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Matt Doyle

@elyod95.bsky.social

Birder. Somerset.

97 Followers  |  113 Following  |  6 Posts  |  Joined: 19.11.2024  |  2.1921

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Just call me Andy Murray

12.05.2025 13:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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When you manage to get most of your #ornithology team in one photo. 24/32 present in this one for team survey training and should have been 26 but for a wrong turn and nobody to take the picture! Very proud to lead these guys.

09.05.2025 16:53 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Drake Ferrugenous Duck on 'Godwins', just beyond the railway bridge at Ham Wall

Drake Ferrugenous Duck on 'Godwins', just beyond the railway bridge at Ham Wall

Still from a video of the 2cy female Red-footed Falcon giving superb views at Ham Wall this evening

Still from a video of the 2cy female Red-footed Falcon giving superb views at Ham Wall this evening

Completed the 'seven-Heron slam' this evening (coined by @andyfmears.bsky.social). A beaky septet of Bittern, Grey, Purple, and Night Herons, Little, Cattle, and Great White Egrets - with a side of Fudge and Red-footed Falcon too! #somersetbirding

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06.05.2025 21:52 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Pleased to re-find the female red-footed falcon hawking south of RSPB Ham Wall. Best viewed from the southeast corner of Walton's reedbed loop looking towards Durston's Peatworks (or the opposite). Lots of four-spotted chasers too. #somersetbirding

05.05.2025 12:42 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Firecrest outside my partners house and a Dartford Warbler along the undercliff in Barton on Sea this weekend

01.12.2024 18:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Pleasant walk at Ham Wall on my lunch break today with both Yellow-browed Warblers still present with a melee Long-tailed Tits, Chiffchaffs, and Goldcrests.
It's worth continuing past the warblers as the roving Finch flock frequents the far end of the reserve #SomersetBirding

28.11.2024 16:56 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Have setup a feed for #SomersetBirding and a Somerset Birding Starter Pack go.bsky.app/2aVsGeM.

If you're a Somerset birder and want adding to the pack let me know by replying to this message.

24.11.2024 22:52 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mudeford Quay (Dorset) 1330-1630 this afternoon was a gamble that paid-off. 1 Cory’s Shearwater (first CHOG area record since 1988), 1 Little Gull, 5 Kittiwake, 7 Med Gull, 2 Com Gull, 18 Com Scoter & 3 Brent Geese. #DorsetBirds

24.11.2024 18:34 β€” πŸ‘ 98    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Sub-adult male hen harrier. One of two seen.

Sub-adult male hen harrier. One of two seen.

Dipper singing in Fishguard

Dipper singing in Fishguard

White-rumped Sandpiper

White-rumped Sandpiper

William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke holding Magna Carta

William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke holding Magna Carta

Had a great weekend of winter birding in Pembrokeshire with @phelpstoby.bsky.social

20.11.2024 19:36 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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