Phil Cunliffe

Phil Cunliffe

@pacunliffe.bsky.social

Rubbish birder, much better electrical engineer and BWFC follower. I'm lucky to live on Anglesey and I am Sophie the poodle's human.

268 Followers 248 Following 537 Posts Joined Dec 2023
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A three-fingered wooden sign post on a grassy bank with trees and shrubs behind it. A blank finger points to the left and another blank one points towards the camera. The third finger points rights and is engraved with "Gwaith Brics Brickworks 200m" A map at one of entrances to the Valley at Cemaes. The formal Welsh name is Nant y Sgrwngi. The map shows the wildlife and sights that can be found nearby.

Good morning and I hope you're having a good start to your #fingerpostfriday
This one is in the "Valley" (or Nant y Sgrwngi if you're being formal) in Cemaes Bay.

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2 hours ago

For the third day running, we have a gang of six house sparrows in our garden clearing up seeds under the feeders. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

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1 day ago

Thank you! 😊

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1 day ago

Snap! Seven house sparrows were on or around our feeders this morning but oh my, the wind! How the sparrows are strong enough not to be blown away is beyond me!
I've just looked up the collective noun for sparrows - host, quarrel or ubiquity. Mine definitely quarrel πŸ™‚

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1 day ago

Sparrowtatstic! πŸ˜‚ Can I please steal this?

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1 day ago

I see. I hope you can get a permanent fix sorted soon 🀞

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1 day ago

I'm glad you've got your camera sorted even if it's a temporary bodge. The photos look good to me.

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2 days ago

My brain was foggy when I was filling the feeders. A bird flew over and called so not 100% sure that it was a grey wagtail. So I settled with the #FirstBirdOfMyDay being a gang of 5 house sparrows that came to the feeders when I went inside.

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3 days ago

Two collared doves parading on the lawn while a handful of starlings click, chatter and whistle (I'm sure one had a kazoo!). #FirstBirdOfMyDay

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3 days ago

Same with my uncle and grandad.

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4 days ago

A joint FBOMD too with a rook gliding past one of our neighbour's houses and a blackbird popping up from behind our wood store. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

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4 days ago

Sorry to hear that. I hope your camera can be fixed.

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5 days ago

I'd rather have therapy for being in 3rd place than 10th. Although Init sure my ticker could take many more results like this

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5 days ago

Phew! Good reactions Hannah. The FBOMD was a pied wagtail sitting on a telephone wire overlooking our back garden - 'Chiswick, Chiswick'. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

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5 days ago

What a result! I'm still shaking.

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6 days ago
A red brick wall with s Victorian post box inset into the wall. The bricks immediately surrounding the postbox are set out from the rest of the wall allowing the depth of the box.

Good morning and I hope you're having a good #PostboxSaturday
This VR wall box is at Daisy Hill, Westhoughton.

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6 days ago

A charm of 9 or so goldfinches in my mum's next door neighbour's tree brightened up a dull start to the day. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

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1 week ago
A two-fingered wooden sign post with the fingers set at 90 degrees to each other. A large blue plaque on each finger states that you are on the Anglesey Coastal Path. A smaller blue plaque on the post indicates that you are also on the Wales Coast Path. 

Behind the post is a patch of dead looking bramble and running left to right is a stone wall.

Good morning and I hope you're having a good #fingerpostfriday
This fingerpost is at Cemaes Bay, Anglesey and marks the way of the Anglesey Coastal Path.

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1 week ago

Goid morning from a wet Greater Manchester. I'm back at my mum's and on her neighbours roofs are a wood pigeon, two starlings and a house sparrow staring down at mum's back garden. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

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1 week ago

We watched the first four episodes twice before watching the last two just to savour them and delay the ending. We then watched the last two and they are still echoing around my head. We'll probably watch them again on Sunday. Perfect programme πŸ‘Œ

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1 week ago

I have barn owl envy!
The FBOMD were a charming pair of goldfinches on our feeders, one on the nyger seeds and the other on the sunflower hearts. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

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1 week ago

Vandal! πŸ˜‚

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1 week ago

I opened the blinds to see 2 starlings chasing each other at the bottom of the street. We call 'our' starlings 'vandals' as when I fill the seed feeders they attack them and fling the seed everywhere, a bit like Sesame Street's Cookie Monster. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

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1 week ago

Nice one!

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1 week ago

17 large gulls glided eastward along the coastal path towards the harbour as me and Sophie were on the garden. A cronking raven was the only sound on this lovely spring morning. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

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1 week ago
A closed leaf bud on a small twig of a hazel tree. At the end of the bud is a red flower that's smaller than the bud.

Saw this red flower on the end of a hazel bud in the Ugly House car park in North Wales yesterday.

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1 week ago

A collared doves sat on our fence waiting patiently while Sophie sniffed around the borders. As soon as we went in the dove from above dropped to the lawn followed quickly by house sparrows, starlings, blue tits, jackdaws, a blackbird, a magpie and a dunnock. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

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1 week ago

We've just watched the last episode of Small Profits. What a series! Funny, sad and emotional all rolled into one perfect programme.

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1 week ago

Lovely photo of a masked bandido!

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1 week ago

Early start this morning and the FBOMD was a lesser black backed gull in a field a few minutes away from home. #FirstBirdOfMyDay

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