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Black Hole Marsh in the reeds.

River Axe & the Seaton tramway, Devon 🇬🇧

Sea mist over Black Hole Marsh, East Devon.

Sea Mist, Seaton Wetlands #Devonbirds 🇬🇧 🪶
Peregrine, Buzzard, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk. 50+ Redshank, 20+ Curlew, 2 Blackwit, Oyc.
Lots Shelduck, Teal. Shoveler, Gadwall, Mallard, 3 LtGrebe, Grey Heron, 2 LtEgret.
2 Stonechat, tits&finches.
4 Lesser BBGull in the flock, Cormorant.
Several Chiffchaff 🎶

Heath & woodland at Culpepper's Dish Dorset.

Heard & seen, Common Crossbills.

Lovely 🌞 Spring day for a walk at Culpepper's Dish #DorsetBirds 🇬🇧 🪶
Looking for Crossbills; pleased with a flock of nine including a magnificent red-plumage male in the conifer overhead.
Also, flock of Siskin, Mistle Thrush singing, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard. A Marsh Tit heard, but couldn't locate it...

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Blustery grey Thursday at Silverlake #DorsetBirds 🇬🇧 🪶
Peregrine Falcon having breakfast, 2 Stonechat, Dartford, Red Kite, Raven, Egyptian Goose, 20+ Canada, Pochard, 4 Tuftie, 2 GreatCrested Grebe, Lt Grebe, 10+ LBBGull.

Thorncombe Wood had a Marsh Tit, & 2 Red-legged Partridge at Thorncombe Farm.

Blue Spring skies at Thorncombe Wood

An almost warm Spring afternoon at Thorncombe Wood, Dorset

Firecrest singing in Thorncombe Wood, two seen

A murky morning on Maiden Castle, Dorchester, Dorset 🇬🇧. The view Westwards.

A Little Gull briefly on Charminster water meadows, W of Dorchester #DorsetBirds 🇬🇧🪶 also, Goldcrest, fem Blackcap, 2 LBBG.
Maiden Castle, 3 Corn Bunting, 3 Stonechat, Redwing, singing Skylarks.
Blue sky at Thorncombe Wood, 2 Firecrest, 7 Goldcrest, 5 Nuthatch, 2 Siskin, tits&finches, woodpeckers 😍

Sandsfoot Castle with Portland on the skyline. Dorset 🇬🇧

Hamm Beach, Portland Harbour, at low tide.

Dorset Wildlife Trust Visitor Centre at Ferrybridge, twixt The Fleet lagoon & Portland Harbour. Great coffee stop.

Smallmouth Bay on Portland Harbour. Colourful on a dull day!

Sandsfoot Castle #DorsetBirds 🇬🇧 🪶 6 Great Northern Diver, Slavonian Grebe, c15 Great Crested Grebe, several Red-breasted Merganser, lots Shag, 7 Brent.
Hamm Beach yielded 2 additional GND & 4 Black-necked Grebe in a group.
Ferrybridge had several Dunlin & Ringed Plover & Mediterranean Gulls & Brent.

The view from Middle Beach looking North.

The famous Jerry's Point, with view to Brownsea Island.

From Shell Bay looking North to the ferry to Sandbanks. Studland, Dorset 🇬🇧

Dry, bright & still at Studland #DorsetBirds 🪶 🇬🇧
Middle Beach, Black-necked Grebe, Great Northern Diver, GC Grebe, lots Shag.
Bramble Bush Bay & Jerry's Point, 10 BNG, 4 GND, c25 Red-breasted Merganser, 20+ GCG. 20 Turnstone, 24 Sanderling, 11 Dunlin, Redshank, Sparrowhawk.
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Thorncombe Wood, East of Dorchester, Dorset

Thorncombe Wood on a rare sunny day in Winter.

Rushy pond, by Roman Road, Thorncombe Wood.

A map marking the sighting spot of 7 Lesser Redpoll today.

Blue sky 💙 at Thorncombe Wood #DorsetBirds 🇬🇧 🪶
7 Lesser Redpoll 😍
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, 5 Goldcrest, 6 Nuthatch, 3 Treecreeper, large flocks of Siskin & Chaffinch.
3 Raven, 2 Greenfinch (male), 2 Song Thrush, several Wren, Dunnock. Lots of Blue, Great, Long-tailed Tits. Et al

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A grey morning at Silverlake, South & East Lakes.

A blue sky 💙 attempting an appearance at lovely Thorncombe Wood.

Ruth's Bench, with several Goldcrest & at least one Marsh Tit nearby. Thorncombe Wood hot spot!

High water level at Silverlake #DorsetBirds 🇬🇧 🪶 3 Pintail, several Pochard, Gadwall, 2 Gt Crested Grebe. Dunnock singing 🎶 few Coot, Canada. Cormorant.

Brighter at Thorncombe Wood, Marsh Tit, numerous Gt, Blue & Coal Tits. 3 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch. Several Stock Dove, Siskin, Wren. Buzzard over.

Lovely pics, Viv... great birding at Seaton 😊 🪶 #Devonbirds

A very high tide at Middlebere, from the National Trust hide.

Hartland Moor, Arne, Dorset 🇬🇧

A wood of beautiful Silver Birch, RSPB Arne.

The path to Shipstal Hill, Arne RSPB. A Blue Sky 💙 Day

Blue Sky at ARNE #DorsetBirds 🇬🇧
🪶 high tide Middlebere NT c200 Avocet, 2 RB Merganser, Pintail, c10 Redshank, 3 Snipe, Sparrowhawk, 2 Curlew, many Shelduck, Teal & Canada. MistleThrush. Chaffinches singing.
Arne Bay RSPB, 20+ Spoonbill, more Avocet, Blackwits.
Grey Heron!
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Roman Road, Thorncombe Wood, Dorchester, Dorset 🇬🇧

View South from Thorncombe Wood to The Ridgeway.

Rushy Pond at dusk.

Thorncombe Wood #DorsetBirds 🇬🇧
🪶 2 Firecrest 😍, 9 Goldcrest, 2 Treecreeper, Nuthatch, male Bullfinch ♥️, lots Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Siskin.
2 Buzzard, Raven, Kestrel.
Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Wood, 2 MistleThrush, SongThrush, 4 Redwing.
Lots Tits; Blue, Great, Coal, Long-tailed. Stock Doves.

and after the rain; evening sky, now at #Dorchester #Dorset England 🇬🇧

From Maiden Castle looking North towards Dorchester. 446 Golden Plover in field to East of the car park.

Rainy 🌧 day on Maiden Castle, view to the South, with Weymouth 8m beyond the hill.

A mooch in the mizzle, Maiden Castle #DorsetBirds 🇬🇧 🪶

446 Golden Plover keeping their heads down in field to East of car park 😊
A single Corn Bunting, Kestrel, Raven & small flock of Goldfinch.

female Blackcap in the home garden #Dorchester

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thanks to @nickyhoar.bsky.social who first spotted yesterday's Slavonian Grebe, very distant towards the harbour entrance!
Masses of birds at Brands Bay too:
100s of Wigeon & Dunlin, numerous Grey Plover, Shelduck, Pintail, Teal, Canada. Several Curlew, GCG, Redshank 😃
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View from Shell Bay towards Sandbanks on a dull Winter's day with an icy wind! The scope revealed a Great Northern Diver & a Black-necked Grebe.

Bramble Bush Bay looking North. Gloomy not Dismal.

Jerry's Point & Bramble Bush Bay @harbourbirds.bsky.social #DorsetBirds 🇬🇧
4 Great Northern Diver, Slavonian Grebe. 30+ RBM, several GCG. c20 Turnstone, c50 Dunlin, 2 CmSandpiper, Grey Plover, 3+ Ringed Plover.
Shell Bay had another G N Diver & a Black-necked Grebe.
200+ Brent Geese off Knoll Beach.

Blue sky for the view to Portland from Hamm beach

Portland Harbour, view North from Hamm beach

Portland Harbour with the WW2 Mulberry Harbour sections

Ferrybridge mud flats by the Dorset Wildlife Trust visitor centre

Blue sky, almost Spring #DorsetBirds 🇬🇧

🪶 Portland Harbour had at least 5 Great Northern Diver & a Black-throated Diver ➕️ 3 Black-necked Grebe & 12 Red-breasted Merganser.

Ferrybridge had c70 Brent Geese, 1 RBM, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 1 GND, 7 MediterraneanGulls ,5 Coot, Turnstone, 6 Oystercatcher

Thanks to @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social for organising the Winter excursion to Brownsea Island #DorsetBirds 🇬🇧 today.
🪶 many Avocet, 70+ Grey Plover, 100s Blackwit, c10 Barwit, 5 Turnstone, Curlew, 100s Dunlin, 2 Greenshank, several Redshank. Lots Shelduck, Brent, Cormorant.
3 Red Squirrel 😍
Buzzard!

The pond at Badbury Rings, a National Trust area, Dorset.

Looking across the Rings of Badbury Rings, Dorset, to the North.

Walking the Rings at Badbury Rings.

Kingston Lacy at sunset, a National Trust house & gardens. 🇬🇧

Hints of Blue Sky, Bradbury Rings #DorsetBirds 🇬🇧 🪶
4 Skylark, 5 Stonechat, c10 Redwing, Green Woodpecker, Nuthatch, Buzzard, Kestrel, Raven, Tit flocks.

Kingston Lacy had another Green Woodpecker, flock of 70 Greenfinch, SongThrush, Tits & Chaffinches, several StockDove.
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A grey heavily overcast day at lovely Lodmoor, Weymouth, Dorset. Very high water discouraging the regular waders. View from the West scrape.

From the Viewing shelter, looking over Lodmoor on a grey damp chilly day. Hundreds of Grey Plover & Lapwing, with at least a dozen Snipe hidden in the reeds. Three Avocet visitors to cheer everyone.

Grey damp day at lovely Lodmoor #Weymouth #DorsetBirds 🇬🇧 🪶
Water level high!
3 Avocet, 12 Snipe, 100s Lapwing, c400 Golden Plover.
Marsh Harrier, Raven.
Mysterious cross, Shelduck-Ruddy?
Lots Shelduck, Canada, Wigeon, Teal, Mallard, Gadwall, Shoveler, Tufted Duck.
Kingfisher.
c20 Mediterranean Gull.

SW wind across Poole Harbour, so icy lookout from Jerry's Point 👉.

Shell Bay, Studland, Wintertime.

From Shell Bay towards Sandbanks £££

A ray of scarce sunlight across a houseboat at Bramble Bush Bay, with a view to Brownsea Island.

Damp & dull, Studland #DorsetBirds
Jerry's Point, 2 GND, 3 BNG, 3 Goldeneye, Razorbill, Raven, Curlew, Oycs. 30+ RBM, lots GCG.
Bramble Bush Bay, 50+ Brent, 2 Redshank, Lt Egret.
🪶 Shell Bay, 200+ Brent, c20 Sanderling. Lots Shag.
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Brands Bay, WTEagle, many Pintail, Wigeon.

White Tailed Eagle settled in Brands Bay 1500hr
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Beautiful landscape at Stourhead, National Trust 😍

Low water in Stourhead's Lake, due to a nasty leak in the historic earth dam.

Stourhead's Lake, partly iced over, on a Winter Friday.

Daffodils; Spring is round the corner...

Bleak mid-winter at Stourhead #NT #Wiltshire 🇬🇧

🪶 20+ flock of Siskin on beech mast, c80 Lapwing, 2 GreyWagtail, numerous Tits, several Chaffinch flock Goldfinch. Redwing.
Red Kite, 2 Raven.
Nuthatch, Treecreeper, lots Wren. P Wag.
Grey Heron, 2 TuftedDuck, Mallards.

Sparrowhawk at Wincanton A303.

Excellent Phil! 😃
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Thorncombe Wood, Wintertime.

Blue sky, cold 🥶 at Thorncombe Wood, Dorset, England

Thorncombe Wood, East of Dorchester Dorset

New benches, old tree, long Winter shadows, Thorncombe Wood

Winter wonder, Thorncombe Wood #DorsetBirds 🪶 🇬🇧
2 Marsh Tit, numerous Blue, Great, Coal & Long-tailed Tit.
2 Goldcrest, one watched us from 3 feet away 😍
8 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 6 Redwing.
Buzzard, pair Raven, Mistle Thrush, 3 Wren, just 2 female Chaffinch, c10 Goldfinch. 2 Pheasant. Lots Robin.

Looking North towards Dorchester, from the Western end of Maiden Castle. Shadows from the low sun filling the ditches of Maiden Castle's ancient defences.

Blue Sky at Maiden Castle #DorsetBirds 🇬🇧 🪶 ✨️
Sunny 🌞 cold, the sun low in the sky to the South.
c6 Redwing on hawthorns, 2 resident Raven nearby.
A lonely Golden Plover with a small Starling flock near the car park and 2 Lapwing overhead. Just 3 Goldfinch! 3 Stonechat.

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Dorset Wildlife Trust Visitor Centre at Ferrybridge on a sunny Winter 🌞 day

🌞 cold 🥶 Ferrybridge, nasty N wind! #DorsetBirds 🇬🇧 🪶
4 Grey Plover, 3 Barwit.
Numerous Dunlin & Ringed Plover, 2 Oystercatcher, Turnstone.
100+ Mediterranean Gull.
3 Red-breasted Merganser, 25+ Brent.
Stonechat, Pied Wag, several Meadow Pipit & Skylark. Greenfinch.
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Charminster water meadows on a sunny late afternoon 😎

Briefly at Charminster water meadows, W of Dorchester #DorsetBirds 🪶
A 2026 tick ✔️ for the 2 Tundra Bean Geese in company with 2 Egyptian Geese.
Kestrel, 3 Little Egret, c300 Lapwing, numerous Wigeon & Teal.
Several Mute Swan, 2 Common Gull, lots Black-headed & Herring Gulls. Small flock LT Tit. 🇬🇧