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Birding news, sightings & info for Herefordshire - tweet us directly @HerefsBirds or use #HerefsBirds for visibility
Herefordshire
Joined May 2017
It’s that time of the year again. If unsure please message before posting!
The breeding season is once again upon us so please be careful with reporting certain birds especially at specific locations. In Herefordshire Hobby Peregrine Goshawk Barn owl Cetti Warbler Little Ringed plover and Lesser Spotted Woodpecker. If unsure please message first.Thanks!
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Excited to announce I’ll be appearing on Countryfile this Sunday at 17:15 on BB1. Can’t say much, but I’ll be talking about the ecology of Herefordshire’s most iconic habitat, including a certain very elusive little bird that loves it! @lesserspotnet @HerefordshireWT @HerefsBirds
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Wheatear on Black Hill trig point was the birding highlight of yesterday’s Herefordshire hike. Also Stonechat, Raven, Buzzard, Kestrel & Red Kite @HerefsBirds
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Seems to be a fantastic year for redstarts; two singing in the ancient parkland of Pengethley Grove. Not normally an easy bird to find in the Ross area. Lots of stock dove, mistle thrust and a lesser whitethroat @HerefsBirds @nationaltrust
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Fantastic to see 4 singing wood warblers this morning in South Herefordshire. A very special bird that really needs our help! @HerefsBirds
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@HerefsBirds first swifts of the year this evening over winforton with at least 10 always a joy!
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Cuckoo doing lots of cuckooing at Cross Keys #Withington #Hereford this afternoon! @HerefsBirds #HerefsBirds
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Snapshot of Constables England at Hatfield this morning: ancient Alder woodland rich in flora, wood pasture with belting redstarts, low intensity arable full of linnet, skylarks, yammers, l whitethroat. There is hope! @HerefsBirds @HerefordshireWT
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I love sticking up for underrated bird species, and one of those is the lovely stock dove; a classic farmland and woodland edge species that nests in tree hollows. Always a treat to have one of these pretty birds in my garden @HerefsBirds #farmlandbirds
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At least three singing willow warblers in this scrubby area down at Wilton. One of the best sounds in Britain, straight out of a Constable painting @HerefsBirds @HerefordshireWT
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Just received - This Black Kite was a very near miss at 4pm on Sunday over Hope Mansell, Herefordshire, so close you could smell it. If you are in the Forest or at New Fancy View or just see a kite look hard. Seen & photographed by James Leighton. @HerefsBirds #GlosBirds
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Fantastic to attend the annual meeting of the @lesserspotnet, to learn about the mythical lesser spotted woodpecker. Already cooking up plans to increase survey coverage in Herefordshire, which may host a nationally significant population. @HerefsBirds
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Four sand martins, Walford Pools, first of the year @HerefsBirds
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Join me on Thursday 23rd January for my online talk on farmland birds with Ben Andrews hosted by @HerefordshireWT see link to join in bio!
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A cold but pleasant walk around Walford, Herefordshire, today. Notable sightings include Ring-necked Duck, Goldeneye, Hawfinch, Mistle Thrush, and Little Grebe. I arrived home to find 2 Lesser Redpolls on my garden feeders. @HerefsBirds @hefbirdnews
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Well done @dwebbbirder1 for once again showing me up on my patch Walford Pools by finding a Ring-necked duck, with long staying goldeneye still present! Chuffed to bits at how much the lakes have improved since being built, both for breeding and overwintering birds @HerefsBirds
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How exciting! @herefordtimes and BBC News have both published articles on my LWS project, focusing on @dwebbbirder1 remarkable find of breeding hawfinch @_Birder1 discovery of a tree sparrow colony and my find: a fragment of Celtic Temperate Rainforest.
"Extinct" birds found alive and well in Herefordshire. Our Local Wildlife Sites project has led to some exciting discoveries this year! https://t.co/5Pnh3dksiR
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So upset. They're ripping out the orchard behind us. All of the fieldfare and redwing had just arrived! Don't suppose we'll be seeing much of them going forward 😢 @BTO_GBW @Natures_Voice @HerefsBirds
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1. As an ecologist with a growing fascination with breeding birds in the upland fringes of Herefordshire, Id like to spend this winter swatting up on some relevant research so that I’m well prepared for next spring. This image of the Ochlon fills me with excitement. @HerefsBirds
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