Spectacled Warbler. No, not Elizabeth Fraser, but the first for Britain that turned up at Filey in late May 1992.
collapsedbirder.blogspot.com?m=0
#UKRares
#rarebirdsUK
#UKbirding

Two for the price of one; very often, the large shearwaters have been interlinked in my birding career, so why not?
collapsedbirder.blogspot.com?m=0
#UKRares
#rarebirdsUK
#UKRares

I once went all the way to Nottinghamshire to see a Redhead.

...... there's no punchline.

collapsedbirder.blogspot.com?m=0

#UKRares
#rarebirdsUK
#uKbirding

Another waffle and scribble fest has just been launched into cyberspace. You know you can't resist!

Go to collapsedbirder.blogspot.com?m=0 to find out more.

#UKRares
#rarebirdsUK
#UKbirding

Another 'new species account' has been uploaded to my Confessions of a Lapsed Birder blog.

It relates to a Gull-billed Tern seen in far off July 1996 / far off South or South-west Wales.

collapsedbirder.blogspot.com?m=0

#UKRares
#rarebirdsUK
#UKbirding

A tale of a very successful twitch, all the more so as happenstance meant I was already on the road when news broke. 😊
collapsedbirder.blogspot.com?m=0

#UKRares
#rarebirdsUK
#UKbirding

Pallid Harrier, Elmley RSPB Reserve, Sheppey, 15th August 2002.

Not necessarily this instance due to the vews involved, but certainly one of the best birds I've seen in a subsequent one.

collapsedbirder.blogspot.com?m=0

#UKRares
#rarebirdsUK
#UKbirding

Another. Western Orphean Warbler. In spring 2012 Hartlepool Headland excelled itself for the second spring running.... .

collapsedbirder.blogspot.com?m=0

#UKBirds
#rarebirds
#UKbirding

American Redstart. A complete bonus from September 2017.

#UKRares
#rarebirdsUK
#UKbirds

collapsedbirder.blogspot.com?m=0

No pics, in part as they were a zillion miles away, but very pleased to join the extremely elite, "I've got White-billed Diver on my house list" crew by persisting scanning the part of the Firth of Forth where 3 were reported around about my vigil until very slowly I got all three. Very happy.

Here you go. A goodie from September 2020. Two-barred Greenish Warbler.

collapsedbirder.blogspot.com?m=0

#UKRares
#rarebirdsUK
#UKbirding

Superb Mark. I love the interconnected web we all inhabit.

Tibetan Sand Plover, or Lesser Sand Plover as it was pre-decimalisation, or whatever...... .

An epic twitch. Read on.

#UKRares
#rarebirdsUK
#UKbirding

collapsedbirder.blogspot.com

Here you go (again). Just maybe, sometimes the way to go is just to use the original notebook sketch....?

collapsedbirder.blogspot.com?m=0

#UKRares
#rarebirdsUK
#UKbirding

Another! American Herring Gull. Just maybe sometimes using the original notebook sketch might be the way to go.

#UKRares
#rarebirdsUK
#UKbirding

collapsedbirder.blogspot.com?m=0

Here you go. I need to get back to regular postings, but another 'new species account' this time from 'just' 25 years ago. 🙄

collapsedbirder.blogspot.com?m=0

#UKrares
#rarebirdsUK
#UKbirding

So. It's been WAY too long; all I have posted of late has been excuses such like the one I posted (but never 'flagged') about 7 days ago.

It includes an update on what I have been doing, plus a reference to an extinct bird I saw eons ago, and a notebook sketch.

collapsedbirder.blogspot.com?m=0

Here you go, my account of the recent Blackpoll Warbler saga.

collapsedbirder.blogspot.com?m=0

#Addbirder

Apologies @kevinshetland.bsky.social. Now carefully amended to include your arrival. 🤣

Here you go, a new blogpost, with many apologies, as it has been WAY too long between such posts (although, as detailed, I have been away from sometime this autumn....).

Anyway, I give you my one of my successes of my recent trip to Shetland.

Enjoy.

#birds

collapsedbirder.blogspot.com?m=0

So, with apologies for the interlude, here's another blog upload 'inspired' by finally banging in a Marsh Sandpiper for my Scottish List a couple of days ago....

collapsedbirder.blogspot.com?m=0

#birds

@britishbirds.bsky.social

collapsedbirder.blogspot.com

Here we go. Cream-coloured Courser. A very good addition to my list in October 2004, the day before an even better bonus (Oven)bird..... .

#birds

My latest dross, complete with the obligatory Sooty and Sweep joke. Apologies.

Go to collapsedbirder.blogspot.com?m=0

Seems topical - following on from my Daurian Shrike account and relating to a 'get back on the bike' twitch almost exactly 3 years ago....
collapsedbirder.blogspot.com?m=0

#rarebirds

Look at you, bandying around 'dreich'. 🤣

collapsedbirder.blogspot.com?m=0

More guff just been uploaded. #birds

Another post on Confessions of a lapsed birder. This one relates to me eventually catching up with a Lesser Crested Tern. Back then it was gettable - twitchable - each summer, whereas in recent summers it's congener Elegant Tern has taken on the role. #birds

collapsedbirder.blogspot.com

My fav bird.

Two more added. Both relatively recent additions to the British list, and both seen before they actually became a 'thing'. As such, sketchy details only.

collapsedbirder.blogspot.com?m=0

#birds

101. Baikal Teal, Crossens Outer Marsh, November 2013. That's it.

collapsedbirder.blogspot.com?m=0

#blogalot