OTD last year - Day 4 of the Ontario trip; despite all those colourful warblers, it was the drab and diminutive Pied-billed Grebe with its loud, spooky song that stole my heart more than any other bird. 😍 Only the one pair seen at Lake St. Clair. 🇨🇦 #TeamChough

OTD in 2019 - Day 3 of the Canada trip throwback. Up close and personal with a Prairie Warbler. #TeamChough #PointPelee 🇨🇦

OTD in 2019; Day 2 of the Canada trip throwback, starting with a warbler that I liked a LOT: Northern Waterthrush, its just oozing class! #TeamChough 🇨🇦

Throwback to 2019: OTD I had my first day of proper Canadian birding together with @birdbrainuk and @devilbirder at Point Pelee, on what turned out to be an epic trip! Here's a few from Day 1, starting with the always stunning Blackburnian Warbler. #TeamChough 🇨🇦

Great finish to our @spurnbirdobs trip; Rustic Bunting found by @Dan_Gornall! #teamchough #boc #recordshot

Red-rumped swallow past Numpties this morning and appx. 6,000 meadow pipits by that stage...magic at @spurnbirdobs as usual! #teamchough #vismig

Starting #throwbackthursday a lil early with this Virginia Rail from #HillmanMarsh, Ontario, back in May with #TeamChough. I think @birdbrainuk might even have a sound recording of it?! #OntarioParks 🇨🇦

The size of today's Little Bustard twitch at @WWTSlimbridge was in direct proportion to the gripping views on offer! Oh, wait...🤔 Nonetheless, thanks to finder @MJMcGill_Anser for the ✅! #TeamChough

Little Bustard is being a little b@stard, but we got him! #TeamChough @birdbrainuk

Amazing #TeamChough trip to Canada now over but two members went straight from the plane at Gatwick to Crossness NR yesterday and connected with the Great Reed Warbler in the protected area! Seen here is our discreet #ChoughMobile. 🇨🇦 #nonstopbirding #jetlag

Nightjar magic! A Common Nighthawk hunting over Hillman Marsh before sunset. #TeamChough 🇨🇦

Its OK when you have American Woodcock accelerating past your earlobe, Common Nighthawk swooping over your head and Whip-poor-will calling just over there and at the SAME TIME! 💥🇨🇦 #TeamChough

Decent start to our Point Pelee trip...😎 And today @birdbrainuk will deliver his first international lecture at #FofBirds2019
@PointPeleeNP at 12:00! #TeamChough 🇨🇦

Point Pelee calling #TeamChough! Starting as we mean to go on... #breakfastofchampions 🇨🇦

The planning meeting ahead of the #TeamChough trip to Canada next month is going well.

Well someone was being a BIT COY just after seeing the Trindad Petrel on Porthgwarra, weren't they @devilbirder ?!? 🤑 #TeamChough #kerching

We got greedy and went for the quadruple; 2 Red-breasted Goose and then found 2 Tundra Bean Goose near Sint-Margriete, Belgium! #quintuple #TeamChough

The Dutch hatrick is complete! Middle spotted woodpecker, Sint Jansteen, Netherlands. #TeamChough cleaning up!

Snow Goose, Yerseke, Netherlands. #TeamChough

Ross’s Gull, Vlissingen, Netherlands. What a bird! #TeamChough

Two new young recruits on the first international #TeamChough twitch!

3rd-winter Caspian Gull, Snaresbrook, London. No sign of the Parrots at Broxbourne when we went, but Team Chough are still wishing friends and Fieldfares alike a very Merry Yuletide & HNY! #londonbirds #teamchough

Red-throated Pipit! Our final bird during the week long #TeamChough birding trip with @birdbrainuk & @devilbirder.

Final #TeamChough eve at @spurnbirdobs rounded off with a juvenile Rose-coloured Starling at Warren. #spurnbirds