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Joe Nichols
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Musician & Birder. Keys/Piano, Harmonica, Composer.
🎹 - Bandleader for Nimbus Sextet
🦆 - Musselburgh (East Lothian), Costessey (Norfolk) & elsewhere
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A couple more shots of the juvenile American Golden Plover at Barns Ness this afternoon.

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Juvenile American Golden Plover, Barns Ness (on right) Juvenile American Golden Plover, Barns Ness (leftmost)
October 18, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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In conifers at western edge of shore later on #birdinglothian
September 12, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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Many thanks for these. Noticed Southern Puffback on numerous occasions with this bird, a bit of favourite in MW repertoire. Mixed in with European Bee-eater, Common Nightingale and many others. Quite the mimic!
June 15, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Cheers Tim, was a nice vocal one!

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June 15, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Cheers!
May 10, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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White-backed Vulture, Kruger National Park Magpie Shrike (African Long-tailed Shrike), Kruger National Park African Fish Eagle, Kruger National Park African Black Oystercatcher, Southbroom, KwaZulu-Natal
March 1, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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All species descriptions in alt text
Pied Kingfisher, Kruger National Park Cape Bulbul, Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens. One of numerous South African endemics seen in the Cape Water Thick-knee, Kruger National Park Orange-breasted Sunbird (male), Table Mountain. Endemic to the fynbos biome in the Cape. One of several sunbird species seen in the Cape and South Africa more widely
March 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM