Miggy Stardust 🇵🇸🇱🇧🇮🇷🇬🇱🍉🔻

The Little Owl showed really nicely at the farm at Whittle Dene this evening. Second sighting this week. Found the Tawny Owl day roosting again but it was buried in a bush so no photos sadly.

A fine evening up the reservoirs. With the help of a noisy mob of blackbirds I managed to relocate the Tawny Owl in the same copse as last week. Otherwise fairly quiet, in no small part down to @nwater_care annual habitat destruction. Fuck those ground-nesting birds eh?

Always a very special moment when I get my first Osprey of the Spring at Whittle Dene. This one showed very well, catching a couple of Roach over an hour or so and even perching in a nearby tree to eat the 2nd fish. Was chased off South by Jackdaws from the farm. 👍👍

Another glorious sunny evening up the reservoirs tonight yielded my first Common Swifts of the year with up to 13 on the Southern Res. Relocated the pair of Grey Partridge seen last week. This Song Thrush was making some lovely noises...

@AlanAlanhall4 Cheers Al. I think it couldn't see me because it was looking right into the sun... I heard one hooting in the same copse last week so me and Steve have been searching hard but there it was, just sitting right out in the open... mint 👍

@stewpottery Great pics stew, that tawny owl is a stunner.

Gorgeous Spring evening up the reservoirs tonight. Highlights were 2 Grey Partridge (very scarce here now), 2 Yellow Wagtails, a Quail singing (my earliest ever here) and a fabulous sun-bathing Tawny Owl... my first for 4 years 👍

Gropper is almost an annual record at Whittle Dene these days but I didn't get one last year so I was to delighted to have this little fella belting it out at dusk this evening! Also my earliest record at WD 👍 + Barn Owl, Willow Tit, first Common Whitethroats & Sedge Warblers

Glorious sunshine up at the reservoirs tonight but very chilly. 100s of Sand & House Martins and Swallows, 2 Redshank still hanging around, drake Shoveler which has been present over a week now and lots of displaying Common Sands. Still very few Yellow Wagtails sadly.

Found this notebook at Whittle Dene on 22nd April. It has field notes from a trip to Africa. If anybody knows any local birders who've recently been to Africa & may have lost it, please let them know I have it & to get in touch. Feel free to share on local WhatsApp & Facebook.

@AlanAlanhall4 Cheers Al. Lucky that one us had remembered to bring their scope 😉

@stewpottery Nice one lads

Female Garganey at Whittle Dene this evening! My first ever on the patch. Fantastic find by S Rippon #Patchgold🏅🍾

@hamzaafridi1010 Love it Hamza 👍

@stewpottery Saw it here too. Also lesser whitethroat was seen and heard. Jamrud, Pakistan

Great to get my first Yellow Wagtails at Whittle Dene this afternoon. Always my favourite Spring arrival. Also Lesser Whitethroat heard by S. Rippon.

@cranky1456 Cheers mate 👍

@stewpottery Great captures Miggy

@AlanAlanhall4 Cheers Al. Hope you're well mate 👍

@stewpottery Nice 👌

Quality Spring afternoon at Whittle Dene today with the first Common Tern, Common Sandpipers, Blackcaps. Stars of the show were one late staying male Brambling with the finch flock and 2 fresh-in Little Ringed Plovers

Can't remember the last time I had a Ring Ouzel at Edmundbuyers, must be over 10 years, so I was delighted when I heard this one calling tonight.

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The most diabolical second half of the week. That’s saying something. Abysmal.

@matthewwalker28 I am now Matt 😡

@stewpottery Moody.

Derby day #hwtl #nufc