Brian Minshull
@collapsedbirder.bsky.social
Carrier of various crosses...... birding, Burnley FC, daughters, etc.. Ecological consultant at the latter end of my career maybes...
Here you go, my account of the recent Blackpoll Warbler saga.
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October 22, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Here you go, my account of the recent Blackpoll Warbler saga.
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Here you go, a new blogpost, with many apologies, as it has been WAY too long between such posts (although, as detailed, I have been away from sometime this autumn....).
Anyway, I give you my one of my successes of my recent trip to Shetland.
Enjoy.
#birds
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Anyway, I give you my one of my successes of my recent trip to Shetland.
Enjoy.
#birds
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October 17, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Here you go, a new blogpost, with many apologies, as it has been WAY too long between such posts (although, as detailed, I have been away from sometime this autumn....).
Anyway, I give you my one of my successes of my recent trip to Shetland.
Enjoy.
#birds
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Anyway, I give you my one of my successes of my recent trip to Shetland.
Enjoy.
#birds
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So, with apologies for the interlude, here's another blog upload 'inspired' by finally banging in a Marsh Sandpiper for my Scottish List a couple of days ago....
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September 9, 2025 at 1:50 PM
So, with apologies for the interlude, here's another blog upload 'inspired' by finally banging in a Marsh Sandpiper for my Scottish List a couple of days ago....
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Here we go. Cream-coloured Courser. A very good addition to my list in October 2004, the day before an even better bonus (Oven)bird..... .
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Here we go. Cream-coloured Courser. A very good addition to my list in October 2004, the day before an even better bonus (Oven)bird..... .
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July 31, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Here we go. Cream-coloured Courser. A very good addition to my list in October 2004, the day before an even better bonus (Oven)bird..... .
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Here we go. Cream-coloured Courser. A very good addition to my list in October 2004, the day before an even better bonus (Oven)bird..... .
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My latest dross, complete with the obligatory Sooty and Sweep joke. Apologies.
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July 22, 2025 at 2:13 PM
My latest dross, complete with the obligatory Sooty and Sweep joke. Apologies.
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Seems topical - following on from my Daurian Shrike account and relating to a 'get back on the bike' twitch almost exactly 3 years ago....
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July 10, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Seems topical - following on from my Daurian Shrike account and relating to a 'get back on the bike' twitch almost exactly 3 years ago....
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July 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Another post on Confessions of a lapsed birder. This one relates to me eventually catching up with a Lesser Crested Tern. Back then it was gettable - twitchable - each summer, whereas in recent summers it's congener Elegant Tern has taken on the role. #birds
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June 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Another post on Confessions of a lapsed birder. This one relates to me eventually catching up with a Lesser Crested Tern. Back then it was gettable - twitchable - each summer, whereas in recent summers it's congener Elegant Tern has taken on the role. #birds
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101. Baikal Teal, Crossens Outer Marsh, November 2013. That's it.
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May 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
101. Baikal Teal, Crossens Outer Marsh, November 2013. That's it.
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I can't guarantee the current rate of productivity will continue, but I've just banged out another blog post, making it a round 100 of these sorry tales published to date.... .
So, 'just' another 150 left.
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So, 'just' another 150 left.
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May 18, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I can't guarantee the current rate of productivity will continue, but I've just banged out another blog post, making it a round 100 of these sorry tales published to date.... .
So, 'just' another 150 left.
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So, 'just' another 150 left.
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You wait for weeks, and then two come along within a couple of days!
Yep, another account has just been uploaded to the 'Confessions of a lapsed birder' blog, inspired by recently connecting with a Kentish Plover for my Scottish list.
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Yep, another account has just been uploaded to the 'Confessions of a lapsed birder' blog, inspired by recently connecting with a Kentish Plover for my Scottish list.
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May 13, 2025 at 9:42 PM
You wait for weeks, and then two come along within a couple of days!
Yep, another account has just been uploaded to the 'Confessions of a lapsed birder' blog, inspired by recently connecting with a Kentish Plover for my Scottish list.
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Yep, another account has just been uploaded to the 'Confessions of a lapsed birder' blog, inspired by recently connecting with a Kentish Plover for my Scottish list.
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Closing on a 100 of these nonsense tales have now been published on this blog. I'll keep going until my audience pleads for mercy - all three of you!
Here's one from early 2008, and what was one of my favourite birding destinations in the really distant past.... 😊.
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Here's one from early 2008, and what was one of my favourite birding destinations in the really distant past.... 😊.
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May 11, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Closing on a 100 of these nonsense tales have now been published on this blog. I'll keep going until my audience pleads for mercy - all three of you!
Here's one from early 2008, and what was one of my favourite birding destinations in the really distant past.... 😊.
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Here's one from early 2008, and what was one of my favourite birding destinations in the really distant past.... 😊.
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Here you go. A grim tale (see what I did there??) of what might have been way back when, and a less than grim tale of what was 9 years later, when I finally achieved some sort of redemption.
A colourful tale of eventually getting a gray (grey!!) bird OML.
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A colourful tale of eventually getting a gray (grey!!) bird OML.
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April 26, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Here you go. A grim tale (see what I did there??) of what might have been way back when, and a less than grim tale of what was 9 years later, when I finally achieved some sort of redemption.
A colourful tale of eventually getting a gray (grey!!) bird OML.
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A colourful tale of eventually getting a gray (grey!!) bird OML.
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Another. Related to my first-ever twitch from St Albans with Peter Ewer and Mike Thompson. Saw some top birds with Pete and Mike from this bird on. Anyway, if my turgid tales vaguely amuse go to collapsedbirder.blogspot.com?m=0 .
April 7, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Another. Related to my first-ever twitch from St Albans with Peter Ewer and Mike Thompson. Saw some top birds with Pete and Mike from this bird on. Anyway, if my turgid tales vaguely amuse go to collapsedbirder.blogspot.com?m=0 .
Here we go. Another saga from ancient history. All about my first Caspian Tern and the supporting cast, plus a little about my second. Again, still need it for Scotland. And please, no sniggering at the back of the class.... .
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April 2, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Here we go. Another saga from ancient history. All about my first Caspian Tern and the supporting cast, plus a little about my second. Again, still need it for Scotland. And please, no sniggering at the back of the class.... .
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Here you go. I like to be topical. Seems like there's been roving gangs of Lesser White-fronted Geese this winter. Thing is, they relate to the Swedish reintroduction scheme, and as such, unlike 'my' bird back in January 1988 aren't countable. #birds
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March 23, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Here you go. I like to be topical. Seems like there's been roving gangs of Lesser White-fronted Geese this winter. Thing is, they relate to the Swedish reintroduction scheme, and as such, unlike 'my' bird back in January 1988 aren't countable. #birds
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Black-eared Wheatear, back when they were untwitchable, one day birds. Turned out to be the same weekend as the then also untwitchable, mythological Red-flanked Bluetail. If Carlsberg (or actually good Merlot 😊) did weekends.
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for this and much more nonsense. #birds
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for this and much more nonsense. #birds
March 17, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Black-eared Wheatear, back when they were untwitchable, one day birds. Turned out to be the same weekend as the then also untwitchable, mythological Red-flanked Bluetail. If Carlsberg (or actually good Merlot 😊) did weekends.
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for this and much more nonsense. #birds
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for this and much more nonsense. #birds
March 13, 2025 at 12:36 PM
It's been a long time coming, but I give you:
Nutcracker. Sweet.
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Nutcracker. Sweet.
Check out the latest post on Confessions of a Lapsed Birder.
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March 3, 2025 at 10:41 AM
It's been a long time coming, but I give you:
Nutcracker. Sweet.
Check out the latest post on Confessions of a Lapsed Birder.
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Nutcracker. Sweet.
Check out the latest post on Confessions of a Lapsed Birder.
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Here you go. The story of my first successful new species twitch on moving to Scotland in early 1992.
.... and another one for @berniebeck.bsky.social 😉
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.... and another one for @berniebeck.bsky.social 😉
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February 6, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Here you go. The story of my first successful new species twitch on moving to Scotland in early 1992.
.... and another one for @berniebeck.bsky.social 😉
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.... and another one for @berniebeck.bsky.social 😉
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October 1992. Fair Isle. Possibly still one of my best days birding in Scotland.... .
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January 25, 2025 at 8:03 PM
October 1992. Fair Isle. Possibly still one of my best days birding in Scotland.... .
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Belted Kingfisher new species account now illustrated (I uploaded the waffle days ago).
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September 25, 2024 at 6:22 PM
Belted Kingfisher new species account now illustrated (I uploaded the waffle days ago).
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More nonsense. A very good one; if ever there was a Black-billed Cuckoo to see, it was this alive and active spring 2016 one, as opposed to a moribund one in the Scillies one October. Excellent tickage.
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September 9, 2024 at 6:18 PM
More nonsense. A very good one; if ever there was a Black-billed Cuckoo to see, it was this alive and active spring 2016 one, as opposed to a moribund one in the Scillies one October. Excellent tickage.
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These 'twin' documents just went 'live'. The @IofMayBirdObs Summer 2024 Newsletter, and a supplement celebrating our incredible 90 year history.
Thanks to @tbminshull_desgn and all of my colleagues who helped pulling them together. #isleofmaybirdobservatory
Thanks to @tbminshull_desgn and all of my colleagues who helped pulling them together. #isleofmaybirdobservatory
August 31, 2024 at 8:57 PM
These 'twin' documents just went 'live'. The @IofMayBirdObs Summer 2024 Newsletter, and a supplement celebrating our incredible 90 year history.
Thanks to @tbminshull_desgn and all of my colleagues who helped pulling them together. #isleofmaybirdobservatory
Thanks to @tbminshull_desgn and all of my colleagues who helped pulling them together. #isleofmaybirdobservatory