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Martin Flack @MartinRFlack
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Great Northern Diver juvenile at Ripple yesterday #Worcsbirds
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Grey Phalarope flight shots from yesterday’s all dayer at Grimley, final revised tally was 100, the first time we have reached that landmark #westmidsalldayer #WorcsBirds
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Grey Phalarope at Grimley CLP this morning, 93 species the final team total #westmidsalldayer #worcsbirds
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2 new species for the garden last night in Bewdley (Worcs); Jersey Tiger and Least Carpet, to add to the Dark Spinach earlier in August and the Small Marbled in July #teammoth #MothsMatter
Jersey Tiger

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Least Carpet

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Dark Spinach

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Small Marbled

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Black-crowned Night Heron at Grimley CLP yesterday afternoon. I watched it between 2-5 as it perched in its favourite tree, sleeping (a lot), occasionally preening, scratching, wing stretching and halfhearted fishing. It moved a meter along the branch in 3 hours #WorcsBirds
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Devon moths on a couple of long weekends end of June and early July; Thrift Clearwing near Westward Ho!, Silver-barred Sable at Braunton Burrows, Privet Hawk-moth at Ford, Italian Bark Moth near Woodbury Salterton #mothsmatter #teammoth
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Chinese Character pair recently drawn to the garden moth trap in Bewdley (Worcs), they remained on this acer for several hours until the sun found them #mothsmatter #teammoth
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Black-crowned Night Heron at Grimley CLP yesterday morning. A long long wait for one in Worcestershire, it eventually showed very well at the southern end, still present this evening #WorcsBirds
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4 new species for the garden this week in Bewdley (Worcs); White-backed Tortrix, Spotted Knot-horn, Four-spotted Footman, Maple Snout #teammoth #MothsMatter
White-backed Tortrix

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Spotted Knot-horn

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Four-spotted Footman

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Maple Snout

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Marsh Harrier yesterday morning at Grimley CLP, seen several times hunting over the reedbed at the south end. From photos it’s the same bird seen 5 days previously #WorcsBirds
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Sanderling this afternoon at Upton Warren flashes, flushed by a Sparrowhawk at one point, the rest of the time happily feeding around the islands #WorcsBirds
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Garganey (m) at Grimley CLP this afternoon, showed very well along the northwest shore #WorcsBirds
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Red-necked Phalarope (f) at Upton Warren flashes this afternoon, always distant, feeding at the back #WorcsBirds
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Morocco - wandering around the Erg Chebbi dunes at night with a thermal scope produced lots of Lesser Egyptian Gerbils 5/5
Brown-necked Raven

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African Desert Warbler

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Lesser Egyptian Gerbil

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Saharan Scrub Warbler

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Morocco - the day in the desert was fantastic. Egyptian Nightjar must have arrived early this year to have a chick on 1 March, the local guide hadn't noticed the chick huddled next to the adult 4/5
Desert Sparrow

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Desert Sparrow

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Fulvous Babbler

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Egyptian Nightjar

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Morocco - Falcon nest escarpment had Maghreb Wheatear, Pharaoh Eagle Owl and Lanner nesting on the same cliff face, while Spotted Sandgrouse gave point blank views in a sandstorm on the edge of the Sahara 3/5
Cream-coloured Courser

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Maghreb Wheatear

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Pharaoh Eagle Owl

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Spotted Sandgrouse

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Morocco - the Tagdilt track was an interesting experience, Thick-billed Lark being the highlight 2/5
Red-rumped Wheatear

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Greater Hoopoe Lark

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Temminck’s Lark

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Thick-billed Lark

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Morocco in late Feb/early March, classic route with gayuin.com ; Marrakech/High Atlas Mountains to Boumalne Dades to Merzouga/Erg Chebbi/Sahara. All targets seen well, some last seen in Israel 1989 so like new birds, eBird trip report ebird.org/tripreport/363957 1/5
Maghreb Owl

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Levaillant’s Woodpecker

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African Crimson-winged Finch

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Moussier’s Redstart

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Grimley/Holt stuck on 88 at the moment, still a few to eke out… #westmidsalldayer #WorcsBirds
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Grimley CLP today, 2 Arctic Terns (pics) arrived and spent a while flying around with a Common Tern before heading north, then a flock of 7 Whimbrel (pic) flew straight through north, plus a nfy Cuckoo and 3 Swifts #WorcsBirds
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