#PatchGold with a Goshawk over my Dorset patch this morning (a first spring bird - thx Steve @axebirder.bsky.social )
First record here. #PWC2025 #LocalPatchBirding
First record here. #PWC2025 #LocalPatchBirding
March 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
#PatchGold with a Goshawk over my Dorset patch this morning (a first spring bird - thx Steve @axebirder.bsky.social )
First record here. #PWC2025 #LocalPatchBirding
First record here. #PWC2025 #LocalPatchBirding
early morning swim - including little bittern calling. #localpatchbirding #lowcarbonbirding 🪶
July 2, 2024 at 6:27 AM
early morning swim - including little bittern calling. #localpatchbirding #lowcarbonbirding 🪶
Little Gull (2nd winter) was an unexpected find at #ChardRes this evening (first for 7 years here) The joys of #LocalPatchBirding #PWC2025 #SomersetBirding @birdguides.bsky.social
February 24, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Little Gull (2nd winter) was an unexpected find at #ChardRes this evening (first for 7 years here) The joys of #LocalPatchBirding #PWC2025 #SomersetBirding @birdguides.bsky.social
No sign of Scaup this am. Didn't realise the significance of my find yesterday...this is the first record at #ChardRes for 24 years & the largest group since the 1950's! #PWC2025Mega @patchbirding.bsky.social #LocalPatchBirding
3 Scaup still present at #ChardRes at dusk. Also drake & redhead Goosander & 14 Tufties. @somersetbirds.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
No sign of Scaup this am. Didn't realise the significance of my find yesterday...this is the first record at #ChardRes for 24 years & the largest group since the 1950's! #PWC2025Mega @patchbirding.bsky.social #LocalPatchBirding
Shame the light was dismal today, I see or hear Green Woodpecker regularly on the Dorset patch, but they rarely perch long enough for a photo! #LocalPatchBirding #DorsetBirds
February 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Shame the light was dismal today, I see or hear Green Woodpecker regularly on the Dorset patch, but they rarely perch long enough for a photo! #LocalPatchBirding #DorsetBirds
A rewarding day of #LocalPatchBirding visiting several sites all within 5 miles of home gave 2 Jack Snipe & 12 Common Snipe; 2 female Blackcap; a Firecrest & a total of 15+ Chiffchaff at two WWTW. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social & @somersetbirds.bsky.social @patchbirding.bsky.social
December 13, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A rewarding day of #LocalPatchBirding visiting several sites all within 5 miles of home gave 2 Jack Snipe & 12 Common Snipe; 2 female Blackcap; a Firecrest & a total of 15+ Chiffchaff at two WWTW. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social & @somersetbirds.bsky.social @patchbirding.bsky.social
Vandaag liep ik weer een rondje #localpatchbirding, nu samen met @duuj.bsky.social. We zagen een ijsvogel! En een bosuil! En een vuurgoudhaan! Kortom, het was een geslaagde middag.
#ijsvogel #kingfisher #bosuil #tawnyowl #vuurgoudhaan #firecrest #vogels #birds
#ijsvogel #kingfisher #bosuil #tawnyowl #vuurgoudhaan #firecrest #vogels #birds
January 11, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Vandaag liep ik weer een rondje #localpatchbirding, nu samen met @duuj.bsky.social. We zagen een ijsvogel! En een bosuil! En een vuurgoudhaan! Kortom, het was een geslaagde middag.
#ijsvogel #kingfisher #bosuil #tawnyowl #vuurgoudhaan #firecrest #vogels #birds
#ijsvogel #kingfisher #bosuil #tawnyowl #vuurgoudhaan #firecrest #vogels #birds
The first Barn Owl I've seen hunting in the middle of the day on the Dorset Patch, I guess it couldn't hunt in last nights persistent snow! Also Water Rail NFY. #DorsetBirds #LocalPatchBirding #PWC2025
January 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The first Barn Owl I've seen hunting in the middle of the day on the Dorset Patch, I guess it couldn't hunt in last nights persistent snow! Also Water Rail NFY. #DorsetBirds #LocalPatchBirding #PWC2025
Excellent #LocalPatchBirding within 8 miles of home today, with 2 Greenshank at the Dorset patch & at least 18 Sand Martin back at breeding site, Lesser Whitethroat & Cuckoo in Somerset. #PWC2026 @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @somersetbirds.bsky.social
April 20, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Excellent #LocalPatchBirding within 8 miles of home today, with 2 Greenshank at the Dorset patch & at least 18 Sand Martin back at breeding site, Lesser Whitethroat & Cuckoo in Somerset. #PWC2026 @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @somersetbirds.bsky.social
First Little Grebe brood on the Dorset patch this am. They seem late this year, by almost a month! @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social #LocalPatchBirding
May 26, 2025 at 2:36 PM
First Little Grebe brood on the Dorset patch this am. They seem late this year, by almost a month! @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social #LocalPatchBirding
My first new species on the inland Dorset patch for 2 years, this gorgeous Spotted Redshank, brings the wader total to 22 species. #PatchGold @patchbirding.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social #LocalPatchBirding #UKbirding #Dorsetbirds
September 29, 2024 at 12:28 PM
My first new species on the inland Dorset patch for 2 years, this gorgeous Spotted Redshank, brings the wader total to 22 species. #PatchGold @patchbirding.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social #LocalPatchBirding #UKbirding #Dorsetbirds
Nice surprise on the Dorset patch, with 13 Black-tailed Godwit on the silt-bed!! Also the second bred female Mandarin with 5 ducklings. #LocalPatchBirding #UKbirding @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
May 18, 2024 at 1:31 PM
Nice surprise on the Dorset patch, with 13 Black-tailed Godwit on the silt-bed!! Also the second bred female Mandarin with 5 ducklings. #LocalPatchBirding #UKbirding @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
Another juvenile LRP at #ChardRes today, also the GWE reported again. Single Common Sandpiper & 3 Swift this evening. @somersetbirds.bsky.social #PWC2025 #LocalPatchBirding
August 7, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Another juvenile LRP at #ChardRes today, also the GWE reported again. Single Common Sandpiper & 3 Swift this evening. @somersetbirds.bsky.social #PWC2025 #LocalPatchBirding
Always a thrill to find your first local Whinchat of the autumn! One with 4 Stonechat on the outskirts of Chard this morning, along with my first Clouded Yellow of the year. (CY photo taken in 2020) #LocalPatchBirding #UKbirding #UKwildlife
August 16, 2024 at 12:28 PM
Always a thrill to find your first local Whinchat of the autumn! One with 4 Stonechat on the outskirts of Chard this morning, along with my first Clouded Yellow of the year. (CY photo taken in 2020) #LocalPatchBirding #UKbirding #UKwildlife
Three counties birding today, very quiet on the Dorset patch with just a Green Sandpiper. A visit to BHM, Seaton, Devon for the gorgeous Wood Sandpiper & the first returning Teal (3) at #ChardRes , Somerset this evening! #LocalPatchBirding
July 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Three counties birding today, very quiet on the Dorset patch with just a Green Sandpiper. A visit to BHM, Seaton, Devon for the gorgeous Wood Sandpiper & the first returning Teal (3) at #ChardRes , Somerset this evening! #LocalPatchBirding
#Localpatchbirding LRP & 3 Common Sandpiper today on Dorset patch; 2 Egyptian Geese there on 11th; 3 Wheatear on fields nr Chard & 6 Common Sandpiper at #ChardRes today. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @somersetbirds.bsky.social #PWC2026
April 13, 2026 at 6:59 PM
#Localpatchbirding LRP & 3 Common Sandpiper today on Dorset patch; 2 Egyptian Geese there on 11th; 3 Wheatear on fields nr Chard & 6 Common Sandpiper at #ChardRes today. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @somersetbirds.bsky.social #PWC2026
What #LocalPatchBirding is all about...finding 5 Cattle Egret feeding on the siltbed this am! Only the second record here since 3 in Aug 2022. Whinchat still present & the first Shoveler of the autumn. #Dorsetbirds #UKbirding @patchbirding.bsky.social
September 13, 2024 at 1:03 PM
What #LocalPatchBirding is all about...finding 5 Cattle Egret feeding on the siltbed this am! Only the second record here since 3 in Aug 2022. Whinchat still present & the first Shoveler of the autumn. #Dorsetbirds #UKbirding @patchbirding.bsky.social
A foggy Christmas morning at the Dorset patch, single Green Sandpiper dropped in, my first since 2 on 19th Oct. Also 8 Snipe, 3 Shoveler, 2 Teal, 10 Tufted Duck, 2 Chiffchaff, pair Marsh Tit. Yesterday a Firecrest. #LocalPatchBirding #DorsetBirds
December 25, 2024 at 1:31 PM
A foggy Christmas morning at the Dorset patch, single Green Sandpiper dropped in, my first since 2 on 19th Oct. Also 8 Snipe, 3 Shoveler, 2 Teal, 10 Tufted Duck, 2 Chiffchaff, pair Marsh Tit. Yesterday a Firecrest. #LocalPatchBirding #DorsetBirds
1st w drake Goldeneye at #ChardRes this evening. 7 Little Gull yesterday & Red Kite low over my house in Chard this am. #PWC2025 #LocalPatchBirding #SomersetBirding
April 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
1st w drake Goldeneye at #ChardRes this evening. 7 Little Gull yesterday & Red Kite low over my house in Chard this am. #PWC2025 #LocalPatchBirding #SomersetBirding
Two Wheatear on Snowdon Hill, nr Chard, Somerset this pm.
Also my first Reed Warbler back on the Dorset patch today
#LocalPatchBirding #UKbirding
Also my first Reed Warbler back on the Dorset patch today
#LocalPatchBirding #UKbirding
April 11, 2024 at 6:11 PM
Two Wheatear on Snowdon Hill, nr Chard, Somerset this pm.
Also my first Reed Warbler back on the Dorset patch today
#LocalPatchBirding #UKbirding
Also my first Reed Warbler back on the Dorset patch today
#LocalPatchBirding #UKbirding
Nice to find a Whinchat on the Dorset patch this am, my first here for two years. Otherwise quiet, with Chiffchaff (some singing), 6 Teal, 1 Common Sandpiper & Grey Wagtail, plus a few Swallows over. #Dorsetbirds #UKbirding #LocalPatchBirding
September 12, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Nice to find a Whinchat on the Dorset patch this am, my first here for two years. Otherwise quiet, with Chiffchaff (some singing), 6 Teal, 1 Common Sandpiper & Grey Wagtail, plus a few Swallows over. #Dorsetbirds #UKbirding #LocalPatchBirding
Nice day of #LocalPatchBirding finding 3 Jack Snipe with 41 Snipe at the Dorset patch. Single Brambling with c.100 Chaffinch near Chard, with c.600 Linnet, 3 Stonechat & 20 Yellowhammer feeding in set-a-side field. On the 3rd: 6 Golden Plover inflight, 60 Skylark & Peregrine in same area
#UKbirding
#UKbirding
January 6, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Nice day of #LocalPatchBirding finding 3 Jack Snipe with 41 Snipe at the Dorset patch. Single Brambling with c.100 Chaffinch near Chard, with c.600 Linnet, 3 Stonechat & 20 Yellowhammer feeding in set-a-side field. On the 3rd: 6 Golden Plover inflight, 60 Skylark & Peregrine in same area
#UKbirding
#UKbirding
Yesterdays' drizzle & murk dropped in a Greenshank, 4 Green Sandpiper & a Common Sandpiper on the Dorset patch. Pleased to report that LRP bred & raised 3 young. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social #PWC2025 #LocalPatchBirding
July 30, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Yesterdays' drizzle & murk dropped in a Greenshank, 4 Green Sandpiper & a Common Sandpiper on the Dorset patch. Pleased to report that LRP bred & raised 3 young. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social #PWC2025 #LocalPatchBirding
This photo of #ChardRes, Somerset this afternoon sums up the truly miserable weather over the last two days of nonstop rain. Both my local patches were visited but failed to produce anything, not even a tern! #LocalPatchBirding #SomersetBirds #DorsetBirds #UKbirding
September 6, 2024 at 8:18 PM
This photo of #ChardRes, Somerset this afternoon sums up the truly miserable weather over the last two days of nonstop rain. Both my local patches were visited but failed to produce anything, not even a tern! #LocalPatchBirding #SomersetBirds #DorsetBirds #UKbirding
#localpatchbirding - getting up early is rewarding
March 28, 2024 at 6:44 AM
#localpatchbirding - getting up early is rewarding