Very many thanks for the lovely feedback, Brigit, and congrats for identifying (and sound-recording) a Garden Warbler straight away! 👏

Currently into my 4th pair of Aigle wellies, having ditched over-priced, underperforming Muck Boots in 2015. I'm getting 2000–2500 miles per pair, with a bit of help from McNett Aquasure after 1.5–2 yrs of daily use (including a fair bit of autumn saltmarsh/bramble action). [2/2]
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Things like 'How to configure Audacity for nocmig' (or indeed, *any* bird sound recording) don't change that fast. And the things that do (e.g., equipment options) change *way* too fast for dinosaurs/part-timers like me to keep up with (and it comes down to personal preference, too) 😆

Largely cos when I tried to set up a feed for Norfolk birding, my head nearly exploded.

If you *just* want your feet to stay dry. Or warm. Or comfy. Or secure on most wet surfaces. Or bramble-/gorse-/barbed wire-proof, there's lots of choice. However, if you want most/all of those: Aigle Parcours. 4.5mm neoprene-lined for lower-paced birding, unlined ones for yompers like me! [1/2]

Bit 'old skool', I know, but... nocmig.com

I know you'll have been on tenterhooks all night, so just to let you know that today's score is a very respectable 57 in 57! I was lagging behind after 52 mins before a sudden flurry of fly-over Kestrel, Mistle Thrush, Yellowhammer, Linnet and Reed Bunting! 😁

Ah... you might have to work in 5-minute blocks if playing this game, Julian! 🤔

Raven is still noteworthy here, and there's been a drop in sightings this year – hope our neighbouring estate (not known for a love of corvids!) hasn't cottoned on to them 🤞

You do, however, have the added motivation of the 'far-flung island that's half the distance from Norway as it is from London' factor! 😆

Who was first to document The Robocop (Canon micropensis)? Gyr Crakes published this on YouTube 14 years ago 🕵‍♂️

Yes please, Daryll

Of course, nobody should be *expecting* to see a Red-flanked Bluetail in the UK in the first week of September – of the 37 September reports of bluetails on BirdGuides, all but one are in the 3rd or 4th week of the month, the outlier being Kilminning, Fife on 10/9/2022.

On the plus side, it helped keep me focused in my last couple of hours on Scolt on Saturday, as I walked back along the Wheatear-strewn beach...

1 Whinchat – not to be sniffed at, these days. Also what Neil and I would've had no hesitation logging as a Fieldfare, had it been a month later. Only seen going away, and didn't call. Decent diversity for early September, too: 67 species (8 more than I managed during 11 hours on Scolt yesterday!).