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Lifelong birder special interests in Raptors of the world, vagrancy, paleoanthropology, herps 🐍NTH↕️STH.
One of Scooters offspring?
07.10.2025 23:20 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
SPECTACLED EIDER has returned to Texel, Netherlands.
📷 photo by Rodney Stolk.
(Juv) BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, Loch Paible, North Uist.
📷 photos by Steve Duffield.
NORTHERN PARULA, Firkeel Glen, Co Cork.
📷 BOC image by B. Mcloskey.
WESTERN SUBALPINE WARBLER today at Levenwick, Shetland.
📷 photo by Paul Frost.
1st-w SIBERIAN THRUSH still present at Asta, Shetland.
📷 eye-popping image by Hugh Harrop.
Chose to take out the wrong camera for this image should've used my Digiscoping camera, on the right.
06.10.2025 13:59 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Further gripping images of the SIBERIAN THRUSH on Asta.
05.10.2025 23:27 — 👍 26 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0GREEN SANDPIPER in the same spot.
05.10.2025 16:39 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Is that a Parrot on your arm sir ? No it's a feckin ISABELLINE WHEATEAR!!!!
05.10.2025 16:19 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0You tend to get a lot of near duplicate images but the setting is good for fast moving birds such as Warblers.
05.10.2025 12:12 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
One of those images you get when you have your camera settings at 'rapid fire' GREENISH WARBLER.
04.10.2025 22:01 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
LITTLE EGRET 40yrs ago considered a rarity now a common sight in wetland areas.
04.10.2025 21:19 — 👍 21 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
SWAINSON'S THRUSH for it's 6th day in a Co Donegal garden.
📷 photos by Ian Stevenson.
TURKESTAN SHRIKE today at Dunwich Heath.
📷 photo by John Richardson.
Archive, August 2025, GREENISH WARBLER, Ness Point.
03.10.2025 16:46 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
BLYTH'S REED WARBLER, Burravoe, Yell, Shetland.
📷 photo by Gerry Rawcliffe.
SIBERIAN THRUSH, Loch of Asta, Shetland, #SuperSibe
📷 photo by Daniel Gebauer.
DEATH'S-HEAD HAWKMOTH taken at Rollesby Primary School, quite an impressive critter.
📷 photo by Norfolk Wildlife Trust.
(GREATER) SHORT-TOED LARK, Otterswick, Yell, Shetland.
📷 photos by Adrian Kettle.
Quite a hotspot and not far from you Stew.
23.09.2025 21:30 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Australian Magpie I believe.
23.09.2025 21:12 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Aussie bruiser WEDGE-TAILED EAGLE.
📷 photo by G. P. Moore.
1st-w LESSER GREY SHRIKE still present today at Winterton North Dunes, NFK.
📷 photos by John Harris.
16 years has sped past since this near mythical species occurred at Trow Quarry, South Shields, EASTERN CROWNED WARBLER. The same location as today's PECHORA PIPIT.
📷 photo by Stefan McElwee.
My best attempt at the Trow Quarry Pechora pipit! A truly stunning and mega rare bird which was my 400th species in Britain, what a bird to reach it with!!
21.09.2025 19:36 — 👍 35 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
A pristine (Juv) HONEY BUZZARD taken on Yell, Shetland by Adrian Kettle.
13.09.2025 15:09 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Not something you see every day. Photo from FB.
10.09.2025 16:13 — 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
BLACK-SHOULDERED KITE a much sought after sp in the UK finally scored today at Hickling NWT general consensus is it's the same individual that occurred at exactly the same spot in 2023.
Photo by Stuart White.
Indeed, not taken by me though.
04.09.2025 16:54 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
