Guy Border

Birding locally around Stourport-on-Severn. Ranger for Shropshire Council based at Severn Valley Country Park (SVCP).

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Short-toed Snake Eagle drying its wings in the Tamuja river valley, Extremadura. We watched it fly downriver in the rain, snake in mouth, and assumed it had carried on, only to find it perched after the storm had blown through. @SiBorder

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Obscure Wainscot trapped at SVCP last week

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Didn't have the trap out last night but had this lovely Eyed Hawk resting in the garden this morning. Other moths that have been in the trap recently: Ruby tiger, Green carpet, Spectacle, Flame shoulder, Shuttle shaped dart and Rustic shoulder knot.

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@kevyng3 Don’t know, I’ve not been at Puxton today

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#WestMidsAllDayer Calling it 54 for Wilden Marsh. Nothing out the ordinary and missing a few. Photo of last week’s Yellow wag, missing from today’s list.

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@kevyng3 No peregrine for me today 👍

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Wilden: 2 Sand martin and a RN Parakeet over, Green sandpiper flushed before settling back on south pool, and of course second helpings of Jared’s Waxwings, this time enjoying rosehips along Leapgate lane #WorcsBirds

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@JasonWills16 @WorcsWT Elfcups 👍

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Flyovers from a Lesserpecker pair and Goshawk in the space of 5 minutes got the blood pumping

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Wetland improvements were completed at SVCP last week and today photographers captured the moment that a Green Sandpiper briefly landed on the new island. All work has been generously funded by the SVCP volunteer group. Fingers crossed for more wader action!

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Some attractive moths in the garden this week - Elephant hawk, Scarlet tiger, Swallow prominent and Light emerald

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@MartinRFlack @WorcsBirding Remember the 2011 bird being followed by 2 Black tern at the Moors pool then 3 Wood sandpiper at Lower moor in the setting sun. A brilliant evenings birding @SiBorder

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Corn Bunting, Dorset

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Thinking this is a Hairy Dragonfly? Seen this morning at Goldcliff Lagoons, Newport

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Wilden: 2 juv Stonechat begging parents this morning

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@IanByrnes2 I still need to do the walk from the Country Park to Arley

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@MidlandsBirder This one is a lot more obliging! I was just crudely digiscoping but a decent camera would get some good shots

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Good views of a ‘new’ Gropper at Wilden away from the regular territories on the marsh, with accompaniment from a Garden Warbler. @MidlandsBirder’s Wheatear still present from yesterday. Hundreds of Cuckoo Flowers speckling the meadows.

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@MidlandsBirder Does that count as a double find then? 😉