@andyfmears.bsky.social
Somerset birder with an itinerant habit
Bonapartes, Mediterranean, and black headed gull off Tolcarne Beach Penzance today. @cbwps.org.uk
07.02.2026 20:12 — 👍 116 🔁 9 💬 3 📌 0
If you havnt seen the new Melania film yet (god help you if you have) then listen to Mark Kermode who has. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTyU...
05.02.2026 17:42 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0The Green-winged Teal is showing distantly at Decoy, Shapwick, and a Bittern just boomed😀 @birdguides.bsky.social Also 1 distant Ring-necked Duck though I bet there’s another lurking out there somewhere
02.02.2026 12:52 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0The Green-winged Teal is showing distantly at Decoy, Shapwick, and a Bittern just boomed😀 @birdguides.bsky.social
02.02.2026 12:19 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Guess you mean this month’s sweet spot, Bri
27.01.2026 19:40 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0I just walked up the hill a little way from the car park, easy to spot
26.01.2026 13:33 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 02 Bewick’s Swans still from Burrow Mump @birdguides.bsky.social
26.01.2026 11:43 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0Adults of Little and Med Gulls with BHGs and egrets in fields east of Westhay NNR car park
25.01.2026 13:50 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1Thanks, Reuben. Shapwick Heath has been superb in the last week or two.
20.01.2026 18:13 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Had a nice note from BGs - all good
20.01.2026 16:09 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Brilliant, Oli👌
20.01.2026 16:06 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Ah yes! And Noah’s strikes again.
20.01.2026 13:57 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Hey @birdguides.bsky.social , have you guys given up on Blue Sky? Let me know if that’s the case.
20.01.2026 13:56 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Yep!
20.01.2026 12:41 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0American Wigeon showing distantly on Noah’s now, with GWTeal and Garganey also showing occasionally @birdguides.bsky.social Sweet!
20.01.2026 10:59 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Drake Green-winged Teal, Noah’s, Shapwick - proper one! The ducks are well-flighty today though… @birdguides.bsky.social
20.01.2026 10:11 — 👍 13 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0Glossy Ibis in to roost at Catcott at 4.38pm today @birdguides.bsky.social
19.01.2026 16:40 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0The American Wigeon is showing on Noah’s @birdguides.bsky.social
19.01.2026 14:12 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0@birdguides.bsky.social
19.01.2026 13:22 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0At least 2 Penduline Tits showing on Meare Heath right now
19.01.2026 12:22 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1Careful, Dawn. Some cameras have a track record… 😂
18.01.2026 19:58 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 02RNDs are back on the Allotment Drove pit near Ham Wall and showing very well @birdguides.bsky.social
18.01.2026 12:21 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Glossy Ibis in to roost at Catcott at 4.18pm. What a day on the Levels! (not that I’ve seen much myself) @birdguides.bsky.social
17.01.2026 16:25 — 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Approx 25 Whitefronts and a Barnacle Goose in fields at Sharpham this afternoon
13.01.2026 17:23 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Worth trying the Pures very carefully before buying as the lumpy focus housing won’t suit everyone. ELs and SFs still excellent (and elegant). Agree on 32mm - optics so good these days that the need for 42 is questionable.
13.01.2026 13:05 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Phew, that’s very cool
13.01.2026 12:56 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Drake American Wigeon? Easy. Except it’s not at Noah’s amongst a few thousand Euros, @700m, with the light probably bad and the Marsh Harriers causing chaos. Brilliant, Matt.
11.01.2026 12:32 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Cheers, Nigel👍
05.01.2026 19:02 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Another ‘what just happened!?’ Moment. Incredible local knowledge allowed us to see this roosting Zig-zag Heron at Limoncocha… with @stevepreddy.bsky.social and @robertkelsh.bsky.social Two flew in as it got dark (apparently) and we saw it in the spotlight in full dark. Marcelo’s pic👌
05.01.2026 18:27 — 👍 13 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Pretty awesome start to 2026😀 Happy new year everyone
02.01.2026 01:17 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
