Rich
@scottybirder.bsky.social
Birding mainly in Yorkshire and north Nottinghamshire #phonescoping #nocmig #patchbirding #gulls
After 22+ years solid service, my Swarovski 8.5x42 EL latest repair bill would be £1000+. I'm thinking it's probably time for new binoculars instead, but having not bought any for so long, I'm after any advice. I've really liked the ELs (other than the eyecups always perishing).
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January 12, 2026 at 8:24 PM
1st-winter Med Gull at Lakeside and adult Med Gull at Lound in the last few days of 2025. Quite pleased with the results, phonescoped with the little Kowa TSN-55A. Hoping for a proper white-winger in the next few weeks🙏
January 5, 2026 at 5:39 PM
1st-winter Med Gull at Lakeside and adult Med Gull at Lound in the last few days of 2025. Quite pleased with the results, phonescoped with the little Kowa TSN-55A. Hoping for a proper white-winger in the next few weeks🙏
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First #patchbirding twitch of the year for this juvenile glaucous gull at North Shields Fish Quay, which gave good views late this afternoon before heading off towards South Shields Pier. I didn't see one here last year, so it was great to see this one so early in 2026. #nebirding
January 3, 2026 at 4:47 PM
First #patchbirding twitch of the year for this juvenile glaucous gull at North Shields Fish Quay, which gave good views late this afternoon before heading off towards South Shields Pier. I didn't see one here last year, so it was great to see this one so early in 2026. #nebirding
Beat that @rarebirder.bsky.social 😂
November 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Beat that @rarebirder.bsky.social 😂
Stayed at Potteric Carr until dusk hoping for a gull roost that failed to materialize. So a couple of Whoopers and a murmuration were consolations
November 22, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Stayed at Potteric Carr until dusk hoping for a gull roost that failed to materialize. So a couple of Whoopers and a murmuration were consolations
It was nice to see a couple of Spot Reds at Potteric Carr this morning. Pity they were flushed by a marsh harrier. #patchbirding #yorkshirebirding
November 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
It was nice to see a couple of Spot Reds at Potteric Carr this morning. Pity they were flushed by a marsh harrier. #patchbirding #yorkshirebirding
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October 31, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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One of the most incredible WTF!! moments I have witnessed in 41 years birding Belvide. 8 White-rumped Sandpiper on the north shore between 4pm-5.30pm. Just short of a British Record of 11 on the outer Hebrides. Thought I'd lost the plot when I saw them. Still pinching myself. #UKbirding
October 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
One of the most incredible WTF!! moments I have witnessed in 41 years birding Belvide. 8 White-rumped Sandpiper on the north shore between 4pm-5.30pm. Just short of a British Record of 11 on the outer Hebrides. Thought I'd lost the plot when I saw them. Still pinching myself. #UKbirding
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Many thanks to Mandy Gregory for sending on these images of the white throated needletail over @tophilllow.bsky.social yesterday. Perhaps it remembers where East Yorkshire’s premier insect diner is…
October 9, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Many thanks to Mandy Gregory for sending on these images of the white throated needletail over @tophilllow.bsky.social yesterday. Perhaps it remembers where East Yorkshire’s premier insect diner is…
Anyone at Flamborough keep eye up big pale falcon looked like saker just came in off at lighthouse lost behind cliff to south ?
September 26, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I'm finding the #chirpity app great for quickly processing #nocmig recordings. Had to laugh this morning when it identified me bringing in the recorder as a Bearded Tit 🤣 @chirpity-nocmig.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 10:32 AM
I'm finding the #chirpity app great for quickly processing #nocmig recordings. Had to laugh this morning when it identified me bringing in the recorder as a Bearded Tit 🤣 @chirpity-nocmig.bsky.social
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Juv Sabine's Cogden found b.y @notquitescilly.bsky.social it flew east at around 9.00am...
August 31, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Juv Sabine's Cogden found b.y @notquitescilly.bsky.social it flew east at around 9.00am...
Very quiet day at Southfield Res. A couple of Hobbies went south, a Common Sand and 200+ hirundines were the highlights.
August 30, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Very quiet day at Southfield Res. A couple of Hobbies went south, a Common Sand and 200+ hirundines were the highlights.
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A look through my 2026 calendar
August 29, 2025 at 1:49 PM
A look through my 2026 calendar
Potteric Carr: what it lacks in birds it makes up for in chips 😋
August 20, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Potteric Carr: what it lacks in birds it makes up for in chips 😋
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Stanford Reservoir - the ringing group deliver again. In crappy conditions with low bird numbers a 1st for the site & for Northants - BARRED WARBLER. Well deserved for the dedicated efforts of the group in their 50th year ringing at the site. Haven’t sweared so much for a while!!
August 20, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Stanford Reservoir - the ringing group deliver again. In crappy conditions with low bird numbers a 1st for the site & for Northants - BARRED WARBLER. Well deserved for the dedicated efforts of the group in their 50th year ringing at the site. Haven’t sweared so much for a while!!
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Sergeant Fiskies Lonely Spurn Club Band!!
August 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Sergeant Fiskies Lonely Spurn Club Band!!
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Farmoor last night, 2 Caspian Gulls and a Black Tern. No sketching as testing out a dual scope/camera setup for seawatching but seemingly very useful for gull roosts as well. The 3cy Casp and Black Tern are crops from very distant video (35x mag) - the 2cy Casp is a normal photo #ukbirding
August 14, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Farmoor last night, 2 Caspian Gulls and a Black Tern. No sketching as testing out a dual scope/camera setup for seawatching but seemingly very useful for gull roosts as well. The 3cy Casp and Black Tern are crops from very distant video (35x mag) - the 2cy Casp is a normal photo #ukbirding
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A drake Garganey, vermiculations don’t get much better. #birds #ukbirds #phonescoping vimeo.com/813700534
August 13, 2025 at 6:19 PM
A drake Garganey, vermiculations don’t get much better. #birds #ukbirds #phonescoping vimeo.com/813700534
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One of my favourite species - the Spotted Flycatcher. This pair nested in a half coconut shell we put up behind climbing undergrowth on my friends house. #birds #ukbirds #ornithology vimeo.com/568545027
August 7, 2025 at 12:09 PM
One of my favourite species - the Spotted Flycatcher. This pair nested in a half coconut shell we put up behind climbing undergrowth on my friends house. #birds #ukbirds #ornithology vimeo.com/568545027
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Three hour seawatch with good friend Justin Carr yesterday morning at @flamboroughbird.bsky.social not lots of birds but good close views of a Cory’s Shearwater and the below adult Pomarine Skua with spoons Digiscoped through a Swarovski STX85 @donnybirding.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social
August 3, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Three hour seawatch with good friend Justin Carr yesterday morning at @flamboroughbird.bsky.social not lots of birds but good close views of a Cory’s Shearwater and the below adult Pomarine Skua with spoons Digiscoped through a Swarovski STX85 @donnybirding.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social
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Dark-eyed Junco in a private garden in Ely on July 9th, which was unfortunately not seen again thereafter. This is the first ever American passerine species recorded in Cambs! @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding
July 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Dark-eyed Junco in a private garden in Ely on July 9th, which was unfortunately not seen again thereafter. This is the first ever American passerine species recorded in Cambs! @cambsbirdclub.bsky.social #ukbirding
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Buston Links Teal - 3 months on and this is what she now looks like. Seems to have got a bit greyer ??? The bill still looks big but looking more BWT ??. I thought I had this case closed as a hybrid (BWT x Shoveler) but today's views have put my head back a fuzz. #NEbirding #birdhybrids
July 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Buston Links Teal - 3 months on and this is what she now looks like. Seems to have got a bit greyer ??? The bill still looks big but looking more BWT ??. I thought I had this case closed as a hybrid (BWT x Shoveler) but today's views have put my head back a fuzz. #NEbirding #birdhybrids