Birder’s Twitter S4E7

Cuddy Duck - Hartlepool Headland - Christmas Eve - IN THE MOTHERLAND

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DDL joins us from a UAE disco. Jonny H is atop a mountain of presents. Jonny R saw a pub called ‘the seagull’ and thought of his co-hosts.

DDL is UAE-side doing plenty of birding including looking at dross like Wood Pigeon and cool shit like Whiskered Tern, Great Spotted Eagle and Amur Falcon:

Oriental Skylark - learn the call here. Then find one on your U.K. patch:

DDL got confused by a Swallow…

Some kind of Swallow - UAE 17th December - DDL©

Some kind of Swallow - UAE 17th December - DDL©

Some kind of Swallow - UAE 17th December - DDL©

Thoughts please. Not just any thoughts - thoughts about the above Swallow yeah.

DDL calls all birders stringer - which means Birder's Twitter/ birding community relations are at a new all time low.

Jonny R has seen two Egyptian Geese at Hurworth Burn and Hartlepool Headland remains shit-off awesome:

Egyptian Geese - Hurworth Burn - 24th December - Jonny R ©

DDL loves Mallard and counts 919 Mallard in a row.

Jonny R has received a very belated >> Colour Ringed Stonechat report <<

Jonny H talks about withdrawal techniques and the strung Trindade Petrel:

There’s a lot of sub-species of albatross. We indulge in some albatross chat, including the U.K. Yellow-nosed Albatross:

Seabirds do mad crap:

>> Jonny R’s 2023 Photo Essay << is the best thing on the interwebs. Everyone agrees.

White-winged Seagulls aren’t a thing anymore. DDL and Jonny H talk for seemingly hours about seagulls.

We discuss our top three birding moments of 2023. Listen to the episode again for the gory details…

Jonny H and DDL admit that looking at ducks was the highlight of their year. So #Wildfowl #elite 💯🦆

Listen again to Season 4 - Episode 7 here: