Birder’s Twitter S3E3

Desert Warbler -Blakeney Point (Julian Bhalerao)

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DDL has birded London parks. Jonny H and DDL talk breeding Tufted Duck and Pochard because they absolutely love ducks.

Jonny R explains what ubiquitous means.

DDL hates herberts. Hates them.

Jonny H has got his low-key birding mojo back. He can read too and recommends:

• My Chiloe Wigeon post;

• Owen Foley's 'How to be a Rarity finder'; and

• Jonathan Dean's 'Finding "Missing" Rare Birds'.

Don’t have five kids if you want to rare find. Maybe just have one or less than three.

Jonny R's birding week was frankly sumptuous; Chiloe Wigeon is still present on my bike-birding loop, local Barn Owl - which was a pleasure as they’ve been thin on the ground last couple years, not one but two local Turtle Doves! Six Cranes at Lakenheath Friday night. Hobby on Blythburgh patch and two Spoonbill sea watching off Southwold:

Our guest this evening is a Cley 10k square stalwart, BOURC committee member, Norfolk Records Committee member, youngest to 400 at time, serious rare finder with County first line Desert Warbler to Red-necked Stint to his name; Mr. Mark Golley!

BUNK OFF SCHOOL IF YOU WANNA BE A RARE FINDER.

I am considering going back to school - so I can bunk off. Mark reminisces on school day twitching - including a 4 tick day!

Jonny H used to bunk off school, not to bird, but for ‘other stuff’. I think we all know what that is. Disgusting.

Twitching Chimney Swift on St Martins - on a school day! That’s how you do it.

Mark shouts out the new wave of British heavy metal birding. Like friends of the show Jake Gearty and Drew Lyness.

Mark and Jonny R bond over their #elite #Wildfowl 💯🦆 Proving yet again that the cream of the birding crop is wildfowl.

Wallcreeper, Nutcracker and Hawk Owl would cause absolute mayhem. Mayhem we all look forward to.

Jonny H and Mark reminisce about the 89 Red-breasted Nuthatch.

Mark then describes finding the Desert Warbler. Epic stuff! Jonny H reminds us that he found a first for Yorkshire.

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