai Fjords, Alaska #SuperSeabirdSunday

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Volucella zonaria - Hornet Hoverfly, a male at Winlaton Mill, 19th July 2026

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Good numbers of Grayling on Holy Island yesterday

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

It was very similar here apart Tree Spuggies being very localised

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

As a kid, I took House Sparrows, or Spuggies as we knew them, for granted. Then they pretty much disappeared locally but recently, there's been a few more around and their nostalgic, happy go lucky chirping, has returned. ..........and boy, do I appreciate them now! #NEbirding #birds

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Good to see a few Small Red-eyed Damselfly last Sunday at Clockburn Drift near Winlaton Mill, Gateshead #britishdragonflies.bsky.social

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Normally, Holly Blues never stop in our garden. Today was not one of those days as a male briefly landed. Moreover, I managed to photograph it. I'd say that was a canny result, a result where the pale blues came off worse. An omen perhaps? 🤞

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

An Ancient Murrelet in the Bering Sea off Unalaska back in May this year - it was about 36 years since I’d seen one and that was the bird that graced Lundy #SuperSeabirdSunday

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

It’s a very sobering thought that the Scottish mountains I surveyed in 1989, and where Dotterel were frequently encountered and often found breeding in suitable habbo, will soon, no longer have Dotterel nesting there. That’s a massive wodge of magic gone!🙁

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Emperors bossing the water at Gosforth NR today, how a Hobby might change that dynamic!

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Mike Carr @mike-carr.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Basking in the 24hr sunshine at Barrow, Alaska, a familiar bird in less familiar plumage

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