A couple of common birds from our holiday toTenerife Nanday Parakeet and Collard (Barbary)Dove.
Mountain Birder
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A related Yellowhammer and Corn Bunting from Eastleach Martin, Glos.
Some screenshots from the video of my visit to Eastleach Martin to see a long-staying Long-Tailed Shrike, a bird normally seen in Asia.
A very early start to arrive at a field on the Gloucestershire/Oxfordshire border before dawn following a friend who knew the site well. He was able to quickly locate the bird using an infra red scope and I was lucky enough to record it together with Corn Bunting, Whinchat, Yellow Hammer and more.
In search of a Long Tailed Shrike 4K
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This runt of the litter is giving it some from a while ago at an undisclosed site in South Wales
Managed to get the Ortolan Bunting before the weather turned this morning at Merthyr, S.Wales
Couple of long eared owl pics from our trip to Lancashire recently. #longearedowl #lancashirebirding
Here’s some clips I put together of the Long Eared Owl from Lancashire #longearedowl #lancashirebirding
A long trip to deepest Lancashire for the Long Eared Owl, what a beautiful bird. #longearedowl #lancashirebirding
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Simple; any bird against a simple background ~ Rare visitor and probably the most photographed bird here in the UK at the moment, The Long-Tailed Shrike - photo taken on the Gloucestershire/Oxfordshire border 14/08/26 😍🪶🦉 #ukbirding #ECK
More from Goldcliff, only one lagoon has water but there are plenty of butterflies around.
Goldcliff Birding #264 4K
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More lovely garden butterflies from the many seen this summer.
Garden Butterflies 2 4K
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Here’s a bird that’s doing really well the Stonechat here’s a rapidly moulting juvenile catching and consuming an insect #stonechat #gwentbirds #welshbirds
A short video looking at some of the species that have visited our garden this summer. More species in the next video.
Garden Butterflies '26 4K
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We’ll soon be saying goodbye to these beauties. #swallows #gwentbirds #welshbirds
Carrying on with the butterfly’s here’s a Meadow Brown. #welsh butterfly’s
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #NoBranchWood any bird on wood, that is not a branch! - Short-Eared Owl perched on a farmland fence post in the setting sun - WWT Steart Marshes - February 2026 🦉 😍🪶🦉 #ukbirding #ECK
Another digiscoped female Green woodpecker. Notice the wheatear showing up in the background #gwentbirds #welshbirds
One of the best times of the year to spot Wood Sandpipers and Slimbridge is one of the best places to see them. Green Sandpipers are more numerous and it’s almost guaranteed to see them here.
Slimbridge Robbie Garnett Hide - Wood and Green Sandpipers, Ruff, Greenshank
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A lovely morning in Slimbridge, the Rushy Pen hide rarely disappoints.
Rushy Hide Slimbridge - Spoonbill, Greenshank, Spot Red and more
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A beautiful Hobby at an undisclosed site in south Wales #welshbirds
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BestOfJuly set by @robcrank68.bsky.social - Time for you all to get fed up of more Owl's from me 😁 but spent most of July with this beautiful family - three of five juveniles 🪶🦉 #birdingWales #ukbirding #birdphotography #ECK #naturephotography #naturetherapy #owl
I’ve never seen a mole before and honestly didn’t expect to see one feeding above ground in a castle full of visitors.
Wholly Mole-y
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Two dry lagoons in Goldcliff but still worth visiting as there’s always plenty to see.
Goldcliff Birding #263 - Cuckoo, Yellow Wagtail and more 4K
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Looks like this female Redstart has moulted an is ready to depart. #gwentbirds #welshbirds