Matt Slaymaker

Birder, mammaler, surveyor, ecologist, consultant, lapsed ringer, former wanderer... now somerset based. Views my own, etc.

[Matt Slaymaker @WanderingBirder]

@HasanAlFarhan2 @bucksalert That was my initial impression, especially the neck/head, but it is tricky from a single distant photo.

[Matt Slaymaker @WanderingBirder]

@worlebirder @hobbylovinglife @bristolbirding Why both males? I would've called these male and female

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@Naturalist_Sam @AravindRamesh19 @GilesDiggle Possibly yellow over white visible in the photo

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Three adult Bewicks swan still between Burrowbridge and Moorland, viewed from the north end of Long Drove @somersetbirds

[Matt Slaymaker @WanderingBirder]

@01000011S @_BTO @bto_somerset1 Nice - structurally it looks like a Herring thingy.
I have volunteered for Cheddar so I need to go and see what I have let myself in for

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@danwatsonbirder @JacksWildLife__ I got more of a Grey-faced Buzzard vibe but I don't know the status in Thailand. Too long winged for a typical accipiter imo

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@JeremyLindsell @robsrw @GuywithASD @Team_eBird Fair enough, I didn't know there was a restriction on who could report ID errors although, in my experience, if incorrect species IDs are reported they are addressed.

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@JeremyLindsell @robsrw @GuywithASD @Team_eBird The report button is just under the answer options.

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Pair of hybrid Mallard x Pintail from @RSPBHamWall VP 2 recently. @somersetbirds @BirdHybrids

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@levelsbirder Hi Jeff. If you follow me back I can send you a message about the HH. They have been around on and off all month.

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@wombat_herder It is 🙂

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Finished the latest house project...

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@birderdave Still some gaps to fill!

[Matt Slaymaker @WanderingBirder]

Richards Pipit still Hunspill sea wall this morning, on saltmarsh with skylarks. Also 3 spoonbill on the Fenning

[Sean Davies @glastobirder]

A minimum count of 660 Cattle Egret roosting at Westhay Moor this evening.

[Matt Slaymaker @WanderingBirder]

@pmandrews1973 @RSPBRyeMeads @ryemeadsrg @_BTO No comment on this particular situation as I wasn't there, but it is not unusual to catch birds at a roost (e.g. swallows, buntings) and release the following morning (at first light) as it is preferable to releasing in the dark. It is permissible under bto guidance.

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@RareBirdAlertUK Cattle egret

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No photo due to distance and incompetence, but here's a rainbow...

[Matt Slaymaker @WanderingBirder]

Returning colour-ringed Kentish Plover at Burnham-on-sea this morning with ringed plovers. Distantly on Stert island, viewed from south end of esplanade.
Also 1+ Red-throated diver, a distant GN/BT Diver, and common Scoter.
@somersetbirds