Simon West

Simon West

@simonwest26.bsky.social

Wildlife sightings & photographs from around the U.K.

563 Followers 846 Following 522 Posts Joined Dec 2023
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Adult Common Gull 1st-winter Common Gull

Common Gull - Roundhay Park (West Yorkshire) 11/3/26 #YorkshireBirding #ukbirding #ukbirds #birds @btoengland.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social

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13 hours ago
Male Goosander Female Goosander Diving Goosander

Goosanders - Roundhay Park (West Yorkshire) 11/3/26 #YorkshireBirding #ukbirding #ukbirds #birds @btoengland.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social

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15 hours ago

Hopefully will get there tomorrow on my way up to Scotland. If not will try on my way home later next week. Appreciate the update.

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17 hours ago

Thank you

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18 hours ago

Is the feeding station easy to find. I’ll be passing with the week & would love to see Willow Tit. Any help appreciated.

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18 hours ago
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Iceland Gull - Roundhay Park (West Yorkshire) 11/3/26 #YorkshireBirding #ukbirding #ukbirds #birds @btoengland.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social

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2 days ago

Here in the U.K. it’s the arrival of the Barn Swallows #birds #birding #springmigration

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3 days ago
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The juvenile Iceland Gull showed well today at Roundhay Park (West Yorkshire) on Waterloo Lake late afternoon (BOC shot) #YorkshireBirding #ukbirding #ukbirds #birds @btoengland.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social

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4 days ago
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Shore Lark - Mow Cop (Cheshire) 3/3/26 #cheshirebirds #ukbirds #ukbirding #birds
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5 days ago

Added Peregrine Falcon & Sardinian Warbler on the taxi journey to the airport this morning #RomeBirding #ItalianBirds #birds #birding #birdingbytaxi

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5 days ago

Yes

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5 days ago

Only a 2 full days. Went out for the 6N game Italy v England 🥴

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6 days ago
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Having a nice wonder around Rome in some pleasant spring sunshine. A few bird sightings of note including Black Redstart, Serin, Hooded Crows, Yellow-legged Gulls & singing Blackcaps & Chiffchaffs #RomeBirding #ItalianBirds #birds #birding Can you spot the Black Redstart in one of the photos?

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1 week ago
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BOC shot from this afternoon of the Mow Cop (Cheshire) Shore Lark #cheshirebirds #ukbirds #ukbirding #birds
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1 week ago

Shore Lark still present (15.25) at Cow Mop (Cheshire) in muddy field just off the Grimstone Trail #cheshirebirds #ukbirds #birds #ukbirding @btoengland.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social

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1 week ago

Working just outside Cheltenham (Gloucestershire) today & saw my first Brimstone. Also 2 Roe & 3 Muntjac Deer along with good numbers of Brown Hare @savebutterflies.bsky.social @mammalsociety.bsky.social @gloswildlife.bsky.social

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1 week ago

Being reported as erroneous now.

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1 year ago
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It’s not quite spring, but it’s on the way. Which means it’s time to start recording rare breeding birds to help the work of the RBBP. Stay tuned through the spring & summer for videos and blogs with guidance on how you can add extra value to your birding #ornithology #ukbirding #birds

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2 weeks ago
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My first orchid of the year, the Giant Orchid (Himantoglossum robertianum) that are in Oxfordshire @ukorchids.bsky.social @europeanorchids.bsky.social @bbowt.bsky.social

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2 weeks ago
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First butterfly of the year for me, a Red Admiral at the back of my flat in Enfield (Middlesex) @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

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3 weeks ago

Stop press - the Lesser Spotted Woodpecker monitoring module is now freely available for all to use on BTO @btobirds.bsky.social Acoustic Pipeline app.bto.org/acoustic-pip...

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1 month ago

Redhead Smew still on Marsworth Reservoir (4.15 p.m) & 43 Russian W-f Geese just outside Ivinghoe on flooded field (3.45 p.m) #hertsbirds #bucksbirds #ukbirds #ukbirding @hertsbirds.bsky.social @btoengland.bsky.social @hertswildlifetrust.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social

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1 month ago

😂

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1 month ago

Thanks

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1 month ago

Are they regular there?

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1 month ago
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Great Grey Shrike - Fillingham (Lincolnshire) 3/2/26 #lincsbirding #ukbirds #ukbirding #greatgreyshrike @lincsbirding.bsky.social @btoengland.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social

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1 month ago

You’re welcome

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1 month ago
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Great Grey Shrike still at Fillingham (Lincolnshire) in hedge beside road (on field side) at 10.15 a.m. #lincsbirding #ukbirds #ukbirding #greatgreyshrike @lincsbirding.bsky.social @btoengland.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social

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1 month ago
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Seven satellite-tagged Hen Harriers lost on English grouse moors in 2025 The RSPB has announced that seven satellite-tagged Hen Harriers are suspected or confirmed to have been illegally killed in England during 2025, renewing calls for licensing of all gamebird shooting to tackle raptor persecution.

The RSPB has reported that seven satellite-tagged Hen Harriers are suspected or confirmed to have been illegally killed in England during 2025, all on or close to land managed for grouse shooting:

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1 month ago
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Snow Goose - Insh Marshes RSPB (Highland) 31/1/26 #highlandbirds #birdingscotland #ukbirds #ukbirding #birds @scottishbirding.bsky.social @btoscotland.bsky.social @britishbirds.bsky.social

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