Juv. Caspian Gull @DorsetSwannery today, a different bird from @Joe_stockwell’s bird on Sunday. Also Grey Phalarope seen briefly again. @CWPhoto11 @kbutler1978 @DorsetBirdClub
Steve Groves
@SwannerySteve
The Swanherd at Abbotsbury🦢, passionate patch birder🦆, ageing mod🛵, devoted husband to Suz👫 I post mostly Swannery bird sightings🐦 All views my own.
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Pied Flycatcher by the Swannery entrance this evening. Whinchat, 12 Wheatear a few Yellow Wagtails at adjacent Chapel Hill/ Ditchmoor meadows. Wader highlights… Knot, Sanderling, Little Ringed Plover, 4 Green Sandpipers. @Joe_stockwell @CWPhoto11 @kbutler1978 @DorsetBirdClub
Anybody have any info on the Lesser Spotted Woodpecker at Abbotsbury today, reported on the Dorset Bird News Blog? Potentially the first Abbotsbury record for 30 years! 🤯 @DorsetBirdClub
Today’s waders @DorsetSwannery… Little Ringed Plover, 2 Ringed Plover, Knot, 3 Sanderling, 4 Dunlin, + Oystercatchers, Lapwings & Common Sandpipers. Little Gull still. Ditchmoor held a Whinchat, 8 Stonechat & 6 Wheatear. @Joe_stockwell @CWPhoto11 @kbutler1978 @DorsetBirdClub
Still at least one Little Gull around today @DorsetSwannery & a Little Ringed Plover for its 3rd day. 1st Osprey of the autumn too. @Joe_stockwell @CWPhoto11 @kbutler1978 @DorsetBirdClub