Retired dentist& implant surgeon. Mad birder. rainforest loving Asiaphile, pilot. ex (and poor) ski instructor!
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Well I never really expected to see this wonderful Siberian gem in the UK with there being only four previous records, all one day birds. This Rufous-tailed Robin remained in the dark gully at Flamborough long enough for me to enjoy it today.
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A short trip to Shetland was curtailed by the news of the Rufous-tailed Robin but not before excellent views of this elusive 2nd for Britain Chestnut Bunting!
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Our little jaunt around Gabon is coming to an end. The undoubted highlight was spending a few hours with the enigmatic African River Martins. The newly arrived birds were busy excavating their burrows in the sand.
What an amazing 48hrs. When news broke of Britains 3rd ever Egyptian Nightjar on Shetland I just had to go! Less than 24hrs later on a wet & windy Shetland this beauty of an Egyptian Nightjar remained faithful to its daytime roost spot on the beach near to where it was found
A nice morning out with @DickFilby (thanks for driving!) To sunny Suffolk/Essex for only my 2nd UK Hudsonian Godwit.
Thanks to @CleyBirds and after a scheduled meeting in Holt, a visit to Stonepit Heath, Kelling produced lovely views of White-letter Hairstreak and numerous Silver-washed Fritilary.
It鈥檚 that time of year again! The first Bee Orchids appearing in our wild flower border surrounding our pond. Hopefully many more will appear over the next few weeks.
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Travellers have brazenly started turning a protected 4-acre wildlife haven into a caravan site in Willows Green near Felsted, Essex,
an army of around 30 vehicles and diggers descended under cover of darkness on Friday night using floodlights and generators,
they ripped up vegetation, bulldozed protected habitats for great-crested newts, destroyed an ancient hedgerow and filled in a ditch with rubble to create a new access road,
all of this happened just hours after Uttlesford District Council closed its doors for the entire three-day Bank Holiday weekend,
locals woke up to the shocking devastation and say the council had been warned but took no pre-emptive action,
by the time offices reopen on Tuesday the field could already be a fully fledged caravan park,
residents are furious at the total failure to protect the pristine countryside and rare wildlife including albino fallow deer,
Ross鈥檚 Gull are globally very difficult to see. A high Arctic species that just occasionally visits our shores and this the first I鈥檝e seen in Norfolk for 42 years. A lovely Ist winter bird at Thornham today
A dash this morning to Lowestoft for what would have been Britains first ever Pallas's Gull. Alas it wasn't one but nice to catch up with the overwintering Hume's Warbler.
Managed to catch up with this nice Red-flanked Bluetail that had been found only a few miles from home. Once an extremely rare vagrant to the UK but over the last few decades a more regular bird due to westward expansion of its breeding range. Still a crowd pleasing bird
After a 2 year absence it was nice to record this Little Owl in the garden staking out our feeders. Perched like this reminded me of another yellow eyed beauty in Shetland a few years back!!
What a beauty at Sheringham beach. Not the normal Christmas redbreast but a lovely Eastern Black Redstart
