Brian Minshull
@collapsedbirder.bsky.social
Carrier of various crosses...... birding, Burnley FC, daughters, etc.. Ecological consultant at the latter end of my career maybes...
Tibetan Sand Plover, or Lesser Sand Plover as it was pre-decimalisation, or whatever...... .
An epic twitch. Read on.
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An epic twitch. Read on.
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Confessions of a lapsed birder
An intermittent confessional from a lapsed birder, (okay occasional birder and semi-retired twitcher), delighted, (for now), Burnley follower, environmental consultant slave-worker, (my boss is a b***...
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January 25, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Tibetan Sand Plover, or Lesser Sand Plover as it was pre-decimalisation, or whatever...... .
An epic twitch. Read on.
#UKRares
#rarebirdsUK
#UKbirding
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An epic twitch. Read on.
#UKRares
#rarebirdsUK
#UKbirding
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Here you go (again). Just maybe, sometimes the way to go is just to use the original notebook sketch....?
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January 19, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Here you go (again). Just maybe, sometimes the way to go is just to use the original notebook sketch....?
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Another! American Herring Gull. Just maybe sometimes using the original notebook sketch might be the way to go.
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January 19, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Another! American Herring Gull. Just maybe sometimes using the original notebook sketch might be the way to go.
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Here you go. I need to get back to regular postings, but another 'new species account' this time from 'just' 25 years ago. 🙄
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January 12, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Here you go. I need to get back to regular postings, but another 'new species account' this time from 'just' 25 years ago. 🙄
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So. It's been WAY too long; all I have posted of late has been excuses such like the one I posted (but never 'flagged') about 7 days ago.
It includes an update on what I have been doing, plus a reference to an extinct bird I saw eons ago, and a notebook sketch.
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It includes an update on what I have been doing, plus a reference to an extinct bird I saw eons ago, and a notebook sketch.
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December 31, 2025 at 1:45 PM
So. It's been WAY too long; all I have posted of late has been excuses such like the one I posted (but never 'flagged') about 7 days ago.
It includes an update on what I have been doing, plus a reference to an extinct bird I saw eons ago, and a notebook sketch.
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It includes an update on what I have been doing, plus a reference to an extinct bird I saw eons ago, and a notebook sketch.
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Here you go, my account of the recent Blackpoll Warbler saga.
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October 22, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Here you go, my account of the recent Blackpoll Warbler saga.
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Here you go, a new blogpost, with many apologies, as it has been WAY too long between such posts (although, as detailed, I have been away from sometime this autumn....).
Anyway, I give you my one of my successes of my recent trip to Shetland.
Enjoy.
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Anyway, I give you my one of my successes of my recent trip to Shetland.
Enjoy.
#birds
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October 17, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Here you go, a new blogpost, with many apologies, as it has been WAY too long between such posts (although, as detailed, I have been away from sometime this autumn....).
Anyway, I give you my one of my successes of my recent trip to Shetland.
Enjoy.
#birds
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Anyway, I give you my one of my successes of my recent trip to Shetland.
Enjoy.
#birds
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So, with apologies for the interlude, here's another blog upload 'inspired' by finally banging in a Marsh Sandpiper for my Scottish List a couple of days ago....
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September 9, 2025 at 1:50 PM
So, with apologies for the interlude, here's another blog upload 'inspired' by finally banging in a Marsh Sandpiper for my Scottish List a couple of days ago....
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Here we go. Cream-coloured Courser. A very good addition to my list in October 2004, the day before an even better bonus (Oven)bird..... .
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Here we go. Cream-coloured Courser. A very good addition to my list in October 2004, the day before an even better bonus (Oven)bird..... .
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July 31, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Here we go. Cream-coloured Courser. A very good addition to my list in October 2004, the day before an even better bonus (Oven)bird..... .
#birds
Here we go. Cream-coloured Courser. A very good addition to my list in October 2004, the day before an even better bonus (Oven)bird..... .
#birds
My latest dross, complete with the obligatory Sooty and Sweep joke. Apologies.
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July 22, 2025 at 2:13 PM
My latest dross, complete with the obligatory Sooty and Sweep joke. Apologies.
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Seems topical - following on from my Daurian Shrike account and relating to a 'get back on the bike' twitch almost exactly 3 years ago....
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July 10, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Seems topical - following on from my Daurian Shrike account and relating to a 'get back on the bike' twitch almost exactly 3 years ago....
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July 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Another post on Confessions of a lapsed birder. This one relates to me eventually catching up with a Lesser Crested Tern. Back then it was gettable - twitchable - each summer, whereas in recent summers it's congener Elegant Tern has taken on the role. #birds
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June 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Another post on Confessions of a lapsed birder. This one relates to me eventually catching up with a Lesser Crested Tern. Back then it was gettable - twitchable - each summer, whereas in recent summers it's congener Elegant Tern has taken on the role. #birds
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Two more added. Both relatively recent additions to the British list, and both seen before they actually became a 'thing'. As such, sketchy details only.
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Confessions of a lapsed birder
An intermittent confessional from a lapsed birder, (okay occasional birder and semi-retired twitcher), delighted, (for now), Burnley follower, environmental consultant slave-worker, (my boss is a b***...
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June 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Two more added. Both relatively recent additions to the British list, and both seen before they actually became a 'thing'. As such, sketchy details only.
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101. Baikal Teal, Crossens Outer Marsh, November 2013. That's it.
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May 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
101. Baikal Teal, Crossens Outer Marsh, November 2013. That's it.
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I can't guarantee the current rate of productivity will continue, but I've just banged out another blog post, making it a round 100 of these sorry tales published to date.... .
So, 'just' another 150 left.
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So, 'just' another 150 left.
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May 18, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I can't guarantee the current rate of productivity will continue, but I've just banged out another blog post, making it a round 100 of these sorry tales published to date.... .
So, 'just' another 150 left.
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So, 'just' another 150 left.
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You wait for weeks, and then two come along within a couple of days!
Yep, another account has just been uploaded to the 'Confessions of a lapsed birder' blog, inspired by recently connecting with a Kentish Plover for my Scottish list.
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Yep, another account has just been uploaded to the 'Confessions of a lapsed birder' blog, inspired by recently connecting with a Kentish Plover for my Scottish list.
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May 13, 2025 at 9:42 PM
You wait for weeks, and then two come along within a couple of days!
Yep, another account has just been uploaded to the 'Confessions of a lapsed birder' blog, inspired by recently connecting with a Kentish Plover for my Scottish list.
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Yep, another account has just been uploaded to the 'Confessions of a lapsed birder' blog, inspired by recently connecting with a Kentish Plover for my Scottish list.
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Closing on a 100 of these nonsense tales have now been published on this blog. I'll keep going until my audience pleads for mercy - all three of you!
Here's one from early 2008, and what was one of my favourite birding destinations in the really distant past.... 😊.
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Here's one from early 2008, and what was one of my favourite birding destinations in the really distant past.... 😊.
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May 11, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Closing on a 100 of these nonsense tales have now been published on this blog. I'll keep going until my audience pleads for mercy - all three of you!
Here's one from early 2008, and what was one of my favourite birding destinations in the really distant past.... 😊.
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Here's one from early 2008, and what was one of my favourite birding destinations in the really distant past.... 😊.
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Here you go. A grim tale (see what I did there??) of what might have been way back when, and a less than grim tale of what was 9 years later, when I finally achieved some sort of redemption.
A colourful tale of eventually getting a gray (grey!!) bird OML.
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A colourful tale of eventually getting a gray (grey!!) bird OML.
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April 26, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Here you go. A grim tale (see what I did there??) of what might have been way back when, and a less than grim tale of what was 9 years later, when I finally achieved some sort of redemption.
A colourful tale of eventually getting a gray (grey!!) bird OML.
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A colourful tale of eventually getting a gray (grey!!) bird OML.
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Another. Related to my first-ever twitch from St Albans with Peter Ewer and Mike Thompson. Saw some top birds with Pete and Mike from this bird on. Anyway, if my turgid tales vaguely amuse go to collapsedbirder.blogspot.com?m=0 .
April 7, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Another. Related to my first-ever twitch from St Albans with Peter Ewer and Mike Thompson. Saw some top birds with Pete and Mike from this bird on. Anyway, if my turgid tales vaguely amuse go to collapsedbirder.blogspot.com?m=0 .
Here we go. Another saga from ancient history. All about my first Caspian Tern and the supporting cast, plus a little about my second. Again, still need it for Scotland. And please, no sniggering at the back of the class.... .
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April 2, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Here we go. Another saga from ancient history. All about my first Caspian Tern and the supporting cast, plus a little about my second. Again, still need it for Scotland. And please, no sniggering at the back of the class.... .
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Here you go. I like to be topical. Seems like there's been roving gangs of Lesser White-fronted Geese this winter. Thing is, they relate to the Swedish reintroduction scheme, and as such, unlike 'my' bird back in January 1988 aren't countable. #birds
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March 23, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Here you go. I like to be topical. Seems like there's been roving gangs of Lesser White-fronted Geese this winter. Thing is, they relate to the Swedish reintroduction scheme, and as such, unlike 'my' bird back in January 1988 aren't countable. #birds
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Black-eared Wheatear, back when they were untwitchable, one day birds. Turned out to be the same weekend as the then also untwitchable, mythological Red-flanked Bluetail. If Carlsberg (or actually good Merlot 😊) did weekends.
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for this and much more nonsense. #birds
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for this and much more nonsense. #birds
March 17, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Black-eared Wheatear, back when they were untwitchable, one day birds. Turned out to be the same weekend as the then also untwitchable, mythological Red-flanked Bluetail. If Carlsberg (or actually good Merlot 😊) did weekends.
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for this and much more nonsense. #birds
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for this and much more nonsense. #birds
March 13, 2025 at 12:36 PM
It's been a long time coming, but I give you:
Nutcracker. Sweet.
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Nutcracker. Sweet.
Check out the latest post on Confessions of a Lapsed Birder.
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March 3, 2025 at 10:41 AM
It's been a long time coming, but I give you:
Nutcracker. Sweet.
Check out the latest post on Confessions of a Lapsed Birder.
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Nutcracker. Sweet.
Check out the latest post on Confessions of a Lapsed Birder.
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