Was gutted I couldn't go for the Reef Heron today but this evening more than made up for it. Found a Turtle Dove at Whittle Dene. A self-found patch tick and county tick to boot. 12 years since my last UK TD! #Patchgold 👍📷
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The rain has done its job, and Branston Island looks good again...
Excellent post-work visit produced 4 Arctic Tern E, Spoonbill, G Ibis, 11 Ringo and #PatchGold Mandarin nfy. 146/204.
#PatchBirding
@Lincsbirding
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It's been a slow plod nr St Albans but it's 100 up in the #PWC2026 Challenge, with a distant Hobby today. An obliging Little Ringed Plover, a second ever patch Firecrest this week & the only sighting of a #patchgold, formerly common, Collared Dove in April the highlights!
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King George Park before fog rolled in was quiet for grounded migrants. But a Hobby(!) in-off skimming the clifftop was my first for the patch! As were two #patchgold Mallards on the sea. Otherwise 18 Swallows and 2 Sand Martins in-off #PWC2026 ebird.org/checklist/S3322913…
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Stanford Reservoir - unexpected #patchgold with this smart drake Ring-necked Duck. Patch tick and only the 2nd record for the site, the first in 1978. Whimbrel yesterday keeps the #PWC2026 total ticking along nicely. @rg_stanford @LandRbirds
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Apr 25
Stanford Reservoir - 3 Bar-tailed Godwits were a bit of #patchgold on Wednesday 22nd April, my first since a group of 6 flew through in 2020. A lovely looking wader in my opinion and great to have on the patch, albeit briefly. @LandRbirds @rg_stanford
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A cracking Wheatear at Dowdeswell Reservoir yesterday (no sign early this morning). Only my second ever there after a bird on 23rd April 2012. #patchgold #Glosbirds.
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Female Garganey at Whittle Dene this evening! My first ever on the patch. Fantastic find by S Rippon #Patchgold🏅🍾
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Apr 5
A patch tick Lesser Scaup was the highlight of a few hours this morning along with just my 3rd patch Curlew. Also the first few summer migrants with 2 LRP, Sedge Warbler, Willow Warbler, Swallow and House Martin. @PatchBirding #patchgold
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Yeah, Glaucous Gulls are great but the real #patchgold today at Girdle Ness was this Coot on the St Fittick's wetlands. Only my second ever record here and perhaps only the fourth or fifth ever daytime record.
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After a week away in Scotland, back on patch at Branston Island. 3 Glossy Ibis still, Sand Martin nfy then just found a Green-winged Teal.
#patchgold
#PWC2026
@Lincsbirding
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2 Nov 2025
Proper #patchgold today in St Fittick's Park with this drake Gadwall on the main marsh. It's only my fourth ever record here and the first for five years.
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26 Oct 2025
Pure #PatchGold!
10 Crossbill @BibbeysWildFarm this morning!
It is so energising, inspiring and uplifting to fall in love with nature everyday!
Every experience feels just as powerful as the first.
I would highly recommend that you fall in love with nature too! 😎
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22 Oct 2025
It's been a slow but steady few months on the patch near St Albans. At the weekend, a Wigeon was new for the year. But today, I found a #patchgold Dartford Warbler. A patch tick (29 years!) and Herts rarity. Fortunately my photographer @RupertEvershed was on hand today. #PWC2025
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16 Oct 2025
#Patchgold on today’s afterwork @PatchBirding walk. a migrant DARTFORD WARBLER with at least 3 Stonechats (1 male, 2 females) at the Hothfield Flood Storage Reservoir. Patch Tick !!!! ✅✔️ ☑️ That is species # 105 for #PWC2025. Also 5 very distant Hirundines (Swallows/H Martins).
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14 Oct 2025
Big arrival at Balephuil #Tiree this am: 2 Yellow-browed Warblers, 9 Coal Tit (record count), 1 Great Tit, 1 Treecreeper #PatchGold, 28 Fieldfare, 120 Redwing, 7 Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler & 6 Goldcrest @PatchBirding @BirdGuides
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12 Oct 2025
I fully expected the 4th ever record of Coal tit to be the highlight of the day, however, a patch mega in a flyover Crossbill had other ideas! 200 Pinkies went through, and my first Stonechat of the autumn made it a lovely couple of hours. #patchgold
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12 Oct 2025
Great Tit #PatchGold! in the Balephuil, #Tiree garden today, also 2 Coal Tit still, plus arrival of 2 Willow Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 2 Dunnock & 21 Chaffinch, also Slavonian Grebe at Loch a' Phuill @PatchBirding @BirdGuides
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9 Oct 2025
#Patchgold this evening @SingletonLake !!! JACKPOT !!! CETTI’S WARBLER at Singleton Lake !!! My first sighting this side of Ashford (all previous sightings have been at Conningbrook, Naccolt & Evegate)… calling, alarming, full song 🎶 and showing too !!! 😁😁😁 @PatchBirding
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