Stephen Dunstan
@dunners
Birder based in Lancashire. Cumbria Bird Club Council member, Birds in Cumbria and Lancashire Bird Report section editor. Author with Jane Turner and Ian McKerchar of Where To Watch Birds in Northwest England (Bloomsbury / Helm).
Hybrid goose locally today. Didn't see the legs and not completely sure what the second parent is. #BirdHybrid
Blackpool gulling today - birds from Spain, Ireland and probably Blackpool. I've also included yesterday's Spotshank at Conder Green as I try to get in the habit of posting on here more again #LancsBirding
Would anyone who sees this happen to know if this is a Chinese softshell turtle. Taken in Barrow-in-Furness yesterday.
Today's late visit saw a new 'upside down house' installed since the first survey. Bird wise a Grey Wagtail was recorded for only the third time.
2026 surveying of @bbs-birds.bsky.social square SD3033 began today. As is tradition here are some pictures of a unique tetrad.
We were hampered by wind and rain but eventually connected with Algerian Nuthatch today.
Rounding off a great day's birding my @bbs-birds.bsky.social Winter Bird Survey square has delivered a Common Sand and a Euro Whitefront in field feeding Pinkfeet.
Great to catch up with the American Wigeon found by John Wood at Myerscough Quarry, a species I've always wanted to see there. For a few reasons I think it might be the Little Singleton bird of last January #LancsBirding
Here's the stork that has been wandering Lancs today, which was at Standing Tarn in December and January 1, but not yesterday with the freeze up. I've no idea why it's not being caveated as an escape. #LancsBirding
After several days of acute Whitefront blindness the two I did see at Little Singleton weren't particularly obliging. Posting partly to see if the Lancs Birding hashtag works again for me #LancsBirding
Nice to find this young drake Scaup in Stanley Park, Blackpool today. I was WeBS counting and wasn't equipped for picture taking so I'm sharing one of Tom Parkinson's that shows how close it came at times #LancsBirding
trust me this is a Hudsonian Whimbrel at Rabil Lagoon today. Well pleased.
I thought that but the Sal one seems to have been there yesterday so probably different.
Boavista update - a Ring-necked Duck in off the sea onto Rabil lagoon and up to six White-rumped Sands at Lacacao. The Willet at Lacacao on two of four visits.
Doing well for Nearctic waders on hols - five White-rumped Sands (pictured badly) yesterday and five Lesser Yellowlegs (four pictured) today.
Boa Vista holiday - went to the south of the island today and pleasingly the Willet was back on the pools where it was first found earlier in the year. What a wing pattern that is.
Lesser Yellowlegs at Rabil Lagoon. Camera was dead but got good recording of the call. First I've found this side of the pond.
Some Boa Vista birds for today's Ebird Big Day. Spoonbill, Brown Boobies, Spanish and Cape Verde Sparrows.
After two winter bird surveys today set off in search of floods. Paid dividends with a Garganey on the outskirts of Poulton-le-Fylde. Only one on the Fylde away from Marton Mere this year I think #LancsBirding
Started the new winter bird survey on @bbs-birds.bsky.social most unique BBS tetrad. Bizarre to do so in a heatwave on a prom full of tourists!
Having a job can mean missing the best of the autumn gales but it fell nicely tonight at North Shore. Grey Phalarope, Leach's Petrel and Black Tern. Sanguine about missing several Sabine's Gulls in the circumstances #LancsBirding
The Spotted Redshank influx in Lancs brought three to Skippool last night, the most I've seen together on the Fylde #LancsBirding
Some of the nearly 300 Coot on Stanley Park during today's WeBS count. Unfortunately a swan was fatally wounded by a dog just after I left #LancsBirding
The Polish ringed 2W Med Gull first found by Paul Slade continues at Skippool, details awaited #LancsBirding
It flew before I could get a picture but this turned out to an awesome BHG recovery at Skippool tonight #LancsBirding