A very vocal Curlew on the Ouse Washes at Earith this afternoon was lovely to see. I thought I'd take a video to capture it's haunting call but all you can hear is the wind 😂😂 Very representative of being on the Washes! @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding
I wouldn't want to be a fish in that channel! Hungry eyes at the Ouse Washes Earith today @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding
I know! A daunting jump. I'll keep an eye out for them
Unexpected Egyptian Goose nesting in the Rookery! It's a fair way up. I wonder what the rooks think! 😅 #ukbirding
Thank you! Yes, so lovely to see 😊
Yeah, he was a little belter 😁
Found this beautiful male Merlin on my patch this afternoon! 🥰 Absolutely delighted. I'm not confident with Merlin because I've seen so few, usually badly or only as 'possibles' in flight. Really great to get a good look! Patch tick ✅ Earith GPs @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding
25! Oh dear 😅 Didn't see those at the top at all! Well done @saloplarus.bsky.social No points for Rachel
21? Love a Purple Sandpiper 🙂
I've seen one, in Shetland 2023. Never been one in Cambs although one close to the border over in Lincs which I dipped, in 2022 I think! A few more would be welcome
Thank you! This is the winter to find one! Good luck 😃
My favourite bird 🙂 Great video clip
Ahh excellent! Glad you got it. Well done 😃
Thank you! With the influx this winter I hoped I might be lucky and bump into one somewhere. Just need one on my patch now...😅
Love that Reed Bunting shot 🙂
This is why I count birds! Two brown geese in a brown field which I hadn't seen until I ran the scope over it to count the Whoopers. Ka-ching! Two Tundra Bean Geese! 🤩 Find tick! 🎉 Behind Rickwood hide, RSPB Ouse Washes @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding
Ah sorry you didn't connect with the Snow Goose. I didn't locate the yank Wigeon but it was great to finally meet you - a good birder tick for me 😄
Huge cloud of Pink-footed Geese, over 1000
Nene Washes is hosting spectacular numbers of birds at the moment. Clouds of Lapwing and Pink-footed Geese plus Cranes, Bewick's, Whoopers, Blackwit, Ruff, Dunlin and the usual ducks. Outstanding 🤯 @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding
Wow, fantastic!
😢 You need to try and get more Smew in your life!
They are the complete real deal 😁
A good question! I think drake King Eider and Hooded Merganser can compete, although not sure who would win!
Two Smew at Fen Drayton Lakes today. An easy lunchbreak twitch from work. Couldn't resist. Smew is a good duck! 🤩 @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding
County tick! 😁 Red-breasted Merganser is scarce in Cambs and a bit slippery! So I was pleased to connect at Fen Drayton Lakes with @JoeParham19.bsky.social's bird. Good find! And good team effort to get everyone on it, as it proved mobile & skulky at times @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding
Thanks Joe! I caught up with it this afternoon. I wanted it for a Cambs county tick 😁
Whoopers are great 😊 I must take you round the Fens on your next visit! 😁 I can't promise you a Snow Goose though
Yes that's what I was thinking. They might like to join the big flocks around the Washes and bring the Snow with it!
I wasn't expecting to see snow this Christmas..! 😄 Thank you finder Josh Jones. Deep into the Fens and over the border but worth extending my range for the Snow Goose, and it's selection of classy field mates (Whoopers, Bewick's, Tundra Bean and White-fronted) #ukbirding #lifer
Wonderful! I went to Glenshee in Sep but they were too camouflaged then for me to pick out! Great photos 😀 Happy Christmas! 🎄
That's super! I've bought some of Katie's creations as gifts (and for myself! 😁)
