Craig Reed
@MidlandsBirder
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Birder │MSc Wildlife Conservation│C permit ringer │Bird surveyor│ Digiscoper │ Patchwatcher │ Occasional twitcher │
Midlands, UK
Joined October 2009
RT @WorcsWT: Whoop 💚.A heartfelt thank you from all of us to all of you. Your generous donations and gifts in wills have helped us to reach….
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Osprey just gone over Dropping Well Farm Reserve (Blackstone) then south downriver #WorcsBirds
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There *could* be a mega in Worcestershire airspace right about now. Let's hope it's in this patch of sky right here in the next 30 mins or so. #WorcsBirds
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Love watching Hawthorn, Elder and Bramble scrub at this time of year. A pre work walk around #SwanbrookValley gave a decent 'drop' of Warblers: 10 Whitethroat, 10 Chiffchaff, 8 Blackcap, 2 Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Willow Warbler and a Tree Pipit! #WestMidsBirds
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Night Heron still showing nicely on Grimley-CLP this morning on its favoured perch. Also 4 LRP, Blackwit, 2 Common Sand and 2 Redstart still #WorcsBirds
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Black-crowned Night Heron has been a species of myth and legend in Worcestershire for decades. Finally it falls! Grimley -Camp Lane Pits 15/07/25. Wondeful to see it feeding so actively this morning #WorcsBirds
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RT @PaulEele: Public Service Announcement 📢.If you go into the tinder dry forests (or anywhere for that matter), don't have a fire because….
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RT @Natures_Voice: The illegal killing of Hen Harriers has hit a devastating new high. ⚠️. A new RSPB report reveals 102 incidents in just….
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This Curlew was an unusual 'on the deck' bird at Grimley, possibly the first grounded one I've ever seen here. 71 Lapwing and a Redshank also roosting on the shoreline. Water levels dropping, Cattle chomping down the vegetation and wader numbers building. Fantastic! #WorcsBirds
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RT @lesserspotnet: 2025 was a record breeding season for Lesser Spotted Woodpecker nests monitored by our volunteers. None failed & where w….
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Here is red C=X in 2023, a month of so after we had ringed it paddling around here in Worcester. Really highlights the importance of davic ringing to track individuals to study dispersal+survival. A little jelous it's spent the meantime enjoying coastal 🇪🇸! #WorcsBirds
Saw this ringed Lesser Black-Backed Gull at Stubbers Green on Monday. Ringed as a chick in Worcester in 2023, next reported in A Coruña, Spain on April 24th this year, and now living the dream in Walsall this summer! @EcoRecording
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This Bittern was unexpected as it flew in from high to the north at Grimley, flapping its way down CLP before dropping into the reedbed. Honestly, when I initially saw the pale underside, I did think I may have found something rarer! Pos my first June Worcs sighting #WorcsBirds
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About time I nailed this self finds tick. S/p Cattle Egret dropped into Grimley CLP at 19:17 on my last scan as I reached the top of the hill. Marsh Harrier did the same as I was about to leave about 18:20. Only a couple of hours late home. #WorcsBirds
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RT @WorcsWT: The community around Maypole Hill in Bewdley need your help. Maypole Piece, a historic and much-loved greenspace is for sale….
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This female Marsh Harrier arrived just as I was leaving Grimley this morning, did a bit of a circuit of the area before dropping into the reeds. The hepatic Cuckoo, as difficult & elusive as ever, made a brief appearence before a male moved her off towards Thorngrove #WorcsBirds
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Tomorrow I will be presenting at the @WorcMalvRSPB Beginning Birding event at #WildgooseNR on record submission, followed by an 'in the field' demo of #BirdTrack & #eBird. Suitable for beginners & seasoned pro's, giving tips on how to submit high quality records. See you there!
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Garganey have been in short supply this spring, so this drake feeding among the post breeding bachelor parties of Gadwalls at Grimley-CLP was a nice surprise this morning #WorcsBirds
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