Ian Kendall

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Relentless hours at Hunley have paid off to an extent with a Radde's Warbler at the north end of the central track. Currently a little on the elusive side.

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@ciaranshaman @teesbirds1 @nybirdnews Wow, that sounds an amazing experience Ciaran. How many birds do you think there were?

Yellow-browed warblers galore at Hummersea today with birds seemingly in every bush, even some also on the ground in the long grass. Absolutely fest - really good to see. @teesbirds1 @nybirdnews #birdwatching

@suburbanwilduk @BirdWatchingMag @StephenMoss_TV @biggesttwitch @DominicCouzens Hi, I bird Hunley Hall GC on the Cleveland coast most days. I work with the head green keeper and his team to help actively manage the course for wildlife and carry out BBS style surveys each summer. Happy to help with any info you need.

I'm after birders who birdwatch on golf courses to talk to for a feature... (& would be very grateful for retweets 🙏... @BirdWatchingMag @StephenMoss_TV @biggesttwitch @DominicCouzens to help me find them😀)

@jewels_andrew Happy Christmas

An Epaulet Ladybird (Rhyzobius chrysomeloides) in my Waltham Abbey garden this morning. Happy Christmas everyone! 🎅 #EssexWildlife #InconspicuousLadybirds

I always look forward to Oct like a kid looking forward to Christmas (usually from Jan!). Spent 63 hrs birding Hunley Hall GC during the month. At one point looked like Black Red was going to be the best bird, but what proved to be a Caspian Stonechat made the effort worthwhile.

Eastern Stonechat Hunley Hall GC. View only from top path, strictly no access to fairways. Scope recommended.

650 Redwing south through Hunley Hall GC, 2 Ring Ouzels nr Arches Hotel and Short-eared Owl. I'd like to say the SEO was 'in off', but was flushed from edge of GC and flew out to sea before flying back in again!

Juv Caspian Gull on beach below Hummersea this morning. Also Willow Tit in gardens and 80+ Common Terns on Skinningrove beach. Thousands of Guillemots and Razorbills offshore.

Juv Cuckoo (lacking most of its tail) at Hunley Hall GC this morning, plus Crossbill high west.

Osprey circling north over A19 just north of Dalton Park.

Two juv Caspian Gulls off Skinningrove/Hunley Hall GC this morning.

One of many patches of Creeping Thistle at Hunley Hall GC covered in nectaring insects during the week. Again, great work by Greg and team for being prepared to let wildlife just do its stuff.

@tom_m_brereton Once fell asleep on a Cornish cliff top only to be woken up by a Raven walking around my head. A little more careful where I fall asleep now.

It's somewhat intimidating on a hot day on your own out alone on the downs when a Red Kite approaches circles over you several times rather close, before realising you are not injured and unlikely to keel over becoming carrion. Here's one peeling off after four loops around me!

Often the success of a #sustainable approach can go unnoticed, even sometimes by ourselves! Great to have @IanKendall12 monitoring the nature onsite. Another example of collaborative success here with the ponds created with @teeswildlife last year #wildlife #Greenkeeping #golf

At least half a dozen Broad-bodied Chasers holding territory on the new ponds at Hunley Hall GC. Good work by Greg and team @Hunley_Greens

After flogging Hunley Hall GC most early mornings without a single new migrant since 23rd May, a relaxed lunchtime walk today and Turtle Dove, Osprey and Wheatear all through west! I give up.

Whinchat and Redstart at Hunley Hall GC this morning, plus a couple of migrant Blackcaps. 70+ Swallows, 4 Yellow Wagtails, 2 Redpoll sp and 3 Siskins west, with small numbers of Mipits and Linnets.

Insane, a Nuthatch has just flown north along the railway line at Hunley and landed in Blackthorn scrub on the cliffs north of the fanhouse.