Chris' Wildlife Sightings & Photography

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Dartmoor pits hike - 2 Pintail, 2 Goosander, 16 Redpoll, Y'hammer, Snipe, 27 LBBG, 17 Redwing, Shelduck, 26 Teal, 5 Tufted best. Bird 🎶 everywhere 😎. B'finch feeding on buddleia seeds a first. Fog thwarted search for wintering Pochard & Goldeneye on top pits #patchbirding #birding #ukbirding #birds

First winter and adult Little Gulls showed well on the Tamar off Ernesettle, Plymouth, first thing. Also, immature Spoonbill, 20 Avocet, 150+ Dunlin etc. First winter below. Adult in thread. My first Plym birds since the Plym Est 2014 bird #10kmpatch #patchbirding #ukbirding #birding #birds

Goldeneye on Cholwichtown Pit, Dartmoor, this morning. Firecrest, Marsh Tit and Reed Bunting on the walk up. #patchbirding #birding #birds #ukbirding

Dash around some of Dartmoor's pits first thing - 2m Pintail, 30+ Teal, 5 Tufted, Cormorant (P'worthy). Goosander (Big Pond and Shaugh Lake). 2 Shoveler, 8 Teal, 18 Tufted, 7 L Grebe (Whitehill Yeo). Firecrest in the garden. #patchbirding #birding #ukbirding #birds

Two RB Mergansers still on the Plym. Also 5 Goosander, 9 Greenshank, Kingfisher, 3 Little Grebe, 24 Wigeon, Stock Dove, 45 Curlew, 50 Dunlin, 80 Redshank etc. a few additions to the year's 10km patch. #ukbirding #birding #patchbirding #birds

A lone Eider, 7 Med Gull, 2 Ringed Plover, Curlew, Redshank, 6 Rock Pipit and 2 Turnstone the best at Hannafore, Looe, yesterday with @birdssophie.bsky.social, @34fgsg.bsky.social & co. #birding #ukbirding #birds @cbwps.org.uk

Three Spoonbill, GN Diver and 80+ Avocet at Wacker Quay on the Tamar today with @birdssophie.bsky.social & @34fgsg.bsky.social #birding #birds #ukbirding @cbwps.org.uk

Three Black-necked Grebes the highlight off Torpoint this afternoon. Also RB Merganser, 23 Barwits, 1200 Dunlin, 300 Wigeon, 200 Redshank, 10 GC Grebe, 10 C Gull and a Chiffchaff with @birdssophie.bsky.social & @34fgsg.bsky.social #birding #ukbirding #birds @cbwps.org.uk

Yellow-browed Warbler showed well at Efford Marsh, Plymouth, today. 6+ Chiffchaff, Firecrest, Grey Wag etc also in the area with @birdssophie.bsky.social & @34fgsg.bsky.social #birding #ukbirding #birds

New Year's Day highlights - 4 WF Geese (Exminster Marshes), RT Diver (Broadsands), 2 Purple Sands (Brixham), Firecrest, 10 Crossbills, 3 RB Merganser, Grey Plover, 10 Sanderling, 4+ GND with @birdssophie.bsky.social, @34fgsg.bsky.social & @middevonbirder.bsky.social. #birding #ukbirding #birds

Great 10km #patchbirding yr in 2025. Highlights - Wryneck, 4 BN Grebe, 2 Slav Grebe, RN Duck, 3 Spoonbill, 11 C Egret, Osprey, R Kite, 2 Goldeneye, RC Pochard, L Stint, Wood Sand, YL Gull, Water Pipit, Yellow Wag, 3 R Ouzel, Black Red, Brambling - 146 sps. Bring on 2026! #birding #ukbirding #birds

7 Russian White-fronted Geese in field near Fleet Estate, nr Modbury with Canadas and 2 Barnacles. ///fillers.yawned.defrost Different to yesterday's field. In other fields 33 Lapwing and 2 Egyptian Geese #birding #ukbirding #birds

Highlights around the Yealm Est & 10km #patchbirding - Firecrest, 3 Greenshank, Kingfisher, 6 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 40 Redshank, 6 Curlew, 7 Little Grebe, 6 Tufteds, 70 Redwing, Stock Dove and 2 festive RL Partridge, but no pear tree! 44sps #birding #ukbirding #birds

Decent morning on the Tamar as part of my 10km patch. Off Torpoint 2 Slav Grebe, 2 Black-necked Grebe, a GN Diver close in, 5 Brent Geese, 1,000 Dunlin, 1,000 Wigeon, 6 Barwits and 6 Avocet the highlights. #patchbirding #birding #ukbirding #birds @cbwps.org.uk

Thanks Rob. Nice day for it after so much rain!

Redpoll, 2 Dipper (one singing) & Marsh Tit the highlights from the final @webs-gsmp.bsky.social of the year in some of Dartmoor's pits. Also, 47 Teal, 68 Coot, 22 Goldcrest, Chiff, 7 Siskin, 2 G Woodie, 4 Tufteds, 4 M Thrush, 70 Redwing, T Owl & Grey Wag #patchbirding #birding #ukbirding #birds

A pre-work dash around Wembury produced the Water Pipit still feeding on seaweed by the outfall pipe with Mipits and Rock Pipits. 14 Cirls, plus usuals. #birding #ukbirding #birds

Firecrest in the garden for most of the day, with a brief visit from a Chiffchaff and Goldcrest. First Siskin for a while too. Marsh Tit at Newnham Meadows NR. 5 Pintail, 4 Shoveler, 13 Wigeon in Dartmoor's lower pits. Pix through the window #birding #ukbirding #birds @bto-gbw.bsky.social

First garden Firecrest of the autumn/winter. Normally much more numerous than Goldcrest here, but this autumn it's the reverse! Although there seems to be plenty of Firecrests in south Devon at the mo. @bto-gbw.bsky.social #birding #ukbirding #birds

Beautiful morning on the Tamar Est - Slav Grebe, 2 Whimbrel, 1,000 Dunlin etc on St John's Lake. Firecrest, 70 Avocet, 2 Shoveler, 200 Wigeon, 150 Teal etc at Wacker Quay. @cbwps.org.uk #birding #ukbirding #birds

Brambling over Plymouth garden, flying S #birding #ukbirding #birds

Great morn at Soar with a YB Warbler in the hedgerow S of E Soar Outdoor Experience. Ring Ouzel in Starehole Valley, Brambling & Redpoll over, 5 Firecrest, 75 Golden Plover, plus usuals #ukbirding #birding #birds

Thanks mate. They showed well in the end! Hopefully they'll hang around

Great day birding locally - 3 Ring Ouzels (Cadover), Yellow-legged Gull (Trowlesworthy), Goldeneye (Crownhill Down), Firecrest, 2 Ringed Plovers, Treecreeper, 5 Pintail, RCP, 2 Gadwall, 10 Shoveler and 32 Wigeon in the Cadover and Crownhill Down area today #patchbirding #ukbirding #birding

No Ouzels at Cadover, but plenty of wildfowl in Dartmoor's pits. 2 Gadwall (first on the moor since 2021), 3 Pintail, Saltram's RC Pochard on her winter holiday, 9 Shoveler, 30 Wigeon, 100+ Teal. Also Lapwing and 94 Coot (very high count for Dartmoor) #patchbirding #birding #birds

Short Eared Owl at Warren Point, Dawlish - ///future.scorecard.wide. Out of sight as it flew over ridge back towards reserve. 10 Eider offshore. #birding #ukbirding #birds

Some of c300 Golden Plover over tors

Golden Plovers

Flock of c300 Golden Plover over Cadover, most landed on the slopes of the tors. Wheatear in the paddocks. 20+ Redwing over Plympton late morning #patchbirding #birding #ukbirding #birds

Adult YL Gull at Cadover, Dartmoor, in field next to holiday cottage this morning - ///bliss.remaining.edges #patchbirding #birding #ukbirding #birds