Justin Taylor
@jtbirder323.bsky.social
Dad, Husband, Business Owner. Twitcher
when I can, local patch and Oxfordshire listing. BOU 5️⃣5️⃣0️⃣, BOU/IRBC 5️⃣6️⃣2️⃣, Oxon 2️⃣7️⃣6️⃣
when I can, local patch and Oxfordshire listing. BOU 5️⃣5️⃣0️⃣, BOU/IRBC 5️⃣6️⃣2️⃣, Oxon 2️⃣7️⃣6️⃣
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Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bangalensis off Dawlish Warren this morning. Was speedily succesful catching a good sized fish. Probably the rarest bird I will see in my lifetime.
A probable vagrant from W/N.Africa and found in Indian Ocean as far east as Australia.
A probable vagrant from W/N.Africa and found in Indian Ocean as far east as Australia.
December 4, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bangalensis off Dawlish Warren this morning. Was speedily succesful catching a good sized fish. Probably the rarest bird I will see in my lifetime.
A probable vagrant from W/N.Africa and found in Indian Ocean as far east as Australia.
A probable vagrant from W/N.Africa and found in Indian Ocean as far east as Australia.
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Good views of the adult Lesser Crested Tern on the yellow wildlife refuge buoy on the mud front of @warrenbirding.bsky.social hide from Stuart Line Cruise this morning with @vivthesetter.bsky.social in the #ExeEstuary at #DawlishWarrenNNR
December 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Good views of the adult Lesser Crested Tern on the yellow wildlife refuge buoy on the mud front of @warrenbirding.bsky.social hide from Stuart Line Cruise this morning with @vivthesetter.bsky.social in the #ExeEstuary at #DawlishWarrenNNR
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LESSER CRESTED TERN, Dawlish Warren, amazing image by Peter Alan Coe 📷
December 4, 2025 at 6:34 PM
LESSER CRESTED TERN, Dawlish Warren, amazing image by Peter Alan Coe 📷
Found this picture on my phone photo roll. Think Steve Webb and Franco but who else do you recognise and any idea where they are?
December 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Found this picture on my phone photo roll. Think Steve Webb and Franco but who else do you recognise and any idea where they are?
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Asian Desert Warbler, Winterton, October 2024. Around 14 or so British records so a major rarity here still.
December 3, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Asian Desert Warbler, Winterton, October 2024. Around 14 or so British records so a major rarity here still.
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Royal/West African Crested Tern still in front of hide Dawlish Warren #ukbirding
December 3, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Royal/West African Crested Tern still in front of hide Dawlish Warren #ukbirding
The Foxcote Scaup
December 2, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The Foxcote Scaup
Great Northern Diver still at Foxcote Res Bucks this afternoon and fem Scaup
December 2, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Great Northern Diver still at Foxcote Res Bucks this afternoon and fem Scaup
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Beautiful female King Eider in Scalloway giving outrageous views this morning. 😍 #YellBirding #Shetland #RareBirdsUK
November 29, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Beautiful female King Eider in Scalloway giving outrageous views this morning. 😍 #YellBirding #Shetland #RareBirdsUK
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Eyebrook Reservoir's run of good birds continues with this smart male American Wigeon I found at the island this afternoon. The 5th site record, and the first since 2002. Loads of wildfowl there at the moment including c1300 Tufted Ducks & 400 Pochard. #VC55Birds #UKBirding
November 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Eyebrook Reservoir's run of good birds continues with this smart male American Wigeon I found at the island this afternoon. The 5th site record, and the first since 2002. Loads of wildfowl there at the moment including c1300 Tufted Ducks & 400 Pochard. #VC55Birds #UKBirding
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We've had 2 species of Grackles alighting near ports in the last 2 years. Discussions need to happen re: Brown Thrasher, Spotted Towhee, Northern Mockingbird, various Sparrows (Lark, Song & White-throated for starters), House Finch & Evening Grosbeak maybe & that's just for starters.
#ukbirding
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November 22, 2025 at 4:40 PM
We've had 2 species of Grackles alighting near ports in the last 2 years. Discussions need to happen re: Brown Thrasher, Spotted Towhee, Northern Mockingbird, various Sparrows (Lark, Song & White-throated for starters), House Finch & Evening Grosbeak maybe & that's just for starters.
#ukbirding
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Really enjoyed a couple of days down south w/the Edgellers, where L & I took in the fun'n'funky Boat-tailed Grackle. It's arrival prompted renewed debate regarding the British List & categorisation of what are undoubteldy wild birds (but w/low to minimal *actual* vagrancy potential).
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November 22, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Really enjoyed a couple of days down south w/the Edgellers, where L & I took in the fun'n'funky Boat-tailed Grackle. It's arrival prompted renewed debate regarding the British List & categorisation of what are undoubteldy wild birds (but w/low to minimal *actual* vagrancy potential).
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The Day of the Grackle.
Time for some midweek entertainment on the south coast where the Boat-tailed Grackle was doing its thing in Holbury. Part corvid, part wagtail, part peacock too with his swagger & strut. A bird made for Category S 😎
@linnetincley.bsky.social
@edge25.bsky.social
#ukbirding
Time for some midweek entertainment on the south coast where the Boat-tailed Grackle was doing its thing in Holbury. Part corvid, part wagtail, part peacock too with his swagger & strut. A bird made for Category S 😎
@linnetincley.bsky.social
@edge25.bsky.social
#ukbirding
November 22, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The Day of the Grackle.
Time for some midweek entertainment on the south coast where the Boat-tailed Grackle was doing its thing in Holbury. Part corvid, part wagtail, part peacock too with his swagger & strut. A bird made for Category S 😎
@linnetincley.bsky.social
@edge25.bsky.social
#ukbirding
Time for some midweek entertainment on the south coast where the Boat-tailed Grackle was doing its thing in Holbury. Part corvid, part wagtail, part peacock too with his swagger & strut. A bird made for Category S 😎
@linnetincley.bsky.social
@edge25.bsky.social
#ukbirding
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Nothing raises hackles like a shackle-free Grackle, to make maniacal listers cackle as committees tackle exactly what to do...
Rhyming mullarkey on a very wet afternoon in Norfolk.
Boat-tailed Grackle
Holbury, Hampshire
November 19 2025
@linnetincley.bsky.social
#ukbirding
@edge25.bsky.social
Rhyming mullarkey on a very wet afternoon in Norfolk.
Boat-tailed Grackle
Holbury, Hampshire
November 19 2025
@linnetincley.bsky.social
#ukbirding
@edge25.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Nothing raises hackles like a shackle-free Grackle, to make maniacal listers cackle as committees tackle exactly what to do...
Rhyming mullarkey on a very wet afternoon in Norfolk.
Boat-tailed Grackle
Holbury, Hampshire
November 19 2025
@linnetincley.bsky.social
#ukbirding
@edge25.bsky.social
Rhyming mullarkey on a very wet afternoon in Norfolk.
Boat-tailed Grackle
Holbury, Hampshire
November 19 2025
@linnetincley.bsky.social
#ukbirding
@edge25.bsky.social
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Boaty McBoatface...
*I liked Grackatak as well, 'specially for the 80s pop-jazz-funk fans out there...
Boat-tailed Grackle
Holbury, Hampshire
November 19 2025
@linnetincley.bsky.social
#ukbirding
*I liked Grackatak as well, 'specially for the 80s pop-jazz-funk fans out there...
Boat-tailed Grackle
Holbury, Hampshire
November 19 2025
@linnetincley.bsky.social
#ukbirding
November 22, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Boaty McBoatface...
*I liked Grackatak as well, 'specially for the 80s pop-jazz-funk fans out there...
Boat-tailed Grackle
Holbury, Hampshire
November 19 2025
@linnetincley.bsky.social
#ukbirding
*I liked Grackatak as well, 'specially for the 80s pop-jazz-funk fans out there...
Boat-tailed Grackle
Holbury, Hampshire
November 19 2025
@linnetincley.bsky.social
#ukbirding
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So many stunning skyscapes at Cley today as showers rolled in & around us as the north wind blew. Offshore, well, it wasn't stellar this morning ~ a nice movement of Eider, 15 Little Gulls, a Bonxie, a couple of RB Mergansers, a few C Scoters.
@linnetincley.bsky.social
#NorfolkBirding
#cleybirds
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#NorfolkBirding
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November 17, 2025 at 8:26 PM
So many stunning skyscapes at Cley today as showers rolled in & around us as the north wind blew. Offshore, well, it wasn't stellar this morning ~ a nice movement of Eider, 15 Little Gulls, a Bonxie, a couple of RB Mergansers, a few C Scoters.
@linnetincley.bsky.social
#NorfolkBirding
#cleybirds
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This Swallow at Balranald, N Uist this afternoon appears to be the American subspecies: erythrogaster due to the lack of a dark band across the lower throat.
November 17, 2025 at 7:10 PM
This Swallow at Balranald, N Uist this afternoon appears to be the American subspecies: erythrogaster due to the lack of a dark band across the lower throat.
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Pine Bunting seen briefly with mobile Yellowhammer flock at St Aldhelm's Head Quarry at 1030hrs & not relocated as of 1250hrs. Ltd parking available in Renscombe car park, otherwise park in Worth Mattravers village car park and walk down, staying out of private fields @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Pine Bunting seen briefly with mobile Yellowhammer flock at St Aldhelm's Head Quarry at 1030hrs & not relocated as of 1250hrs. Ltd parking available in Renscombe car park, otherwise park in Worth Mattravers village car park and walk down, staying out of private fields @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
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Eye-to-eye contact with an exotic subject wins Jeremy McClements today's Photo of the Week.
November 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Eye-to-eye contact with an exotic subject wins Jeremy McClements today's Photo of the Week.
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The lovely first-winter Isabelline Shrike at North Warren, Suffolk, this afternoon. A lovely sandy-coloured shrike which performed well in the brambles at the edge of the marsh.
November 9, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The lovely first-winter Isabelline Shrike at North Warren, Suffolk, this afternoon. A lovely sandy-coloured shrike which performed well in the brambles at the edge of the marsh.
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An eventful afternoon when a Penduline Tit was reported as being seen in the reedbed at Aust Warth. After a bit of detective work I realized the bird was actually seen on the pool next to Cake Pill at nearby Northwick Warth. Crappy pic but a full blown patch tick/1st record.
November 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
An eventful afternoon when a Penduline Tit was reported as being seen in the reedbed at Aust Warth. After a bit of detective work I realized the bird was actually seen on the pool next to Cake Pill at nearby Northwick Warth. Crappy pic but a full blown patch tick/1st record.
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A male Boat-tailed Grackle appeared in Hampshire a week ago, marking the first record of the species in Britain:
Britain's first Boat-tailed Grackle draws crowds to Hampshire
A male Boat-tailed Grackle has been identified at Calshot Spit, Hampshire, marking the first record for Britain. Initially thought to be a Great-tailed Grackle, the bird's finer features confirmed its true identity. Its proximity to the Port of Southampton suggests a ship-assisted arrival, making this confiding visitor a fascinating but likely non-natural addition to the British list.
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November 9, 2025 at 3:56 PM
A male Boat-tailed Grackle appeared in Hampshire a week ago, marking the first record of the species in Britain:
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On Shetland for the weekend to do some jobs in & around the house but kept getting distracted by birds in the garden! Started with a Coues's Arctic Redpoll then Rory Tallack had brief views of a pipit which eventually gave itself up as a Pechora. Lastly, a Bullfinch was a most welcome addition.
November 8, 2025 at 6:51 PM
On Shetland for the weekend to do some jobs in & around the house but kept getting distracted by birds in the garden! Started with a Coues's Arctic Redpoll then Rory Tallack had brief views of a pipit which eventually gave itself up as a Pechora. Lastly, a Bullfinch was a most welcome addition.
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As the year moves on, the birds get smaller.
Pallas's leaf warbler at Quoys today, looking for leaves on a day of haar and drizzle. Found by @papaybirder.bsky.social who has finally seen one in Papay!
#orkneybirding #papay
Pallas's leaf warbler at Quoys today, looking for leaves on a day of haar and drizzle. Found by @papaybirder.bsky.social who has finally seen one in Papay!
#orkneybirding #papay
November 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
As the year moves on, the birds get smaller.
Pallas's leaf warbler at Quoys today, looking for leaves on a day of haar and drizzle. Found by @papaybirder.bsky.social who has finally seen one in Papay!
#orkneybirding #papay
Pallas's leaf warbler at Quoys today, looking for leaves on a day of haar and drizzle. Found by @papaybirder.bsky.social who has finally seen one in Papay!
#orkneybirding #papay
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Sorry for the late news, ridiculously busy first couple of hours so not had time to post a photo of the Black-faced Bunting trapped in the Crown Estate Field on the first net round of the day - ta to Duncan Walbridge for this pic
November 6, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Sorry for the late news, ridiculously busy first couple of hours so not had time to post a photo of the Black-faced Bunting trapped in the Crown Estate Field on the first net round of the day - ta to Duncan Walbridge for this pic