Matt Slaymaker
@WanderingBirder
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Birder, mammaler, surveyor, ecologist, consultant, lapsed ringer, former wanderer... now somerset based. Views my own, etc.
Here and there...
Joined December 2014
Three adult Bewicks swan still between Burrowbridge and Moorland, viewed from the north end of Long Drove @somersetbirds
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Richards Pipit still Hunspill sea wall this morning, on saltmarsh with skylarks. Also 3 spoonbill on the Fenning
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A minimum count of 660 Cattle Egret roosting at Westhay Moor this evening.
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No photo due to distance and incompetence, but here's a rainbow...
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Returning colour-ringed Kentish Plover at Burnham-on-sea this morning with ringed plovers. Distantly on Stert island, viewed from south end of esplanade. Also 1+ Red-throated diver, a distant GN/BT Diver, and common Scoter. @somersetbirds
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Leucistic Eurasian Hobby, flew sw over Lantau, HK, today.
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New paper in Dutch Birding: taxonomy, phylogenetic history and identification of sand plover complex Free download here: https://t.co/cZUJ5nTG7F
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This is what days on Shetland are all about 👇👇👇👇@BirdingCalvert @birderdave @WanderingBirder - thank you and respect @BirderGaz and @Kevin_Clements #zoothera #whitesthrush
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I am looking forward to seeing patterns develop in future years and separating out garden/window patterns.
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Biggest surprise was a migrant wood warbler calling opposite the house in August. Chiffchaff and Blackcap daily when singing with irregular observations of local wintering birds. Species like robin and dunnock infrequently recorded in late summer when less vocal (moulting?)...
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Raptors have included an IoW eagle and locally breeding little owl and sparrowhawk. Herons and egrets are regular but disperse depending on breeding ecology...
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A distant view over West Sedgemoor from the home office window contributed significantly to the "house list" of 107. Most ducks and waders correlated with floods, apart from breeding curlew...
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My 365-day streak of @Team_eBird checklists corresponds roughly to the day we moved into our house. A couple of checklists most days in the garden or upstairs window are building an interesting record of occurrence...
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I rarely see Cattle Egret, so really enjoyed watching 40+ on Tealham Moor, Somerset this afternoon. But this number couldn’t prepare me for the quite overwhelming spectacle of the roost at Noah’s Lake, Shapwick Heath, where I estimated 500-600 roosted! Vid is front edge of roost.
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When we bought our house in August 2022 there was a lawn, bordered by Laylandii and box hedging. August 2023 we have a mini meadow, pond, productive veg patch and young native hedges. It is full of insects and better than expected for a year - looking forward to seeing it mature!
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No optics and no camera, unfortunately, so a terrible phone photo, but a leucistic swallow on roadside wires near Wedmore this afternoon. @GriffinWildlife
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