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Andy Goodey
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Birder, nature and prog music. Python humour. Mid-Essex, shares abode with 8 prs Swifts, Jackdaws, bats and missus.
Surveyor of farmland birds as well as Nightingale, Marsh Tit, Turtle Dove and butterflies
This Great Egret showed nicely during a quick lunchtime foray away from my workshop. Still a scarce bird in mid-Essex, it was also seen at nearby Hatfield Forest Lake today
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November 13, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Great night at Chelmsford Theatre on Sunday seeing China Crisis in concert, a band I’ve not seen before. Also enjoyed lead singer Gary Daly’s humorous stand up routine in between songs.
October 27, 2025 at 4:53 PM
An unseen small flock of ‘chipping’ Crossbills temporarily interrupted my search of a largish tit flock among the damp, birch woods at Knettishall Heath at the weekend
October 13, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Woodlarks showed well at the weekend at Knettishall Heath, Suffolk. The cloudy conditions did not deter several singing birds
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October 13, 2025 at 11:50 AM
These 5 Whooper Swans were present for a few days near Messing. A very scarce visitor to this part of Essex
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October 13, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Rare visit to Hanningfield Res. Very windy so not at its best but single juvenile Black Tern and Hobby plus a few Ruff and Black-tailed Godwit present. Time spent viewing Ruddy Darters share a log pile with Common Lizard.
Earlier, Hobby hunting martins over Leez Res.
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September 15, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I’ve seen this group of Foxes twice recently at Pincey Brook, Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex. On both early morning occasions, they spread out singly across the grasslands, presumably to hunt in much the same way as wild dogs in Africa
September 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Slightly surreal watching this Black Tern at Abberton Reservoir whilst a few feet away a posse of noisy motorbikes were zooming back and forth along the causeway. To say they were speeding would be an understatement.
A cracking bird though
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September 6, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Congrats to the finders of the Gt Wigborough church’ Arctic Warbler. Apologies for poor quality video
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September 6, 2025 at 9:28 PM