Dave Gandy (Bangkok)

Good luck! Rainbow Pitta surely on the cards today 👍

And breathe. After 2.5h soggy dipping yet hoping, male Siberian thrush at Asta, Shetland. @dbradnum.bsky.social @beardybirder.bsky.social @moorebirdsbybike.bsky.social #ukbirding

Many EVs on the roads here in Bangkok, Thailand - quite a few Teslas but they are comprehensively outnumbered by BYD and various other Chinese brands and models I can hardly keep up with.

Interesting set of conditions for displacing migrants across NE North America over the last few days serve as a potential insight into the extend that ‘initial conditions’ vs ‘conveyance conditions’ impact vagrancy of American land birds - thread.

Probably the loveliest thread you will read today, full of beauty and kindness and improvised owl physio

Genetic Identification of Birds - The Aberdeen Wildlife DNA Lab Help Martin Collinson raise money to support University of Aberdeen Development Trust SCIO

Thank you to everyone who continues to contribute to our fundraiser. Recent greatest hits from samples sent in by ringers and birders for ID include an Atlas Flycatcher in Spain, and a Ménétries's Warbler in Poland!

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Nice one Chris! A very nice addition to the finds list! Hope you are well.

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World’s first device to capture harmful tyre particles invented by students | Imperial News | Imperial College London A group of Imperial students have invented a device to collect tyre particles from vehicles, a major contributor to the world’s air pollution.

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Wishing you all the best, Steve!

Chaps! Do yourself a favour and get a blood test done to have your PSA levels checked. I did last month and my elevated levels triggered off a scan, biopsy and prostate cancer diagnosis. The good news is that is a tiny amount, confined and not aggressive. Seems a good time to urge others to check!

September has been soooo busy that today was my first chance to get to the patch. Pretty incredible therefore that the first two migrants of my autumn were both Brown-chested Jungle Flycatchers - a very scarce passage migrant and red listed as "vulnerable' by IUCN #birding

Nicely played - just wait two years for it to reappear. Hope all’s good!

The combination of the media’s obsession with Farange & Starmer -Coopers’ acquiescence to the far right on immigration, contrasted with @zackpolanski.bsky.social winning the Green leadership has resulted in me joining the Greens. We need hope, we need sanity - let’s see what Zack can do.

Apologies in advance if you know but if you add " -ai" to the end of any Google search it doesn't do that standard ai summary. Saves on the rubbish and a tiny wee bit "greener" on the energy use front

BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.

In 2025 so far 10,428 species have been tallied, 95% of the list. Browsing through the remainder is to get a look at the real rarities of the birding world. Lots of island endemics, and birds who live in conflict areas.

📍Last week on August 1, 2025, Myanmar's junta chief, Min Aung Hlaing ends four-year state of emergency to plan for the nationwide #election at the end of the year.

🌐Follow next @53rd #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar Monthly Updates with @debbiestot scheduled on 26 August 2025 via Zoom and Facebook lives.

Mine was an #Opticron Classic 25x60. Bought for me for my birthday in 1985. I think my mum was bored to tears of me begging her for it, but when I used it to show her a kingfisher at Bough Beech Reservoir I think she had a lightbulb moment 😍

Crimson-headed Partridge, AKA Bloodhead ♂ 𝘏𝘢𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘺𝘹 𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘴 Endemic to Borneo

Crimson-headed Partridge, AKA Bloodhead ♂ 𝘏𝘢𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘺𝘹 𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘴 Endemic to Borneo

Crimson-headed Partridge, AKA Bloodhead ♀ 𝘏𝘢𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘺𝘹 𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘴 Endemic to Borneo

Crimson-headed Partridge, AKA Bloodhead ♀ 𝘏𝘢𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘺𝘹 𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘴 Endemic to Borneo

There are >60 #bird species #endemic to #Borneo, but Crimson-headed Partridge (Bloodhead) is among the few endemic genera. Despite the appearance this unique species is the closest relative of peacock-pheasants & Asian spurfowls

#birdphotography #birding #birdwatching #naturebeauty #wild #partridge

A couple of skulking endemics from my recent trip to #MountKinabalu. Mountain Wren-babbler (left) is typically found in small, noisy groups marauding close to the forest floor, whilst Bornean Stubtail (right) has a thin, very high-pitched call that I was amazed my ageing ears could still pick up 😅

Everett's Thrush 𝘡𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘢 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪 Endemic to Borneo

Everett's Thrush devouring some kind of squamate. ID suggestion would be appreciated!

นกเดินดงหัวสีส้ม Orange-headed Thrush 𝘎𝘦𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘭𝘢 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘢 Endemic subspecis to Borneo

นกเดินดงหัวสีส้ม Orange-headed Thrush 𝘎𝘦𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘭𝘢 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘢 Endemic subspecis to Borneo

The Bornean #endemic Everett's Thrush & 𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘢 Orange-headed Thrush from moist montane evergreen #forests of #Sabah on my recent trip.

#birdphotography #birding #birdwatching #naturebeauty #Malaysia #thrushes #wildlifephotography #animalphotography #colorfulbirds #wild #songbirds #naturephotography

Three dedicated birding trips to Kinabalu & the Crocker Range and Whitehead's Spiderhunter still eludes me. Think I'll try Sarawak next time!

Our last day on #MountKinabalu saw us trying to track down some missing endemics. Recent reports of a Fruithunter seen around Timphon Gate encouraged us to focus our efforts there, and despite having seen this species twice before in 2011, I was keen to see one again. I wasn't disappointed!

Our third day on #MountKinabalu was a wash out, with strong wind and heavy rain - it felt more like late October on Scilly! However before the weather closed in we spent first light watching a fantastic pair of Everett's Thrushes on the roadside - I love the smell of Zoothera in the morning!

UK’s rarest breeding birds raise chicks for first time in six years We can't tell you where it's happening. We really can't tell you quite why it's happening. But as the bloke who set up the Woodstock Festival once famously remarked: “The point is man - it's happening...

UK’s rarest breeding birds raise chicks for first time in six years

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Male & female Whitehead's Trogans #MountKinabalu #birding

The classic Whitehead's Trogan image. Our first afternoon on #MountKinabalu earlier this month found us watching a party of four trogans (two pairs). We encountered them on most days on the mountain.

We did it independently- just hired a car from Kota Kinabalu and drove ourselves. Contacted the hide owners through Facebook and got gen from various friends. Easy trip and cheap once you are there 👍

More pics of the phenomenal Bornean Peackock-Pheasant
#Birding #Borneo #Sabah #Malaysia