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no long posting. find me here

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https://t.co/iK2LzShtdQ. well, im making the jump. This account will be active but won't be posting.

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Late evening at trentham gardens 2 hobby came hawking in scattering a mixed flock of hirundines and 6 swifts was the highlight of the trip. #localbigyear

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Smithpool park
2nd common sandpiper of the year here. @Staffsbirdnews

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Lordship lane
Sleepy Dunlin continuing a bit of wader passage on the small bit of water thats left. @Staffsbirdnews #localbigyear

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@DWEmley10 @the_proggler @SteveJTurner76 @ruth_newby @LesEvansHillBC Best find on a tree trunk probably black arches also found grey birch on trunks and found leopard moth on a pavement.

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Lordship lane
Hobby raced over the marl pit site tick bird number 104 for the site and 89th bird of the year. Also
Green sandpiper (pictured)
22 lapwing
@Staffsbirdnews #localbigyear

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@TheSnapper1978 Deserved 🍻

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@thevicar70 Need to look at the abdomen tip.

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Lordship lane
2nd greenshank of the year
18 lapwing on what remains of the water. @Staffsbirdnews #localbigyear

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Nice to see some butterflies today, first painted lady of the year, also brimstone, comma , peacock , large white , speckled wood , holly blue, small white , small tortoiseshell all seen on the wing today all staffordshire.@BC_WestMids

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Finished on 78sp for a non birding trip to Northern Ireland highlights hooded crows, osprey, black guillemots , manx shearwater, tree sparrows, greenshank, whimbrel, barwit , arctic skua. Brilliant habitat and coast line. #birdsseenin2024

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Some pics from the Giant's causeway yesterday last day in northern ireland today.

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Lordship lane
Green sandpiper still 3rd day

Park hall CP
4 Willow tit (1juv)
Juv green woodpecker

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Lordship lane
Green sandpiper is still spending its weekend feeding on the shore. Hopefully the water levels dont drop anymore could do with abit of rain judging by the forecast that should happen. #localbigyear

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@jasonbeaut1 Red deer think jase 👍

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The burntwood (loggerheads) quiet on the bird front, but a site tick with 2 common lizard basking also good to see an array of insects in the woods including common carpet and red admiral.

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Tittesworth today,
Poaching rife again at tittesworth, dead Carp and lure with triple hook close by in the conservation area just waiting to get attached to a bird or mammal.

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@SteveJTurner76 @LesEvansHillBC @DWEmley10 A nicer location than a fenton Industrial Park.

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@SteveJTurner76 @LesEvansHillBC @DWEmley10 2nd for north staffs i think unless there was another last year.

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@BirderGaz @Kevin_Clements @TheMoorehen @Staffsbirdnews Probably more turn they just arent seen like passage gropper and most acros migrate undetected.