Another Western Cattle-Egret. Lucca, Italy. #Birds

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Short detour on my commute home for the American Pipit at Clifford Hill. Flew off SW the second I got to the group of birders. “Crippling views” 5 minutes earlier. Why I generally don’t do much twitching…! Great find this morning by @tylapwing.bsky.social #northantsbirds

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Back on the water this morning. It was -1°C when I launched the kayak, but once the sun cracked the horizon, it was quite lovely.

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Coming towards the end of a brilliant 2.5 week stay with good friends Dave Cooper and Brenda Kay on North Unst. We hit the jackpot today helping with ID of Brydon’s Chestnut Bunting. Previous highlights being finding Pallas’s Grasshopper Warbler and Isabelline Wheatear on ‘our’ patch

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Another day, another new aphid species. These were egg-laying on pine needles &, from their markings, they look to be Cinara brauni, an invasive species likely brought in on imported Corsican pine. Few official records but Influential Points website says common in southern Britain.

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