Nick Carter
@merlin753.bsky.social
Birdwatcher, former Agricultural Entomologist, Director of Development BTO, Director of Environment Gardman, Wetland Project Officer NWT, now retired
Several Aardwolves too
September 11, 2026 at 7:51 AM
Several Aardwolves too
Back from a great @worldwildlife.bsky.social trip to the Karoo for unusual mammals & birds with nearly all the targets seen well. Close views of Cheetah in Madikwe, Eastern Rock Sengi & Aardvarks, including one that one that ran like Usain Bolt!
September 11, 2026 at 7:50 AM
Back from a great @worldwildlife.bsky.social trip to the Karoo for unusual mammals & birds with nearly all the targets seen well. Close views of Cheetah in Madikwe, Eastern Rock Sengi & Aardvarks, including one that one that ran like Usain Bolt!
Took 1.25 hours to have 3 very brief views of the Pied Fly at Shingle Street this afternoon. The Whinchat was more obliging + my first Autumn Wheatear
August 18, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Took 1.25 hours to have 3 very brief views of the Pied Fly at Shingle Street this afternoon. The Whinchat was more obliging + my first Autumn Wheatear
Gt day y'day, with Reg Land, with 20+ waders incl Jack Snipe (with Common for comparison) Whimbrel & obliging Sand Martins & Swallows, & Grey Wagtails @ Cley
July 31, 2026 at 9:11 AM
Gt day y'day, with Reg Land, with 20+ waders incl Jack Snipe (with Common for comparison) Whimbrel & obliging Sand Martins & Swallows, & Grey Wagtails @ Cley
Some recent visitors to the garden: Bank Vole(?); Robin juv moulting: & 3 Long-tailed Tit juveniles (have been at least 7)
July 26, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Some recent visitors to the garden: Bank Vole(?); Robin juv moulting: & 3 Long-tailed Tit juveniles (have been at least 7)
Y'day down to Manningtree for the Godwit & a large gp of Shelducklings, then Ramsholt but couldn't see the Ibises, finishing @rspbminsmere.bsky.social where Great Green Bush-cricket was *bird" of the visit, nr the Sluice
July 24, 2026 at 8:57 AM
Y'day down to Manningtree for the Godwit & a large gp of Shelducklings, then Ramsholt but couldn't see the Ibises, finishing @rspbminsmere.bsky.social where Great Green Bush-cricket was *bird" of the visit, nr the Sluice
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Andean Cock Of The Rock this morning - makes you wonder how such birds evolve! #birds #nature #peru #photography
July 17, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Andean Cock Of The Rock this morning - makes you wonder how such birds evolve! #birds #nature #peru #photography
Another tern fest at Minsmere today @rspbminsmere.bsky.social, at 1 point 5 spp in telescope view at 1 time: Little, Roseate, Arctic, Common & Sandwich not quick enough to photograph it. So will have to make do with the adult Little Gull & Arctic Tern on East Scrape, showing how small Dunlin are!
July 14, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Another tern fest at Minsmere today @rspbminsmere.bsky.social, at 1 point 5 spp in telescope view at 1 time: Little, Roseate, Arctic, Common & Sandwich not quick enough to photograph it. So will have to make do with the adult Little Gull & Arctic Tern on East Scrape, showing how small Dunlin are!
Y'day arrived Hazlewood at high tide & missed the Curlew Sand but a restless Painted Lady was good. Then to Minsmere picking up the Black Tern on E & S Scrapes, distant Temminck's + 3 Green Sands on West with 4 Little Egrets.
July 13, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Y'day arrived Hazlewood at high tide & missed the Curlew Sand but a restless Painted Lady was good. Then to Minsmere picking up the Black Tern on E & S Scrapes, distant Temminck's + 3 Green Sands on West with 4 Little Egrets.
After the Squacco Heron at Kelling (no images) & lunch at the Reading Room cafe went to Babcock Hide at Cley for the Glossy Ibis, close Yellow Wagtail and young Avocet chicks and a Redshank chick
July 7, 2026 at 6:55 PM
After the Squacco Heron at Kelling (no images) & lunch at the Reading Room cafe went to Babcock Hide at Cley for the Glossy Ibis, close Yellow Wagtail and young Avocet chicks and a Redshank chick
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and a wee bit of video of the Woodcock with chicks in tow! #highlandbirds 🪶
June 24, 2026 at 7:24 AM
and a wee bit of video of the Woodcock with chicks in tow! #highlandbirds 🪶
Plus the ubiquitous Tree Sparrows, tame Chaffinch singing in the rain & Jackdaw plus rainbow
June 16, 2026 at 9:28 AM
Plus the ubiquitous Tree Sparrows, tame Chaffinch singing in the rain & Jackdaw plus rainbow
And a few seabirds from Bempton of course
June 16, 2026 at 9:24 AM
And a few seabirds from Bempton of course
Some birds from our recent trip to Yorkshire: Arctic Tern Fairburn Ings; Siskin Wykeham watchpoint but no Honey Buzzard; Black-necked Grebe St Aidan's; Red Grouse North York Moors
June 16, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Some birds from our recent trip to Yorkshire: Arctic Tern Fairburn Ings; Siskin Wykeham watchpoint but no Honey Buzzard; Black-necked Grebe St Aidan's; Red Grouse North York Moors
Always down the pub drinking beer where he does all his interviews or doing his other work to rake in the money
When he was an MEP, Farage excused his absences on basis that it was an illegitimate government and that sovereignty should reside in Westminster.
He's now an MP in Westminster
And he's been absent for 77 Parliament votes in a row.
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/whe...
He's now an MP in Westminster
And he's been absent for 77 Parliament votes in a row.
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/whe...
Working hard? Nigel Farage registered 'absent' from the last 77 votes in Parliament
Official Parliamentary figures reveal that Reform leader Nigel Farage hasn't bothered to vote for anything in the last 11 weeks...
www.thelondoneconomic.com
June 3, 2026 at 7:38 AM
Always down the pub drinking beer where he does all his interviews or doing his other work to rake in the money
Gull-billed Tern at Island Mere Minsmere today doing a flypast of a Cormorant
May 31, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Gull-billed Tern at Island Mere Minsmere today doing a flypast of a Cormorant
Found this nest recently, presumably from last year, on the side of my garage. Any ideas what species made it?
May 29, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Found this nest recently, presumably from last year, on the side of my garage. Any ideas what species made it?
Several Painted Ladies, pointed out by Bill Wallace, on Westleton Heath today, together with a couple of singing Nightingales albeit half-hearted and 2 Cuckoos
May 29, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Several Painted Ladies, pointed out by Bill Wallace, on Westleton Heath today, together with a couple of singing Nightingales albeit half-hearted and 2 Cuckoos
What a stare! I blinked first
May 20, 2026 at 4:52 PM
What a stare! I blinked first
Some showy, common birds at Minsmere yesterday: Common Sandpiper; Oystercatcher; & a very bold Wren
May 19, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Some showy, common birds at Minsmere yesterday: Common Sandpiper; Oystercatcher; & a very bold Wren
Caught up with the Hoopoe in Oulton Broad this morning but it was flushed by dog walkers before I could photograph it. The 2nd Summer Little Gull on South Scrape, Minsmere was more co-operative. Next to Black-headed Gulls it shows how diminutive it is; even chased off by a Little Tern at 1 point!
May 17, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Caught up with the Hoopoe in Oulton Broad this morning but it was flushed by dog walkers before I could photograph it. The 2nd Summer Little Gull on South Scrape, Minsmere was more co-operative. Next to Black-headed Gulls it shows how diminutive it is; even chased off by a Little Tern at 1 point!
In addition to yesterday's birds at Minsmere, 3 Temminck's Stint, brief Spoonbill, c 20 Little Terns etc the Treecreepers are now feeding young @rspb.bsky.social #UKBirds
May 13, 2026 at 9:04 AM
In addition to yesterday's birds at Minsmere, 3 Temminck's Stint, brief Spoonbill, c 20 Little Terns etc the Treecreepers are now feeding young @rspb.bsky.social #UKBirds
Another good find by Andrew Easton yesterday afternoon, a female Whinchat at Benacre Sluice
May 7, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Another good find by Andrew Easton yesterday afternoon, a female Whinchat at Benacre Sluice
Wasn't sure about this gull on Peto's this pm after I had watched the 2 Black-winged Stilts (1 with a Black-tailed Godwit)
May 3, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Wasn't sure about this gull on Peto's this pm after I had watched the 2 Black-winged Stilts (1 with a Black-tailed Godwit)