20 years old - obsessed birder/twitcher/photographer. BOU life list: 3️⃣2️⃣4️⃣ Current volunteer at Spurn Bird Observatory
London, England
Joined September 2021
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I JUST FOUND A LONG-TAILED SKUA AT @BeddingtonFarm !!! I couldn’t believe it when I nearly stood on it hidden in the grass 😭 Looks exhausted but not injured - now been taken into care 🙏🙏 #birding #BirdsSeenIn2024
Ruing my life choices a bit today at the decision to pursue a university education at Falmouth instead of spending another autumn at Spurn 🥲 3 Snow Buntings and a Merlin where the highlights along Rosehead Peninsula, both very difficult birds to get within the uni 10k
ALT 3 Snow Buntings
ALT Cirl Bunting
ALT Merlin
ALT Purple Sandpiper (left), Turnstone (right)
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Had a bit of a panic when a mystery lark species along the seaside dunes was lost from view but thankfully, it kindly re-appeared soon afterwards, revealing itself to be a Short-toed Lark! Another cracking lifer from a cracking autumn. #Spurnbirds @spurnbirdobs @RareBirdAlertUK
Mental last few days at my new Cornwall patch since starting uni. Finding Ring-necked Duck (on vismig!), YBW and American Wigeon within 24 hours. Also 21k Redwings N yesterday and 22k Woodpigeons the day before 🔥
Delighted to have seen this Greenish Warbler yesterday at Spurn! great find by Toby Stapleton 🙏 #spurnbirds
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A record-breaking Little Tern season at Spurn! A minimum of 116 pairs fledged 149 young, beating the previous best of 107 by 42 birds — almost 40%.
Huge thanks to our wardens, January’s crowdfund supporters and The National Lottery Heritage Fund for funding the project.
Barred Warbler at Potato Field at Spurn, lost for last 10 mins. Records shots attached: #spurnbirds – at Kilnsea, England
Another couple of juvenile Caspian Gulls off Chalk Bank at Spurn this morning, including this individual. Some birds also showing possible hybrid features, which I’ll try and photograph over the next few days #spurnbirds – at Kilnsea, England
As well as the Caspian Gulls, there were 2 juvenile YLGs along the peninsula at Spurn today too. One on the humber off Potato Field and one flying S over Chalk Bank #spurnbirds – at Kilnsea, England
ALT Juv YLG over Chalk Bank
ALT Juv YLG off Potato Field
At least 3 juvenile Caspian Gulls and another possible (?) juv Casp stood on the deck, all togged this afternoon down the Peninsula at Spurn. The largest group of juvs I’ve seen here so far this year #spurnbirds – at Kilnsea, England
ALT Juv Casp 1
ALT Juv Casp 2
ALT Juv Casp 3
ALT Possible juv Casp 4
The White-rumped Sandpiper again showed amazingly on the beach by Beacon Ponds this morning, it seems to be the “original” bird rather than yesterday’s new individual 👀 #spurnbirds – at Kilnsea, England
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Myself and @rossa599 were treated to superb views of the White-rumped sandpiper at Beacon ponds this morning. A top find by @easingtonbirds yesterday
The White-rumped Sandpiper present at Beacon Ponds showed pretty well just now 😍 #spurnbirds – at Kilnsea, England
Some of the worst photos of all time but this is all the documented evidence me and Colin Bushell have of the probable Semipalmated Sandpiper at Oustrays NR this evening. Light was bad and bird was very mobile. Scope views were better and all features noted were pro SemiP 🤷♂️
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Pallid Swift photographed on the 27th at the Warren at Spurn at 16:30, per me and Toby Stapleton. Much trickier ID than Harry Appleyard’s bird as it raced through and photos only obtained as it flew away. Consensus is that ID is still just about clinchable as Pallid! #spurnbirds
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After trawling through countless Azure Damselflies here last year and through this spring, over the moon to finally find the first Variable Damselfly for Spurn in the form of a male in Corner Field this morning. A new Yorkshire site! #Spurndamselflies @spurnbirdobs
Great Reed Warbler trapped and ringed at Sykes Field, Spurn! @BirdGuides @RareBirdAlertUK
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THE PATCHWORK CHALLENGE 2025 ROUND-UP IS NOW LIVE ON THE BLOG!
Go head over and see where you finished #PWC2025 and sign up for #PWC2026!
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Really nice to see this Dartford Warbler at Beddington Farmlands over the weekend. It took ages to get it to sit still though, and my hands were freezing… 🥶
