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cliff smith
2 years
After dipping the Eleonora’s last Thursday it’s been a tense eight days on Shetland to get back to actually see it! Left Lerwick at 7pm yesterday and scored at 17:30 today! Casually Done 😂
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cliff smith
3 years
It seems like every top togger is doing a calendar this year! So after many requests here is mine! A feast for the eyes 😂
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cliff smith
2 years
The Slapton Night Heron showed well about 12:45 ⁦ @BirdGuides
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1 year
The best Transformer! #greatbustard
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5 years
Not sure I’m happy sharing my cake! #chubbyfucker
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cliff smith
3 years
Bit of a stand off on Scilly! #wally #walrus @ScillyWildlife
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3 years
Splendid end to a fabulous day in Dorset! Hoopoe Dorchester! ⁦ @BirdGuides
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cliff smith
2 years
Third time lucky!!! HARLEQUIN DUCK on Barra! Overjoyed! 13:44 ⁦ @BirdGuides
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cliff smith
3 years
The best I managed of the American Robin this morning in Eastbourne! Absolutely fabulous bird! #americanrobin
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3 years
Monarch Butterfly at Sumburgh Hotel! Awesome record! ⁦ @BirdGuides #shetland21
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cliff smith
5 years
I love receiving my birthday card each year from my eldest son! He looks at my old tweets and picks a bird to paint! #art #littlebittern
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cliff smith
2 years
Ridiculous views of the Glossy Ibis at Ham Wall, cameraphone footage!
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2 years
Cape Gull! And relax 😁
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cliff smith
11 months
Snowy Owl showed a bit better as the wind dropped!
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cliff smith
3 years
Roller! I’ve waited a long time to see one of these! Everything I’d hoped it would be! ⁦ @BirdGuides
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cliff smith
7 months
Took my parents to see the 32 Rodborough Waxwings this morning! Didn’t stay long as the cold was chilling their 85 year old bones but had a great time, very mobile birds so kept us warm walking across the common to keep up with them! #waxwings
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cliff smith
4 years
Great Norther Diver (Common Loon) at Salcombe this morning is contender for bird of the year! #albino #greatnortherndiver #commonloon
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cliff smith
2 years
Just a couple more of nearly in focus photos of the Ross’s Gull! Even has a pink tinge! Stunner of a bird ⁦ @BirdGuides
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cliff smith
3 years
River Warbler found by David Hughes at Ham Wall this afternoon ⁦ @BirdGuides ⁩ ⁦ @RareBirdAlertUK
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cliff smith
3 years
Red-breasted Goose still Holliwell Point at 10:00 ⁦ @BirdGuides
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cliff smith
2 years
Hoopoe still being spectacular at Catcott at 16:15 ⁦ @somersetbirds ⁩ ⁦ @BirdGuides
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cliff smith
3 years
Slightly better photo of the Spurn Golden Oriole ⁦ @spurnbirdobs
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cliff smith
3 years
Baikal Teal still showing well from left hand hide Greylake! At 11am ⁦ @BirdGuides
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cliff smith
3 years
Showing at 16:10 River Warbler! Singing too! ⁦ @BirdGuides ⁩ ⁦ @RareBirdAlertUK
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11 months
Probably the 2nd best bird I’ve ever seen! One I’d always hoped for, and to have it all to myself for an hour or so was such a privilege! The flight views the other day were great but to have this dancing in front of your eyes was mind boggling! ⁦ @BirderGaz ⁩ ⁦
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cliff smith
6 years
Birthday Roo in Cornwall ffs! #escape on my list
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cliff smith
5 months
Absolutely thrilled! Just found a Patch MEGA Ring-necked Duck Torr! ⁦ @BirdGuides ⁩ ⁦ @barrabirder ⁩ ⁦ @bto_somerset1 ⁩ ⁦ @somersetbirds
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cliff smith
2 years
The rather showy Sabines Gull this morning! Fabulous bird! @BirdGuides
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cliff smith
2 years
Had to go and see the Puffins at Sumburgh Head 😍
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cliff smith
4 years
Had another walk, saw another bird!
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cliff smith
3 years
Just leaving these phonescoped efforts here! #variedthrush
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cliff smith
11 months
Seen in flight a few times and on the deck in the shade, what a brute of a bird! Photo by Mark Dawson!
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cliff smith
3 years
Ross’s Goose still Hunterston Sands! ⁦ @BirdGuides ⁩ 09:00
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cliff smith
1 year
Just found a Woodchat Shrike on St Mary’s at the footy pitch ⁦ @BirdGuides ⁩ ⁦ @scillybirds
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cliff smith
5 years
One can’t be overdressed for a Pratincole! #lifer
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cliff smith
2 years
Iberian Wagtail still Little Porth at 12:20 ⁦ @BirdGuides ⁩ ⁦ @ScillyWildlife
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cliff smith
3 years
Ring-billed Gull my Xmas day year tick, still Lelant Saltings from the station platform at 09:20 ⁦ @BirdGuides
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cliff smith
3 years
So after leaving Shetland two days early, was it worth it? YUP!!! #450 Long-toed Stint
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cliff smith
3 years
Singing River Warbler at Ham Wall 16:50 ⁦ @BirdGuides
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3 years
Red Footed Falcon still 12:30 Blue Carn ⁦ @BirdGuides ⁩ ⁦ @ScillyWildlife ⁩ ⁦ @scillybirds
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cliff smith
3 years
NO WORDS!!!! #variedthrush thanks to ⁦ @snettsbirder ⁩ and ⁦ @PapayRanger
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cliff smith
3 years
Red rumped swallow reap Lane ⁦ @PortlandBirdObs
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cliff smith
11 months
Very long uphill walk for less than ideal views but… it is a Snowy Owl on Shetland
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cliff smith
3 years
Belted Kingfisher still showing well at 08:30, not that you can tell from my photo! ⁦ @BirdGuides
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cliff smith
3 years
Just a quickie to say thanks for all the interactions on here this year, it’s been another strange one but you’ve all made me smile! Have a delicious Christmas (I’m going birding for a change) and a bird filled New Year! You’re all the best! X
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cliff smith
2 years
My favourite bit of Ruff still slumming it at Lodmoor!
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cliff smith
5 years
Spotted Flycatcher at Portland
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cliff smith
2 years
Ortolan Bunting on Unst at 14:10 #shetland22 @BirdGuides
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2 years
Behold the Swainsons Thrush on Yell #shetland22
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cliff smith
3 years
I bloody love twitching Flamborough!
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cliff smith
3 years
How magnificent are Snipe! Makes up for the less than spectacular Glossy Ibis photos this morning!
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cliff smith
1 year
Black-winged Kite still Norfolk! Behold my award winning photo!
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cliff smith
10 months
Grey-cheeked Thrush this morning on St Mary’s Scilly, another of those birds that’s been on my list of birds I’d love to see! Not the best of weather and probably a lumpy boat journey home but well worth it! My 3rd Thrush of the month and 3rd tick in last 7 days! What an autumn!
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cliff smith
3 years
ROLLER!!!!
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cliff smith
4 years
Black and White warbler on my list!! #scilly ! ⁦ @stilts38 ⁩ ⁦ @Lucent508 ⁩ 😍😍😍
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cliff smith
2 years
Steppe Grey Shrike in Gloucs! Terrific patch find by ⁦ @MarkColler ⁩ ⁦ @BirdGuides
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cliff smith
3 years
Black Magic!
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cliff smith
1 year
Forster’s Tern showing well now at Sutton Bingham! ⁦ @somersetbirds ⁩ ⁦ @BirdGuides
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2 years
Rosey Starling 17:40 still in Burnside Lerwick just before boarding the boat home! ⁦ @BirdGuides
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cliff smith
4 years
Squacco Heron Lodmoor at 17:00 ⁦ @BirdGuides ⁩ ⁦ @RareBirdAlertUK
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cliff smith
8 months
Wishing everyone a HNY full of good health, good friends and good birds (and cake). An awesome year for new birds, 19 new ones was exceptional. I had some fantastic trips with some fabulous people. It all starts again in the morning, hope you all have a brilliant 2024! X
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cliff smith
4 years
Cream Teas are popular on Tresco!
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cliff smith
2 years
Cley Hill Yammers!
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cliff smith
3 years
A quick HNY to all the ‘bird finders’, patch workers, reserve wardens and garden owners! Without you I would have seen very few birds this year! Visited some fab locations and met many wonderful people! Thanks! 24 life ticks and 324 year ticks! It’s been great! All the best x
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cliff smith
3 years
White-tailed Lapwing! Another grip back for this low lister! Arty reflection smudge! 😀
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5 years
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8 months
Golden Orilole still in garden of number 12! At 09:15 ⁦ @BirdGuides
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cliff smith
3 years
Sulphur Bellied Warbler still Lundy at 18:00 ⁦ @BirdGuides
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cliff smith
3 years
Found a stunned Gropper this morning at Goldcliff but it flew off strongly when I tried to pick it up thankfully!
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cliff smith
4 years
Purple Heron just landed in front of VP2 ham wall ⁦ @BirdGuides ⁩ ⁦ @RareBirdAlertUK
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cliff smith
2 years
Hornemann’s Arctic Redpoll still Yell this morning #shetland22 @BirdGuides
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cliff smith
4 years
Just two more and then I’ll shut up, I promise!! #redfootedfalcon
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cliff smith
10 months
Upland Sandpiper, a new bird for me! Thanks to those that helped with maps for viewing and parking etc still at 15:57 ⁦ @BirdGuides
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cliff smith
3 years
Weird sunset tonight! This is exactly how it looked to the eye! #sunset
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cliff smith
4 years
Oblivious Hare cane and sat next to me for a second before he came to his senses! #hare
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cliff smith
3 years
More River Warbler magic
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cliff smith
3 years
As cute as!!!!!! #redbreastedgoose
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3 years
Belted Kingfisher in the dark this morning ⁦ @BirdGuides
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1 year
Any day you see a Hoopoe in the UK is a great day! Still showing at rear of farm near containers at Harman’s Cross at 16:55 ⁦ @BirdGuides
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2 years
Just landed in front of me so got a lucky photo of the Alpine Accentor 😁
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3 years
Get in! Black Stork still at 05:40 at Freiston ⁦ @BirdGuides ⁩ 6th time lucky!
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1 year
Grey-headed Lapwing still showing well at 12:43 most unexpected tick as everyone will be saying, but WOW!!! ⁦ @BirdGuides
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cliff smith
3 years
Taiga Flycatcher obviously!
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cliff smith
2 years
St Kilda stuff from my trip today! Amazing place! Would recommend!
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3 years
Great Shearwater on today’s pelagic with ⁦ @Scillypelagics
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3 years
The ‘interesting’ Yellow Wagtail at Cheddar this evening! Phonescoping magic!! ⁦ @somersetbirds
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7 months
Happy Days! Bird I found on Shetland last autumn confirmed as Siberian Stonechat.
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Thanks to poop samples sent by @otleybirder and @01000011S , Hamnavoe Oct 2023 Sibe Stonchat has come out as confirmed maurus on mtDNA. @BirdGuides @RareBirdAlertUK @__BBRC
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2 years
Turkestan Shrike (Red-tailed Shrike) just showed well at 10:45 ⁦ @BirdGuides
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1 year
Nightjar day is nearly as good as Pancake Day!
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1 year
White-crowned Sparrow showed well for a couple of minutes at 18:05 ⁦ @BirdGuides #whitecrownedsparrow
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3 years
Huge GRIP BACK! Rufus-tailed Scrub Robin (Bush Chat) in Cornwall this evening! Many thanks to ⁦ @LiamLangley1 ⁩ for updates!
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3 years
Pacific Diver still 08:30 ⁦ @BirdGuides
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3 years
Western Sandpiper meet my list! 😃
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3 years
Oh hello 😀
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2 years
Arctic Skuas on Unst! Small consolation for no duck! #dip
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cliff smith
2 years
My 4th UK Ross’s Gull! Excellent find by ⁦ @TheRockinBirder
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3 years
Kentish Plover still Burnham at 12:30 ⁦ @BirdGuides
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cliff smith
3 years
More Chat! Rufus-tailed Bush Robin
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cliff smith
2 years
Funky Magpie in my parents garden this afternoon! #magpie #leucistic
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