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True enough!
Red-necked Grebe for 2nd day off Kingsland Rd, West Mersea then an adult Spoonbill on Ray Island care of Dougal Urquhart. Also first singing Chiffchaff of the year and 40+ Fieldfares #Essexbirding ##UKbirding
Nice find Tony!
Three legal reforms to stop the criminal killing of birds of prey - new petition to UK Minister from @friendsofthedales.bsky.social
Details & link to petition in blog 🔽
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime 🌍
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/02/19/t...
Starlings
Mute Swan 1
Mute Swan 2
Barn Owl
It's voting time in the EBwS Winter 2025-26 Bird Photography Competition quarter-finals! Here are the entries in the 2nd - please choose your favourite photo from these four and vote here: strawpoll.com/X3nkPbk8EgE
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Sparrowhawk
Goldfinches
Robin
Lapwing
It's voting time in the EBwS Winter 2025-26 Bird Photography Competition quarter-finals! Here are the entries in the 3rd - please choose your favourite photo from these four and vote here: strawpoll.com/40Zm40XLAga
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Starling murmuration
Pintail
Stonechat
Blackbird
It's voting time in the EBwS Winter 2025-26 Bird Photography Competition quarter-finals! Here are the entries in the 4th - please choose your favourite photo from these four and vote here: strawpoll.com/xVg71v2Lryr
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Goldcrest
Short-eared Owl 1
Oystercatcher
Short-eared Owl 2
It's voting time in the EBwS Winter 2025-26 Bird Photography Competition quarter-finals! Here are the entries in the 1st - please choose your favourite photo from these four and vote here: strawpoll.com/GPgVYWlv8na
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Poor shot of a super little bird at East Mersea this afternoon. #Essexbirders
Seemingly limited justification for reinforcement for the 'Critically low' (actually Green Listed) Long-eared Owl population: 'decreasing winter roost counts' (= Continental migrants short-stopping?) & UK breeding population apparently stable & limited by food & Tawny Owls #UKBirding #Ornithology
Been some sightings in the last couple of days but other than that just occasionally seen I think.
Brief view of one of the Otters at Abberton's Layer Breton Causeway this afternoon on my way home from Sainsbury's!! #Essexbirding
A Purple Sandpiper among the high tide roost at Mersea Island Boating Lake this morning was a good bird here. Also in the area, 32 Med Gulls, Stonechat and 200+ Great Crested Grebes offshore. #EssexBirding
Population estimates for Buff-breasted Sandpipers in this study are 10x higher than previously agreed global estimates, which makes sense given that it was difficult to explain its relative frequency as a vagrant to the Western Palearctic... #Ornithology ##UKBIRDING
My blog (written by a very tired man) reflecting on a brilliant day of birds that "count" and those that don't. #ukbirding #birds
First twitch for just over a year! Showed better than my photo attempt suggests! Nice to see a Little Gull at the same site and the Grackle thing on the way home. #ukbirding
Mersea Island WeBS count today day, nothing too exciting, Great Egret and Slav Grebe were highlights! 13 Red-breasted Mergansers on the Colne and this seal on one of the Oyster Fishery pontoons. #Essexbirding
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I did, quite a while ago when were looking for part!
Find out the status and prospects of key birds in Essex at our Conference in Chelmsford: Nightingales, Turtle Doves, Corn Buntings, Brent geese & even White-tailed Sea Eagles, among others. More info and registration details at ebws.org.uk/2026conference
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Yes, small enough to fit in your pocket and fits nicely in the hand. Resolution better than I expected!
I've got one you could have had for nothing!!
I've got the Pulsar Axion XQ30pro which I'm very impressed with Lee. #birdingear
Our 2026 Conference is on Saturday 28th March and it's going to be a superb day! With six talks on the status of key species & habitat in Essex, lots of display stands, plenty of delicious food, & a prize raffle it's not to be missed! Book your place at ebws.org.uk/conference/r...
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We've got two fun events coming in the next couple of weeks - a guided walk at Walthamstow Wetlands on 18th and a Winter Birding Day at EWT Fingringhoe Wick on 1st Feb. Members and non-members welcome, full details at ebws.org.uk
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That's enough ducks to last me the rest of the year!🤦
200+ Common Scoter flew up the Blackwater Estuary West Mersea this morning, by far the most I've seen here! Also 3 Great Northern Divers, 5 Red-breasted Mergansers and this afternoon, a Slav Grebe #Essexbirding #UKBirding
This month's online talk on Friday evening is a fascinating one about Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers. Full details at www.ebws.org.uk/talks/jan26
#essexbirding
'Hundreds' of UK Peregrines targeted for illegal falconry trade in Middle East.
Unsurprisingly, those with a vested interest in legal trade of captive-bred falcons downplay the scale of illegal laundering or claim it doesn't exist at all.
#RaptorResearch
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