Mark James

Mark James

@rabbitman22.bsky.social

Mainly Birds West Cornwall

467 Followers 287 Following 355 Posts Joined Jul 2024
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Male and female Mandarin on the Camel River near to Wadebridge
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1 week ago

Totally agree got to pop and see the one at Gothian NR yesterday, beautiful reminder of spring/summer

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1 week ago
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Northern Wheatear (male) appeared at St Gothians Sands NR yesterday
Managed to locate this morning flitting between main water bank and dunes
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1 week ago
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One of 7 Great Crested Grebes from Porth reservoir pairing up with an odd one out
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2 weeks ago

I’m just about to move to Charltons from Cornwall 🦉

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2 weeks ago
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Ross’s Gull still providing fantastic views at Newlyn harbour
Third consecutive day I’ve been to see and spend some magical moments with this beauty
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3 weeks ago

What a beauty 👌

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3 weeks ago
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First Winter Ross’s Gull at Newlyn harbour
Only 9th record for Cornwall for this high Arctic beauty
Found by Shaun Grose
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3 weeks ago
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Lesser Scaup - male (L) and female present at Helston Coronation Lake for over 3 months
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1 month ago

I realise I should have put 20p instead of 20g which is 5g but it was too late ….i guess that would be one fat Goldcrest

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1 month ago
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Goldcrest up on stage, 20 grams of superstar ⭐️
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1 month ago

Lovely shot Helen 👌

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1 month ago
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And No 100 for 2026
Skylark at St Agnes Head
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1 month ago
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No 99 for the year
Northern Fulmar at Hells Mouth
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1 month ago

Thank you, seems lots around at the mo 😊

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1 month ago
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One of 3 Firecrests flitting around at Boscathnoe this morning
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1 month ago
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Trip up to Respryn to see a favourite
- Treecreeper-
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1 month ago

Thank you Helen 🙏

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1 month ago
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Lovely female Marsh Harrier hunting around Marazion Marshes
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1 month ago

We have the same combination currently at Newlyn plus a Bonaparte’s so was great to see size comparison too

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1 month ago

Beautiful looking bird

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1 month ago

Lovely shot of a very striking bird👌

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1 month ago
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Left- Bonaparte’s Gull
Right- Little Gull
2 Littles and the Bony just off Tolcarne Beach Newlyn in the ongoing crap weather today
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1 month ago

Thanks David 🙏

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1 month ago
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One of 3 Great Northern Divers taking shelter from Storm Chandra wreaking havoc around West Cornwall today
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1 month ago
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One of 5 Bar-tailed Godwits at Hayle estuary between the showers
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1 month ago
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Always love the acrobatics of the Blackcap when they are berry snaffling
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1 month ago
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A few Redwing around the old quarry at North Quay Hayle. Still good supply of berries available so hopefully stay for a while
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1 month ago
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Lots of Chiffchaff around the sewage works at Helston this morning
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1 month ago
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One of my favourite Ducks
Male shoveler at Coronation lake Helston this morning
One of 5 with the males getting territorial with the season ahead
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