Dave @railraptor156.bsky.social · 5hA big nice count of 87 Common Crane on the Ouse Washes late afternoon. Also had two more at WWT Welney. Failed keto find a Stone Curlew reported 5 mins from home.. @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social 191
Dave @railraptor156.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Gave myself a Birthday stroll around Lynford Arboretum and a Hawfinch dropped in the canopy above as I was having lunch! I wasn't sharing none of my food with it 🤪 010
Dave @railraptor156.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Garden birding list just got a whole lot better.. Half a dozen Great Black Backed Gull arrived with roughly 50 Lesser. Also a Corn Bunting on the wires 130
Dave @railraptor156.bsky.social · 01/10/202670 to 80 Crane into roost tonight and 2 Bewick's Swan as well. Pymoor - Ouse Washes 120
Dave @railraptor156.bsky.social · 24/09/2026A Yellow Browed Warbler has been reported @WWTWelney this morning 131
Dave @railraptor156.bsky.social · 21/09/2026📢 Tree Pipit over garden klaxon 📢 @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social 011
Dave @railraptor156.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Just got home from work and this is what I can hear from the front garden. 😀 020
Dave @railraptor156.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Buff Breasted Sandpiper on the Life list yesterday 👊💯🤟 040
Dave @railraptor156.bsky.social · 20/09/2026@suffolkseawatcher.bsky.social Heard you were mucking about with AI again.. 🤟 011
Dave @railraptor156.bsky.social · 17/09/2026On the approach to Manea this morning 50 odd Crane took off from roost on the Ouse Washes and flew over and alongside my Train for a bit and they then headed north. #Trainbirding 👌 050
Dave @railraptor156.bsky.social · 14/09/2026After months of 'are we or aren't we moving'... Found home in a quieter setting. Garden bird list steadily growing. On a flightpath from the Ouse Washes to a local private nature reserve. Had a lone Barnacle Goose over. In another month I should see Whooper Swan's arriving 🙂 160
Dave @railraptor156.bsky.social · 31/08/2026An Osprey getting mobbed by a Red Kite and a Lesser Black Backed Gull earlier at Cambridge Research Park earlier @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social 091
Dave @railraptor156.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Grafham Water looking low,but it seems the Waders aren't bothered.A nice small mix with a Little Stint thrown in.But best of all was getting an alert for Black Tern at the otherside.It 'terns' out there were 14 Juvenilie dancing above the water.An absolute joy to watch 🙂 @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social 191
Dave @railraptor156.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Thought i would have a peek at the Florence- Rome Direttissima line nearby, opened in 1977! Route speed is 250kmh. An ETR 1000 here almost as quick as a Turbostar! 010
Dave @railraptor156.bsky.social · 17/08/2026I've been in Italy (Tuscany) almost a week. Birding initially not easy but found a few brilliant spots. A Lifer this evening which I initially thought was very rare.. A Sacred Ibis went into roost with Great Egrets! Turns out there are almost 10k of Sacred Ibis in the country.. 120
Dave @railraptor156.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Parked up at West Acre. Cycled upto Holme Observatory as the Icterine Warbler which was ringed in the morning was seen again.. Of course I didn't see it but a fantastic 50 mile ride 🙂 020
Dave @railraptor156.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Lot's of fledged Bird's about this afternoon at RSPB Ouse Fen. Sedge and Reed Warbler's and these Bearded Tits! A female Black Necked Grebe made a brief appearance in the reeds... 050
Dave @railraptor156.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Dodged the bombsite that is Black Cat roundabout and an intense battle through tonnes of roundabouts at Milton Keynes.. I made it to the Long Tailed Shrike site...Thoroughly deserved those impressive close views! Shrike species number 9 for UK ✅️ 250
Dave @railraptor156.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Walk around Cavenham Heath, i counted 11 Stone Curlew and a surprising Wheatear for this time of year. Alot of Birds in the dense shade and i flushed out this Tree Pipit 060
Dave @railraptor156.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Another Lifer yesterday.. Perched in the splendour of St Margaret's Church in Cley... White Crowned Sparrow ✅️🤭 030
Dave @railraptor156.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Some local Birding the past evening @WWTWelney as you can access Gill's Lookout. Has produced Hobby,Snipe's two Spoonbill and Ruff and just down the road near Pymoor some fledged Little Owl 😀 130
Dave @railraptor156.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Got a Lifer within an easy reach Hudsonian Godwit.. Within 15mins it decided to fly east perhaps it ended up back at Stutton Mill as it couldn't be relocated 130
Dave @railraptor156.bsky.social · 07/07/2026I had just found a Red Grouse and then heard a squeak near my feet and couldnt believe my luck... #Weasel This is an immature and I saw at least two in the burrow 1145
Reposted by DaveYOLOBirder @yolobirder.bsky.social · 28/06/2026“Onwards we ride, hawk! Onwards… INTO HELL!!!” 35617
Reposted by DaveBirdGuides @birdguides.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Ten years on from the UK voting to leave the European Union, The Wildlife Trusts have released a report highlighting the damning impact of Brexit on wildlife: bit.lyNew report highlights disastrous impacts of Brexit on UK wildlifeNature continues to suffer a decade after the UK voted to leave the European Union, according to a report from The Willdife Trusts. 12313
Dave @railraptor156.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Understandably Train Windscreens are very tough.. This was by a Red Kite that couldn't get out the way in time.. 310
Dave @railraptor156.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Had a Quail sighting yesterday. Last time i saw one was off Spurn on a seawatch 030
Dave @railraptor156.bsky.social · 14/06/2026I've had a Lesser Whitethroat briefly singing in my front garden this morning. 🤯 050
Dave @railraptor156.bsky.social · 13/06/2026I've just been delayed by 72 years.... Over 30yrs ago when I was a Trainman D I got sent to the Nene Valley Railway and then to detach/couple this Locomotive up on a run round at Peterborough station.. Then did Guard duties taking it to Cambridge.. 1193
Dave @railraptor156.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Osprey over my Train at Ely North also plenty of other Raptors were hunting this morning @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social 071
Dave @railraptor156.bsky.social · 29/05/2026and again I just dipped hearing local Quail reported but the Corncrake was easy enough and in Cambs too 😀 @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social 010
Dave @railraptor156.bsky.social · 28/05/2026For any of your followers that'll find this useful @eurostarjustin.bsky.social Now an App version and includes Eurostar #realtimetrains 110
Dave @railraptor156.bsky.social · 24/05/2026After a fruitless effort listening for Quail in different locations I headed to WWT Welney. (Headless😬) Black Winged Stilt and Garganey in the same frame and also Whooper Swan Cygnets about. Oh and the Ploughman's Ciabatta is recommended 👌 040
Dave @railraptor156.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Barn Owl flyby last night at Oxlode. More unusually was a Garden Warbler singing in the area 020
Dave @railraptor156.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Had to walk by as i am spare. 😤😀 @eurostarjustin.bsky.social 010
Dave @railraptor156.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Three Turnstone and a Sanderling along the Dam at Grafham Water this afternoon @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social 191
Dave @railraptor156.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Thought I would have a search at Tallymoor Farm last night to see if the Buff Breasted Sandpiper had moved to there from @WWTWelney but no luck. Got a lucky view of a Spoonbill over Great Ouse Railway Bridge south of Denver though. 120
Dave @railraptor156.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Only just caught a Glossy Ibis just in time last night at Ouse Fen. No sign of a Temminck's Stint in the evening 010
Dave @railraptor156.bsky.social · 30/04/2026A Yellow Wagtail over the garden. I am logging a decent amount of numbers in Cambs so far. 020
Dave @railraptor156.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Common Sandpiper from Main Observatory @ WWT Welney this afternoon.. Far better views than the Black Winged Stilt gave.. 080
Dave @railraptor156.bsky.social · 26/04/2026At one point five Bittern were flying together. Unfortunately I think they were disturbed by a Paragliding prick that decided to fly across the reserve... Ouse Fen this morning @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social 2151
