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Identification

Useful ID discussions and articles

The Identification of Violets 

Siberian Lesser Whitethroat 

The 'Heberton Honeyeater' 

The Stonechat complex 

Siberian Snow Bunting 

Eastern/Continental Goldcrest

Some useful Shikra id features

Hume's Whitethroat id

British Bumblebee id

Large gulls in Israel - an excellent and comprehensive slide show




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'Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime' - Mark Twain

My List Totals

World Birds (IOC/iGoTerra) - 2787
Western Palearctic Birds (IOC/iGoTerra) - 750
Norfolk Birds (IOC) - 400
UK Birds (IOC/iGoTerra) - 489

UK Dragonflies - 48/48 (Norfolk 35)
UK Butterflies - 64/64 (Norfolk 41)
UK and Irish Orchids - 54/54 (+20 hybrids)
UK Vascular Plants - 1094
UK Fungi - 305

Featured post

North Queensland, Day 5, 24 July 2017. Marrdja, Dubuji & Jindalba Boardwalks, Cooper Creek and Cape Tribulation

The 24th July shall be forever known as 'Cassowary Day'! First port of call on the one full day I had north of the Daintree River ...

Latest New Birds etc


Irish Marsh Orchid, Co.Mayo, Ireland (UK and Irish Orchids, May 2022)

Cryptic Wood White, Co.Fermanagh, Northern Ireland (UK Butterflies, May 2022)

Dense-flowered Orchid, Co.Fermanagh, Northern Ireland (UK and Irish Orchids, May 2022)

White-tailed Lapwing, Ken Hill Marshes, Norfolk (Norfolk Birds, Apr 2022)

Giant Orchid, Oxfordshire (UK Orchids, Mar 2022)

Belted Kingfisher, Roach Bridge, Lancs (UK & WP Birds, Jan 2022)

White-tailed Lapwing, Blacktoft Sands, East Yorks (UK Birds, Oct 2021)

Lax-flowered Tongue Orchid, Suffolk (UK orchids, Jul 2021)
Long-lipped Tongue Orchid, Kent (UK orchids, Jun 2021)
American Herring Gull, Newlyn, Cornwall (UK birds, Mar 2021)
Northern Mockingbird, Exmouth, Devon (UK & WP birds, Mar 2021)
Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin, Stiffkey, Norfolk (Norfolk birds, Oct 2020)
Brown Shrike, Warham Greens, Norfolk (Norfolk birds, Sept 2020)
Southern Migrant Hawker, Thompson Common, Norfolk, UK (Norfolk dragonflies, Aug 2020)
Irish Ladies Tresses, Cors Fochno, Ceredigion, (UK orchids, July 2020)
Chequered Skipper, Northants, (UK butterflies, May 2020)

Countries/areas I've Birded

Mexico (Yucatan), Sri Lanka, Vietnam, South Africa, Australia (North Queensland), Cuba, Borneo, Costa Rica, Thailand, India (Goa), The Gambia, Colombia, US (Texas), Norway, Morocco, Western Sahara, Kuwait, Israel, Turkey, Georgia, Italy, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Belgium, Cyprus, Croatia, Spain, Portugal, Madeira, Canary Islands, Corsica, Sardinia, Majorca, France, Ireland, UK.

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My Fave Blogs & Websites

  • Landguard Bird Observatory Recent Sightings
    Motus Bar-tailed Godwits 'hits'
    2 hours ago
  • Birds of the Heath
    One day late - again!
    1 day ago
  • Jeremy Bartlett's LET IT GROW blog
    Great Willowherb, Epilobium hirsutum
    6 days ago
  • Birds and Beer
    NORWICH: Mid-June invertebrates & wildflowers
    1 week ago
  • Northwest Norfolk Naturalists
    Physcia adscendens with apothicia
    7 months ago
  • Diary of an East Norfolk birder
    Hybrid Hooded Crow
    7 months ago
  • Waveney Bird Club
    1 November – 30 November
    8 months ago
  • Blog - subalpinebirding
    Separation of 1cy Little and Least Terns and the first Least Tern for Spain
    9 months ago
  • Wensum Valley Birdwatching Society
    Pond Life By Stew Betts
    1 year ago

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