I could do Wednesday afternoon?
19.10.2025 14:16 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@paulbourdin.bsky.social
Birder, currently based in Italy. Also post Commonwealth War Graves material and military archaeology.
I could do Wednesday afternoon?
19.10.2025 14:16 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0No ringing at Le Soglitelle today, so I went back to Torre Flavia. A juvenile Little Crake was the highlight, but it was run close by my first Bluethroat at the site. Penduline Tit was heard but not seen. Very little offshore. #birds #birdingitaly
12.10.2025 12:32 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 1A nice day at Le Soglitelle. 3 Acros was nice, including the first Moustached Warbler of autumn. A lovely male Bluethroat ringed as well. A group of 4 Ruddy Shelduck were new for the site, provenance notwithstanding. Osprey and Stock Dove were unusual visitors. #birds #birdingitaly
05.10.2025 14:58 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Buffing the happy lamp? Thatβs genius! π€£
01.10.2025 18:18 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0From Sibleyβ¦
30.09.2025 18:16 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Cool picture Ken, but if that isnβt a gallinule I will eat my shorts!
30.09.2025 17:56 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0New ringing season started at Le Soglitelle. Bluethroat are in, and plenty of Yellow Wagtails are passing through. Waterfowl are building up and the first Lapwing have arrived.
#birds #brdingitaly
Spent a couple of days at Stelvio pass near the Italy/Switzerland border. A large group of very confiding Rock Ptarmigan was the highlight. Lots of Alpine Marmot on the slopes leading up to the pass.
31.07.2025 18:52 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Castiglione South African Cemetery. Just outside Bologna. An absolutely gorgeous setting, one of the nicest in Italy. Lots of casualties from the tail end of the war, with many graves from late April 1945.
31.07.2025 10:45 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Argenta Gap Cemetery. 2 VCβs here, and the first George Cross Iβve ever seen in a war cemetery. One of the VCβs is Anders Lassen, the legendary Danish SAS officer.
28.07.2025 20:14 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Faenze Cemetery.
28.07.2025 20:07 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Coriano Ridge Cemetery. Soldiers from all over here, including uncle Jack, my grandfatherβs brother
28.07.2025 12:35 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Soldiers from many Gurkha regiments here. The only GWGC cemetery Iβve see without the big cross and sword, presumably for religious reasons
28.07.2025 12:33 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Rimini Ghurka Cemetery. 2 VCβs hereβ¦
28.07.2025 12:30 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0As Iβm sure you know, many of the most egregious crimes were considered lawful at the time (Apartheid, Holocaust, Slavery), sometimes resistance really *is* the moral path
23.07.2025 10:42 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0They were in mine too.
23.07.2025 10:35 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0OMG! That was the best pint (2L) Iβve ever had! Truly spectacularβ¦
19.07.2025 16:49 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0They look too dark for Common, so Iβm saying Black Noddy.
01.07.2025 15:10 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Juvenile Sooty Tern are superficially similar, but they donβt have the lovely pale cap.
01.07.2025 15:08 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Lovely birds, but those are Noddys, probably Black Noddy, though Common Noddy also occurs off NE Australia.
01.07.2025 15:07 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0Same in Italian, culbianco!
27.06.2025 12:19 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This is pretty on the mark, not sure what is bothering you about it?
13.06.2025 15:02 β π 16 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I think you posted the wrong picture. Thatβs a fantastic picture of a Checker-throated Yellownape.
07.06.2025 14:55 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0The last ringing day at Soglitelle of the summer. Quite hot, but still nice birding. Catch of the day was a Green Whip Snake, followed by a Greenfinch in the nets. On the reserve were 40+ Med Gulls, mostly imm. birds over-summering. 3 juv. Little Gull doing the same thing. #birds #birdingitaly
07.06.2025 14:51 β π 7 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0I think thatβs Alexandrine Parakeet, the red shoulders are the main difference.
02.06.2025 17:54 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Possibly via Italian where βnoiosoβ means boring.
02.06.2025 15:01 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Iβm not sure median = hyper intelligent makes a lot of sense as median is a measure of central tendency, and βhyperβ indicates an extreme, but that is a very nit-picky point. Youβre right of course that it doesnβt mean much on its own.
01.06.2025 17:56 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0*Exactly* 50% are below the median. Thatβs what median means.
01.06.2025 16:39 β π 62 π 1 π¬ 4 π 0That would be a straight red in rugby let alone football!
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