Mark Coller
Birding, butterflies, and dragonflies.
- 1 of 2 Whooper Swans on a great morning out at Chew Valley Lake. @bristolbirding.bsky.social
- Some wonderful views of the 3 penduline tits at Aust Wetlands this morning @bristolbirding.bsky.social
- 2 of the 3 penduline tits at Aust Wetlands today
- After 2 days of failing to find any at other sites, I finally saw 4 Yellow eyed penguins today at Katiki Point, New Zealand
- Superb night out watching Southern Brown Kiwi on Stewart Island, New Zealand, with Beaks and Feathers tour company. 🪶🇳🇿
- A day of 2 extremes, a Fiordland crested penguin so far out in Milford Sound that I nearly missed it, to a Weka sat 3 feet away on my picnic table!! 🪶🇳🇿
- After totally failing to find Black Stilt yesterday, I was so glad to see 2 along Lake Pukaki today and some lovely Black Fronted Terns. 🪶🇳🇿
- Kea being naughty in the car parks at Arthur's Pass, New Zealand 🪶🇳🇿
- Kea at Arthur's Pass New Zealand, such wonderful characters! 🪶🇳🇿
- 50 years ago, I saw a picture of a Wrybill in a book, and I have always wanted to see one! Today, I saw 107 of them on Lake Ellesmere, New Zealand 🪶🇳🇿
- Kaikoura 2nd pelagic, other superb birds including Westland Petrels, Bullers Shearwaters, Grey Faced Petrel, and even a Pacific Reef Heron on the trip back in. Another incredible trip ! 🪶🇳🇿
- Kaikoura 2nd pelagic trip, well over 40 Albatross including both Northern and Southern Royal, Antipodean, Salvins and White Capped Albatross 🪶🇳🇿
- I certainly wasn't expecting to see Cooks Petrel and Fairy Prion on the Kaikoura Pelagic trip!! An amazing trip out with Albatross Encounters. 🪶🇳🇿
- From my first Kaikoura pelagic trip today, Northern Giant, Cape, and White Chinned Petrels 🪶🇳🇿
- My first New Zealand pelagic from Kaikoura, superb views of Salvins, Antipodean, and White Capped Albatross 🪶🇳🇿
- Incredible sea watch from the New Zealand inter-island ferry this morning. Northern royal and salvins albatross, short tailed, flesh footed, huttons, fluttering, bullers, and sooty shearwaters, westland and white chinned petrels and over 1000 fairy prions and little blue penguin 🤯
- I have been trying for days to get a photo of a Silvereye.They don't stay still for long!! Waimanu Lagoon, New Zealand 🪶🇳🇿
- Variable Oystercatcher on Manawatu Beach, New Zealand, this morning 🪶🇳🇿
- Tui, Noth Island Saddleback, and California Quail in Bushy Park this afternoon 🪶🇳🇿
- This little Fantail followed me for a while in Bushy Park and started to sing. 🪶🇳🇿
- A lovely inquisitive North Island Robin in Bushy Park Norh of Whanganui this afternoon 🪶🇳🇿
- 1 of 5 Nankeen Night Herons at Upokongaro today. Very difficult to see them, but this one eventually moved higher up and into view! 🪶🇳🇿
- Wonderful views of this New Zealand Dotterel at Koitiata Beach this morning. 🪶🇳🇿
- Blue Duck is a bird I have always wanted to see! I managed to find a pair on the Tongariro River in Turangi this morning. 🪶🇳🇿
- Welcome Swallows in Western Springs Park Auckland. 🪶🇳🇿
- New Zealand Grebe, with its chick on its back in Western Springs Park Auckland 🪶🇳🇿
- Brilliant day on Tiritiri Matangi, New Zealand, highlights were Takahe, Saddleback, Kokako, Stitchbird, and many more! 🪶🇳🇿
- The Calshot Hampshire Boat tailed grackle with the unfortunate bumblebee it was about to eat!
- A nice morning out at Slimbridge, the best I could get on yellow browed warbler by the kingfisher hide. #Glosbirds
- Mourning dove on St Agnes today #islesofscilly
- 1 of the leach's petrels that whizzed past Severn Beach this morning @bristolbirding.bsky.social
- 1 of 4 willow emerald damselflies in Kingsgate Park, Yate.
- Pectoral Sandpiper at Chew Valley Lake yesterday afternoon as it flew towards the main lake. @yatebirder.bsky.social @bristolbirding.bsky.social
- 1 of 2 Curlew sandpiper at Oldbury power station this morning, plus 2 brief views of the Wryneck that was found by Peter Hazelwood earlier.
- A great morning on Chipping Sodbury Common, this grasshopper warbler was the highlight plus 3 spotted flycatcher, 3 whinchat, 5 redstart, and 8 yellow wagtails. @bristolbirding.bsky.social
- 1 of 3 Willow Emerald in Kingsgate Park Yate, including a pair egg laying. @bristolbirding.bsky.social
- Some lovely Adonis blue butterflies at Wotton under Edge this morning.
- Wonderful views of this little egret in kingsgate park today! @bristolbirding.bsky.social
- Nice morning at Slimbridge, wood sandpiper, 13 green sandpiper, garganey but no caspian tern, very surprised to see a Harbour Porpoise!!
- White winged black tern at Frampton on Severn this morning, cracking bird but never came that close! #Glosbirds
