Great to present my talk and poster at #ICCB2025 in Brisbane today. Great to chat to so many people and appreciate all the lovely comments!

Great to catch up with the Druridge Dotterel yesterday after dipping the Cinnamon Teal. American Wigeon, Garganey and Spoonbill decent supporting cast.

Lush to be back in Cambridge this week presenting my poster on predicting avian hybridisation at @sccs2025.bsky.social

Might be a bit preemptive stocking this in Durham.

Great ringing session this morning. An 8-year old Blue Tit, a colour-ringed Bullfinch control, a leucistic Blackbird and 3 Nuthatches.

So Ross’s Gull becomes my 800th bird. I know it’s nothing in the grand scheme of things but v happy to get there.

First lifer of 2025. So glad it reappeared after my car was snowed in yesterday.

Absolute highlight of the year was getting back to Kenya, teaching on field course with Uni. Also spent a lot of time ringing at my own site since getting my C. Tripit, breeding spotfly and redstart the best. Plus 200 species exactly in the UK, 12 of them new.

That’s a wrap! Thanks so much to everyone that came!

Looking forward to presenting at #BES2024 tomorrow. Last talk of the conference again!

7 Little Auk on Holy Island today, 2 flew into the harbour calling and then carried on over the island. The other five hung around the castle for a bit. Plus a porpoise past its best.

Got a few ID mysteries from Kenya (Laikipia) in September if anyone has any ideas? Red-winged Larks? Pipits?

Written in 1995. The kites and great reeds lagging behind the stilts slightly.

Some really nice Blackbirds moving through atm. Along with plenty of Redwing and Fieldfare still. Although the Fieldfare are eluding the nets.

Plenty of thrushes passing through today.