Ploddingbirder

Retired, Loves the sea & birding Dungeness.

[Sussex Ornithology @SussexOrnitholo]

For the first time since 2021, no Tawny Owl chicks were found in 25 nest boxes monitored by Sussex Barn Owl Group.☹️🦉
A worrying sign, possibly tied to prey shortages. This is being investigated with other groups.
Full article here;
https://t.co/kYE1Ro4vA7

[James Dee @james_dee]

Does it sound like Eastern to those with experience? Sings at 5-6 secs

[Ploddingbirder @plodingbirder]

@tom_wright16 @FI_Obs Good luck Tom.

[Ploddingbirder @plodingbirder]

@james_dee 😂😂😂 Egypt.

[Ploddingbirder @plodingbirder]

@DerekDesj 💩 happens.

[Ploddingbirder @plodingbirder]

Oops! Concrete and lenses don’t mix. Think this will be expensive.

[Ploddingbirder @plodingbirder]

@surreywallcreep I guess I’ll see whether GA can wriggle out of paying.

[Ploddingbirder @plodingbirder]

@BEACHYBIRDER That’s close to what I said. 😂

[Ploddingbirder @plodingbirder]

@aquilabirding Not the first time😢

[Ploddingbirder @plodingbirder]

@BlaenavonNature Fortunately I’ve got the 100-500 with 1.4 as a back up.

[Ploddingbirder @plodingbirder]

@nickybond007 😭

[Ploddingbirder @plodingbirder]

@BEACHYBIRDER Normally I only see the rear end of them as I nearly tread on them in The Desert.

[Ploddingbirder @plodingbirder]

Dungeness: Lovely to watch this Woodcock come in off the sea at 09.24 then land in front of the sea watch hide exhausted, it was still resting in the same spot at 12.30.

[Ploddingbirder @plodingbirder]

Dungeness: This evening's Starling roost at the ARC.

[Ploddingbirder @plodingbirder]

@DungenessBO @LeyshonOwen 🙈

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@NeilBurt5 @DungenessBO My incompetence!

[Ploddingbirder @plodingbirder]

Dungeness: 3 Yellow-browed Warblers today, also 2 Siberian Chiffchaffs but rarest of all today on the peninsula was a Bullfinch it is certainly the first I have seen at Dungeness this year. Many thanks to @tom_wright16
of the DBO for the calls and messages.

[Ploddingbirder @plodingbirder]

Musotima nitidalis by the trap was the highlight of garnish’s catch 42 of 8. 3 S B Straws, 2 vitrealis & the usual Black Rustics.