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.

If this is your first Birders Twitter episode - maybe don’t listen and go choose another one to start on. I’d recommend the Paul French or Dawn Balmer ones.

DDL is oddly punctual. Jonny H simply doesn’t show this week. I mean, that's how chilled we are.

Dirty Gearty replaces Jonny H as a co-host. For his efforts nearly gets pooped on by a bird - live on air.

The U.K. 250 Club is set up - however, owing to incompetence we basically don’t introduce anything properly on the call. We'll try again next week...

Jonny R lifers up a Kentish - having not managed to find one on patch...

DDL has turned over a new leaf and has stated going for birds WHEN THEY’RE THERE!

DDL ‘ended up in Scotland’ with; 1k Velvet Scoter , 3 Scaup, displaying R-n Grebe, 3 Surf Scoter, 2 White-winged Scoter and the Asian version - Stejneger’s!

DDL shoutouts Neil Middleton of BatAbility:

DDL has met Amy Schwartz- friend of the show and managed not to upset her too much - allegedly:

DDL gets Daniel Branch on as a further Jonny H replacement. What do you like better - Jonny H or Daniel Branch?

Daniel Branch has Spoonbill on his bedroom window list - but not Soil Hill!!! Daniel Branch approves of the U.K. 250 list. Solid endorsement. With a Soil Hill list of 119 he knows a thing or two about self finds...

Jake describes what it’s like to find a Pallid Harrier - on the back of a wader fest and patch Montagu’s Harrier in the preceding days...

Drew’s Lyness updates us on Mid Yare sightings; including getting robbed of Night Heron by an interloper:

PWC is a cruel mistress. We consider taking up darts as an alternative to birding. Last episode of the season this Sunday. It might be alright?