Steve Groves
@SwannerySteve
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The Swanherd at Abbotsbury🦢, passionate patch birder🦆, ageing mod🛵, devoted husband to Suz👫 I post mostly Swannery bird sightings🐦 All views my own.
Abbotsbury Swannery, England
Joined May 2013
Pied Flycatcher by the Swannery entrance this evening. Whinchat, 12 Wheatear a few Yellow Wagtails at adjacent Chapel Hill/ Ditchmoor meadows. Wader highlights… Knot, Sanderling, Little Ringed Plover, 4 Green Sandpipers. @Joe_stockwell @CWPhoto11 @kbutler1978 @DorsetBirdClub
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Anybody have any info on the Lesser Spotted Woodpecker at Abbotsbury today, reported on the Dorset Bird News Blog? Potentially the first Abbotsbury record for 30 years! 🤯 @DorsetBirdClub.
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Today’s waders @DorsetSwannery… Little Ringed Plover, 2 Ringed Plover, Knot, 3 Sanderling, 4 Dunlin, + Oystercatchers, Lapwings & Common Sandpipers. Little Gull still. Ditchmoor held a Whinchat, 8 Stonechat & 6 Wheatear. @Joe_stockwell @CWPhoto11 @kbutler1978 @DorsetBirdClub
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Still at least one Little Gull around today @DorsetSwannery & a Little Ringed Plover for its 3rd day. 1st Osprey of the autumn too. @Joe_stockwell @CWPhoto11 @kbutler1978 @DorsetBirdClub
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Still 2 (2cy) Little Gulls this am… 1 looking quite smart now. 2 or 3 Black-tailed Godwits, 3+ Dunlin & a smattering of Lapwings & Common Sandpipers between myself, @Joe_stockwell & @CWPhoto11. 1 or 2 (Juv) Yellow-legged Gulls at the weekend. @kbutler1978 @DorsetBirdClub
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Curlew Sandpiper (ad.) inadvertently flushed from @DorsetSwannery grounds this am. @Joe_stockwell @CWPhoto11 @kbutler1978 @DorsetBirdClub.
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A (juv) Yellow Wagtail & 2 (2cy) Little Gulls were among the highlights @DorsetSwannery today, along with 2 Little Ringed Plovers (found by @CWPhoto11). A Black-tailed Godwit, a Redshank & a few Common Sandpipers & Lawings also. @Joe_stockwell @kbutler1978 @DorsetBirdClub
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Today’s highlights @DorsetSwannery… 3 Little Gulls still, 1st 2 Yellow Wagtails of the ‘autumn’, singles of Ringed Plover, Greenshank, Redshank, 4+Common Sandpipers. @Joe_stockwell @CWPhoto11 @kbutler1978 @DorsetBirdClub.
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All 3 Little Gulls by the tank teeth again this morning. 3 Common Sandpipers dotted around the embayment @DorsetSwannery . @Joe_stockwell @CWPhoto11 @kbutler1978 @DorsetBirdClub.
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2 Little Gulls again @DorsetSwannery this evening. The returning wader migrant tally was 1 Greenshank & 3 each of Lapwing & Common Sandpiper. A few Cattle Egrets beginning to reappear too. @Joe_stockwell @CWPhoto11 @kbutler1978 @DorsetBirdClub
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All 3 Little Gulls present @DorsetSwannery this evening (& last). 3 Black-tailed Godwits too but nothing else of any real note. @Joe_stockwell @CWPhoto11 @kbutler1978 @DorsetBirdClub
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All 3 (2cy) Little Gulls again today @DorsetSwannery & between myself, @Joe_stockwell , @CWPhoto11 & @kbutler1978 a smattering of waders in the last 48 hours… 8 Lapwing, single Ringed & Little Ringed Plovers, 2 Common Sandpipers, Curlew & Blackwit. @DorsetBirdClub.
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Not working this weekend so just an evening visit to @DorsetSwannery again & no sign of the Stone-curlew. Reported earlier though apparently. At least 1 Little Gull & 2 seen earlier. Not a lot else. @Joe_stockwell @CWPhoto11 @kbutler1978 @DorsetBirdClub.
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Very distant Stone-curlew at the Swannery this evening. Only my 2nd on patch in 37 years & 1st self found. The 3 Little Gulls still too. @Joe_stockwell @CWPhoto11 @kbutler1978 @DorsetBirdClub
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Ferrybridge to Camp Road still vacant on The Fleet if anyone is interested 🤞🏻.
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Connected with the Roseate Tern this evening @DorsetSwannery, that @Joe_stockwell found earlier. The 3 (2cy) Little Gulls all still present too. @DorsetBirdClub @CWPhoto11 @kbutler1978
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2 Little Gulls (2cy) still this evening. Other bits & bobs with @Joe_stockwell & @kbutler1978 included 16 (Tundra) Ringed Plovers & singles of Grey Plover, Knot & Sanderling. @DorsetBirdClub @CWPhoto11
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Still 2 Little Gulls today & unseasonable numbers of Mediterranean Gull (100+) & Common Gull (8+). Also 2 Ospreys (1 on Chesil earlier then 2 NW); 2 Great Egrets; 2 Whimbrel & 1 Turnstone. @Joe_stockwell @CWPhoto11 @kbutler1978 @DorsetBirdClub.
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One (2cy) Little Gull still around the tern island @DorsetSwannery this evening, two still this morning. @Joe_stockwell @CWPhoto11 @kbutler1978 @DorsetBirdClub
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Still three Little Gulls (2cy) around @DorsetSwannery tern island & rails this morning but elusive at times. Not a lot else so far. @Joe_stockwell @CWPhoto11 @kbutler1978 @DorsetBirdClub.
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