Martin Wood
@martinwood60.bsky.social
Dorset birder, patch watcher at Longham Lakes . Moth-er, interested in wild Orchids, bees and of course anything to do with nature.
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Red-backed Shrike trapped in the Crown Estate Field
October 8, 2026 at 8:44 AM
Red-backed Shrike trapped in the Crown Estate Field
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@harbourbirds.bsky.social we had this visitor to Carey's nest this morning, 06.14 clock time, what is it please?
October 8, 2026 at 6:19 AM
@harbourbirds.bsky.social we had this visitor to Carey's nest this morning, 06.14 clock time, what is it please?
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Portland - First Redwing of the Autumn near The Hump. Wheatear 3, Linnet 160, Goldfinch 75 Top Fields. Chiffchaff 100+, Grasshopper Warbler Culverwell ringing station. @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
October 6, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Portland - First Redwing of the Autumn near The Hump. Wheatear 3, Linnet 160, Goldfinch 75 Top Fields. Chiffchaff 100+, Grasshopper Warbler Culverwell ringing station. @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
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October 7, 2026 at 3:20 PM
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Another new unringed Yellow-browed Warbler just shown up in the Obs garden
October 5, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Another new unringed Yellow-browed Warbler just shown up in the Obs garden
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Another vagrant from the east. This juvenile Little Bunting was a welcome visitor this morning to the #culverwell nets. #birdringing @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social
October 5, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Another vagrant from the east. This juvenile Little Bunting was a welcome visitor this morning to the #culverwell nets. #birdringing @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social
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Poole Harbour oil spill brings $8.1 million payout, with $528,000 for wildlife and puffins - goo.gl/alerts/F8JTgT #GoogleAlerts
Poole Harbour oil spill brings $8.1 million payout, with $528,000 for wildlife and puffins
"This is not letting them off the hook; it is making sure that they are compensating effectively."
goo.gl
October 4, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Poole Harbour oil spill brings $8.1 million payout, with $528,000 for wildlife and puffins - goo.gl/alerts/F8JTgT #GoogleAlerts
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Female white tailed Eagle at Mudeford wasn't particularly bothered by a Carrion Crow that kept pecking away at its tail #p1000 #birdphotography #birdwatching #dorsetbirds #birds #dorsetwildlife #eagles #Mudeford
October 3, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Female white tailed Eagle at Mudeford wasn't particularly bothered by a Carrion Crow that kept pecking away at its tail #p1000 #birdphotography #birdwatching #dorsetbirds #birds #dorsetwildlife #eagles #Mudeford
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After watching it for 4 hours this morning the Pallid Harrier gave a single close(ish) flyby, hunting Teal and Snipe on the reservoir shore. What a bird! #ukbirding #birds
October 4, 2026 at 10:52 AM
After watching it for 4 hours this morning the Pallid Harrier gave a single close(ish) flyby, hunting Teal and Snipe on the reservoir shore. What a bird! #ukbirding #birds
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Swirly Avocets and a century of Spoonbill on Brownsea Island Friday @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social @wildontheroad.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk
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October 3, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Swirly Avocets and a century of Spoonbill on Brownsea Island Friday @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social @wildontheroad.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk
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My friend Danny, who is a fairly new birder, took these while birding on the GM/Lancs border near Belmont early afternoon today. An amazing find for him, juvenile Pallid Harrier only 6 days after we watched the Marshside one together. Likely the same bird. #ukbirding #birds
October 3, 2026 at 4:01 PM
My friend Danny, who is a fairly new birder, took these while birding on the GM/Lancs border near Belmont early afternoon today. An amazing find for him, juvenile Pallid Harrier only 6 days after we watched the Marshside one together. Likely the same bird. #ukbirding #birds
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First NocMig Redwing over the Lytchett Bay recorder this morning at 05:34hrs. Autumn is really here now. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social
October 3, 2026 at 12:01 PM
First NocMig Redwing over the Lytchett Bay recorder this morning at 05:34hrs. Autumn is really here now. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social
@dorsetraptors.bsky.social A wonderful Kestrel in the late evening, think it was catching beetles or something like that?
October 3, 2026 at 12:29 PM
@dorsetraptors.bsky.social A wonderful Kestrel in the late evening, think it was catching beetles or something like that?
Sika stag that walked past a very large beast.
October 3, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Sika stag that walked past a very large beast.
A military transport flying by late yesterday evening
October 3, 2026 at 12:23 PM
A military transport flying by late yesterday evening
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Both Peregrines were in Poole this morning, but only one of them had a head! #p1000 #birdwatching #birds #dorsetwildlife #peregrines #pooleperegrines #dorsetbirds
October 2, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Both Peregrines were in Poole this morning, but only one of them had a head! #p1000 #birdwatching #birds #dorsetwildlife #peregrines #pooleperegrines #dorsetbirds
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2026 was a great year for colour ringing records!
See our latest blog for a deeper dive into our research, with early data and stunning images from our core recorders. Plus a link to a new colour-ring feature page.
@dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @forestryengland.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social
See our latest blog for a deeper dive into our research, with early data and stunning images from our core recorders. Plus a link to a new colour-ring feature page.
@dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @forestryengland.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social
A bounty of colour-rings — Dorset Raptor Study Group
Each year we get more and more reports as photographers send us stunning images of colour-ringed birds. 2026 proved to be a bumper year for records and we’ll start with a stunning image of a Hobby in ...
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October 2, 2026 at 11:16 AM
2026 was a great year for colour ringing records!
See our latest blog for a deeper dive into our research, with early data and stunning images from our core recorders. Plus a link to a new colour-ring feature page.
@dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @forestryengland.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social
See our latest blog for a deeper dive into our research, with early data and stunning images from our core recorders. Plus a link to a new colour-ring feature page.
@dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @forestryengland.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social
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Very happy with this: just minutes after being gripped off by news of @paulupwey.bsky.social's Maize Wainscot we find there's one in our moth-traps as well!
October 1, 2026 at 9:51 AM
Very happy with this: just minutes after being gripped off by news of @paulupwey.bsky.social's Maize Wainscot we find there's one in our moth-traps as well!
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Today, 1st October, is the start of the pheasant shooting season. Some 50 million pheasants are released into the British countryside for this sport annually.
If you have concerns about the impacts of this out-of-control industry, tell the government - handy guide below:
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If you have concerns about the impacts of this out-of-control industry, tell the government - handy guide below:
bsky.app/profile/guys...
Time to join the Pheasants’ Revolt…
DEFRA have launched a Call for Evidence on the environmental & animal welfare impacts of the gamebird industry.
If you care about this, PLEASE submit evidence - this @wildjustice.bsky.social blog tells you how:
wildjustice.org.uk/defras-call-...
DEFRA have launched a Call for Evidence on the environmental & animal welfare impacts of the gamebird industry.
If you care about this, PLEASE submit evidence - this @wildjustice.bsky.social blog tells you how:
wildjustice.org.uk/defras-call-...
Defra’s Call for Evidence on gamebird releases; what exactly is it asking for? – Wild Justice
wildjustice.org.uk
October 1, 2026 at 8:10 AM
Today, 1st October, is the start of the pheasant shooting season. Some 50 million pheasants are released into the British countryside for this sport annually.
If you have concerns about the impacts of this out-of-control industry, tell the government - handy guide below:
bsky.app/profile/guys...
If you have concerns about the impacts of this out-of-control industry, tell the government - handy guide below:
bsky.app/profile/guys...
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New date for Raeshaw Estate's judicial review of 3-yr General Licence restriction, imposed by NatureScot after the disappearance & suspected 'shooting & killing' of Golden Eagle Merrick.
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
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#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
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New date for Raeshaw Estate’s judicial review of General Licence restriction
A new court date has been set for Raeshaw Estate’s judicial review of its latest General Licence restriction. In February this year, NatureScot imposed a three-year General Licence restrictio…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
October 1, 2026 at 9:02 AM
New date for Raeshaw Estate's judicial review of 3-yr General Licence restriction, imposed by NatureScot after the disappearance & suspected 'shooting & killing' of Golden Eagle Merrick.
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/10/01/n...
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/10/01/n...
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Shaky hands time this morning when I saw this in the trap. I knew instantly what it was as I've caught them in France. Maize Wainscot (Sesamia nonagrioides). Afaik, 5th for UK and first for Dorset. Also, another Euchromius ocellea, No 7 this year. @migrantmothuk.bsky.social @dorsetmoths.bsky.social
October 1, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Shaky hands time this morning when I saw this in the trap. I knew instantly what it was as I've caught them in France. Maize Wainscot (Sesamia nonagrioides). Afaik, 5th for UK and first for Dorset. Also, another Euchromius ocellea, No 7 this year. @migrantmothuk.bsky.social @dorsetmoths.bsky.social
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Spotted Crake at Lodmoor Post Box Pool. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
September 30, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Spotted Crake at Lodmoor Post Box Pool. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
Just wow, this was found in the garden. I have been informed that it is a Neolithic to early Bronze age flint scraper. To hold something that old and to imagine someone using the tool all those years ago is a bit mind-blowing. The history it could tell.
September 30, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Just wow, this was found in the garden. I have been informed that it is a Neolithic to early Bronze age flint scraper. To hold something that old and to imagine someone using the tool all those years ago is a bit mind-blowing. The history it could tell.
@dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social All these good birds are turning up, and I'm struck home.
September 30, 2026 at 9:04 AM
@dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social All these good birds are turning up, and I'm struck home.
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As our JustGiving closes, we say a big thanks to all our supporters through 2026. Your donations helped fund kit and hardware for surveying and the Hobby nest camera.
You can still help, go get yourself gorgeous cotton DRSG merch, all with our hand-drawn Hobby logo! www.drsg.co.uk/organic-cott...
You can still help, go get yourself gorgeous cotton DRSG merch, all with our hand-drawn Hobby logo! www.drsg.co.uk/organic-cott...
September 29, 2026 at 7:11 PM
As our JustGiving closes, we say a big thanks to all our supporters through 2026. Your donations helped fund kit and hardware for surveying and the Hobby nest camera.
You can still help, go get yourself gorgeous cotton DRSG merch, all with our hand-drawn Hobby logo! www.drsg.co.uk/organic-cott...
You can still help, go get yourself gorgeous cotton DRSG merch, all with our hand-drawn Hobby logo! www.drsg.co.uk/organic-cott...