David Parnaby

On Twitter I'm mostly birds, with some beachcombing, moths, laundry, clouds and Fair Isle. I'll also occasionally be proud of/annoyed with my sheep.

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#SAFC

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@DFtm33 @ALS_Fanzine Nothing like a 'new rule' in football to make you feel old - especially when it's been around for about a decade!

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@DFtm33 @ALS_Fanzine Aye fair enough, cheers.

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@ALS_Fanzine Ha ha! I'd have bet my pint the ref would have bottled that yellow.

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@NRonBirdObs Stop, stop! We're already dead.

[Ragna's Islands @RagnasIslands]

‘Cancelled, no room to write’! How the OS struggled with the number of #PlaceNames on small islands, and the spellings they used! Our latest blog is out! #FairIsle #NorthRonaldsay #Papay https://t.co/fBfhT0koDB

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@AlexPenn_1 Better than my effort!

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Grey Shoulder-Knot attracted to sugar in our garden tonight. First for Fair Isle; fewer than ten previous Scottish records, all from southern Perthshire south (thanks to the folks on the Shetland Lepidoptera WhatsApp group for the info).

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@CiaranH13 Gotta love a late autumn Shorelark!

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Lovely view of the Isle, complete with Ward Hill's resident clouds!

[Jacquie Bridges @Holtbirder]

Sad to say that our stay on Shetland is over for another year. We have seen some great birds, some we haven’t seen for a few years. Clear skies gave us a good view of Fair Isle as we flew by.

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@birderkettle @BirdGuides I think I've decided just to keep anything that's ever been a species. Literally nobody except me cares about my list (so I realise this tweet probably isn't of interest to anyone either!). If I really want to compare lists, it's easy enough to use the same taxonomy to do so.

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@Gav_NorthRon @George_NRBO Fair Isle has been slowly ticking off the egrets etc and has most of the herons from older records etc, but still missing Bittern (and Spoonbill). Lesser Kestrel is on the FI list.

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@Gav_NorthRon @George_NRBO Siberian Blue Robin is the first that springs to mind. Veery as well. Probably a few amongst the waders etc (Spoonbill I think, maybe Broad-billed Sandpiper)?

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@TerribleMaps If you can fit Fair Isle on your map, we just rounded our Hill sheep up today - definitely more than our 47 people!

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@Vaasetter @NiallMachin1 That's impressive! And perhaps unexpected - certainly amazing that Lundy beats any other recording area!

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I found this shrike in the garden on Wednesday. Not the most cooperative bird, but with help from @AlexPenn_1, Jonnie Fisk and @LukeMarriner_1 on the day, and input from various Shetland birders and others on the (rather chameleonic) photos, I’m happy calling it a Brown Shrike.

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@Vaasetter @NiallMachin1 Looking forward to your full analysis and paper on this subject!

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@Vaasetter @NiallMachin1 Found by @tomgale89 who was stuck in Shetland on his way to Fair Isle to volunteer as part of Team Phoenix. But then seen in Fair Isle, so Shetland can't have it as an exclusive! We'll always have Fair Isle Wren at least!