Retired, Loves the sea & birding Dungeness.
Dungeness
Joined October 2013
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Ploddingbirder retweeted
For the first time since 2021, no Tawny Owl chicks were found in 25 nest boxes monitored by Sussex Barn Owl Group.☹️🦉
A worrying sign, possibly tied to prey shortages. This is being investigated with other groups.
Full article here;
tinyurl.com/44pakkhk
Ploddingbirder retweeted
Breathtaking views of this stunning juvenile Honey Buzzard that toured Dungeness Point this morning. I couldn't have asked for closer views unless it decided to land on my head!
Ploddingbirder retweeted
Many thanks to @plodingbirder for the call after he found 2 bee-eaters at ARC @RSPBDungeness.
Ploddingbirder retweeted
Many thanks to Barry Banson for bringing this fantastic Willowherb Hawkmoth to the Obs for viewing which he caught two nights ago. (The same night as the Folkestone individual.) Goes without saying - the first area record. And the fifth British record.
Ploddingbirder retweeted
Just found a male Woodchat Shrike on Folkestone Downs along CreteWay West
By the water trough/side of road- several hundred metres on from old kennels heading west
Not much parking
Bird on roadside fence/bushes at 3.15
@RareBirdAlertUK @BirdGuides @folkestonebirds
Ploddingbirder retweeted
Had a very enjoyable day at Rye Harbour Nature reserve yesterday. Seeing 14 species of wader and the 3 species of terns getting ready to nest. Also great to see the black-headed gulls starting to raise their young, close in front of Parks hide.
Ploddingbirder retweeted
Heavily cropped image of distant Pomarine Skua passing Dungeness this morning
Ploddingbirder retweeted
Still time to apply for the post of Assistant Warden fir the coming year. Details on the web site or from The Warden dungenessobs@vfast.co.uk
Ploddingbirder retweeted
It amazes me the amount of tweets saying ‘2023 was the best years birding’ etc with no mention of the catastrophic declines in common migs! Has birding become about vagrants & nothing else? I enjoy the scarcities/rarities I found but the lack of common migs is far more worrying!
Ploddingbirder retweeted
I really like this comic .
Got to remember that all birds are special, no matter how common they may seem to you.
Please share your favorite “common bird”!
Ploddingbirder retweeted
Continuing our 70th anniversary celebrations, SDOS legend and birding black-belt, Bernie Forbes, recounts his early days in the society and what it means to him. 👏🦆👏
Ploddingbirder retweeted
Why not become a friend of Dungeness Bird Observatory and support this iconic lynchpin of UK birding. @DungenessBO For £15 per year you can use our hides and facilities, get a free bird report and even reduced accommodation costs. See our website for joining details.
Ploddingbirder retweeted
Phenomenal. Bar-tailed Godwit has broken its own record: a first-year bird (five months old!) has flown 13,560 km—just shy of the direct flight limit of a Boeing 787—from Alaska to Tasmania, seemingly non-stop, in just 11 days (avg. speed: c.51 km/hr).
Ploddingbirder retweeted
Superb juvenile Pallid Harrier at the back of Hookers along the Lydd footpath @RSPBDungeness today.
Ploddingbirder retweeted
Lydd on Sea VC15, having thought the previous moth was the star turn today, at the bottom of the MV, was this chap, a Passenger (Dysgonia algira).
#Mothsmatter @trapsite @BritishMoths @MigrantMothUK @mothsinkent
