@PaulDMasters

Glos-based birder and lover of the natural world

 Gloucester, UK
Joined May 2010
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Had a great #Scilly week with @PaulDMasters. A final ride out on the Scillonian III, flew back. Top rares incl Isabelline Shrike, my #BirdoftheWeek, Red-eyed Vireo, Sora, Wilson's Snipe, Surf Scoter & Pectoral Sandpiper. Often hard going with a lack of list padders but good fun.
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Decent 1st day on #Scilly with @PaulDMasters Great views of Sora, Wilson’s Snipe, Pectoral Sandpiper, 2 Lapland Buntings & a hi sett selection of seabirds on the crossing & a brief whale sighting probably Minke.
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Very tough 2nd day on #Scilly with @PaulDMasters despite constant rain & wind we were out dawn to dusk unlike many lightweights hiding in their flats. 😉 Trip ticks only today, dipped Rosy Starling again, best of the day Hobby, Kingfisher & Med Gull. Ended with the Sora again.
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A lovely Buff-breasted Sandpiper at Davidstow Airfield this afternoon, with @GlosterBirder
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If you are going to #Scilly this autumn please note there are ongoing overnight closures on the M5 (variable) and several miles of the A30 rerouting through villages. It took some people 7 hours Glos-Penzance 😱 Please check so you don’t miss the boat/plane.
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The adult and juvenile Glossy Ibises were on the Rushy for ten minutes before flying fairly low to the north-east #Glosbirds
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Two Glossy Ibises on the Rushy at WWT Slimbridge #Glosbirds
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WWT Slimbridge: 19 Knot on the Rushy and five Greenshanks, at least six Spot Reds, 22 Ruffs and 4 Garganeys #Glosbirds
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Third recent sighting of Clouded Yellow in my garden and I finally get a photo @savebutterflies @BC_Glos #Quedgeley
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Ringtail harrier over WWT Slimbridge Tack Piece from Martin Smith hide at 12:10 flew towards South Lake, didn’t get a good enough view to ID as lost to view to right of hide, was being mobbed by crows #glosbirds
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Middle Point good on the falling tide late am - a juv Curlew Sandpiper, a Little Stint, 3 Sanderlings, 8 Turnstones, a Grey Plover, 19 Knot, 3 ‘commic’ terns upriver, and at least 130 Ringed Plovers and 50 Dunlin (but more of each distantly) with @Ralphs_Ian #Glosbirds
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Garganey from Martin Smith hide this morning at WWT Slimbridge @andybirding #Glosbirds
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Willow Emerald, Small Red-eyed Damselfly, Migrant Hawker and Ruddy Darter @NTCroome this afternoon
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Willow Emerald along the Stroudwater Canal at Whitminster @BDSdragonflies #Glosdragons
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Whinchat on the fence at Middle Point at WWT Slimbridge this morning #Glosbirds
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Thanks, yes hopefully there will be more
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Some photos from this morning of the Queen of Spain Fritillaries at Monk Sherborne, at least three seen, and then on to NT The Vyne nearby for a cream tea @savebutterflies
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WWT Slimbridge, 2 Garganeys on the Rushy still, Wood Sand Robbie G still, a Sanderling with a few Ringed Plovers and Dunlins at Middle Point also a Greenshank; 10+ Yellow Wags summer walkway plus 2 Whitethroats, 2 Chiffchaffs and 4 Stonechats #Glosbirds
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Garganey on the Rushy at WWT Slimbridge this afternoon #Glosbirds
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Wood Sandpiper from Robbie Garnett hide at WWT Slimbridge this afternoon #Glosbirds
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