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Sophie Barrell
@sophieshrike.bsky.social
Suffolk Birder/Twitcher. FISC Level 4 Botanist. Senior Ecologist. Views my own.
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Fantastic few hours at Bempton with some great views of the Pale-Legged Leaf Wblr with patience(boc pic by Steve Williams) + a showy Yellow-Browed Wblr #ukbirds

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No photo of the actual bird but here is where we saw the pale-legged leaf warbler at Bempton Cliffs this morning 😁 First twitch we've done in a good while ✅️ #UKBirding#RareBirdsUK@hcbirding.bsky.social

Photo of dense vegetation where a skulky warbler was hiding (but not seen in this photo)
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Birders, can we try to reunite the photos with their owner please? Can we spread the word. #UKBirding#birding#birds 🪶🦉

A tweet from Steve Gantlet looking for the owner of an SD card he found in Norfolk containing 3700 photos from Iceland in May...
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A Plain Tiger butterfly drifting on the strong breeze this morning here in Alicante province, Spain. Lots of these and odonata still flying around. #invertebrates

Plain Tiger butterfly in flight. It looks very similar to the African Monarch.
Overall orange with large black wing tips that are streaked white in the black. They also have black spots in the wings, arranged in an arc pattern. The body is black and speckled with white spots, opposite to a Dalmation. The proboscis is, as usual, curled up during flight.
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Well I kinda joined Bluesky before it was really cool 😎 Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,034,671!

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Over in Rhodes, Greece, for a wedding, so thought it would be rude not to see some of the local birds whilst here,such as this Red-backed Shrike which perched up nicely this afternoon. 🪶 @sophieshrike.bsky.social

A Red-backed Shrike perched up on a shrub
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Even my tiny inland patch rewarded me some patch gold this week, including tufted duck and wheatear. Should probably start taking out the camera just in case 🤞 #SuffolkBirding#UKBirding

Sunset over a large lake, surrounded by trees
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Welcome!

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Not been able to get out much this week, but always time to appreciate some plants: guelder-rose berries for the #wildflowerhour challenge

Bright red berries and green/reddish leaves of the shrub called guelder-rose
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If you see this, post a Hawk! 🪶 Recent sparrowhawk on my patch- phone photo only because of course I didn't have my camera on me 😅 #ukbirding

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Sophie Barrell
@sophieshrike.bsky.social
Suffolk Birder/Twitcher. FISC Level 4 Botanist. Senior Ecologist. Views my own.
345 followers368 following62 posts