Life long birder naturalist and photographer living in the south-west of England
Joined February 2016
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28 Nov 2024
British Sugar has asked @GOVUK to allow the use of a banned chemical on sugar beet crops in 2025! ๐คฌ
Along with @WildlifeTrusts and other orgs across the UK, we are urging the Gov to reject this latest application.
โ๏ธ Sign and share our petition: action.wildlifetrusts.org/paโฆ
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27 Dec 2023
Could 2 followers please copy and re-post this tweet? Weโre trying to demonstrate that someone is always listening. Call 116 123 (Samaritans United Kingdom and Ireland) Just two. Any two. Copy, not retweet.
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Happy birthday @StephMurphy
6 Sep 2023
A very happy birding birthday to my buddy @StephMurphy and what better to start the day than an #Osprey just found at #PowderhamCastleEstate #ExeEstuary #Devon
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31 Jul 2023
Three minutes work for technically-barely-literate me to banish that silly X and get the bird back. Three minutes well spent.
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I never expected to see this out in the middle of the afternoon
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My heart stopped for a split second when I thought I found a rarity at Marazion this morning before I realised it was a female house sparrow with pollen on her head
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Lyme Disease scares the bejesus out of me
๐๏ธ'Stay safe' warning as rare disease is on the rise in UK liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/uk-โฆ
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18 Oct 2022
Birds are fed by their parents in their infancy. When the time comes to feed themselves, there can be some confusion when the food does not go into their mouth by itself.
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Imagine looking out of your window and seeing these on the bird table
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Look what I bumped into at landโs End the biggest Chough Iโve ever seen in my life x
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15 Apr 2022
Afternoon everyone, does anyone know of any data/research that exists for the effect of fireworks on nesting birds particularly in coastal areas in the UK? I have browsed for info myself so just looking for extra info if anyone has any - thanks!
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11 Feb 2022
If a crime has been committed here, it would have involved illegal use of firearms, poisons or traps. At the next election the good people of west Dorset will remember that you donโt care about such things in their countryside
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Hi would anyone be interested in my #swarovski EL 10x42 in very good condition just had them back from Swarovski with new armour coating, eye cups and a full internal clean still got original box and unused case. Minimal wear on black paintwork ยฃ900
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11 Sep 2021
Great White Egret on Tealham on Fri.10/9 with White ring K367 seen by me and reported was reply from Belarus ringed 16/5/2020. 1900 Km.away Ringers said there is a second of their birds K387 Seen at Stawell, Bawdrip and Ham Wall since Nov. 2020. Chkd pics yes two different ones
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Beavers on a Devon river last night. Mum with two of her three kits, the light was not good, but you can just make them out.
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Female Kestrel seeing of an adult Raven near her nest site in Cornwall whilst I was doing my Chough watch last week
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3 Jun 2021
Couldnโt decide between โTake a good look at me nowโ & โDโyou like me now!โ Last June I ringed this Bittern chick @RSPBLakenheath Yesterday, local photographer John Ford took these super images at the same location. Fab to know itโs still around. @SuffolkBirdGrp @BBCSpringwatch
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5 May 2021
I am hearing that @EnvAgency @ClintonDevon @NESouthWest may have finally seen sense!? @ChrisGPackham @Natures_Voice @DevonWildlife
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