Howard chapman
@birdmantra.bsky.social
Birdwatching, countryside . Rspb and Yorkshire wildlife supporter
Had a brilliant day out on the moor near crown point , such a beautiful habitat , Lancashire is a wonderful county. Long eared owl heard and seen was a first for me with both juvenile and adult in the local area . Photo to follow as it’s been a long day . The downside was an outbreak of winged ants
Just booked a birding holiday to Lesvos , late April early May , any tips locations etc would really make my day . Thanks in advance and looking forward to seeing some amazing wildlife
Had a great morning with the long tailed shrike today , it performed admirably. Thanks to the guys I spoken to for the photo tips etc , made for a brilliant addition to my uk life list , a bird I thought I would never catch up with after the Fife bird departed . Keep well everyone, 👍🏻
Had a fabulous weekend twitching the first for Britain western reef heron , squacco heron and discovery of 2 long eared owl chicks sat on a log , photo taken from car . 2 lifers both herons , that doesn’t happen very often ✅ 426
A few recent pics from around my local area . Found the swallow difficult to capture, they are fast
Decent morning in Co Durham for the Iberian chiffchaff ✅ lifer
A little trip to roundhay park today for the common scoter , it was very confiding and managed to get a few pics .
Had a long drive down south new forest area to se kildeer and great tailed grackle, new lifer ✅. The grackle was very smart and entertaining to say the least making a varied array of sounds and calls
Got a great pic of a red kite today feeding on some carrion , really lucky as was driving down road and spotted it . 👍🏻
What a brilliant day spent down in Norfolk looking for the black winged kite . It gave us a run around for a couple of hours before it was finally clocked in a tree long enough for us to get in situ and scope it properly. Lifer for me ✅. Good numbers of common crane and white fronted geese,Bad pic
A few from today at titchwell rspb on the beach with new camera
Had a good run to upper hollesley common in Suffolk this morning for the brown shrike , new lifer ✅ which gave good views for the majority.
Had a mad dash for a lifer at spurn point today , black faced bunting . Mega rare apparently , took through scope
Lovely view of a cattle egret doing what it does best this morning
Lovely to see lesser grey shrike this morning at Winterton
Another great morning down in Suffolk for the zitting cisticola and black stork 😀
Nice to finally get collared pratincole on to my uk life list . Frampton marsh rspb is a Fantastic reserve with 24 hour access to boot . Beat I could do with a photo on a windy day .
Well finally said goodbye to Twitter (x) . App and account deleted .
A few of the recent birds from around the country that I’ve seen . Roll on migration and the year ahead
A bit late to the party but managed to connected with the rate booted eagle today down near Penzance , Cornwall . Tiring journey of 300 miles each way , didn’t get the crippling views some had but good enough and a well deserved lifer ✅.
A great day down in Kent Hythe for the yellow warbler . A ray of sunshine in the winter 😀
Grey heron @potteric Carr Yorkshire wildlife trust Doncaster
