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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) - 3474
Western Palearctic Birds (IOC/iGoTerra) - 754
Norfolk Birds (IOC) - 401
UK Birds (IOC/iGoTerra) - 490

UK Dragonflies - 48/48 (Norfolk 35)
UK Butterflies - 64/64 (Norfolk 41)
UK and Irish Orchids - 54/54 (+20 hybrids)
UK Vascular Plants - 1219
UK Fungi - 708

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


Zitting Cisticola, Walberswick, Suffolk (UK Birds, Aug 2025)

Spectacled Eider, Texel, The Netherlands (World Birds, Feb 2025)

Red-headed Quelea, Nsutam, Ghana (World Birds, Dec 2023)

Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher, Atewa Range, Ghana (World Birds, Dec 2023)

Blue-moustached Bee-eater, Atewa Range, Ghana (World Birds, Dec 2023)

Black-capped Apalis, Atewa Range, Ghana (World Birds, Dec 2023)

Red-tailed Bristlebill, Atewa Range, Ghana (World Birds, Dec 2023)

Tessmann's Flycatcher, Atewa Range, Ghana (World Birds, Dec 2023)

Countries/areas I've Birded

Peru, Ghana, Canada, India (Arunachal Pradesh/Assam), 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

  • Birds of the Heath
    Finches!
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    Monday 15th December 2025
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    Golden Conecap, Conocybe aurea
    3 weeks ago
  • Blog - subalpinebirding
    Holbøll’s Red-necked Grebe revisited: are they doable in the field?
    8 months ago
  • Birds and Beer
    WHITLINGHAM: January 2025 birds
    10 months ago
  • Yare Valley Birds
  • Norfolk Fungus Study Group
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