Tim Farr

Patch birder at Sutton Bingham Reservoir (SBR) in Somerset, UK.
Devoted husband, proud father, lover of rock music and Spurs fan!

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@Moorlandbirder @bto_somerset1 @Northmoorbirder Pardon?

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@GlenOrioleglen @RareBirdAlertUK Even banning dogs doesn't always work. SBR is strictly no dogs on site, yet people often take their dogs up there for walks, and off a lead. When challenged, most owners are aggressive and rude.

[Aldershot Town FC @OfficialShots]

Enjoy it, Shots. This is for you ❤️💙

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@remblax @JulianThomas19 Spot on!

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Who can guess what this is?🤣😉

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@JulianThomas19 Afraid not.

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@thedarkness @JustinHawkins thanks for the new signed CD guys, but bot sure what Dan and Frankie did to smudge their sigs so much!

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Three RN Duck (1 drake) at Dozmary Pool this afternoon. Makes up for twice missing the Somerset birds last weekend. Also a drake Goosander on Collyford Lake and a couple of hundred Golden Plover flying around.

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Successful lunchtime Mute Swan twitch at SBR!

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Marsh Harrier north through SBR at 14:30. Also 12 Lapwing north and pair Shoveler (both absent from the patch list in 2024) and, believe it or not, my first Fieldfare of the year.

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Full fat Sherborne patch tick this lunchtime, Marsh Tit at Sherborne Mill!

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Cattle Egret and Great White Egret still at SBR early morning.
Yellow-browed Warbler still on the Sherborne patch this lunchtime (present for nearly 2 weeks now).

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Cattle Egret and GWE at SBR again mid-afternoon.

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WTE and Cattle Egret at SBR again at 08:30.

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Cattle Egret and Great White Egret at SBR this morning plus a flock of 24 Golden Plover over.

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The WTE at SBR yesterday fledged this year from a nest in Sussex, therefore thoughts please?

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White-tailed Eagle at northern end of SBR at 0825.

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Cattle Egret again at SBR this evening, came in at 15:50 and flew around for ten minutes before vanishing. Also one Med Gull and a pair of Tufted Ducks.

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Cattle Egret at SBR this evening was a new tick for the patch year list. Also three Gadwall and c.50 Wigeon.

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Two ad Med Gulls at SBR mid-afternoon. Single Common Gull and eight Snipe the only other birds of note.