David Pritchard

mostly birding...

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@VictoriaCoren you'll love this

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@BirdGuides Nice work @npaulroberts

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@mrmarksteel Perhaps Mark, you could call in to suggest that if they have feathers, that would mean they evolved from Dinosaurs, like the birds?

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@greybirder No, Rockjumper. I was the only Brit. Really pleased with it all.

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I spent 12 days in Brazil, split between the Atlantic Forest and the Pantanal. I saw 395 species of bird, which is only 2 fewer than my life list for the UK 😕

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The supporting cast of mammals was pretty fantastic too. All round gobsmacking.

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I spent two weeks in August in Brazil, with a particular species my number one target. Incredibly, ten separate individuals seen in total. #jaguar #pantanal

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@CLamsdell @PBOprof @_BTO @NWTCleyCentre @waderquest @GrahamFAppleton @RSPBTitchwell Hi Chris. I presume that date is ten years too early? Otherwise the age would be 34.

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Lesser Scaup, found by @GarethStamp77 , still Cardiff Bay Wetlands #glambirds

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In Norfolk for a few days. Love birding here more every time. So good to be somewhere that buzzes with bird life. Finding a black-throated diver at Titchwell was nice, but even better was my 399th UK bird, the black scoter at Holkham.

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Pretty normal, underwhelming WEBS this morning at Rhoose Pools, with just mallards, coots and swans. Then this handsome fella turned up. My second otter at the site, despite there being no incoming water course. I presume they overland at night?

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Nice birding wander today. No waxwings, but a sleepy Red-necked Grebe (Llanishen) and a Long-tailed Duck (Cardiff Bay) were good additions to the year list. Also NFY was a showy Black Redstart at Gileston, on the first concrete blocks after the car park.

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https://t.co/LjTQKD0SoU

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Tern ID failing me badly today in Egypt. Any help on these greatly appreciated. Most likely here are whiskered, gull-billed and white-winged. Thanks folks

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A brief visit to the Peak District allowed to catch up with this winter's most glamorous visitors. Hope to see them in South Wales soon #waxwings

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@plymptonbirder Maybe it's just late? #royalmail

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Spending a long weekend on Norfolk, so inevitably found my way to the birding madness that was Flamborough Head today. Two lifers - two-barred warbler and red headed bunting 🎉🎉. Camera battery dead, so here's my best digi-scope of the bunting 🙈

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@neild1962 Presumably the same three were at Aberthaw last Sunday.

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Three Egyptian geese at Aberthaw #patchtick

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https://t.co/zZHi7u5WKG nice to see @phelpstoby1 quoted in the Guardian