Mike Crawley
@mikegc.bsky.social
birder, environmentalist, retired Chartered Chemist, rugby enthusiast, doting Gramps to 2 magic granddaughters and emeritus President of Burnage RFC 🏴🇬🇧
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November 14, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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Folks can we help Natee please? I don't have anything suitable but some one must. They are a superb artist! #Birds #UKbirding
If anyone has good photographs of European goldfinches that they're happy for me to use as painting references, I'd be so grateful. Thank you. 💛
Please share among birders, if you would! 🙏🪶
Please share among birders, if you would! 🙏🪶
October 28, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Folks can we help Natee please? I don't have anything suitable but some one must. They are a superb artist! #Birds #UKbirding
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October 24, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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6 hours in the Celtic sea on a pelagic birding trip today.
Some great birds and some good laughs.
This raft of Great Shearwater calling to each other was a surprise.
Some great birds and some good laughs.
This raft of Great Shearwater calling to each other was a surprise.
September 29, 2025 at 9:26 PM
6 hours in the Celtic sea on a pelagic birding trip today.
Some great birds and some good laughs.
This raft of Great Shearwater calling to each other was a surprise.
Some great birds and some good laughs.
This raft of Great Shearwater calling to each other was a surprise.
Brilliant artwork and evocative of the way I saw the bird
Black-winged kite, Hickling. Second record in 2 years-?returning bird?
September 12, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Brilliant artwork and evocative of the way I saw the bird
Nice early outing to Pennington Flash this morning where the drake Lesser Scaup was very obliging, showing well close to the shore and car park.
Failed miserably with the phone scoping though 🤦🏼♂️
#birding #rarebirdsUK
Failed miserably with the phone scoping though 🤦🏼♂️
#birding #rarebirdsUK
July 8, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Nice early outing to Pennington Flash this morning where the drake Lesser Scaup was very obliging, showing well close to the shore and car park.
Failed miserably with the phone scoping though 🤦🏼♂️
#birding #rarebirdsUK
Failed miserably with the phone scoping though 🤦🏼♂️
#birding #rarebirdsUK
‘twas a busy day volunteering at my local RSPB reserve
Mediterranean Gulls had chicks, as did most of the Black-headed Gulls, waders & ducks.
We await the appearance of the Spoonbill fledglings (hopefully) and the Sand Martin fledglings.
Bird of the day ?
Bee Orchid (I know but it’s fab)
#ukbirding
Mediterranean Gulls had chicks, as did most of the Black-headed Gulls, waders & ducks.
We await the appearance of the Spoonbill fledglings (hopefully) and the Sand Martin fledglings.
Bird of the day ?
Bee Orchid (I know but it’s fab)
#ukbirding
June 5, 2025 at 5:39 PM
‘twas a busy day volunteering at my local RSPB reserve
Mediterranean Gulls had chicks, as did most of the Black-headed Gulls, waders & ducks.
We await the appearance of the Spoonbill fledglings (hopefully) and the Sand Martin fledglings.
Bird of the day ?
Bee Orchid (I know but it’s fab)
#ukbirding
Mediterranean Gulls had chicks, as did most of the Black-headed Gulls, waders & ducks.
We await the appearance of the Spoonbill fledglings (hopefully) and the Sand Martin fledglings.
Bird of the day ?
Bee Orchid (I know but it’s fab)
#ukbirding
Just back from a smashing birdy morning near Daresbury (Cheshire)
The main attraction was this smart Woodchat Shrike - perhaps the first one I have seen in Cheshire.
Lots of other birds about and a surprisingly diverse range of flowers on the tow path of the Bridgewater Canal.
#ukbirds
#ukbirding
The main attraction was this smart Woodchat Shrike - perhaps the first one I have seen in Cheshire.
Lots of other birds about and a surprisingly diverse range of flowers on the tow path of the Bridgewater Canal.
#ukbirds
#ukbirding
June 4, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Just back from a smashing birdy morning near Daresbury (Cheshire)
The main attraction was this smart Woodchat Shrike - perhaps the first one I have seen in Cheshire.
Lots of other birds about and a surprisingly diverse range of flowers on the tow path of the Bridgewater Canal.
#ukbirds
#ukbirding
The main attraction was this smart Woodchat Shrike - perhaps the first one I have seen in Cheshire.
Lots of other birds about and a surprisingly diverse range of flowers on the tow path of the Bridgewater Canal.
#ukbirds
#ukbirding
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Update! A great friend is selling these @SwarovskiOptik 12x42 binoculars. They are boxed & in absolutely mint condition. He would like £1,850 but sensible offers considered. Please DM me if you would like them many thanks. #birding #birds #binoculars
May 28, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Update! A great friend is selling these @SwarovskiOptik 12x42 binoculars. They are boxed & in absolutely mint condition. He would like £1,850 but sensible offers considered. Please DM me if you would like them many thanks. #birding #birds #binoculars
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A great friend is selling these @SwarovskiOptik 12x42 binoculars. They are boxed & in absolutely mint condition. He would like £2,000 but sensible offers considered. Please DM me if you would like them many thanks. #birding #birds #binoculars #ukbirding
May 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
A great friend is selling these @SwarovskiOptik 12x42 binoculars. They are boxed & in absolutely mint condition. He would like £2,000 but sensible offers considered. Please DM me if you would like them many thanks. #birding #birds #binoculars #ukbirding
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To the cartoonist who drew this, well done.
May 18, 2025 at 3:33 AM
To the cartoonist who drew this, well done.
Great morning of birding on Anglesey today.
Penmon, Cemlyn and South Stack
Scenic splendour in beautiful sunshine.
#ukbirding
Penmon, Cemlyn and South Stack
Scenic splendour in beautiful sunshine.
#ukbirding
May 13, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Great morning of birding on Anglesey today.
Penmon, Cemlyn and South Stack
Scenic splendour in beautiful sunshine.
#ukbirding
Penmon, Cemlyn and South Stack
Scenic splendour in beautiful sunshine.
#ukbirding
One of those days when you wish you could paint - top class art from Ray @rayscally.bsky.social
PIED FLYCATCHER - Watercolour. One of my favourite birds and pleased to say I have a few breeding areas close to my house in Cheshire & Derbyshire so great to see annually. A lot of birds now back on the breeding grounds and paired up. This illustration will be published next year. #ukbirding #birds
May 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
One of those days when you wish you could paint - top class art from Ray @rayscally.bsky.social
Post volunteering “twitch” to Kelsall (Cheshire) to see a Stone Curlew. Haven’t seen one in Cheshire and neither have the other birders I know. Very distant and awkward in the heat haze. Pictured with my iPhone through my ‘scope.
May 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Post volunteering “twitch” to Kelsall (Cheshire) to see a Stone Curlew. Haven’t seen one in Cheshire and neither have the other birders I know. Very distant and awkward in the heat haze. Pictured with my iPhone through my ‘scope.
Took two of the grandkids to RSPB Conwy today. A bit cool and blowy and drizzly, but a good time had by all.
April 16, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Took two of the grandkids to RSPB Conwy today. A bit cool and blowy and drizzly, but a good time had by all.
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an obliging female Ring-necked Duck near sunny Burnley (Lee Green Reservoir)
Taken with my iPhone 14 through my ‘scope
Nice end to a smashing morning out
#ukbirding
Taken with my iPhone 14 through my ‘scope
Nice end to a smashing morning out
#ukbirding
April 1, 2025 at 1:25 PM
an obliging female Ring-necked Duck near sunny Burnley (Lee Green Reservoir)
Taken with my iPhone 14 through my ‘scope
Nice end to a smashing morning out
#ukbirding
Taken with my iPhone 14 through my ‘scope
Nice end to a smashing morning out
#ukbirding
Manchester Opera House
Waiting for The Dubliners
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Waiting for The Dubliners
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March 17, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Manchester Opera House
Waiting for The Dubliners
☘️
Waiting for The Dubliners
☘️
Visited Clowbridge Reservoir in Burnley this morning.
This Red-necked Grebe was much more obliging than these digiscope shots suggests - must practice more !
#ukbirding
This Red-necked Grebe was much more obliging than these digiscope shots suggests - must practice more !
#ukbirding
March 12, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Visited Clowbridge Reservoir in Burnley this morning.
This Red-necked Grebe was much more obliging than these digiscope shots suggests - must practice more !
#ukbirding
This Red-necked Grebe was much more obliging than these digiscope shots suggests - must practice more !
#ukbirding
The wonderful Mrs Pankhurst (well her statue in Manchester did) popped up in my Facebook memories this morning.
Happy International Women’s Day ❤️
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Happy International Women’s Day ❤️
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March 8, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The wonderful Mrs Pankhurst (well her statue in Manchester did) popped up in my Facebook memories this morning.
Happy International Women’s Day ❤️
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Happy International Women’s Day ❤️
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Great day at RSPB Burton Mere (Cheshire).
Great views of male and female Marsh Harriers collecting nesting material, a clise, perched Kingfisher and 88 Avocet
#ukbirding
Great views of male and female Marsh Harriers collecting nesting material, a clise, perched Kingfisher and 88 Avocet
#ukbirding
March 6, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Great day at RSPB Burton Mere (Cheshire).
Great views of male and female Marsh Harriers collecting nesting material, a clise, perched Kingfisher and 88 Avocet
#ukbirding
Great views of male and female Marsh Harriers collecting nesting material, a clise, perched Kingfisher and 88 Avocet
#ukbirding
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Word of the Day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet individual whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
February 14, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Word of the Day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet individual whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
got to love the PNG Courier
February 7, 2025 at 9:13 AM
got to love the PNG Courier
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February 2, 2025 at 1:35 AM