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Tellytubbies unmasked at World Cup!

A colleague just told me how the Merlin app has become a bit of a craze at his daughter's secondary school in Barnsley. Apparently they're using like Pokeman Go to compete for the biggest species list. Can't be a bad thing if it creates a few new birders. @rspb.bsky.social

OOF Showing well #westernreefheron

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My first Quail in 32 years and the 1st that I've managed to see on the deck. Felt as good as a lifer. No playback, just patience and some thermal assistance.

OOF!

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Gannet still present this morning. Looks healthy enough and had a couple of test flights. #Orgreavebirds

Not what I expected on the late shift!! #Orgreavebirds

Having watched the forecast for the last week I couldn't help but get a little giddy when I leapt of of bed at 5:30. A classic inland wader day surely, with Northeasterlies and claggy rain. I wasn't disappointed. Total of 32 Dunlin, 3 Sanderling, Whimbrel and Ringed Plover. #Orgreavebirds

With the absence of an Arctic Tern day last year (just 1 bird), today's was extra special. At least 39 still present when I left late morning. The 2 Little Gulls also hanging around. #Orgreavebirds

Not much time this morning, but a quick dash round the patch yielded Avocet, 2 Common Terns and 2 Little Gulls. Surely they'll be Arctic Terns in these north-easterlies.

Nice to get on on the Black Tern action picking up these 5 on patch on the ride home from work. The earliest birds I've seen in the UK. #Orgreavebirds

Always nice to get my first Wheatear of the year, though later than usual, as was the Little Ringed Plover.