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BIRDER'S SPACE


Birder’s Twitter S3E4
Pallas's Gull, UAE January 2023 Listen again to episode 4 of season 3 here: UK250 Club pin-badges are live! Remember, a potion of sales...
jonnyrankin
Jul 11, 20231 min read


Canvasback
Canvasback - Lee Gregory - Cavenham Heath NNR - 26th March 2010 On the 25th March 2010 I found a 'Canvasback' locally at Cavenham Heath...
jonnyrankin
Jul 5, 20232 min read


Birder’s Twitter S3E4
Listen again to S3E4 here: Everyone is talking about Jonny R getting the BTO Suffolk Pic of the week! We will probably join the BTO's...
jonnyrankin
Jul 4, 20232 min read


Birder’s Twitter S3E3
Desert Warbler -Blakeney Point (Julian Bhalerao) Listen again here: DDL has birded London parks. Jonny H and DDL talk breeding Tufted...
jonnyrankin
Jun 26, 20232 min read


Chiloe Wigeon
Chiloe Wigeon, also known as Southern Wigeon, is a dabbling duck of South America including the Chiloé Archipelago and West Suffolk...
jonnyrankin
Jun 23, 20231 min read


Turtle Dove
I've only seen single Turtle Doves so far this year, one over on the coastal belt and another locally. I went down to check on the local...
jonnyrankin
Jun 22, 20231 min read


Birder’s Twitter S3E2
Jonny R does Birder’s Twitter stone cold sober, which is alarming. We auction a copy of Low Carbon Birding and a one-of-a-kind U.K. 250...
jonnyrankin
Jun 20, 20232 min read


Book Review: Low Carbon Birding
The cover is iconic! Gary Redford’s artwork depicting of a lady lolling about in sand dunes, terns overhead, is frankly stunning. Mike...
jonnyrankin
Jun 18, 20233 min read


Pacific Swift - ten years on...
Pacific Swift - Jonny Holliday original - owned by me - not for sale *Epilogue* I mean no one is saying this is the coolest find ever....
jonnyrankin
Jun 15, 20238 min read


Birder’s Twitter S3E1
We are back in the game! The third season of this magnificence. Listen here: Jonny H has had a holiday romance and it’s all ‘Marcus,...
jonnyrankin
Jun 13, 20232 min read


Birders Twitter - S2E20
Both co-hosts and the host are on the call in an impressive act of punctuality. BBQ’s are our Achilles. Jonny H has already threatened a...
jonnyrankin
May 15, 20233 min read


Birders Twitter - S2E19
Amazingly shambolic episode. Impressive even by our lack of standards. Stunning, I mean, it’s like we’ve never actually done this before....
jonnyrankin
May 9, 20232 min read


Birders Twitter - S2E18
Jonny H has been at Spurn including mammoth vis-mig sessions. As in 7.5 hours of vis-mig non stop. DDL hangs about in woods in London and...
jonnyrankin
May 1, 20231 min read


UK 250 Club
If you listened to the last episode of Birders Twitter - S2E17 - you will have heard us chatting about the UK 250 Club with our guest Mr....
jonnyrankin
Apr 30, 20234 min read


In Memoriam - Ziggy
It is with deep sadness that we report the death of the much loved Eurasian x Baikal Teal which frequented Layer Breton Causeway,...
jonnyrankin
Apr 28, 20231 min read


Birders Twitter - S2E17
Jonny R manages to start the Space 10 mins early in a valiant act of incompetence. DDL bursts in like a big mad cockney. Jonny R makes a...
jonnyrankin
Apr 26, 20232 min read


Colour Ring Recovery - Oystercatcher
Full detail is available on the Devon and Cornwall Wader Ringing Group website. In essence an Oystercatcher I saw up in the highlands...
jonnyrankin
Apr 24, 20231 min read


Birders Twitter - S2E16
Techno fail to start proceedings - even so Jonny H and DDL slide into the call like a pair of mongeeses in the night: DDL is on-site for...
jonnyrankin
Apr 20, 20232 min read


Scotland - photo essay
Photo essays are so 2023. Here's a Scotland appreciation photo essay. First a selection of treasured memories from previous trips... 06th...
jonnyrankin
Apr 10, 20231 min read


Birders Twitter - S2E15
DDL and Jonny slide onto the call seamlessly. Jonny R isn’t scared of his Mum and is 8 minutes late for dinner. What. A. Bad. Lad. Jonny...
jonnyrankin
Apr 10, 20232 min read
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