Jamie Sample

Northumberland birder and photographer

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After listening to a Nightingale singing almost none stop from the balcony of our room at the Pasiphae in Kalloni for an entire week, I finally got a picture on our last day before flying back home!! 26 Apr 2026 #Lesvos

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Black Stork at Alykes Marsh, Lesvos. 25 Apr 2026 #Lesvos

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Cirl Bunting and Short Toed Snake Eagle at Kalloni Raptor Viewpoint, Lesvos. 25 Apr 2026 #Lesvos

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Eastern Bonelli's Warbler, Hoopoe and Eastern Subalpine Warbler at Filia, Lesvos. 24 Apr 2026 #Lesvos

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Cinereous Bunting and Black Eared Wheatear at Ipsilou Monastery, Lesvos. 24 Apr 2026 #Lesvos

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Red Footed Falcon, Yellow Wagtail, Dalmatian Pelican and Purple Heron at Kalloni Salt Pans, Lesvos. 23 Apr 2026 #Lesvos

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Eastern Orphean Warbler, Purple Heron, Lesser Kestrel and Ortolan Bunting at Sigri Old Sanatorium, Lesvos. 22 Apr 2026 #Lesvos

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Some action shots of a soggy Cretzschmar's Bunting, Petrified Forest Road, Lesvos. 21 Apr 2026 #Lesvos

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Krüper's Nuthatch and Short toed Treecreeper, Achladeri Forest, Lesvos. 20 Apr 2026 #Lesvos

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Scops owl at Agia Triada, Lesvos. 20 Apr 2026 #Lesvos

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Incredibly lucky yesterday afternoon to have this Short Eared Owl at Cresswell Pond fly right over my head!! @NTBirdClub

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Couldn't help but go back to Blyth Harbour this morning for the White Billed Diver. Today it showed even better coming right up to the pier!! Also got some excellent views of some Shag and Cormorants @NTBirdClub

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White Billed Diver in Blyth Harbour yesterday morning @NTBirdClub

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Superb point-blank views of a pair of Fuerteventura Chat at Puertito de los Molinos, along with Southern Grey Shrike, Muscovy Ducks, and Black Bellied Sandgrouse at the nearby reservoir, 05 Nov 2025

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Both the Berthelot's pipit and the Ravens were super confiding at Mirador de las Penitas, Fuerteventura, 04 Nov 2025

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Atlantic Canary and Ultramarinus African Blue Tit in the trees right above my head in Betancuria, Fuerteventura. 04 Nov 2025

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Close views of the Isabelline Wheatear this evening at Whitburn @DurhamBirdClub

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Marsh Sandpiper still showing well this afternoon at Musselburgh Lagoons @birdinglothian @BirdGuides @RareBirdAlertUK

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Excellent morning at Frampton Marsh today, with superb views of the Collared Pratincole as it hawked around catching insects @RSPBFrampton

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Corncrake on Iona!! 09 May 2025