Matthew Pollock

#birdingbybike #lowcarbonbirding🦉🚴‍♂️
North Warwickshire birder - Middle Tame Valley - mainly on foot or by bike

[Matthew Pollock @MattP1975]

@DaveHobbyHutton Superb photo Dave 👌🏻👌🏻

[Larry & Paul @larryandpaul]

🔥 BREAKING: News Anchor Has Meltdown Reporting The News.

👇🏻 #BrokenNews would like to apologise about this update.

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[Matthew Pollock @MattP1975]

Kingsbury Water Park- Bodymoor Heath Water- Black Tern juv again, Yellow-legged gull, Common Sandpiper @TameBirding

[Matthew Pollock @MattP1975]

Kingsbury Water Park - BHW - Black Tern (juv) present until 6:05pm then lost from view. Thanks to @TameBirding for the heads up 👍👍
Also Red-breasted Goose in front of the sailing club, presumably the same bird that's been in the area since the winter.

[Matthew Pollock @MattP1975]

@TameBirding Nice one Tom, just watching it now

[Matthew Pollock @MattP1975]

24km #birdingbybike this morning.
Bodymoor Heath GP - Greenshank, 7x Green Sand
KWP - BMW - Common Sand, Common Tern
Seeney Lane - 6x Yellow Wagtail
Kingsbury Range - briefest view of a probable Common Redstart. Couldn't relocate to confirm.
#UKbirding #lowcarbonbirding

[Matthew Pollock @MattP1975]

Just signed up to @bluesky.
A lot of other birders are already up and running, seems pretty decent.
Give us a follow if you fancy:
@mattp1975.bsky.social
See you over there!

[Steve Atkinson @atkinson_steve]

Anyone interested in giving Bluesky a go as an alternative to X (twitter) you will find this explanation written by Steve Dudley from the BOU very helpful. Please retweet so that more birders will be given an alternative option.
https://t.co/LFibd0BDAg

[Matthew Pollock @MattP1975]

18km on the bike around the local pools this morning.
Bodymoor Heath GP - 5x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper
Middleton Hall Lake - GW Egret
Kingsbury Water Park - 14x Common Tern
Kingsbury South - 13x RN Parakeet over 8am
@MercianBirding @WestMidBirdClub

[Matthew Pollock @MattP1975]

Nice, thanks 👍

[Matthew Pollock @MattP1975]

Found 20+ of these caterpillars in a big patch of common ragwort in the garden. Am I right in thinking they're Cinnabar Moth?

[Matthew Pollock @MattP1975]

@0xgaut vocal recording booth

[Matthew Pollock @MattP1975]

20km on the bike locally this afternoon.
Bodymoor Heath GP - 7x Green Sandpiper
Bodymoor Heath Water - KWP - 12+ Common Tern (6 juv)
@MercianBirding @WestMidsBirding

[Jonathan Pie @JonathanPieNews]

One for the Tree-huggers.
@RNNMarch @ChrisGPackham

[Chris Packham @ChrisGPackham]

I don’t know where to start with this . But it’s surely illegal and must be investigated and prosecuted . What sort of monster rams a calf ? Twice ?

[Jonathan Pie @JonathanPieNews]

2024 Election Specials: 3. Reform.

[Jonathan Pie @JonathanPieNews]

Election Special: 1. The Economy

[Matthew Pollock @MattP1975]

Our garden coming into "peak-jungle" phase now. Bugs and birds in relative abundance since March. New plant additions this year - Honey Garlic and Yellow Rattle in the lawn proving especially popular with the bees. Spiders everywhere. #nomow #wildlifegarden

[Matthew Pollock @MattP1975]

@Gary_D_Woodburn 1 Yellow wag on passage on my patch, only 1pr potentially breeding. Numbers have been falling rapidly over the last 5 years for me. Sharp declines with Wheatear passage also. 80% drop in both species this year.
Notable this year - no Whinchat, no Arctic terns.

[Matthew Pollock @MattP1975]

Quick walk around partially flooded KWP (South) this morning.
Bodymoor Heath Water - 60+ House Martin, 20+ Swallow
Hemlingford Water - 20+ Swift, 20+ Swallow, 50+ House Martin, Sand Martin
Swann Pool - Cettis, Garden Wblr
Pine Pool - Reed Wblr
@MercianBirding @WestMidsBirding