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Swallow Birding & Wildlife retweeted
Watch tonight's Birds of Essex to find out why Steve doesn't like Mediterranean Gulls any more, and to witness the world exclusive debut of the EBwS 'Grip-o-meter'! youtube.com/live/5XAwQZPZvVs…
@EssexBirdNews
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Despite the weather, we managed to see some nice butterflies in The Chilterns including SMALL COPPER, LARGE SKIPPER, SMALL TORTOISESHELL & CLOUDED YELLOW. #UKbutterflies #england #wildlife #nature #insects #chilterns
ALT Small Copper on Common Spotted Orchid
ALT Large Skipper
ALT Small Tortoiseshell
ALT Clouded Yellow
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Wonderful day trip to The Chilterns yday with abundant RED KITES plus COMMON BLUE BUTTERFLY, Phaonia pallida and BEAUTIFUL DEMOISELLE among others. #UKbutterflies #england #wildlife #nature #insects #chilterns
ALT Red Kite
ALT Common Blue Butterfly
ALT Phaonia pallida
ALT Beautiful Demoiselle
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Swallow Birding & Wildlife retweeted
Birds of Essex is back on a screen near you! Find out where Steve & Matt have been, catch up on on the latest Essex birding news, and we reveal the winner of the spring photo competition! youtube.com/live/5XAwQZPZvVs…
Share your bird pics with us at ebwstalks@gmail.com @EssexBirdNews
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Great day leading @EssexBirdNews Field Trip to Thursley Common NNR. Lots to see inc TREE PIPITS, WOODLARKS, REDSTARTS, DARTFORD WARBLERS, MANDARIN DUCK and lots more. #BirdsSeenIn2026 #surreybirds #birds #birding #ukbirding
ALT Tree Pipit
ALT Woodlark
ALT Dartford Warbler
ALT Mandarin Duck
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Back from a successful wildlife tour of the Isle of Wight, Dorset and Hampshire. Loads of great sightings but this SMALL COPPER ab. schmidtii at Martin Down NNR took some beating! #UKButterflies #hampshire #wildlife
ALT Small Copper ab. schmidtii
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Great day out at Minsmere RSPB last week with @ESBR_Essex and @_fivefootseven where the main highlight was a wonderful pair of ROSEATE TERN on the scrape! #birding #suffolk #birds
ALT Adult Roseate Tern
ALT Adult Roseate Tern in flight
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Swallow Birding & Wildlife retweeted
It's the FINAL of the @EssexBirdNews Spring Bird Photography Competition! Choose your winner from these 4 photos then vote at strawpoll.com/bVg8BW2V2yY
The winner will be announced during Birds of Essex on Friday and will receive a framed copy of their photograph and a certificate
ALT European Greenfinches
ALT Little Owl
ALT Eurasian Treecreeper
ALT Common Cuckoo
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Back home after a superb tour to Portugal. Spent the first part of the tour in the Alentejo where MONTAGU'S HARRIER, BLACK-WINGED KITE, EUROPEAN ROLLER & LESSER KESTRELS were among the highlights. #Portugal #birds #birding
ALT Montagu's Harrier
ALT Black-winged Kite
ALT European Roller
ALT Lesser Kestrel
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Swallow Birding & Wildlife retweeted
The EBwS Summer 2026 Bird Photography Competition is open for entries. Send us your best 3 photos taken between 17/5/26-15/8/26 to have a chance of winning! Full rules and how to enter at ebws.org.uk/photocomp/summer…
Good luck! @EssexBirdNews
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Swallow Birding & Wildlife retweeted
Entry to the @EssexBirdNews Spring Bird Photography Competition closes on Saturday - rules and details at ebws.org.uk/photocomp/spring…
The EBwS Spring 2026 Bird Photography Competition is open for entries. Send us your best 3 photos taken between 1/3/26-16/5/26 to have a chance of winning! Rules and how to enter at ebws.org.uk/index.php/photoc…
Good luck!
@EssexBirdNews
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EURASIAN HOBBY, LESSER WHITETHROAT, BARN OWL & CATTLE EGRET from Abberton Reservoir last week. #essexbirding #birds #birding #ukbirding
ALT Eurasian Hobby
ALT Lesser Whitethroat
ALT Western Barn Owl
ALT Western Cattle Egret
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A bitterly cold and windy day for the @EssexBirdNews Field Trip to Rye Harbour but the birds were good inc B-W STILT, drake GARGANEY, 'Nordic' JACKDAW, WHIMBREL, LITTLE TERNS and lots more. #sussexbirding #birds #birding #ukbirding
ALT Black-winged Stilt
ALT Eurasian Whimbrel with damaged leg
ALT Drake Garganey
ALT 'Nordic' type Jackdaw
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After the Dawn Chorus, I led a day trip at Fingringhoe Wick where we saw nest-building REED WARBLERS, PAINTED LADIES galore, SLOW WORM and quite a few SMALL COPPER. #essexbirding #birds #birding #ukbirding #wildlife
ALT Reed Warbler carrying nesting material
ALT Painted Lady
ALT Slow Worm
ALT Small Copper
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Beautiful morning on Saturday leading a Dawn Chorus for the Essex Wildlife Trust at Fingringhoe Wick. 3 TURTLE DOVES, SPOONBILL, CUCKOO, 20 NIGHTINGALE, CORN BUNTING, BARN OWL plus an amazing sunrise! #essexbirding #birds #birding @SaveTurtleDoves
ALT Eurasian Spoonbill
ALT European Turtle Dove
ALT Sunrise over the River Colne
ALT Western Barn Owl
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Then onto Abberton Reservoir where our clients saw 10 SPOONBILLS, 5 CATTLE EGRETS, YELLOW WAGTAILS, lots of SWIFTS and some great views of COMMON TERN. #essexbirding #birds #birding #ukbirding
ALT Eurasian Spoonbill
ALT Western Yellow Wagtail
ALT Common Swift
ALT Common Tern
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