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First REDWING of the year at Watermead just now, plus first 2 SISKINS & COMMON GULL - winter is here! #bucksbirdnews @bucksbirdclub81.bsky.social @wildtours.bsky.social @chilternsnature.bsky.social #birds #birding #birdwatching #nature #wildlife @birdguides.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social
Nice little selection of highlights at Watermead this morn… 2 GREEN SANDPIPER - only 3rd record, 5 yrs since last! SPOTTED FLYCATCHER HOBBY 5 SAND MARTIN 5 RAVEN KINGFISHER f SHOVELER #bucksbirdnews #birds #birding #birdwatching #wildlife #nature @bucksbirdclub81.bsky.social @wildtours.bsky.social
HONEY BUZZARD high west over Watermead just now..! #bucksbirdnews #birds #birding #birdwatching #wildlife #nature @bucksbirdclub81.bsky.social @bbowt.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social
Some other nice bits from my suburban Watermead home patch recently… CATTLE EGRET, 18/08. CLOUDED YELLOW, 29/07 & onwards. CETTI’S WARBLER, 27/07. HOBBY, reg at the mo. #birds #birding #birdwatching #wildlife #nature @bucksbirdclub81.bsky.social @bbowt.bsky.social @britishwildlife.bsky.social
ARCTIC TERN briefly at Watermead just now… @bucksbirdclub81.bsky.social @bbowt.bsky.social @tverc1.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social #birds #birding #birdwatching #wildlife #nature
17 KITTIWAKES WSW over Wendover Woods y’day! Then, back at Watermead, another flock of 45 KITTIWAKES over S! #bucksbirdnews @chilternsnature.bsky.social @bucksbirdclub81.bsky.social @bbowt.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social #birds #birding #birdwatching #wildlife #nature
2 ssp CARBO/ATLANTIC(coastal) CORMORANTS at Startops Res on Weds with usual Sinensis/Continentals(inland). Ad=rh pic1-3, Juv=lh pic4. See size+bulk, gular pouch angle, white chin shape, & bill size. #hertsbirdnews @hertsbirds.bsky.social @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social #birds #birding #birdwatching
PEREGRINE carrying Dove/Pigeon remains (ID’ed by prey’s feet) at a windy Watermead y’day… #bucksbirdnews #bucksbirdalert @chilternsnature.bsky.social @bucksbirdclub81.bsky.social @bbowt.bsky.social @borgowl.bsky.social @borgowlraptorgroup.bsky.social #birdwatching #birding #birds #wildlife #nature
It’s been quiet this wk at Watermead whilst patiently waiting for the first early migrants, but on 01/03 a nice surprise was the BLACK SWAN from Startops Reservoir (about 8 miles away as the swan flies) arriving with 2 Mute Swans… @bucksbirdclub81.bsky.social #birdwatching #birds #wildlife #nature
Some good birds started to show up at Watermead Feb end: f SHELDUCK 14/02, f GOLDENEYE 19/02, CATTLE EGRET 20/02, 6 RAVEN 21/02, LAPWING move’nt, FINNISH-ringed BH GULL, reg REDPOLL, SISKIN & PEREGRINE, & long staying m MANDARIN… @bucksbirdclub81.bsky.social @bbowt.bsky.social #bucksbirdnews #birds
GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL N thru Watermead 2day - only my 3rd here & 1st Ad. Also RAVEN, 11 SISKIN & 2 TEAL. + CHIFFCHAFF with tad too much yellow in good light to be a Sibe tristis but v.grey & no olive, so assume a Scandi abietinus @bucksbirdclub81.bsky.social #birding #birdwatching #birds #wildlife
WATER RAIL & GREAT WHITE EGRET at Watermead today. Also recently… metal-ringed YELLOW-LEGGED GULL 10/11, female BLACKCAP 17/11, WOODCOCK 07/11, & CETTI’S WARBLER occasionally still. #bucksbirdnews @chilternsnature.bsky.social #birds #birding #birdwatching #wildlife #nature #winterwatch #winter
Here’s some shots of the SNOW BUNTING at @nationaltrust.org.uk @waddesdonmanor.bsky.social 2day - was lucky with some lovely autumnal sunshine… Great find Marie, & thanks so much Owain for help with access. Entry to the grounds £14, open 10.00 - 17.00 #bucksbirdnews #birds #birding #wildlife #nature
The Juvenile BLACK-NECKED GREBE at Startops Reservoir, Tring just now… #hertsbirds #birds #birding #birdwatching #nature #wildlife @chilternsnature.bsky.social @hertsbirds.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social
With only 1 prev record (‘24) at Watermead, I watched the same small Oak beside the R.Thame for 1/2hr & was rewarded with a single PURPLE HAIRSTREAK… + only the 3rd rec. of BROWN ARGUS here on the bank. @chilternsnature.bsky.social @upperthames.bsky.social #butterflies #nature #wildlifephotography
SPOONBILL at Wilstone Reservoir this afternoon - left C.5pm high ENE - worth checking @bbowt.bsky.social College Lake in the morn? Also 2 BLACK-TAILED GODWITS, double fig LITTLE RINGED PLOVERS, & BARNACLE GOOSE… @chilternsnature.bsky.social #hertsbirds #birds #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography
A very smart SCARCE CHASER at Weston Turville Reservoir just now… #dragonflies #nature #wildlifephotography #macrophotography #entomology @britishdragonflies.bsky.social @bbowt.bsky.social
Hot weather has brought some interesting day-flying moths to Watermead - a HUMMINGBIRD HAWKMOTH stopped to nectar briefly on Red Valerian at my flat y’day, & on Weds the 1st record of 6-SPOT BURNET MOTH here, unfortunately stuck on the lake & shortly eaten by a Mallard! @savebutterflies.bsky.social
Aberrant MEADOW BROWN near Chlolesbury today with pale cream hindwings, more striking in flight as upper side appeared normal brown on the forewings & almost white on the hindwings… @chilternsnature.bsky.social @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social @ukbutterflies.bsky.social #butterflies #nature #wildlife
3 NORFOLK HAWKERS around the pools along the track to the Octagon Hide at College Lake, Bucks, this afternoon, at times scuffling with this EMPEROR DRAGONFLY… @chilternsnature.bsky.social @bbowt.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social #dragonflies #insects #entomology #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography
Few bits from this morn’s survey at Watermead… CUCKOO calling again, REED WARBLER singing (scarce here, esp. in June), Increase in MARBLED WHITES, BROAD-BODIED CHASER devouring a Hoverfly - great to see side-by-side with BLACK-TAILED SKIMMER. @upperthames.bsky.social #dragonflies #wildlife #nature
A few nice bits at Watermead this eve: Best by far - male CUCKOO calling at small lake, 21.10, PAINTED LADY stopped for a couple of secs for a shot before shooting off, Pair of BAR-HEADED GEESE, & lots of NOCTULE BATS hunting… #bucksbirdalert @upperthames.bsky.social @batconservation.bsky.social
SCARCE CHASER at the Aylesbury Arm of the Grand Union Canal near Wilstone, Herts, this afternoon… @chilternsnature.bsky.social @hnhsoc.bsky.social #dragonfly #dragonflies #nature #wildlife
After finding 11(!)COMMON SANDPIPERS roosting at Watermead y’day (on bank in someone’s garden!)(5 night before), 2 still about this morn. +GARDEN WARBLER, LESSER W.THROAT, 4 W.THROAT, REED & 4 SEDGE WARBLERS all singing +1st HAIRY DRAGONFLY of the yr #birdwatching #dragonflies #nature #bucksbirdnews
9 BLACK TERNS at Marsworth Reservoir near Tring yesterday evening as I popped-in on my way past, at times drifting across the border into Bucks… Also at least 1 COMMON SANDPIPER & an OYSTERCATCHER. @chilternsnature.bsky.social @hertsbirds.bsky.social #hertsbirds #bucksbirdnews #birding #wildlife
A nice treat at Marsworth Reservoir near Tring when I popped in on my way past this evening - a very smart LITTLE GULL… @chilternsnature.bsky.social @hertsbirds.bsky.social #hertsbirds #birding #nature #wildlife
MARSH HARRIER high over Watermead this afternoon… #bucksbirdnews #birding #nature #wildlife @chilternsnature.bsky.social @bbowt.bsky.social #bucksbirdnews
