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Nick Moran

@sconebirding

#NunneryLakes patch birder, 🏊🏻‍♂️🚴‍♂️. Mostly birds, mostly. ⚠️ May contain moths, etc.

Poised to migrate: sconebirding.bsky.social

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calendar_today07-06-2012 21:47:42

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Arriving in Leeds for a celebration of Jonathan Dean's life. Rereading his chapter in Low-Carbon Birding's book and some of his blog posts has brought into focus his insightful contribution to the birding scene, particularly around inclusion, bird ID from 📸s and #lowcarbonbirding.

Arriving in Leeds for a celebration of <a href="/JDeanbirding/">Jonathan Dean</a>'s life. Rereading his chapter in <a href="/BirdingClimate/">Low-Carbon Birding</a>'s book and some of his blog posts has brought into focus his insightful contribution to the birding scene, particularly around inclusion, bird ID from 📸s and #lowcarbonbirding.
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BTO Young Leaders Course: Applications close midnight tomorrow! This residential course, located in the New Forest, is for 18-24 year olds and FREE to attend, with travel bursaries available. 🌍🐦 Discover more and how to apply before the deadline ➡ bit.ly/_YoungLeaders

BTO Young Leaders Course: Applications close midnight tomorrow! This residential course, located in the New Forest, is for 18-24 year olds and FREE to attend, with travel bursaries available. 🌍🐦 Discover more and how to apply before the deadline ➡ bit.ly/_YoungLeaders
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If only I'd brought a proper camera for this Common Sandpiper, instead of having to resort to phone + bins! #NunneryLakes #recordshot

If only I'd brought a proper camera for this Common Sandpiper, instead of having to resort to phone + bins! #NunneryLakes #recordshot
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Triple-checked this juvenile Mediterranean Gull at BTO #NunneryLakes earlier, as it was noticeably smaller than the Black-headed Gulls (incl. several juvs). Nothing atypical about it though, so presumably just at the small end of the size range. Patch Year, August & plumage ✅!

Triple-checked this juvenile Mediterranean Gull at
<a href="/_BTO/">BTO</a> #NunneryLakes earlier, as it was noticeably smaller than the Black-headed Gulls (incl. several juvs). Nothing atypical about it though, so presumably just at the small end of the size range. Patch Year, August &amp; plumage ✅!
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Please support me & Ruth Walker Art & Photography 💙 with our swim challenges, to raise money for Water Aid. Access to clean and safe water is a privilege everyone should be able to share in: wateraid.enthuse.com/pf/ros-green

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Doing my first (only?!) triathlon on Sunday, raising much-needed funds for The Red Hen Project #NeverMoreNeeded. What better way to test the power of this platform against the one I may migrate to [sconebirding.bsky.social] if 'X' continues to plummet into the abyss?! 🙏 redhenproject.enthuse.com/pf/nick-moran

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A great Knot find by Justin Walker at BTO #NunneryLakes yesterday evening (not to be confused with a Great Knot find)! As usual, the local Lapwings were intolerant of anything different.

A great Knot find by <a href="/arcanelove/">Justin Walker</a> at <a href="/_BTO/">BTO</a> #NunneryLakes yesterday evening (not to be confused with a Great Knot find)! 

As usual, the local Lapwings were intolerant of anything different.
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The results are in: an equal number of RPs (2) and likes (9) on both platforms! However, £40 donated by kind folk who saw this on Bluesky, £0 on X. The sample size is inconclusive, but perhaps indicative of people's willingness to act on what they see on a new, more +ve platform?

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A flock of nine Magpies over the #NunneryLakes has just reminded me how slick the BirdTrack app is! 📹 shows the sequence for adding to an existing count.

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⚠️ Warning Mail+ & anyone else using Shutterstock bird images: many 📷 by Tahseenamjad are AI-generated! This is Big Fictional Gull (Larus madeupensis), NOT Great Black-backed Gull (L. marinus)! Shame, as the other images in this piece are right: dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ar…

⚠️ Warning <a href="/DailyMailUK/">Mail+</a>  &amp; anyone else using <a href="/Shutterstock/">Shutterstock</a> bird images: many 📷 by Tahseenamjad are AI-generated! This is Big Fictional Gull (Larus madeupensis), NOT Great Black-backed Gull (L. marinus)! Shame, as the other images in this piece are right: dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ar…