Lee Wiseman

Yorkshire bird list (256), last tick Lesser Scaup (Gouthwaite). World list (364) Marsh Warbler (Poland, Krakow).

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@theoldzealand I've had people at work laugh me off at work, for saying Cape Verde are capable of getting beyond the group stage. Well they qualified to the next round albeit from 3 well earned draws, I'll take that.

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3 new species and actually got photos of all them for a change. Desert Finch, Griffon Vulture and Isabelline Shrike. Cyprus continues to deliver.

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Some of the beasties from Cyprus today. Swallowtail Butterfly, African Green Mantis, Mediterranean Banded Centipede and Mediterranean False Widow Spider. No Tarantulas 😭 despite lots of stone flipping.

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2 maybe 3 new species today. Cyprus Scops Owl, Common Quail and maybe Baltic Gull. A sudden movement of Hirundines and Swifts along with a Cuckoo all north was fun on Aspro Dam, stopped when I got the counters out obviously. @birdsaroundcy

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Plenty of other great species with @AndersG2211 as well Turtle Doves, Bitterns, 1 and a half Wrynecks (see photo), 500+Garganey 🤯, Bitterns, Spotted Crakes, 2 Hume's Warblers, Alpine Swifts, Nightingales, Woodchat Shrikes and pretty much every Wheatear you can imagine

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A great day out with @AndersG2211 touring some of the great birding sites around Cyprus. Feruginous Ducks, Purple Heron, Little Crake, Great Reed Warbler, Eastern Subalpine Warbler, Collared and Semicollared Flycatcher, Cyprus Wheatear, Tawny Pipit and Savi's Warbler all new.

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@WildlifePrecey So it is thank you. Very much.

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Another good day of birding in Cyprus. Ticked off Cretzschmars Bunting, E. Bonelli's Warbler, Great Spotted Cuckoo and a stunning male Common Rock Thrush. Other photos a Finsch's Wheatear and Blue Rock Thrush found on a random walk on a hillside above hotel.

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@WildlifePrecey I'll double check that. Because it's a tick for me. Thanks.

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Also found a Paphos Blue Butterfly (Glaucopsyche paphos) endemic to Cyprus and an early flyer.

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Just a couple of moths found on porchlight at the hotel. Idaea distinctaria, Rusty-dot Pearl (Udea ferrugalis) and Yellow Belle (Aspitates ochrearia).

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P.S I know the photo is a Crested Lark.

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Warm up day at Cyprus for the week ahead at Paphos headlands and archalogical site. 2 races of Yellow Wagtail, Eastern Orphean Warbler, Greater Short-toed Lark, Isabelline Wheatear, Rüppell's Warbler seen.

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Manchester Musuem. Unfortunately the closest I'll ever get to seeing a Slender-billed Curlew.

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@PafosFCsupport Full marks to lads for trying to overcome the goal difference. If only they could have held on in the last 15 20 minutes against Chelsea.

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Might go and see a genuine one, one day maybe, definitely maybe.

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One last wander bird watching in Faro, Portugal. Wintering Osprey a lovely bonus and 1st-winter Med Gull. Greenshank, Redshank and Black-winged Stilts always a delight.

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Chilling on the terraced balcony back at the digs for an hour in Portugal and boom Booted Eagle ✅️ overhead. #birdwatching #birdwatchingportugal @birdingalgarve

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Found an Iberian Magpie today and another Caspian Tern.

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Happy Blue Monday everyone in the U.K. With love from Portugal.