Pete Hughes

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[Hans van Gasteren @hvangasteren]

Hi UK, here they come!
Huge start of bird migration from the Waddensea westwards. Currently an bird migration traffic rate of 9000 birds per km per hour. Enjoy 😉

[Pete Hughes @petepoach]

Black-tailed Godwit L//R+GL today at Itchenor #chichesterharbour ringed by @PetePotts7 at Farlington in September 2008, seen nearly 100 times since!

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The dragonfly season hasn’t quite finished…Willow Emerald egg-laying at @RSPBPulborough this afternoon using Oak, Soft Rush and Sallow
@BDSdragonflies

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Couple of pics of yesterday’s Black Stork

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@BirdGuides @SelseyBirder
Black stork just gone SE over Kithurst hill car park, W Sussex

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@BirdGuides @SelseyBirder
Black stork just gone SE over Kithurst hill car park, W Sussex

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This was a lovely listen, recommended for all seabird enthusiasts

[BBC Rare Earth @BBCRareEarth]

Birders, we have an absolute treat for you @BBCRadio4 - @DilgerTV @helen_fwilson and Adam Nicolson on the cult of the puffin, how to out-think a greedy gull and the perfect summer night of Shetland bird-watching. https://t.co/0YRZ1yA0Mn

[Pete Hughes @petepoach]

Redshanks at N Hayling, Chichester Harbour this week. Look carefully and you’ll see O+O//YB, ringed in oct 2015 by @PetePotts7 et al less than 3km from the spot I saw it. In 9 yrs it’s only been seen 4 times, twice by me and twice by PP, all within 3km of ringing site #legday https://t.co/3SyBB4R4Xs

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Quite a while since I’ve seen a live Smoothhound (pretty sure this is what the GB had pulled out of water), and sadly this one didn’t last long 😬

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Whoa spider on spider! watched a beautiful Marpissa muscosa this evening, hunting around the window of a bird hide @RSPBPulborough and saw it catch and eat another spider, perhaps a Zygiella 🕷️@BritishSpiders

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Green-eyed Hawkers at Chichester canal this afternoon, many dozens, probably hundreds present.

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Four-spotted Chaser appreciation post @BDSdragonflies

[Wu Tang is for the Children @WUTangKids]

Had no idea USA had a cricket team

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Pholcus doing what they do - that is, eating another spider probably several times its own weight. Even with 7.5 legs, impressive predators.
@BritishSpiders

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Slo-mo Swifts 😍

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@birdingbods @_BTO I didn’t think so either but apparently they can double brood, it’s just rare. Be interesting to see if this new nest is successful.

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3 nearly fledged young Grey Herons at Thorney Deeps this morning. Interestingly a pair of Herons were nest-building just a few metres away, just above this brood in the same tree. Same pair double-brooding or a new pair starting after a failure elsewhere? @_BTO

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@PetePotts7 @amythebirder @titchfieldhaven Lovely stuff! Was it a failed breeder perhaps or just unpaired and looking for a mate?

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#Auroraborealis #sussex #crikey

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The tiny but very cute Zilla diodia 🕷️on the edge of the heath @RSPBPulborough yesterday