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@scally_ray @Merlintag @waderquest Nice photo Ray, so not a mythical bird after all 😊. Hopefully I'll be around for the next one.

[simon ghilks @simonghilks]

@scally_ray @Merlintag Thanks Ray, seems to be the case that the more hours you put in the luckier you get. Seen some crackers on there this year.

[simon ghilks @simonghilks]

A first for Audenshaw Reser this morning with @Merlintag. Fair to say we were rather excited.

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Just a Whimbrel catching crabs as the sun went down. Vilamoura Marina.

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@jessphillips You ain't no hitchhiker, you're driving the bus.

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@BritishSpiders Thank you for taking the time to reply.

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@BritishSpiders is this a Gorse Orbweb? I can't find it's exact likeness in British Spiders guide book. Seen in a scrubby area in east Manchester.

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@scally_ray Thanks Ray, super painting, looking forward to hanging it on the wall, it will bring back great memories of that little jewel of a bird.

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@moreton_birding Limpkin?

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Distressing sight this morning on patch. Pink-footed Goose, likely Avian Flu victim. East Manchester location.

[Pete Walkden @PeteWalkden1973]

Sparrowhawk - too focused on the small birds in the hedgerow to notice us parked up beside it. Thanks to Ewan from @Nature_Scotland for the evening out with @Jack_Waldie and Ian. #sparrowhawk #mull #birding #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #ThePhotoHour

[simon ghilks @simonghilks]

Stumbled across a very chilled out Adder on a family trip to #GallowayForestPark today. Never managed to see one in the UK before.

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@Alexander_Lees Yep, got my sums wrong. This is devastating. Couldn't imagine nearly a quarter of a tonne of dead wild birds in one place, mind blowing.

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@Alexander_Lees Whoops my bad, nothing like half a million but if mostly chicks over 1000 maybe 1500 birds.
Mental aritmatic all over the place.

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@RichardJMurphy Not only have we shot ourselves in the foot, we checked the gun was loaded, took careful aim, fired a shot checked our aim was true and unloaded the full chamber into the same foot.

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@EmmaKennedy Sleep, language, memory, although I'd swap sleep for my teenage eyesight if it were an option.

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Lovely Sedge Warbler on local patch this morning, scarce bird in Tameside.

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Bit surprised to say the least to see these chaps at Audenshaw Reservoirs this morning.

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@caitlinmoran Visible farts