2025 has been a good year for birding, with 33 lifers over 6 Countries. Nice to meet a new birder friend and start patching a bit more. Highlights: Collared Flycatcher, Red-rumped Swallows, Black Eagle, Gull-billed Tern and RNG!

Here's to a bird-filled 2026 for all! Happy New Year
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Nice showy Grey Heron spotted my mum and 2 Chinese Water Deer on the way (2nd sighting for me) from a day out in Buckingham. Also Sparrowhawk, multiple Red Kites and an exciting harrier-type bird of prey gliding low over a field (brown, long and narrow wings + tail)

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Nice wander around the Beaconsfield area too, with pleenty of Pied Wags, Long tailed tits, Grey Heron, Moorhens and Redwings!

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Nice brief visit showing parents around patch today, with 3 patch ticks after my first visit in nearly 2 months! Nice to hear at least 1 Crossbill (Patch ✅) with 2 stonechats (Patch ✅) by the floods a few metres down from the footbridge. Also 6 lapwings over (Patch ✅)!

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Slightly shaky footage of a surprise Blue-faced Malkoha from a random pitstop on a travel-filled day! Also 2 Plain Prinia, 3 Jerdon's Bushlark, Ashy-crowned Sparrow Lark, 2 Spotted Owlet and a Hoopoe for a supporting cast (Aug 2025)

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Watercolour again this morning, Yellow-Browed Warbler this time!

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No photos as seen while stuck in traffic but nice to Bucks ✅ Wigeon on Skottowe's Pond, Lowndes Park. Not too common in the Chesham/Amersham area and a nice 95th county bird #bucksbirding

Great to get the 6th species of finch for the garden on a #vismig this morning in the form of a Siskin. Supporting cast of at least 2 mipits, goldcrest and the other regulars

9+ Mipits, 2 Pied Wag and a whole bunch of rooks the best while #vismigging today in the garden. No hirundine movement here but nice to get the mipit garden ✅️

On top of the wheatears, I also managed to get about 14 Desert Sparrows from when we arrived to the next mornin. Overall a great combo of birds to end my first visit to the Sahara. Quality over quantity at its best! #birding #moroccobirding #birdphotography

Throwback to a few seriously showy White-crowned Wheatears from the Sahara Desert in Morocco. One of two lifers from the Sahara and sensational views of this beauty!
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