Mike Crawley

I’ve been to see it today and appreciate the skill 👏🏻

superb 👌🏻

smashing blog, I was stood at that very spot watching the Zitting Cisticola at 11am
Just back
It’s definitely a trek

🤣
I could spend all week generating some samples to analyse and often only produced a millilitre or two from 30+ hours of work.
99.99% were clear colourless solutions.

If it’s got to be flute music, can it be “Uriah Heep” ?

I was a chemist in real life but helped set up some advertising/display material.
All the clear solutions I worked with were magically replaced by bright reds, greens, yellows and blues. I’ll admit, making the various colourful solutions was good fun.

really exciting to see in the U.K. too !!

rugby related rather than birds at the moment

I’ve been with RBA from just after they first started the business.

I guess you know they both subscribe to each other’s App. and as many local WhatsApp groups they can.

Not looked at Birdguides for a while (tried a free trial).

At one stage BG had the edge but I’m told RBA are in the lead now

I imagine a full strength Leinster would batter Portugal too.
I wonder if having teams like Portugal and Spain in the second tier of European rugby, playing against club sides would be better for their development

Sorry for your loss, funerals of old school chums are shite

I think they mean “seen by five LUCKY observers” 😉

Nice early outing to Pennington Flash this morning where the drake Lesser Scaup was very obliging, showing well close to the shore and car park.
Failed miserably with the phone scoping though 🤦🏼‍♂️
#birding #rarebirdsUK

As a 20 something, this character was a big attraction and made Blake’s 7 more watchable

a fantastic bird which topped off a cracking day out
What a stunning image 👏🏻

Hasn’t someone just died from a scratch delivered by a cat (was it Spain ?)
Rabies isn’t going away anytime soon

He probably watched it the first time round in 1975 👍🏻

‘twas a busy day volunteering at my local RSPB reserve
Mediterranean Gulls had chicks, as did most of the Black-headed Gulls, waders & ducks.
We await the appearance of the Spoonbill fledglings (hopefully) and the Sand Martin fledglings.
Bird of the day ?
Bee Orchid (I know but it’s fab)
#ukbirding

Just back from a smashing birdy morning near Daresbury (Cheshire)
The main attraction was this smart Woodchat Shrike - perhaps the first one I have seen in Cheshire.
Lots of other birds about and a surprisingly diverse range of flowers on the tow path of the Bridgewater Canal.
#ukbirds
#ukbirding

hope you’re feeling a bit better ❤️‍🩹

or delivered ?

Update! A great friend is selling these @SwarovskiOptik 12x42 binoculars. They are boxed & in absolutely mint condition. He would like £1,850 but sensible offers considered. Please DM me if you would like them many thanks. #birding #birds #binoculars

A great friend is selling these @SwarovskiOptik 12x42 binoculars. They are boxed & in absolutely mint condition. He would like £2,000 but sensible offers considered. Please DM me if you would like them many thanks. #birding #birds #binoculars #ukbirding

Stopping the ball getting to Louis Bielle-Biarrey will be a big help.

To the cartoonist who drew this, well done.

Great morning of birding on Anglesey today.
Penmon, Cemlyn and South Stack
Scenic splendour in beautiful sunshine.
#ukbirding

If FIFA was a better organisation, it would be removing games from the USA and rescheduling them in Canada and Mexico.

We have had a couple of Wood Sandpipers at our local RSPB. As you accurately say, hiding in distant reedy fringes but brilliant to catch up with 👍🏻

One of those days when you wish you could paint - top class art from Ray @rayscally.bsky.social

#ukbirding