Peter Jones
@peterdjones.bsky.social
Wildlife watcher. Rugby League fan YNWA Cairn Terrier owner! CORRECTION: Owned by a Cairn terrier!
Good to catch up with Paddyfield Warbler, and Pied wheatear in Bulgaria a couple of weeks ago. #Birds
Bulgaria 2026
A week spent in Bulgaria, near the Black sea coast and Romanian border. My three birding targets were Paddyfield Warbler, Pied Wheatear, and Yelkouan Shearwater. I saw the Warbler, and the Wheatear…
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Bluesky works much better with different accounts for other interests. This is my wildlife account. Football totally separate now on another account, you'll probably be pleased to hear!
@capacities.bsky.social keep getting "Something went wrong: Network error", when trying to apply AI tags. Really frustrating
A nice surprise with 6 Corn Buntings seen well in the farmland between Dunbridge and Carter's Clay. I'm pretty sure these are the furthest south along the Test Valley, by quite a few miles. Saw 2 there a couple of winters back. No pics, but Spotted Medick was a new one for me. #Hantsbirds
Snowy Owl, Saw-Whet Owl, Eastern Screech Owl, Harlequin Duck, and Barrow's Goldeneye, the stand-out species from a few days West of Toronto in early March. #Birding
Ontario, Canada, March 2026
Just back from 6 days in Ontario, the region west of Toronto, with daughter Ellie. Was probably a birding trip that wouldn’t really work if you regularly twitch American wildfowl and winter s…
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Lots of people selling #swarovski AT 65mm scopes, in perfect condition, presumably to fund a Swarovski IS scope, which they'll then tell us is miles and miles better than the AT 65mm! We see you;)
2 Little Gulls close to the shore at Calshot this lunchtime. First an Adult Winter, which had gone by the time I grabbed camera. Fortunately, I then found a 1st winter resting on the sea which eventually flew close. Found 3 in Hants in a week now (also Pennington last weekend) #HantsBirds #UKBirding
Badminston, near Calshot, the latest of my favourite Hampshire birding walks to be converted into a tree tunnel with visibility of about 10cm in places! I think the landowners are goading people into crossing the fence onto the private land, which has a relatively panoramic view.. dare me;)
Congratulations to this year's Booker Prize fiction award winner.. The Royal Mail Tracking Service!
A noticeable increase in Redwing calls over my garden today in SW Hampshire. Previously getting singles during daylight hours. (Ignore the Hooded Crow false pos.!) #birding #hantsbirds
Grey Partridges were a nice surprise this morning, Dunbridge just North of Romsey #Hantsbirds
Me and the Farmer…
Grey Partridge, in a covey of 9 birds, quite unusual locally. Get on fine, as the song goes. By the House Martin’s no less! Now I doubt many birders have good things to say when it comes to B…
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Considering it's our birding community, I really find it easy to disagree with a lot of things on Birdforum. But I try to keep it civil, for Christmas at least :)
A really enjoyable 2 weeks in search of wildlife in Costa Rica #Birding #Costarica
Costa Rica 2025
Two weeks in Costa Rica exploring a wide range of habitats, right at the end of the rainy season. In addition to the many Costa Rican specialities, all of which would be new to me, I had the added …
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#hantsbirds Reports of a Penduline Tit at Titchfield Haven today, spurgin hide. Been there a few days but quite elusive by the sound of it. From goingbirding, hampshire
Parabolic mic, and field recorder packed away in the shed while we have a few days of bad weather. It's still picking up bird calls! #Defiant
Nocturnal Migration looks to have bumped up a notch last night over North Baddesley, with increase in Redwing and Song Thrush numbers. Moorhen a strangely regular occurrence overnight. #HantsBirds
Cattle Egret and Little Stint the highlights at Keyhaven / Pennington today. #HantsBirds
High tide at Keyhaven
Watched quite a good number of waders coming into Keyhaven at high tide this morning. Initially the lagoon, and adjacent Fishtail lagoon were pretty quiet with just 2 Little Stints, and it was only…
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Hard work around Portland, but a few nice pics. The most ridiculously confiding Raven I will ever encounter! and some decent birds at Lodmoor on the way home.
A couple of days at Portland Bill
Two days at Portland Bill were quite difficult going. Not much in the way of migrants, aside from Wheatear, Blackcap, Chiff-chaffs, and a steady stream of Swallows passing thru. Moth trap told a si…
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A walk around Portland. Pleased with my photos despite the distance/heavy crops and high ISO. I should perhaps keep the ISO high on cloudy days in future, despite the longer post processing time needed for the denoising. #Olympus #OMSystems
A walk around Portland
A while since I have visited Portland Bill, so after my overnight moth trap I took a walk to the Bird Observatory via a nice footpath thru horse paddocks, and then explored Tout quarry. The previou…
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Feathered Brindle the highlight of a moth trap on Portland Bill. Weather forecast didn't live up to expectations of Migrants for me on this occasion. #teammoth
Moth Trapping on Portland Bill
Feathered Brindle was the highlight of a moth trap at Portland on the night of 19th September, 2025. A moth restricted to the South coast, Portland in particular dominating the sightings of this sp…
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Wheatear made lugging a camera round Pennington marshes worthwhile! Also a Cattle Egret seen briefly. #HantsBirds
Autumn arrives on the coast
An enjoyable morning around Pennington Marshes, with plenty of migration taking place over the marshes, Hundreds of Swallows, and Sand Martins along with a few House Martins and a couple of Swifts …
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1 Raspberry Pi, a Zoom H1 and an Audiomoth, and 3 days of cursing. But I now have a permanent Bird call monitor / bat detector running. Pretty sure the Sp.Fly is false. It did pick up a bone fide Firecrest though. Looks like a Noctule slipped past with the Pipistrelle (20khz). #Bioacoustics
Scarlet Darter, Lesser Emperor, and Beautiful Yellow-underwing, the highlights of a brief trip to Dorset pdjwildlife.wordpress.com/2025/07/19/a... #teammoth #dragonfly
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A little bit of Greece, and a little bit of Bulgaria
An enjoyable week flying into Thessaloniki, spending 3 days round Lake Kerkini, then 3 days in the Pirin National Park in Bulgaria. Accomodation worked well with vey rural / edge of village AirBnB&…
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Breaking news: Hudsonian Godwit being reported, Titchfield Haven. I don't have any further details, or know if it is confirmed etc. #Hantsbirds
Loving @capacities.bsky.social as my new Note-taking, Task-managing, Wildlife-finding-target-list app
#hantsbirds A bit of breaking news: a Collared Pratincole is being reported in the County. I don't have details but looks to be Farlington?
Lots of walking, lots of birds, Petty Whin the highlight #HampshireNature #Hantsbirds #wildflowers
You Whin some, you lose some!
Petty Whin, New Forest Global birding big day, May 10th. I decided to repeat my 100 in a day route, with a couple of improvements to the route and maybe go for 110! Started on a positive with Stone…
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