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Tim McGrath

@tuinz07.bsky.social
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Wetland landscapes and stuff #saltmarsh #bluecarbon #plants & #birds (mainly)

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Tim McGrath @tuinz07.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
17:10 single juv cattle egret on the Rushy causeway at WWT Slimbridge this evening (…presumably wondering where the other 44 cattle egrets are 😆) #glosbirds @wwtsightings.bsky.social
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Tim McGrath @tuinz07.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
08:00 45 cattle egret on Rushy causeway at WWT Slimbridge @wwtsightings.bsky.social #glosbirds
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Tim McGrath @tuinz07.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Bee orchids making an appearance at WWTSlimbridge today. I checked this location last week and there were no signs of any winter rosettes! @wwtsightings.bsky.social @ukorchids.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Bee orchid rosettes
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Tim McGrath @tuinz07.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
A resting hummingbird hawkmoth and a (slightly out of focus 🤦‍♂️) clouded yellow egg on bird’s-foot trefoil at WWTSlimbridge this morning @wwtsightings.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social
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Tim McGrath @tuinz07.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
12:30 Savi’s warbler singing briefly at Catcott Flows NR, Somerset reasonably close in & to left of hide #somersetbirds @somersetbirds.bsky.social
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Tim McGrath @tuinz07.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Newly arrived artwork from @artkokay.bsky.social - thank you Szabolcs! It’s excellent
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Tim McGrath @tuinz07.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
19:05 adult glaucous close in east to west off Isle of Whithorn @birdguides.bsky.social @scottishbirding.bsky.social
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Tim McGrath @tuinz07.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
One of two 1st summer Meds on the Rushy causeway this afternoon #glosbirds @slimbridge-wild.bsky.social #wwtslimbridgesightings
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Tim McGrath @tuinz07.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
This am: 4x 1st summer Meds on the Rushy causeway viewable from the Rushy hide #glosbirds @slimbridge-wild.bsky.social
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Tim McGrath @tuinz07.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
This pm: 5 x first summer Meds together with non-breeding black headed gulls on the causeway nr the Rushy hide all with varying masks/hoods and bill colour #glosbirds @wwtsightings.bsky.social
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Tim McGrath @tuinz07.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
9:30-11:30am @slimbridge-wild.bsky.social distant bittern heard booming from Est Tower, 14 crane, bbbrent, tundra bean, wht & lssrthroat, sedge & reed wrblr, cettis, 3 yellowwag, rdshnk, lrp, 2 red kite & tot 12 c buz (FoD) #glosbirds also ad Medgull on SLake later
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Tim McGrath @tuinz07.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
8:20 Osprey low over Rushy heading towards Saul/Frampton #GlosBirds @slimbridge-wild.bsky.social
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Tim McGrath @tuinz07.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
RSPB Ham Wall this afternoon: bittern, garden warbler, bearded reedling, c swift & hobby all new for the year plus marsh frog & great egret @somersetbirds.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social #somersetbirds
Great egret
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Tim McGrath @tuinz07.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
11:50 1 knot with black-tailed godwits on South lake. Viewable from Discovery Hide @slimbridge-wild.bsky.social #glosbirds
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Tim McGrath @tuinz07.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
13:45 Ryalls Lane, Cambridge: 3 mandarin (2m & 1f) on River Cam #glosbirds
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Tim McGrath @tuinz07.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
13:10 cuckoo flying through and singing from plantation on Nebrow Hill between Cambridge & Frampton-on-Severn #glosbirds
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Tim McGrath @tuinz07.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Male blackbird & ring ouzel (momentarily not fighting) at Middle Hope earlier this morning @bristolbirding.bsky.social
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Tim McGrath @tuinz07.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
8:20 White-spotted bluethroat distant but visible from Estuary Tower at WWT Slimbridge singing from top of branch in reedbed left of shepherd’s hut #glosbirds @slimbridge-wild.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social
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