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Common Eider drake swimming towards the lens.
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Dippers delight…

Definition: 'dippers' - birders who travels to see a scarce or rare bird but fail to locate it. In this post, I am not referring to the charismatic diving songbird…
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A Sanderling in fabulous breeding plumage, facing left stood on some rocks.
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Dipping a Kentish and more beautiful shorebirds…

Dipping is the art of traveling to see a rare or scarce bird, but failing to see said bird. The pain of the 'dip' often correlates to the distance traveled…
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A Dunlin transitioning into summer plumage standing on rocks, side on, facing left.
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Searching for charismatic calidrids on the inner Solway…

The quest... Saturday saw Shannon and Erin joining me for a day on the inner Solway with the main aim being searching for calidrids (sandpipers). I find shorebirds (waders in…
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Grey Wagtail (male) facing left on a rock.
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Riparian Dream Seeking the beautiful Grey Wagtail…

Yesterday evening I went for a walk along the beck at Caldbeck with my eldest two daughters in search of Grey Wagtail and other riparian specialists. On arrival the car-park…
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Three roosting Sanderling and one preening its belly feathers all stood on a rocky shoreline with water flowing behind. All birds are well into their breeding plumage, showing a lot of chestnut in their wing coverts.
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Waders along the beautiful Solway…

Campfield Marsh RSPB Reserve This morning Shannon and I decided to explore the inner Solway Firth for waders (shorebirds) and much more. We started at Campfield Marsh RSPB reserve. The…
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A Pied Wagtail perched on a rock tail first, but turning it's head to the right. Showing its white face contrasting with the black head, back and tail in turn contrasting with the white edged flight feathers and outer tail feathers.
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Wonderful Wagtail wander in Caldbeck…

My bipolar symptoms have been surfacing a bit this week, nothing to be overly concerned about, but enough to make the days more challenging than they should be. A wagtail…
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A candidate Tundra Ringed Plover stood on rocks facing left with roosting Dunlin.
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Stunning Ringed Plovers: Looking at tricky subspecies in north Cumbria…

Ringed Plover context in Cumbria As a result of recent opportunities to study Ringed Plover locally, I've had some thoughts on the tundra-types seen at Bowness Railings. For context the…
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An adult Lesser Black-backed Gull facing left of forward, stood on a rock in a lake. Stooping forward with its beak hovering above the water surface, ready to take a drink.
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A Surprise at Ullswater…

Whilst Kath was running around Ullswater, Shannon and I decided we would explore the lake shore along the northern end. The scenery was amazing, though the birds were harder to…
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Ringed Plover (nominate) stood on mud in the left of image facing right.
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Beautiful Grune Point and more…

My old house mate from college had made the journey across from Yorkshire to visit family. He had a day free, so we arranged to meet up for a morning's…
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A 1st summer Black-tailed Godwit stood on its right leg in a pool, surrounded by tall grass.
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Birding for scarce shorebirds at the Wedholme Flow and environs…

Today I was meeting up for a morning's birding with my friend, Chris. Chris and I did a lot of birding together before my long hiatus, so it was good…
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  • Common Sandpiper stood on a rock near the lake shore, facing right.Exciting to be back birding…
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    April 24, 2026
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  • Three roosting Sanderling and one preening its belly feathers all stood on a rocky shoreline with water flowing behind. All birds are well into their breeding plumage, showing a lot of chestnut in their wing coverts.Waders along the beautiful Solway…
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