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Long-tailed Shrike

I'd had my usual early (really early) walk around KGV today, seen a Dunlin, 5 Redshank, 4 Oystercatchers and a Peregrine among the highlights of the 56 species today and was ready for a lazy day at home with Suzanne until the news landed that a Long-tailed Shrike had been refound at Eastleach Martin on the Oxfordshire/Gloucestershire border.  A quick call to Jimmy and I'...


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New bird for the reservoir
New birds don't come along very often for me at the George hence the chase for monthly totals and year totals to add a little spice but today I walked up to the causeway counting Ducks and Grebes as is normal these days. I wasn't very hopeful of anything on the causeway as there were two vans parked on it and one of the three fishermen was walking along the causeway back to the ...

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Took Dad for a lifer
My Dad loves a lifer, a new tick, a reason to update his list but he was away in Bruge with two of my (six) brothers on Monday so couldn't make it, Tuesday I was tied up with family stuff so I asked if he'd like to tick a new bird on Wednesday. He said he'd rather wait for news before we go so I started my day at the George where I added Great-black backed Gull to my July site l...

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Missed opportunities first half of 2026

Opportunity for life ticks has been limited but I've managed to pick up four new birds so far this year (Killdeer, Tawny Pipit, Eastern Sub-alpine Warbler and a FIRST FOR BRITAIN with the Western Reef Heron) but here's a list of the new birds that I've missed in the first half of 2026. I put this together for my own interest but hopefully one or two people reading it might fi...


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Hudsonian Godwit in Essex

I've seen Hudsonian Godwit twice in the UK with one in Hampshire (Titchfield Haven 2025) and my first a bit further away in Cheshire (Burton Mere 2024) but when one turned up at Minsmere in Suffolk I was thinking maybe if that hangs around I'll put in the two hour drive to see my third but the bird sadly didn't hang around. It arrived on 1st July but wasn't seen again until i...


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