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First large skipper and meadow browns this week. In between the showers!

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Trip to Devon included a walk around the rich farmland near Salcombe and well rewarded with numerous cirl buntings.

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Is it me or is it a great year for garden warbler? And many are even posing for photos!

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Goodness, you don’t see photos as good as this of quail very often!(ever!)

[Joe @gninwoDeoJ]

Another lifer for me this evening, a small, weird, bubble sound making quail. I was under the impression they were skulky, this one flew a few times and even sung in view for a few minutes! Corn bunts, yellow wags, marsh harrier, grey parts also at Rixton Moss @CAWOSBirding

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@madbunting Indeed!

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Stumbled across this rather wonderful baby tawny owl this week. Sat in the corner of a field not a care in the world!

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A rare ‘twitch’ saw me wishing the Earlswood Lakes spotted sandpiper was a bit closer. A sanderling was more confiding.

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Dropped by Salisbury Plain to look for bustards and was delighted by so many corn buntings and grey partridge. What a great job @bustardgroup and @DefenceHQ are doing.

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Enjoyed a new butterfly transect today. Hay Wood looking stunning in the blue sky. @BCWarwickshire

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First small copper of the season for me today @ Brandon Marsh @BCWarwickshire

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Quick phone pic from the dog walk. Top tip for bluebell pics is to photograph into the sunlight. I find it works quite well. 🪻🪻☀️

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Very worn painted lady at WKWT Brandon Marsh this afternoon. @BCWarwickshire

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Rescued this lovely fella from the house today. Loving this new butterfly season!

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I went looking for cattle egret on the Somerset levels, couldn’t find any then stumbled across 150! Amazing!

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Super views of the @WWTSlimbridge spoonbill in between long naps!

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A leggy white bird weekend last week at the Somerset levels. The great white egrets had the most amazing leg and face colour as they prepare for breeding.

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@Moocher2 That’s an awesome capture!

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[Shetland Seabird Tours • The Noss Boat @ShetlandTours]

This evening, the Noss Boat - Shetland Seabird Tours crew found a storm blown Atlantic puffin, emaciated, exhausted but surprisingly alert on a secluded Shetland beach! It came lumbering towards us over the rocks, and flopped at our feet, and was easily caught and taken into care. We are finding a number of dead Atlantic puffin and other auks such as guillemots on our winter beachcombing walks, a large number of seabirds succumb to the winter weather out on the open ocean, but we’ve never come across a live beached auk before. This adult winter plumaged puffin will be fed and hopefully released after the current storm has passed tomorrow. #puffin #shetland #winterstorm

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Sign of things to come? This was one of a pair of Alexandrine parakeets at Elmdon park in Solihull recently.

[sh4rpy @sh4rpy]

Common and Jack Snipe at Lemsford Springs this afternoon