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BIRDER'S SPACE


Birder’s Twitter S4E7
Cuddy Duck - Hartlepool Headland - Christmas Eve - IN THE MOTHERLAND Listen again here: DDL joins us from a UAE disco. Jonny H is atop a...
jonnyrankin
Dec 27, 20232 min read


Colour Ring Recovery - Stonechat
Colour ringed Stonechat - King's Forest 07th April 2018 The BTO might have been chillin. Like HARD chillin. Like taking enough LSD in...
jonnyrankin
Dec 24, 20231 min read


Jonny R - 2023 Photo Essay
Little Owl (Lilith) - deep in the UAE desert c/o my man Gary Burns - what a legend As a two-times @BTO-Suffolk 'Pic of the week' winner I...
jonnyrankin
Dec 23, 20234 min read


Birder’s Twitter S4E6
Waxwing in the rain - taken by treasured UK bird photogrpaher Jonny R © An unusual turn of events - all team members are present and...
jonnyrankin
Dec 18, 20232 min read


Birder’s Twitter S4E4
Listen again to Season 4 - Episode 4 here: DDL leads the charge with the lovely Jonny H. Jonny H has done a little bit of birding and...
jonnyrankin
Dec 4, 20232 min read


Birder’s Twitter S4E3
Third episode this season - a lesser good episode with no guests. Listen again to Season 4 - episode 3 here: DDL has smashed up the...
jonnyrankin
Nov 28, 20231 min read


Birder’s Twitter S4E2
Listen again to Season 4 - Episode 2 here: Another epiosde - another finders account. Birder's Twitter continuing to be at the forefront...
jonnyrankin
Nov 24, 20231 min read


Birder’s Twitter S4E1
We are back! You missed us, don't get emotional, we're back now and might not go away again. Listen again to series 4, episode 1 here: We...
jonnyrankin
Nov 13, 20231 min read


Birder’s Twitter S3E20
White-tailed Eagle - Long Thurlow, Suffolk - 22nd October 2023 Season 3 - episode 20 - the last show this season, or maybe ever! Listen...
jonnyrankin
Oct 23, 20232 min read


Birder’s Twitter S3E19
Shore Lark - Minsmere - 14th October 2023 DDL and Jonny burst onto the call - with the most tuneful rendition of happy birthday you’ve...
jonnyrankin
Oct 17, 20232 min read


Birder’s Twitter S3E18
Red-eyed Vireo - St Agnes, Isles of Scilly - October 2023 It’s just us three this week. Jonny H, DDL and Jonny R. Listen again here:...
jonnyrankin
Oct 12, 20231 min read


Scilly ‘23 - Day 8
Buff-breasted Sandpiper - St Agnes - 07th October Last day for another year. The third consecutive year I've stayed on Agnes. I hope I am...
jonnyrankin
Oct 8, 20232 min read


Scilly ‘23 - Day 7
Here's a helpful photo essay from our seventh day on Agnes: Yellow-browed Warbler - St Agnes - 06th October Red-eyed Vireo - St Agnes -...
jonnyrankin
Oct 6, 20231 min read


Scilly ‘23 - Day 6
Red-eyed Vireo - St Agnes - 05th October Today we did a Bird Race between the three of us in digs. We all had different approaches, I was...
jonnyrankin
Oct 6, 20232 min read


Scilly ‘23 - Day 5
Song Thrush - St Agnes - 04th October Had a quintessentially* Agnes day. Started by getting stared down by the above Song Thrush. It was...
jonnyrankin
Oct 5, 20231 min read


Scilly ‘23 - Day 4
Buff-breasted Sandpiper - St Agnes - 04th October We commenced proceedings with a modest sea-watch which yielded 30 large shearwaters,...
jonnyrankin
Oct 4, 20231 min read


Scilly ‘23 - Day 3
Yellow-browed Warbler - straight off the bat. Yellow-browed Warbler - St Agnes - 02nd October Yellow-browed Warbler - St Agnes - 02nd...
jonnyrankin
Oct 2, 20231 min read


Birder’s Twitter S3E17
Birder's Twitter is still the very best birders talking about the very best of birding! Listen again here: We momentarily upgrade a...
jonnyrankin
Oct 2, 20232 min read


Scilly ‘23 - Day 2
First full day on Agnes, a gentle paced day with the following highlights; Short-toed Lark, Pied Flycatcher, Buff-headed Sandpiper and a...
jonnyrankin
Oct 2, 20231 min read


Scilly ‘23 - Day 1
Great Shearwater - Scillonian Crossing - 30th September Penzance Youth Hostel is marginally more comfortable than a Nissan Quasquai and...
jonnyrankin
Oct 1, 20231 min read
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