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new year list

The excitement for starting a new year list was building as we moved towards January 1st but I was feeling a little under the weather on New years eve so called the Jims to postpone things and instead ticked a few birds in the garden. On the 2nd I called and asked if they would like to do a short local trip with me as I still didn't feel up for a longer drive to Norfolk for the ...


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I had a day off yesterday and despite feeling a bit under the weather I decided I'd go see the Eastern Black Redstart at Sheringham. Being a sub species I've never really bothered to twitch one before despite there having been some twenty plus records. Eastern Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros phoenicuroides) is a bird that inhabits Asia with a range creeping into Easter...


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BOU updates

So the recent IOC/BOU updates have now been loaded up into Bubo where I store my bird lists.The result means I have lost three life ticks.Hooded Crow is now lumped with Carrion Crow Green-winged Teal is now considered to be the sub species of Teal Stejneger's Stonechat is now considered Siberian Stonechat.So the impact takes my official BOU life list to 452 but I keep ...


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I headed up the A11 to Lynford this morning and enjoyed a couple of hours strolling about searching for Crossbill. I saw four groups of Crossbill and counted a total of 47 species which included an odd record of flyover Golden Plover. I was about to do a second circuit when I checked my phone to find the Black-bellied Dipper at Bintree Mill Norfolk had been seen so I decided ...


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2025 review

Reflecting on the year almost over where I said a sad fairwell to my Father in law after the passing of my Mother in law back in November 2024. Following his passing I had the unenviable task of helping to sort out first the funeral then the double internment, followed by the very emotional role of clearing the family home. With all this ongoing my daughter in law fell ill and b...


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