Francis Steuck

Cotswold and Severn based birder, vismig trek-head, educator, father.

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@matthewjhall95 @BirdGuides @RareBirdAlertUK @bristolbirding Nice one Matt

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@ajordanwildlife Bucket list find mate!!! Super pic @Tay_PJT

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Sandwich Tern, 13 Common Tern and 1360 Swallow, the best past Purton this morning https://t.co/vCGEeLJBot #GlosBirds

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Great Skua SW past Mid Point 10:36 #GlosBirds

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A few things around Purton this afternoon; 1st-w Caspian Gull loitering around Tites Point/Purton area (four fly-bys in two hours). Little Stint among 160 Ringed Plover and 50 Dunlin, Hobby marauding the steady NE passage of hirundines. #GlosBirds

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Lots to enjoy in great looking weather conditions for Purton this morning. Black Tern, 6 Sandwich Tern, 1 Common, 1000+ Swallow and a selection of waders, wagtails and warblers among the other seasonal movers. https://t.co/PKpQkLSCG7
#GlosBirds

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Black Tern SW past Purton 07:50 with 2 Sandwich Tern #GlosBirds

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Pleasant seasonal morning on the Severn; Greenshank, Cattle Egret, Grey and Yellow Wags, Spotted Fly, 100 Swallow and 3 Sand Martin from Purton. Whinchat on Moorend Lane and Spoonbill and Hobby at Slimbridge #GlosBirds

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Purton 10-1pm: 5 Arctic Tern downriver, 2 juv YL Gull, 1 juv Med, 126 Ringed Plover, 41 Dunlin and 3 Yellow Wags SW the best #GlosBirds

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@Groundroller61 @naturetrektours Insanely lucky;)

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@Severnsidebirds Likewise at Purton

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Woodlark aside, a respectable range of migrants and breeders at/thru Purton this am; Turnstone, 15 Sanderling, LRP, 5 Ringed Plover, Cuckoo, 9 species of warbler, Red Kite, Yellow Wag and Siskin among the selection #GlosBirds

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Woodlark NE over Purton 06:47am if anyone's upriver #GlosBirds

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Rarity finders: Red-breasted Swallow in Denmark

Mikkel Høegh Post describes his discovery on Thursday of an extraordinary first for the Western Palearctic: https://t.co/o1y8XjAv1o

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@Tay_PJT @RobertaBirder I remember when I first started getting into spring vismig on the Severn 20yrs ago and regularly had May days in decent conditions with many hundreds of Swift and all three hirundines streaming past...maybe they'll return one day with the right changes.

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Fairly typical May fare thru Purton this morning pre 10am; 3 Sanderling, 5 Dunlin, 28 Ringed Plover, Great Egret, Yellow Wag, White Wag, Wheatear, 2 Red Kite, 20 Swallow, 3 House, 1 Sand, 40 Goldfinch and a Siskin the best from 68 species #GlosBirds

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@TomMabbett @GlosBirds @CleeveCommon @Gregmabbs Wow! Nice teamwork, I bet you both were shaking after that :)

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@1Kaith Can be a tricky place Purton, as most stuff is moving through or not lingering long. Cloud cover, a slight headwind, an early start, and lots of time help a lot!

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A nice seasonal range of migrants thru/at Purton this am; singles of Spotted Fly and Cuckoo, 180 Swallow, 20 Sand, 12 House, Swift, 12 Yellow Wags, 2 Tree Pipit, White Wag, Garden Warbler, 50 Goldfinch, Sanderling, 5 Ringed Plover and 2 Avocet among the 68 species seen #GlosBirds

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@GlosterBirder As the wind swung more N, most stuff was heading straight out over Tites Point into the wind....Awre might have seen some of it!