Sarah Thomas

Retired International Engagement Manager at the Royal Society of Chemistry, love birds, especially pittas, and all things natural history

[Sarah Thomas @PittaGirl]

Great to bump into Perry on his new local patch in Northumberland this morning!

[Sarah Thomas @PittaGirl]

@CHRISBIRDW @OuseFenBirder We had a wonderful day, thanks so much Chris!

[Sarah Thomas @PittaGirl]

Not a bad spot to join an @orientbirdclub Council meeting with views of porpoise, puffin, peregrine and seals on the agenda! @OuseFenBirder @guigna1961 @EdgecombeM

[Sarah Thomas @PittaGirl]

Top marks for trying for this Brimstone! Not observed this behaviour before but thinking about it I don't see that many dead butterflies @savebutterflies

[OuseFenBirder now on Bluesky @OuseFenBirder]

By far and away the hardest of the Colorado chickens for us: ⁦@PittaGirl⁩ brilliantly picked up this Dusky Grouse sat stationary on the forest floor at Green Mountain, Boulder. I took this digibinned shot before it calmly walked away from us

[OuseFenBirder now on Bluesky @OuseFenBirder]

Lesser Prairie-chickens lekking this morning: what an awesome experience with ⁦@PittaGirl⁩ That completes a clean sweep on the superb Great Chicken Rub in Colorado

[OuseFenBirder now on Bluesky @OuseFenBirder]

And here’s a short video of the remarkable display…

[OuseFenBirder now on Bluesky @OuseFenBirder]

Testosterone levels through the roof: a couple of stills from the extraordinary lekking display of a Greater Sage-grouse in Colorado

[OuseFenBirder now on Bluesky @OuseFenBirder]

Harris’s Sparrow wasn’t even on my possibles list for the Chicken Run: huge thanks to JoAnn Riggle who kindly let us visit her feeders where this lingering winterer was hanging on. Later on Bingo! with 100s Rosyfinches at Silverthorne

[OuseFenBirder now on Bluesky @OuseFenBirder]

White-tailed Ptarmigan at point blank range today with @PittaGirl was a great way to kick off the Great Chicken Run in Colorado.

[OuseFenBirder now on Bluesky @OuseFenBirder]

Surely one of - if not the - best ducks in the world

[Sarah Thomas @PittaGirl]

Just one or two Baikal Teal at Geum River, South Korea. What a bird!!

[OuseFenBirder now on Bluesky @OuseFenBirder]

Massed ranks of Hooded Cranes at Seosan wetlands today. In amongst them we found one each of Common and Sandhill Cranes #SouthKorea birding

[OuseFenBirder now on Bluesky @OuseFenBirder]

Not every day you get to digibin a Hazel Hen! It was still in the same tree 30 mins later when we returned - that’s #SouthKorea birding for you

[Sarah Thomas @PittaGirl]

Currently sat in a noodle bar in Poseong, South Korea and Tiny Riot by @SamRyderMusic just played. My day is complete!!

[Sarah Thomas @PittaGirl]

Thank you for all the responses to the 2022 #AdventCalendar pictures. Time for a rest now! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, let's see what 2023 brings

[Sarah Thomas @PittaGirl]

@petersketch @BDSdragonflies @ScotlandBds Thanks for a fabulous Advent Calendar. Already looking forward to 2023!

[Peter Sketch @petersketch]

Day 24 of the 2022 #dragonfly #AdventCalendar. Last but not least, the Large Red #damselfly is the first species to emerge in numbers across the UK each year. Common everywhere including garden ponds. Christmas is almost here, roll on April!

[Sarah Thomas @PittaGirl]

Day 24 #AdventCalendar One of my favourite bird families, kingfishers, we saw three very different species in Costa Rica, from the large Ringed and smaller Green to the petite American Pygmy Kingfisher. I particularly like the expression of the Ringed Kingfisher in the rain!