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Tristan ap Rheinallt

@tichodrome.bsky.social
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Into birding and most aspects of natural history. Divide my time between France, Scotland's Outer Hebrides and anywhere exotic I can afford to visit. Abandoning the dark side for Bluesky and hoping for a better experience

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Tristan ap Rheinallt @tichodrome.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Much like Australia's Masked Lapwing, the Red-wattled Lapwing is an excitable bird that makes a lot of noise by day and by night. I photographed this one recently at Laem Phak Bia, Thailand. #birds
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Tristan ap Rheinallt @tichodrome.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
It's noisy, sedentary, has a wide range, and likes urban environments, so the Black-collared Starling is not much of a "birder's bird". Still, this one in Bangkok last week looked pretty smart.
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Tristan ap Rheinallt @tichodrome.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Another recent photo from Thailand: Brown-throated Sunbird at Laem Phak Bia. One of seven sunbird species I recorded on my trip.
Male Brown-throated Sunbird
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Tristan ap Rheinallt @tichodrome.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Another flycatcher from Thailand: Yellow-rumped. Present for 2 days last week at Baan Maka Nature Lodge near Kaeng Krachan NP: a brilliant place to stay for anyone interested in birds and/or other wildlife.
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Tristan ap Rheinallt @tichodrome.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Just back from a 6wk trip to Thailand. Going to post a few photos, starting with this wee cracker: Ferruginous Flycatcher at Kaeng Krachan NP last week.
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Tristan ap Rheinallt @tichodrome.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
This is the nearest I'll ever get to seeing a Gurney's Pitta. Thailand's KNC, once a global mecca for the species, is littered with images and other references - even sculptures - though the bird itself is gone. Plenty of other exciting birds in the forest here, but seeing them is hard work.
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Tristan ap Rheinallt @tichodrome.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
My Swarovskis went on holiday to Austria and came back 6 weeks later with new rubber armour. I hope it lasts more than 2 yrs this time.
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Nicola Crockford @numenini.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Enjoy intimate vid of Spoon-billed Sandpiper, 1 of 10+ wintering Fangchenggang, Guangxi, South China, near Vietnam, feeding on polychaete worms in its typical habitat, pools on upper tidal flats (much of which, across range, destroyed in recent decades) by local Huasheng. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Birds 1/2
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Tristan ap Rheinallt @tichodrome.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Nowadays Siskins can be found year-round in Stornoway (Outer Hebrides), with numbers predictably peaking in autumn. Eight individuals at this feeder were more than usual for the month of February.
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British Ecological Society @britishecologicalsociety.org · 30/01/2025
Nature is not a blocker to growth. The UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves has claimed that 'The balance has gone too far in the direction of always protecting every bat and every newt.' But how can this statement be true when the UK is one of the most nature depleted countries in the world?🌍
A thriving natural world is the foundation of economic growth and vital for health and wellbeing. Language that pits these against each other is unhelpful and deeply concerning.
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Dave Gandy (Bangkok) @davegandybkk.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Some excellent views of two Spoon-billed Sandpipers at Khok Kham (just 45 minutes from home!) early on Sunday morning. #birding
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Tristan ap Rheinallt @tichodrome.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Here's the long-staying Ring-necked Duck at Tiumpan Loch, Isle of Lewis, this morning, showing off his striking bill pattern. Other birds in the area included an adult Iceland Gull and a Hen Harrier.
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Tristan ap Rheinallt @tichodrome.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Cold north wind and snow showers for my Jan 1st walk around Stornoway. A measly 32 species, enlivened by an adult Iceland Gull and a couple of Great Northern Divers. #birdingScotland #UKbirding
Great Northern Diver in Stornoway Harbour
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Tristan ap Rheinallt @tichodrome.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
Thank you, Santa! #birdingScotland #ukbirding
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BirdGuides @birdguides.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
The world's smallest transmitter has helped discover a previously unknown breeding ground of the Critically Endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper:
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Transmitter reveals new Spoon-billed Sandpiper breeding grounds
The world's smallest transmitter has helped discover a previously unknown breeding ground of the Critically Endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper. Thanks to the installation of a tiny solar satellite transmitter, a Spoon-billed Sandpiper was tracked in spring 2024 between Thailand and Chukotka in Siberi...
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Tristan ap Rheinallt @tichodrome.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Over much of Britain, the lichen Lobaria pulmonaria (lungwort) is an ancient woodland indicator. Not so in the humid climate of NW Scotland, where it even occurs on treeless St Kilda. It's very common in Stornoway Castle Grounds, Lewis (where this photo was taken yesterday).
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Avian Science @avianscience2.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
#ornithology
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Nigel Jones @55birder.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
An amazing encounter with a Rufous-vented Ground-Cuckoo in Panama today, as army ants swarmed around us. Taken on iPhone. #ornithology
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BirdGuides @birdguides.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Newly published research has provided insight into the status of two Siberian Phylloscopus warblers in Europe:
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Research reveals insight into vagrancy of Siberian leaf warblers in Europe
Newly published research has provided insight into the status of two Siberian Phylloscopus warblers in Europe. Yellow-browed Warbler and Siberian Chiffchaff occurrences have increased in Europe in recent years, but their status remains unclear. Ornithologists have pondered as to whether these birds...
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Tristan ap Rheinallt @tichodrome.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
The Butt of Lewis lighthouse at sunrise today. A lovely calm morning after two solid days of northerlies - surely promising conditions for finding an interesting bird, but no such luck.
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Tristan ap Rheinallt @tichodrome.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Time was when I would willingly have driven a couple of hundred miles to see 2 egret species at the same UK site. But this morning, neither Little Egret (several) nor Great White Egret (2) were flagged up as rarities on my eBird list for Porthmadog Cob, North Wales. #birdingwales #ukbirding
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Tristan ap Rheinallt @tichodrome.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
This hybrid Hooded x Carrion Crow was on the beach at Llanddwyn, Ynys Môn / Anglesey today, paired with a Carrion Crow. Does anyone know what the status of Hooded Crow is in this part of Wales? #birdingwales #ukbirding
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Tristan ap Rheinallt @tichodrome.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
This preening individual was one of about 40 Black-tailed Godwits seen along Porthmadog Cob, North Wales, this morning. #birdingwales #ukbirding
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Tristan ap Rheinallt @tichodrome.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Good to see and hear a few Choughs on the North Wales coast this morning. A very different habitat to the high Pyrenees where I last encountered this species. #birdingwales #ukbirding
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Tristan ap Rheinallt @tichodrome.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
After just 2 years, my Swarovskis are going on a wee holiday to Austria. Rubber armour split on both sides🙁 #ukbirding (with my old Zeiss for the next few weeks)
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Tristan ap Rheinallt @tichodrome.bsky.social · 04/11/2024
Oops, I forgot hashtags the first time round. Juv Pallid Swift, Tiumpan Head, Isle of Lewis, this afternoon. Still present just before dusk. #BirdingScotland #UKbirding
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Tristan ap Rheinallt @tichodrome.bsky.social · 04/11/2024
A dark, gloomy afternoon on the Isle of Lewis took a turn for the better today when the 1st bird I saw on getting out of my car at Tiumpan Head was a swift. Not any old swift, either...
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Tristan ap Rheinallt @tichodrome.bsky.social · 04/11/2024
A dark, gloomy afternoon on the Isle of Lewis took a turn for the better today when the 1st bird I saw on getting out of my car at Tiumpan Head was a swift. Not any old swift, either...
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Tristan ap Rheinallt @tichodrome.bsky.social · 04/11/2024
I rarely see a Little Gull here on the Isle of Lewis, so 3 together yesterday at Tong were quite a treat. #BirdingScotland
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Tristan ap Rheinallt @tichodrome.bsky.social · 03/09/2024
Dipped out (for the 2nd time) on Little Crake at my local reserve in central France, but still a good day with White-winged Black Tern, 2 Bluethroats, Turnstone plus the usual Cattle Egret confetti. Any (polite) suggestions for a suitable hashtag for this post?
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Tristan ap Rheinallt @tichodrome.bsky.social · 01/09/2024
France has a lot of fritillaries, some of which look very similar to one another. This one, Weaver's Fritillary (Boloria dia, la Petite Violette), has a pretty distinctive underwing pattern and is a regular visitor to my garden at the moment. #Butterflies #Papillons
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Coyote / J. Stryker 🇨🇦 | Memento Vivere 🍃 @easterncoyote.bsky.social · 16/08/2024
"The rumblings have reached social media, with gardeners voicing their alarm and posting photos of quiet, insect-free gardens." 'This year has been dead': where have Britain's insects gone? www.theguardian.com/environment/... #insects #climate #conservation 🌎
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‘This year has been dead’: where have Britain’s insects gone?
Surveys suggest that wet weather and habitat deterioration are among the causes of devastating population declines, but there are ways to help
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Tristan ap Rheinallt @tichodrome.bsky.social · 27/08/2024
A Queen-of-Spain Fritillary (Issoria lathonia, le Petit Nacré) on buddleia in my garden in central France. Numbers in 2023 and 2024 have been tiny compared to previous years. Is this just year-to-year variation, or is the local population in free fall? I don't know. #butterflies #papillons
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Tristan ap Rheinallt @tichodrome.bsky.social · 22/08/2024
A blue butterfly seemed an appropriate subject for my 1st Bluesky post. This one, photographed today, looks brown but is a Long-tailed Blue (Lampides boeticus, l'Azuré porte-queue), the 1st I've ever seen in my garden. Now 47 butterfly spp on my garden list (central France). #butterflies #papillons
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