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GPC

@GPCbirding

ornithologist / photographer

 Barton-on-Humber
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Joined December 2013
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One of at least 12 Chinese Long-tailed Rosefinches (Uragus sibiricus lepidus 长尾雀 Cháng wěi què) at Lingshan on Monday. This one is a male. A small population breeds at this site, with more records in winter.
Image from Wild Beijing 北京自然 (@BirdingBeijing)
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Waking up feeling utterly devastated - for the future of our climate, for equality, for women’s health and so much more. Take the day to feel it, but remember to go outside into nature. Tomorrow’s another day, and the fight for what’s right will continue 💚
Image from Megan McCubbin (@MeganMcCubbin)
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A Dusky x Naumann's Thrush (Turdus eunomus 斑鸫 Bān dōng x Turdus naumanni 红尾鸫 Hóng wěi dōng) intergrade was among the 80+ winter thrushes feeding on berries at Lingshan this morning.
Image from Wild Beijing 北京自然 (@BirdingBeijing)
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Word of the day is ‘recrudescence’ (17th century): the return of something terrible after a time of reprieve.
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Siberian Chiffchaff at Saltfleetby-Theddlethorpe Dunes NNR today - initially picked up on call and eventually seen briefly
Image from Chris Atkin (@Nighthawk013)
Image from Chris Atkin (@Nighthawk013)
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One of the last birds seen on this Oman trip also happens to be one of the best. Part of a flock of 7 beautiful elegant Caspian plovers. Check out how long the tertials are on the flight shot!
Image from Garry Taylor 🇪🇺 (@GT1366)
Image from Garry Taylor 🇪🇺 (@GT1366)
Image from Garry Taylor 🇪🇺 (@GT1366)
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A crazy migration day in Skagen: 9 yellow-billed divers, 1 great northern diver and leach's storm petrel!
Image from Skagen Bird Observatory (@skagenbirdobs)
Image from Skagen Bird Observatory (@skagenbirdobs)
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Replying to @Alexander_Lees
A lot of birds migrating tonight! Many will be killed. I recall a few years ago taking my kids to a local fireworks display and a Robin dropped dead onto the car next to ours.🙁
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On this date I ticked my 1st Taiga Flycatcher at Seurasaari. 😍😎 The first for #finland #birding #BirdTwitter #BirdsOfTwitter
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Latest watercolour. A Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus 短耳鸮 Duǎn ěr xiāo) at dusk. A passage migrant and winter visitor to Beijing, preferring open grassland and scrub, where it hunts for small rodents.
Image from Wild Beijing 北京自然 (@BirdingBeijing)
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Could this 'report' be any more tenuous if it tried?!? 😂 They may as well have added 'seen through the bottom of a jam jar through bifocal glasses with a bit of piss on them' to complete the picture....😂🤷🏼‍♂️
Image from Patrick Earith (@ArthriticPeak)
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Replying to @teesbirds1
@teesbirds1 some merlin picks, taken at southgare recently
Image from Tim robinson (@timbojrobinson)
Image from Tim robinson (@timbojrobinson)
Image from Tim robinson (@timbojrobinson)
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Initial field views of the Black-faced Bunting in the dunes at Donna Nook this morning @RareBirdAlertUK
Image from Owen Beaumont (@OwenBeaumont1)
Image from Owen Beaumont (@OwenBeaumont1)
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Amazing to see GPS reveal the journeys of Bewick's 014T (Kai) @bewickiiontour. For the 3rd year in a row he made an incredible spring detour, crossing the Urals. Each year the detour was bigger, this year's highlight being a 10d stay in the Turgay lowlands of Kazakhstan, ...
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A Daurian Shrike was a totally unexpected bird to see up in north Dorset at Gillingham today. It put on a great show for the gathered photographers.
Image from Peter alan coe (@PeteralancoeCoe)
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A mega has fallen! Newfoundland birders (including me) have been enjoying a very rare BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER this weekend. Second provincial record of this vagrant from waaaaay over on the other side of the continent. #BirdTheRock #BirdsNL #KowaOptics #ABArare
Image from Jared Clarke (@birdtherock)
Image from Jared Clarke (@birdtherock)
Image from Jared Clarke (@birdtherock)
Image from Jared Clarke (@birdtherock)
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Hen Harrier showing well at Portland Bill this afternoon.
Image from Peter alan coe (@PeteralancoeCoe)
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Believe it or not this is a very extreme aberration of a Yellow-browed Warbler I saw on Shetland. It is a xanthochroistic form. Never seen one like this before, a real beauty, congrats to the finder. Up there with bird of the trip. @ShetlandWild @RareBirdAlertUK @BirdGuides
Image from Mike Gibbons (@cloudedyellows)
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Fabulous views of the Pallid Harrier at Dowrog Common yesterday afternoon. What a gorgeous bird. Plenty of other raptor action with Merlin, Hen Harrier, Goshawk (probable), Peregrine, Red Kite, Buzzard, Kestrel and Sparrowhawk.
Image from Wombourne Nature (@WombourneNature)
Image from Wombourne Nature (@WombourneNature)
Image from Wombourne Nature (@WombourneNature)
Image from Wombourne Nature (@WombourneNature)
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St Kilda is 65 km from the nearest land - North Uist and 180 km from mainland Scotland @natalieben
St Kilda World Heritage Site NTS (@StKildaNTS) profile pictureSt Kilda World Heritage Site NTS@StKildaNTS7 Oct 2024
This is the sort of place your helium birthday balloons end up when you let them go, or worse still, in the oceans where there's a good chance they'll end up in the belly of a whale, a turtle or a seabird. Dispose of them responsibly, please! 🙏 @N_T_S @mcsuk
Image from St Kilda World Heritage Site NTS (@StKildaNTS)
Image from St Kilda World Heritage Site NTS (@StKildaNTS)
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