Phil Mountain
@philmountain.bsky.social
Dad, birder, grumpy old man.
Really enjoyable couple of hours at Ellerton Church LDV this morning. Great, prolonged views of Tundra Beans & Russian Whitefronts mixed in with the Pinkies and Greylags. 😁 @northyorksbirds.bsky.social @yorkbirding.bsky.social
January 24, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Really enjoyable couple of hours at Ellerton Church LDV this morning. Great, prolonged views of Tundra Beans & Russian Whitefronts mixed in with the Pinkies and Greylags. 😁 @northyorksbirds.bsky.social @yorkbirding.bsky.social
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I always thought MLK’s ‘Mountaintop’ speech was his best, which was given the day before he was killed. It is especially relevant given what is happening now in MN and elsewhere. He was getting many serious threats, which he references in his line “I may not get there with you.”
January 20, 2026 at 12:58 AM
I always thought MLK’s ‘Mountaintop’ speech was his best, which was given the day before he was killed. It is especially relevant given what is happening now in MN and elsewhere. He was getting many serious threats, which he references in his line “I may not get there with you.”
I’ve mainly been enjoying a wild goose chase around the LDV this week! 😁
January 17, 2026 at 6:52 AM
I’ve mainly been enjoying a wild goose chase around the LDV this week! 😁
Goose-tastic field on approach to East Cottingwith, LDV today, with 10 Beans and 2 Whitefronts within the large Greylag/Pinkfoot skeins!
@yorkbirding.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social
@yorkbirding.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social
January 10, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Goose-tastic field on approach to East Cottingwith, LDV today, with 10 Beans and 2 Whitefronts within the large Greylag/Pinkfoot skeins!
@yorkbirding.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social
@yorkbirding.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social
Great days birding in the Lower Derwent Valley, starting with 2 Scaup, followed by the White-tailed Eagle, finishing off with 2 Caspian Gulls in the roost. Hundreds of waterfowl, 6 other raptor species, Blackwits, Snipe, Lapwing and Goldies added to the mix 😁! #yorkshirebirding
January 3, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Great days birding in the Lower Derwent Valley, starting with 2 Scaup, followed by the White-tailed Eagle, finishing off with 2 Caspian Gulls in the roost. Hundreds of waterfowl, 6 other raptor species, Blackwits, Snipe, Lapwing and Goldies added to the mix 😁! #yorkshirebirding
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Comparing MPs pay with Doctors.
Isn't it amazing, austerity for everyone except Billionaires and MPs.
What a coincidence.
Isn't it amazing, austerity for everyone except Billionaires and MPs.
What a coincidence.
December 16, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Comparing MPs pay with Doctors.
Isn't it amazing, austerity for everyone except Billionaires and MPs.
What a coincidence.
Isn't it amazing, austerity for everyone except Billionaires and MPs.
What a coincidence.
1st thing I pointed my scope at from the hotel balcony this morning in Ponta Delgado, Azores, Great-tailed Grackle, nice start to a work trip!
December 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
1st thing I pointed my scope at from the hotel balcony this morning in Ponta Delgado, Azores, Great-tailed Grackle, nice start to a work trip!
That’s it now, forced to inhabit corporate Christmas habitat whilst travelling for work, baaaaa humbug!
November 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
That’s it now, forced to inhabit corporate Christmas habitat whilst travelling for work, baaaaa humbug!
Fantastic weekend walking with non-birding friends from Port Mulgrave, south to Sandsend on Saturday and north to Saltburn today; the coastal habitat looks fantastic! Very breezy, but managed a beast of a male Northern Bullfinch as we set off this morning at Port Mulgrave 👊!
October 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Fantastic weekend walking with non-birding friends from Port Mulgrave, south to Sandsend on Saturday and north to Saltburn today; the coastal habitat looks fantastic! Very breezy, but managed a beast of a male Northern Bullfinch as we set off this morning at Port Mulgrave 👊!
Well, at least the dawn sky was pretty……
October 9, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Well, at least the dawn sky was pretty……
They appear to taking birding very seriously in Kazakhstan; bird of the day Turkestan Tit, a great Tit!
September 28, 2025 at 8:18 AM
They appear to taking birding very seriously in Kazakhstan; bird of the day Turkestan Tit, a great Tit!
Blast from the past yesterday, ‘Breakfast Special’ for dinner at the ‘Redbeck’. The start-point of many a twitch for Wintersett birders back in the day!
September 21, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Blast from the past yesterday, ‘Breakfast Special’ for dinner at the ‘Redbeck’. The start-point of many a twitch for Wintersett birders back in the day!
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Try taking the COVID competency exam yourself, and share it around! Great way to bust myths (and the person who wrote it is an epidemiologist, and well-informed, so it really does).
seanmullen.com/covidcompete...
seanmullen.com/covidcompete...
September 15, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Try taking the COVID competency exam yourself, and share it around! Great way to bust myths (and the person who wrote it is an epidemiologist, and well-informed, so it really does).
seanmullen.com/covidcompete...
seanmullen.com/covidcompete...
Just got the all clear from the hospital, PIL blasting out on my speaker, Feckin A!
August 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Just got the all clear from the hospital, PIL blasting out on my speaker, Feckin A!
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We just watched this and really enjoyed it. One of the first films on birding I have properly liked! Recommend, and it's not just for birdwatchers btw
youtu.be/zl-wAqplQAo?...
youtu.be/zl-wAqplQAo?...
LISTERS: A Glimpse Into Extreme Birdwatching
YouTube video by owen reiser
youtu.be
August 25, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Motherfucking wind farms…
Another proud Dad moment, Dr Phoebe no less! ❤️
July 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Another proud Dad moment, Dr Phoebe no less! ❤️
My brood, punting in Oxon ahead of Phoebe’s graduation!
July 18, 2025 at 3:20 PM
My brood, punting in Oxon ahead of Phoebe’s graduation!
Heat-induced, torpor dominated garden VP = Swift action, post-breeding gull meanderings, a BZ & SH…….
July 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Heat-induced, torpor dominated garden VP = Swift action, post-breeding gull meanderings, a BZ & SH…….
Pretty good BBQ prep quencher!
June 29, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Pretty good BBQ prep quencher!
Glad to be out and about after my Prostatectomy; a real tonic watching both Little Egrets and a Great Egret doing their thing.
June 27, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Glad to be out and about after my Prostatectomy; a real tonic watching both Little Egrets and a Great Egret doing their thing.
Post Op garden VP fun; Swift action takes the 1st prize!
June 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Post Op garden VP fun; Swift action takes the 1st prize!
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😂 you just have to listen to this 😂
June 15, 2025 at 7:19 AM
😂 you just have to listen to this 😂
Ooof, Tien Shan highlights from a work trip this week.
May 22, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Ooof, Tien Shan highlights from a work trip this week.
CMF at the Cosmo-station, Almaty yesterday 🤯!
May 18, 2025 at 4:20 AM
CMF at the Cosmo-station, Almaty yesterday 🤯!