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@jajos.bsky.social
My wife describes me as a useless Twitcher, my niece says I am a burden. They are not wrong.
Interests mainly Welsh Birding, Irish Rugby, UK Wildlife, trying not to get involved in online discussion with Muppets or Bots.
Interests mainly Welsh Birding, Irish Rugby, UK Wildlife, trying not to get involved in online discussion with Muppets or Bots.
I saw something recently that outlined how the longer you are vegetarian the less likely you are to look at red meat & see attractive food as opposed to repulsive flesh. Is that the same with twitching?? the less frequently you do it, the less sense it makes. Drive to Swansea for a Scops Owl, nope
December 8, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I saw something recently that outlined how the longer you are vegetarian the less likely you are to look at red meat & see attractive food as opposed to repulsive flesh. Is that the same with twitching?? the less frequently you do it, the less sense it makes. Drive to Swansea for a Scops Owl, nope
I'm sure it was @stevedudley.bsky.social who posted? Just listened to it, at times the hairs stand up on the back of my neck I don't understand music from a technical perspective just emotional, fascinating to listen to someone emote & analyse. I understand one of my top 10 songs so much better
December 2, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I'm sure it was @stevedudley.bsky.social who posted? Just listened to it, at times the hairs stand up on the back of my neck I don't understand music from a technical perspective just emotional, fascinating to listen to someone emote & analyse. I understand one of my top 10 songs so much better
I went to the Dragons V Leinster primarily to see RG, hoping he'd do something magic, I didn't expect to see him galloping along the touchline for around 30m like a human giraffe hybrid
November 28, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I went to the Dragons V Leinster primarily to see RG, hoping he'd do something magic, I didn't expect to see him galloping along the touchline for around 30m like a human giraffe hybrid
Moved to Bassaleg in 02, been trying to see the "Ebbw 4" between Junction 28 (restaurant) & the footbridge on the same walk since. Today a male Goosander, then a Grey Wag, a silent, fleeting lucky Kingfisher and under the footbridge great views of a Dipper. It was something to do!!
November 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Moved to Bassaleg in 02, been trying to see the "Ebbw 4" between Junction 28 (restaurant) & the footbridge on the same walk since. Today a male Goosander, then a Grey Wag, a silent, fleeting lucky Kingfisher and under the footbridge great views of a Dipper. It was something to do!!
Whose best Prendegast or Crowley?? Doesn't really matter if both (along with Porter) are in the bin.
November 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Whose best Prendegast or Crowley?? Doesn't really matter if both (along with Porter) are in the bin.
My favourite book/audiobook about sport. He has also written my favourite book about Birdwatching....How to be a bad Birdwatcher. Some beautiful passages, some great stories and he makes Equestrian Sport sound like something I should have spent more time watching (Grand National Excepted).
November 21, 2025 at 6:28 AM
My favourite book/audiobook about sport. He has also written my favourite book about Birdwatching....How to be a bad Birdwatcher. Some beautiful passages, some great stories and he makes Equestrian Sport sound like something I should have spent more time watching (Grand National Excepted).
Went to see the Uskmouth Starlings this evening, unfortunately they came to roost in small parties, sometimes even singly, biggest murmuration c200 and that dropped quickly. 2 Marsh Harriers were very active, often high, a Whimbrel called twice off the foreshore. Lovely hour or so but no WOW moment
November 18, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Went to see the Uskmouth Starlings this evening, unfortunately they came to roost in small parties, sometimes even singly, biggest murmuration c200 and that dropped quickly. 2 Marsh Harriers were very active, often high, a Whimbrel called twice off the foreshore. Lovely hour or so but no WOW moment
Sometimes a bit of space and relative silence is required.
November 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Sometimes a bit of space and relative silence is required.
A brilliant episode of Desert Island Discs. In my opinion inspirational is a term bandied about willy-nilly, if you are not inspired by Maggie Alphonsi there is (in my opinion) something wrong with you.
November 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
A brilliant episode of Desert Island Discs. In my opinion inspirational is a term bandied about willy-nilly, if you are not inspired by Maggie Alphonsi there is (in my opinion) something wrong with you.
As it says underneath the photo still getting Raspberries out of the garden. Big sweet lumpers too. The boys love the fruit out of the garden, Riley checks all his shop bought Strawberries and complains they are not red to the top "like grads".
November 6, 2025 at 2:36 PM
As it says underneath the photo still getting Raspberries out of the garden. Big sweet lumpers too. The boys love the fruit out of the garden, Riley checks all his shop bought Strawberries and complains they are not red to the top "like grads".
Some spectacular light on Freshwater East beach this afternoon. Offshore not one but two juvenile Mute Swan, other than that just a few Herring Gull. 2nd time this autumn I've seen Mute Swan in the bay.
October 29, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Some spectacular light on Freshwater East beach this afternoon. Offshore not one but two juvenile Mute Swan, other than that just a few Herring Gull. 2nd time this autumn I've seen Mute Swan in the bay.
Most interesting sighting at Goldcliff today were low flocks of Wood pigeons and Starling W. The lagoons themselves were barren as they were on my last visit. A small mixed flock of waders notwithstanding There may well be a logic behind the way it was managed over the summer but it escapes me.
October 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Most interesting sighting at Goldcliff today were low flocks of Wood pigeons and Starling W. The lagoons themselves were barren as they were on my last visit. A small mixed flock of waders notwithstanding There may well be a logic behind the way it was managed over the summer but it escapes me.
I've been trying to see Cory's Shear off Strumble for over 40 yrs, 278 today! Can't believe anyone saw that coming, I'd have been less surprised by a fly-by Harlequin Duck. Thanks to climate change it seems likely that I'll see one there over the next couple of years, getting more and more regular.
October 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I've been trying to see Cory's Shear off Strumble for over 40 yrs, 278 today! Can't believe anyone saw that coming, I'd have been less surprised by a fly-by Harlequin Duck. Thanks to climate change it seems likely that I'll see one there over the next couple of years, getting more and more regular.
My viz-mig spot at Outfall Lane. Birds are usually first picked up over the trees to the Left (W). Many come through at eye level or below with others higher/much higher. Mipits often come down N along the trees to the R (E) and not infrequently go straight off South over the estuary.
October 19, 2025 at 9:10 AM
My viz-mig spot at Outfall Lane. Birds are usually first picked up over the trees to the Left (W). Many come through at eye level or below with others higher/much higher. Mipits often come down N along the trees to the R (E) and not infrequently go straight off South over the estuary.
Munster have made 100+ more tackles than Leinster, it looks like they could make 1000+ without caring
October 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Munster have made 100+ more tackles than Leinster, it looks like they could make 1000+ without caring
Tadhg Beirne has got some sort of electro-static charge on his hand that sticks to a rugby ball. Insane physicality from both sides and then Beirne comes out with a ball previously owned by Leinster. Never mind men against boys, it is a super hero against boys.
October 18, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Tadhg Beirne has got some sort of electro-static charge on his hand that sticks to a rugby ball. Insane physicality from both sides and then Beirne comes out with a ball previously owned by Leinster. Never mind men against boys, it is a super hero against boys.
One of the things I like most about viz-mig, trying to decipher what is moving, in what direction & what is just local movement. Today all the finches & albas moved E overland as did a small movement of BHGull, Starlings all went straight W. A % of mipits went S straight out without any hesitation.
October 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
One of the things I like most about viz-mig, trying to decipher what is moving, in what direction & what is just local movement. Today all the finches & albas moved E overland as did a small movement of BHGull, Starlings all went straight W. A % of mipits went S straight out without any hesitation.
Nice Finch & Alba Wag passage E at Outfall Lane. Mostly Linne Goldfinch Siskin smaller no's of Chaffinch & Redpoll & Greenfinch too. A few tight flocks of Albas. Finches in sight every scan. Reasonable numbers of mipits. First Starlings of the autumn W as were Great White & later a Little Egret.
October 15, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Nice Finch & Alba Wag passage E at Outfall Lane. Mostly Linne Goldfinch Siskin smaller no's of Chaffinch & Redpoll & Greenfinch too. A few tight flocks of Albas. Finches in sight every scan. Reasonable numbers of mipits. First Starlings of the autumn W as were Great White & later a Little Egret.
Genuinely delighted with a patch first Curlew on the hills above Bassaleg, also the first Redwing flocks of the autumn, regular chaffinches, 2 sightings of Red Kite and a Great Spot. Small numbers of Skylark, Mipits, Linnet, Song Thrush too
October 14, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Genuinely delighted with a patch first Curlew on the hills above Bassaleg, also the first Redwing flocks of the autumn, regular chaffinches, 2 sightings of Red Kite and a Great Spot. Small numbers of Skylark, Mipits, Linnet, Song Thrush too
I am living in hope that one day some Muppet on the telly interviewing someone as fit as a flea in their nineties will get the answer "it's my genes""it's not a secret, it's in the scientific journals" to the question "what's your secret to looking so good"
October 14, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I am living in hope that one day some Muppet on the telly interviewing someone as fit as a flea in their nineties will get the answer "it's my genes""it's not a secret, it's in the scientific journals" to the question "what's your secret to looking so good"
Amazing year for apples, apple cake with afternoon coffee, apple crumble after tea and as an apple a day keeps the doctor away, an apple just before bedtime.
October 13, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Amazing year for apples, apple cake with afternoon coffee, apple crumble after tea and as an apple a day keeps the doctor away, an apple just before bedtime.
Strumble, not an all-dayer, the main passage died off by 11 am, 3 Leaches, 3 Adult Poms including 2 with Spoons, one of them very close, a Long-Tailed Skua, a strong passage of Arctic & Great Skua, a few Arctic & Sandwich tern, 1w Little Gull, 2 Sooty Shear & Strumble tick for me = 5 Pintail.
October 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Strumble, not an all-dayer, the main passage died off by 11 am, 3 Leaches, 3 Adult Poms including 2 with Spoons, one of them very close, a Long-Tailed Skua, a strong passage of Arctic & Great Skua, a few Arctic & Sandwich tern, 1w Little Gull, 2 Sooty Shear & Strumble tick for me = 5 Pintail.
A classic Strumble Watch today, I don't have accurate totals but 4 Skua spp (c100 birds), 2 Sabs, a chocolate brown Balearic, c 10 Sooties, a Little Gull, 3 Leaches, 3 Stormies. a movement of Golden Plover. Birds moving in numbers from first light to last.
October 4, 2025 at 7:10 PM
A classic Strumble Watch today, I don't have accurate totals but 4 Skua spp (c100 birds), 2 Sabs, a chocolate brown Balearic, c 10 Sooties, a Little Gull, 3 Leaches, 3 Stormies. a movement of Golden Plover. Birds moving in numbers from first light to last.
There was a time when I had a mono-brow of Dennis Healey proportions. The first Turkish Barber I went to put an end to that. This is a step too far but my eldest daughter is very happy. 2 boys under 5 and a 10 month old foster child means pampering is in short supply
October 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
There was a time when I had a mono-brow of Dennis Healey proportions. The first Turkish Barber I went to put an end to that. This is a step too far but my eldest daughter is very happy. 2 boys under 5 and a 10 month old foster child means pampering is in short supply
I have a window in childcare and other commitments. I started packing yesterday. My first chance this year!
October 2, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I have a window in childcare and other commitments. I started packing yesterday. My first chance this year!