Simon J Slade

Birder. Twitcher - Great Britain IOC 560+ Photographer of all things wild. Retired environmental technologist.

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I didn't expect to see a reef heron today! Amazing. Bonus woodchat, too.

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@PeteKinsella2 @BirdGuides @BDSdragonflies Great find, Pete. At least 3 still present this morning.

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Having missed the Bonaparte's gull when it first visited Myerscough, I was really pleased to see it this afternoon. Showed beautifully in the spring sunshine.

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@SteveOnHilbre @deeestuary Fascinating, isn't it? In Ormskirk, I've recorded BHGs that breed in Oslo, Helsinki, and Ostashkov in Russia. Even further away than your bird. They mix in the park with birds that breed locally. Without the rings, we'd never know

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Just finished looking through my pictures from last month's trips with @Scillypelagics Pristine Sabine's gull probably the highlight, but pleased with a classic image of a Wilson's petrel.

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@DarbyBug Nice. We see them occasionally in Ormskirk

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@DarbyBug I think there's 7 in my pictures from Thursday

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@fred_fearn Very impressive

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Red-breasted merganser, North Wales. Those teeth!

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@PhilWoollen @01000011S @JulianThomas19 Helen and I were with you when it popped up. Brilliant moment, we talk about often. We stayed up for a few days birding and also went to Bressay Uphellya

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Had a walk along the Wandle Trail, south London. Amazed to see so many firecrests. Singing and displaying in the sunshine right by the path. Absolutely stunning little birds.

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A black-and-white duck day, locally. A close ring-necked duck in St Helens and a distant smew at Seaforth. Lovely.

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Thank you! This afternoon we reached 40,000 signatures on our petition to ban driven grouse shooting.

Please share with friends and family - keep the momentum going!

Add your name: https://t.co/8HCNtw8pBE

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Happy New Year, everyone. Warblers from the Far East and America were my 2024 highlights. I wonder what 2025 will bring.

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Yellow warbler. A bird I've always wanted to see in England. Happy Christmas to me!

[Wild Justice @WildJustice_org]

It's time driven grouse shooting was banned. We're a third of the way to 100,000 signatures.

Please sign and share!

https://t.co/8HCNtw8pBE

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The ring-necked duck in St Helens showed well today. Shame it wasn't better light to be able to see the purple sheen on its neck from which it gets its name. You can just see it here. Just.

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Came across this beautiful, long-eared owl. Waited a while, hoping he'd fully open his golden eyes, but he didn't, so we left him in peace to doze in the winter sunshine.

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A landmark day in Scotland as snare ban commences https://t.co/97xwAcNvFz via @RaptorPersUK