Alan Membury

Nice find Mick 👍

Very special animal.

Amazing numbers of Corn Bunting.

Interesting behaviour from
A Great Tit building it’s nest. Great to be able to monitor its progress. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

Cheers Mark 👍

My twin and I didn’t expect to be celebrating our 70th birthday with our parents 😳. We were christened soon after birth as premature, Mum quad heart bypass and dementia, Dad heart attack and new valve. Thank you so much the #NHS Gathering tonight with Gillian, friends and family to watch #Arsenal

Impressive 👍

Nice one Andy - Radipole for those that don’t know.

I wish I could come up with something and make my millions and pay my fair taxes to help others 🤷‍♂️

If they had acted like old Labour they wouldn’t have won the election.

One at Silverlake today.

Nice one Ian 👍

Don’t be so melodramatic. We had 14 years of Tory chaos - putting all that right with Brexit and all the damage that did and with Trump and his ways has not exactly made things easy for any party to put right.

Cattle Egret on the water meadow behind 4 Little Egrets.

Cattle Egret on the water meadow with just a hint of its orange toning coming through on its head.

Cattle Egret with the yellowish colouring of its bill and its greyish legs showing well.

A wide-angled view of the water meadow with 18 Little Egrets and a Cattle Egret in the picture

Lower Bockhampton today where we spotted Egrets in a field. 20 Little Egrets we thought until Gillian spotted 1 Cattle Egret amongst them which was a nice find. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirds #UKbirding

Many thanks to @harbourbirds.bsky.social and Stour Ringing Group for the brilliant event they put on, on Wednesday. At all times the well-being of the birds was paramount. It was fantastic to see this Woodcock and Jack Snipe to learn so much on identification, sizing and behaviour.

A Goldfinch perched amongst the bare stems of a Teasel type plant with the teasel heads adding to the picture.

A great Egret skulking amongst the reed bed hunting for food.

A male Marsh Harrier seen from it's underside with the black, grey and brown colouring caught in the bright sun with the bird's claws extended.

A male Shoveler photgraphed in flight with its lower wing fanned out and the green of it's head and bright orange legs looking splendid.

RSPB Ham Wall yesterday - booming Bitterns heard a lot of the day but none seen. Did see this Goldfinch, Great Egret in the reeds, beautiful Marsh Harrier and the Shoveler in flight. Treecreeper, Siskin, GSW amongst other birds seen. #ukbirds #UKbirding #Somersetlevels @rspb.bsky.social

Haven’t you ever had a shower 😂

It has to be the best nest.

Cracking picture.

Incredible 👍

Great to have a plan and for it to work. We planted a Silver Birch approx 6 years ago and it’s now 30+
feet tall. We have that and a small crab apple all we have room for.

Brilliant 👍

The female was nearby.

Thanks Ian

The protected characteristics within it offer many people protection - be it race, gender, disability etc. It will be disastrous for many people without this protection.

A male Bullfinch

Thorncombe Woods nr Dorchester today with Gillian. We had sightings of a Green Woodpecker (heard it yaffling most of the morning), a Great Spotted Woodpecker and more common birds. Photos below of Nuthatch, Treecreeper and Bullfinch that we saw. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirds #UKbirding

Yes I suspect I know the area you are talking of - I have just picked the wrong day or time of year. I went to Pulborough Brook’s once and there were adders everywhere.

I just love adders but have struggled to come across them last few years. How lucky you were. 👍

A Common Redpoll feeding on the ground amongst the leaves. Its red crest is showing nicely.

A Common Redpoll feeding on the ground amongst the leaves. Its red crest is showing nicely.

A treecreeper is going up the side of an Oak Tree.

A Valentine's Day trip out to Thorncombe Woods this morning with Gillian on a lovely cold, but sunny day. The best treat was finding 3 Common Redpoll feeding on the ground with 20 + Chaffinch close by. Also saw 2 Goldcrest, 3 Siskin, Song & Mistle Thrush. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirds

A great bird on your patch - well done Kev.