Toby

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[Toby @phelpstoby1]

So this happened tonight!
Magnolia Warbler at St Govan's Head. A totally surreal experience but simply incredible!!
What an amazing bird😮😮 @PembsBirds

[Toby @phelpstoby1]

I saw this bird (Green RC8T) in 2019. Jon @CalidrisPhoto has seen it again yesterday - 5 years later on the same beach! #birdringing

[Toby @phelpstoby1]

@CalidrisPhoto @CBWPS1 Oh wow, nice one Jon, that's really cool! Looks like it's still going strong!

[Toby @phelpstoby1]

14 Mediterranean Gulls on Gylly beach including a green ringed adult RC8T and a few smart juvs @CBWPS1 @cwlbirds

[Matthew Broadbent @12broadbentm]

Despite decent numbers of passing Cory's, the clear highlight of my Lizard yesterday (04/08) with @phelpstoby1 @elyod95 @ej_cornelius was this stunning Dutch-ringed juv casp picked up by Toby as we were leaving

@CBWPS1

[David Steel @SteelySeabirder]

Razorbills are down. Breeding numbers of Razorbills dropped this year on the Isle of May as the blog explains: https://t.co/VnWtRiQI6m

[Bob Swann @SwannBob]

In 55 years we have never seen the seabird colonies on Canna in a worse state. Fulmar, gulls, shags and guillemots at or near record low numbers. Breeding productivity figures for most species well below long term averages. Food supply a big issue.

[Climate Dad @ClimateDad77]

The only complex life we know to exist ANYWHERE in the universe.

Being obliterated so that shareholders can amass imaginary wealth.

It’s as heartbreaking as it is shameful.

[Tim Birch @TimBirchWild]

We need more dog owners to help our rapidly declining shorebirds. Once again I saw a #dog run riot chasing feeding Curlew, Oystercatcher, Sandwich Terns
and Mediterranean Gulls at Goodwick beach, Pembrokeshire. There isn't any safe space from dogs at Goodwick for our #shorebirds

[Toby @phelpstoby1]

@bernieatpwll @westcoastbw @IBIS_journal @britishbirds @__BBRC @BirdwatchExtra @BirdGuides @RareBirdAlertUK @Alexander_Lees @nomadbirder @RossAhmed Cheers Bernie!

[Toby @phelpstoby1]

@westcoastbw @IBIS_journal @bernieatpwll @britishbirds @__BBRC @BirdwatchExtra @BirdGuides @RareBirdAlertUK @Alexander_Lees @nomadbirder @RossAhmed Thanks Dave! Haha I doubt it will but it won't stop me trying;) looking forward to a few more visits to St Govan's in the autumn!

[Toby @phelpstoby1]

@mick_turton Woohoo!😅😅😅

[Kenn Kaufman @KennKaufman]

Modern birds replace their feathers regularly, a few at a time, in a process called molt. New study of fossil record suggests molt had begun to develop by 125 million years ago. #ornithology #BirdsOfX https://t.co/AAtBsIEe0g?

[BELGIAN BIRDER @davybosman]

This might come in handy for those who, like me, still have the old version of the 'Handboek'. A comparison I made between the 1w Red-headed and a 1w Black-headed Bunting (september 2016) with show the most important ID criteria taken from @nomadbirder 's talk on BirdersTwitter.

[Alex Lees @Alexander_Lees]

Latest issue of @BritishBirds has our analysis of the incredible arrival of American landbirds in the UK and Ireland last September https://t.co/3HkWhUgDaW #Ornithology

[Welsh Ornithological Society 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @birdsinwales]

The 2023 @PembsBirds Report and 2023 Ceredigion Birds have been published. Huge and important work and informative reading 🙌

Mae adroddiadau adar 2023 Sir Benfro a Cheredigion wedi eu cyhoeddi.

https://t.co/mgX2k21pv2

[Toby @phelpstoby1]

@CalumUrquhart1

[Andrew Whitehouse @Anthrobirder]

Are you a patch birder in the UK? Would you like to participate in a research project about patch birding? The project focuses on environmental change, well-being, low-carbon birding, and new technologies. Find out more here. @PatchBirding @BirdingClimate
https://t.co/KQDlZvoOYL

[Toby @phelpstoby1]

@Lophophanes Nice! seems like a really great little spot there. Will get the Cuckoo photo added on

[Toby @phelpstoby1]

It was nice listening to singing Thrush Nightingales in the local parks around Copenhagen last weekend. One showed well briefly in full song out in the open!