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OliCWildlife @olicwildlife.bsky.social · 20h

Great Grey Shrike, Common Woodpigeons, Northern Wheatear, and Whooper Swans, all on migration around Kihnu Island! #Birding #Estonia #BirdingEstonia #WildlifePhotography @swallowbirding.bsky.social

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OliCWildlife @olicwildlife.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Common Cranes, and Northern Nutcracker from Kihnu Lighthouse! #Birding #BirdingEstonia @swallowbirding.bsky.social

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OliCWildlife @olicwildlife.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A couple of nice Flycatchers from this week. Red-breasted Fly at the Naze on Tuesday and Pied Fly on Mersea Island this afternoon! #Birding #EssexBirding #UKBirding #UKWildlife

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OliCWildlife @olicwildlife.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It was a dream come true to see wild Brown Bears in Estonia last week, at NaTourEst Bear Hides! Amazing views of 5 individuals, as well as Raccoon Dog, European Badger, and White-backed Woodpecker. #Estonia #Bears #WildlifePhotography

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OliCWildlife @olicwildlife.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A huge thanks to everyone who took part in the EBWS Big County Birdwatch 2026! It was a privilege and great fun to lead some of the walks across the weekend. #EssexBirding #UKBirding #UKWildlife #EssexWildlife

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OliCWildlife @olicwildlife.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

A few from Abberton in August! Ring-necked Duck, Great Egret, Ruff, and Red-crested Pochard. #Birding #UKBirding #EssexBirding #WildlifePhotography

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OliCWildlife @olicwildlife.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Barn Swallows, Manx Shearwater, European Honey Buzzard, and Pine Marten from Ardnamurchan! #Naturetrek #Birding #UKBirding #UKWildlife @naturetrek.bsky.social

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OliCWildlife @olicwildlife.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Common Guillemots, Harbour Seals, Common Dolphins, and Common Tern from Ardnamurchan! #Naturetrek #Birding #UKWildlife #WildlifePhotography @naturetrek.bsky.social

Adult and young Common Guillemot (Murre).

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OliCWildlife @olicwildlife.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Some of the smaller, yet equally impressive, species from Ardnamurchan. Golden-ringed Dragonfly, Common Lizard, Oblong-leaved Sundew, and Small Copper! #NatureTrek #UKWildlife #WildlifePhotography @naturetrek.bsky.social

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OliCWildlife @olicwildlife.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Just back from a couple of weeks on wonderful Ardnamurchan, leading back-to-back Mammals & Highlights of the Highlands tours for #NatureTrek, alongside the brilliant Glyn Evans. Plenty of photos to come! #Birding #UKWildlife #WildlifePhotography @naturetrek.bsky.social

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Swallow Birding & Wildlife @swallowbirding.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Glad the Oxon/Glos LONG-TAILED SHRIKE did the decent thing and hung around to enable @esbr-essex.bsky.social @olicwildlife.bsky.social, Dan H and myself to see this superb bird! #BirdsSeenIn2026 #oxonbirding #birds #birding #RareBirdsUK #ukbirding @britishnatureguide.bsky.social

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Matt Turner @esbr-essex.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Really pleased to connect with the Long-tailed Shrike in Oxfordshire (Lifer😀) Great day with @swallowbirding.bsky.social @olicwildlife.bsky.social & Dan H, thanks guys 👍 Record shots attached - bird showed well but heat haze was a nightmare!

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OliCWildlife @olicwildlife.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Some of the highlights from Abberton yesterday! Spoonbills, Osprey, Little Gull, and Ruddy Shelduck. #EssexBirding #Birding #UKBirding #UKWildlife #WildlifePhotography

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OliCWildlife @olicwildlife.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

A surprisingly productive morning at Abberton with Caspian Tern, fem Ring-necked Duck, and Osprey among the highlights! #EssexBirding #Birding #UKBirding #UKWildlife

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OliCWildlife @olicwildlife.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

What a lovely bird and not something I ever expected to see in Essex! Hudsonian Godwit. #Birding #UKBirding #EssexBirding #WildlifePhotography

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OliCWildlife @olicwildlife.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Here are some photos from a relaxing morning out locally in N Essex on Wednesday, in which we saw Osprey, Turtle Dove, Spoonbills, Cattle Egrets, Adder, Marbled Whites, White-letter & Purple Hairstreaks, and a brief Purple Emperor among other things! #EssexBirding #UKWildlife

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Swallow Birding & Wildlife @swallowbirding.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Then spent some time with @olicwildlife.bsky.social in Hide Bay hide where finally caught up with an Essex LESSER EMPEROR! #dragonflies #essex #wildlife @britishdragonflies.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social

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OliCWildlife @olicwildlife.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Had a nice evening birding in Suffolk yesterday. Species included Spoonbills, LRPs, Sandwich Tern, Common Redstarts, Dartford Warblers, Woodlarks, Hobbies, Yellowhammers, and Nightjars! #Birding #UKBirding #SuffolkBirding #WildlifePhotography

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OliCWildlife @olicwildlife.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Some shots from a wonderful day at Thursley Common with @essexbirdnews.bsky.social yesterday! Highlights included Common Redstarts, Tree Pipits, Dartford Warblers, Woodlarks, Mandarin Duck, and some great plants and insects. #Birding #UKBirding #UKWildlife

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OliCWildlife @olicwildlife.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Had a wonderful morning of raptor-watching in Norfolk yesterday! The highlights were distant views of Black-winged Kite and some awesome Goshawk action. Nice to chat with @dbradnum.bsky.social too! #Birding #UKBirding #NorfolkBirding

Male Eurasian Goshawk seeing-off an intruding juvenile!

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OliCWildlife @olicwildlife.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

A few from locally over the last week. European Adder, Green Hairstreak, Barred Grass Snake, and Rhyssa persuasoria (I think)! #EssexWildlife #UKWildlife #Herping #WildlifePhotography

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OliCWildlife @olicwildlife.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Had a great morning at @rspb.bsky.social Old Hall earlier this week. I was pleased to find this Pectoral Sandpiper to go with the American Golden Plover already present! Also Temminck’s Stint, Little Gull, 2 Wood Sand, Ravens, Cuckoos, & Spotted Redshank. #EssexBirding #UKBirding

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OliCWildlife @olicwildlife.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Razorbills, Northern Gannets, and B-L Kittiwakes, also from RSPB Bempton Cliffs! #Birding #UKBirding #UKWildlife #WildlifePhotography

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OliCWildlife @olicwildlife.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Northern Gannet, Northern Fulmars, Peregrine Falcon, and Common Guillemot from RSPB Bempton Cliffs! #Birding #UKBirding #UKWildlife #WildlifePhotography

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OliCWildlife @olicwildlife.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Just got back from 3 days of birding further north. Here are just a few of the highlights. Northern Gannet, White-bellied Dipper, Northern Wheatear, and Osprey! Plenty more photos to come… #Birding #UKBirding #UKWildlife #WildlifePhotography

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OliCWildlife @olicwildlife.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Nice to see my Pom Skua photo feature this week!

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OliCWildlife @olicwildlife.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Incredible views of Ross’s Gull at Thameside this afternoon! Then a pair of B-W Stilts at nearby Rainham Marshes. #Birding #UKBirding #UKWildlife #EssexBirding

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OliCWildlife @olicwildlife.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

A few from Abberton earlier this week! Eurasian Blackcap, Western Cattle Egret, Common Swift, and Common Tern. #Birding #EssexBirding #UKBirding #UKWildlife

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Ed @eb263.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Pomarine Skua. One of 5 seen this morning past Dungeness with @olicwildlife.bsky.social #kentbirding #ukbirding

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OliCWildlife @olicwildlife.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Sea-watching at Dungeness with @eb263.bsky.social this morning produced both Pomarine and Arctic Skuas, as well as Auks, Gannets, and lots of passage Waders! #Birding #UKBirding #KentBirding #WildlifePhotography

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OliCWildlife @olicwildlife.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

A few shots from a couple of North-Essex sites this afternoon! Eurasian Spoonbills, European Adder, Common Nightingale, and Eurasian Sparrowhawk. #Birding #EssexBirding #UKBirding #WildlifePhotography

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OliCWildlife @olicwildlife.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Great day with the EBWS at SWT Carlton Marshes yesterday. Highlights included a pair of Ring Ouzel, Bittern, Cattle Egrets, Y-L Gull, Ruff, Avocets, Pintail, & lots of raptors! #Birding #UKBirding #SuffolkBirding

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OliCWildlife @olicwildlife.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

A great day at sunny Dungeness earlier this week! Chough, Hen Harrier, Black Redstarts, Harbour Porpoises, RTDivers, Guillemots, Peregrines, Wheatear, Bearded Tits, and Sedge Warblers. @swallowbirding.bsky.social #Birding #UKBirding

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OliCWildlife @olicwildlife.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Bonaparte’s Gull, Wheatear, and Yellow Wagtail from Billets Farm, Abberton, yesterday! #Birding #EssexBirding #UKBirding

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OliCWildlife @olicwildlife.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

My first visit of the year to RSPB Minsmere! Pair of Garganey, Bitterns, Med Gulls, Sandwich Terns, an early Common Tern, Sedge Warblers, nest-building Treecreepers, Grass Snake, and 13 Adders! #UKBirding #SuffolkBirding #Birding

Sandwich Terns, Mediterranean Gulls, Common Tern, and a Mallard.

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OliCWildlife @olicwildlife.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

I was pleased to find this drumming male Lesser Spotted Woodpecker in Essex earlier this week with @eb263.bsky.social! Managed a couple of record shots despite the low light. A very special bird! #EssexBirding #UKBirding #WildlifePhotography

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Ed @eb263.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Successful hunt for Lesser spots today in an Essex woodland with @olicwildlife.bsky.social. At least 1 bird seen. @lesserspotnet.bsky.social #essexbirding #Ukbirding

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Mel S-W @corvidcrazychap.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Had a fantastic day #ukbirding in @essexbirdnews.bsky.social at both #TollesburyWick & #AbbertonReservoir with @chrisgibson3940.bsky.social & great to catch up with @olicwildlife.bsky.social Bearded Reedling Sand martin Great scaup Spoonbill Smew Goldeneye Ringed & Little ringed plover (79 species)

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OliCWildlife @olicwildlife.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Very pleased to finally get a Common Crane in Essex with this surprise fly-over during our “Guide in the hide” session at EWT Fingringhoe Wick on Saturday. What a beauty! Plenty of other wildlife around too, such as this Muntjac fawn sleeping in the brambles. #EssexBirding #UKBirding

Common Crane being trailed by a Herring Gull.

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OliCWildlife @olicwildlife.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Some shots from a (50% successful) double twitch in East Anglia with @eb263.bsky.social today. Hume’s Warbler, Purple Sandpipers, Black Redstart, and Marsh Harrier! #Birding #UKBirding #BirdingSuffolk

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OliCWildlife @olicwildlife.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

I enjoyed guiding for RSPB Chelmsford & Central Essex local group on the EWT reserve at Abberton yday. Birds included YLGull, Peregrine, Fieldfare, & Goosander. Then some of us moved round to other parts of the res for Canvasback, Spoonbills, WFGeese, & 2 Smew! #EssexBirding #UKBirding

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OliCWildlife @olicwildlife.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Some of the by-catch from my twitching this week! Displaying Goshawks, nest-building Nuthatches, Firecrests, Ravens, Med Gulls, Bullfinches, and my first Sandwich Terns of the year. #Birding #UKBirding #UKWildlife

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OliCWildlife @olicwildlife.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

A few rarities from down South this week. Forster’s Tern, drake Ruddy Duck, and Great Grey Shrike! #Birding #UKBirding #UKWildlife

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OliCWildlife @olicwildlife.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Amazing views of the brilliant Forster’s Tern down in Poole this afternoon! #Birding #Birds #UKBirding #UKWildlife

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OliCWildlife @olicwildlife.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Staying in Ashdown Forest is lovely, even if it means you miss an Abberton eagle! I cheered myself up with some birding here. Great to see Crossbills, Brambling, Dartford Warblers, Firecrests, Ravens, Adders, and the long-staying Red-flanked Bluetail! #Birding #UKBirding

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