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Great news , the great -tailed grackle is alive and well and in fine voice 🙌🏼😍 I’ve not seen him since end of July around Speke hall , he’s not gone far tho
He was On Dakota drive about 100 yards down from main gate to B and M warehouse
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A lunch-time check of Loch a' Phuill found 2 x 1cy female Ring-necked Ducks together in the gloom, also our first Fieldfare of the autumn at Balephuil @BirdGuides @PatchBirding
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Been a steady start to autumn at King George Park, as ever it’s always livened up by the first Yellow-browed Warbler! Part of an arrival of 46 Robins, 8 Firecrests, 16 Chiffchaffs and some Thrushes to the park #PWC2026
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Stanford Reservoir - the ringing group have been out all week & numbers have been a lot lower than last year. Just reward today though with this Wryneck, the first since 2023. Reward for their great effort. Ferruginous Duck still, 30 Yellow Wagtail. #PWC2026 @rg_stanford
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Meols….. Wirral……Curlew Sandpiper again this morning off Meols prom.
Big numbers of Dunlin,Sanderling Ringed Plover.
#PWC2026
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A happy @PatchBirding day yesterday. Two brand new, first ever patch records with Little Owl and Wheatear, both within about 100m of each other. Need to go back for more Owl pics I think 🦉 Up to 78 species for the year now. #pwc2026
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9 Black-tailed Godwits on Teal lake this morning #PWC2026 10km radius 121/140. @Lincsbirding @PatchBirding @BTO_Lincs @LincsWildlife
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Stanford Reservoir - nice to get in on the recent local Black-necked Grebe action with this stunner this AM. My first for #PWC2026.
Also, Ruddy Shelduck and 3 Common Sandpiper. Now at 139 species for 2026. @LandRbirds @rg_stanford
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Stanford Reservoir - a Cattle Egret added to #PWC2026 yesterday. 2 Common Sand and LRP today. @LandRbirds @rg_stanford
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4 Black-tailed Godwits at Cornaigbeg, #Tiree yesterday, with 2 Med Gulls also there (ad and 2cy), plus 58 Curlew nearby at Cornaigmore & 6 Sanderling at Gott Bay - feeling like autumn already... @PatchBirding
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A bit like buses! Tiree's second Red-breasted Flycatcher of the spring was in the Balephuil garden last night together with a late Blackcap, although no sign of it this morning. @PatchBirding @BirdGuides
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Female-type Red-breasted Flycatcher new in the Balephuil #Tiree garden this afternoon - the 12th record for the garden since 2011 and the 8th in spring @BirdGuides @PatchBirding
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Stanford Reservoir - 2 late May additions to #PWC2026 on Saturday with Spot Fly & House Sparrow (rare here). Also, a Curlew spent most of the day on the dam. Total at end of May 134 species, 183 points.
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5 months of patching Branston Island so far - not much water left now, but some great birds this year so far...
Bonaparte's, GW Teal, Temminck's, Limosa Blackwits, 100s passage waders, Ibises, tonnes of Geese, BN Grebes - it's surpassed expectations.
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@Lincsbirding
ALT The site looking it's best in May.
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More fantastic passage at Branston Island today, with Grey Plover and Common Sand new for #PWC2026. 141/190.
Totals: Grey Plover, 7 Wood Sand, 2 Barwit, 2 Blackwit, Whimbrel, 11 Ruff, Greenshank, 6 RP, 2 LRP, 3 Ibis, WF Goose.
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Finally had a Reed Warbler @PatchBirding this morning at Trent Port/Marton which brings up my 💯 species for #PWC2026. Also, Yellow Wagtail, Common Sandpiper, Bullfinch, 4 Mistle Thrush, 2 Green Woodpecker and 1st young coots @LincsWildlife @Lincsbirding
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Get in! Found a 2cy Bonaparte's Gull on patch at Branston Island this morning, still present now as I'm leaving.
View only through bushes from the Witham cycle track.
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Patch gold here tonight in my part of rural Cheshire. Only my 2nd ever record of Whimbrel. Previous record of a bird calling in flight. Flock of 15 + 2 Curlew in field opposite house this evening. 1st patch year record of L Whitethroat & Sandmartin today as well #pwc2026
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Patch gold ✅ Nightingale singing from dense scrub on the old tip. #PWC2026 96/105. 10km radius 104/118. @Lincsbirding @PatchBirding @BTO_Lincs @LincsWildlife
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A patch tick Lesser Scaup was the highlight of a few hours this morning along with just my 3rd patch Curlew. Also the first few summer migrants with 2 LRP, Sedge Warbler, Willow Warbler, Swallow and House Martin. @PatchBirding #patchgold
ALT Drake Lesser Scaup
ALT Little Ringed Plover