David DarrellLambert
@birdbrainuk
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Ornithologist, author #BirdwatchingLondon & family man #GURA - sound recordings @ … #FreePalestine #BlackLivesMatter
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This Honey Buzzard lifted of the ground whilst heading off to Africa - never seen one so well before - an in your face male
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Humpback Whales in the River Thames this morning. Great to see
@londonmammals1
again!
@RareBirdAlertUK
@Mammal_Society
@iGiGL
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Shit the bed just found this Whitethroat feeding the middle of the road!
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Whilst photographing this Dunlin I noticed this Red-necked Phalarope bobbing on sea - Leysdown, Kent
#wadersoftheworldweekend
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a Goldcrest in Queen’s Wood getting his game face on for the breeding season!
@RSPBLondon
@_BTO
@LeeDingain
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PIN-TAILED SNIPE ON THE PATCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Complete magic when this popped whilst looking at Pied Wheatears......
#DubaiBirding
#ornithology
@_OSME
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An emotional moment when I found two Great Knot yesterday. I’ve been keen as mustard to see them since I first got my teenage hands on the epic book Shorebirds back in the be late 1980s
#GreatKnot
#ornithology
@_OSME
#UAEbirding
there’s the odd Crab Plover too…
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My mental health hasn’t been upbeat today, so I walked down to the Thames to get blasted by the wind and the sun. I’m finding this period in my life hard work
#birdingtherapy
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karelini Turkestan Shrike on the patch today. I didn't realise this existed before yesterday. It is certainly very educational birding in the Middle East. Just when you think your have the "Isabelline" Shrike complex sorted...
@_OSME
The first photo was at 6am and the next at 9am
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Beluga in the Thames at Gravesend - thanks to
@iPterodroma
for finding it today
@BBCRadioLondon
@BBCBreaking
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He came back whilst I was working, I think I'm in love! Not in greatest mental place today but this helped to lift me up. Sometimes nature can be so good for the soul
#ornithology
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So it appears on 1st April a Spotted Crake few over my garden or walked up to my mic and called once.....
#RealUrbanNocmigBirding
#ornithology
#nocmig
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Just got hold of my first copy and it should be in the shops by the end of the month, just slightly excited
#ornithology
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Isabelline Wheatear in the heart of Dubai - nothing like some good urban birding
@_OSME
#RealUrbanBirding
#ornithology
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#nocmig
rules
1. we don't know what that single calls r
2. most odd sounds are mechanical
3. yes that is variation no 47 of a Coot
4. yes that is variation no 1,486 of a Redwing
5. yes we don't know what we r doing
6. yes the experts get it wrong
7. don't read this
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For you viewing pleasure a male vittata Pied Wheatear. My first time with this race, I nearly missed it a few times as head on at a distance it looked very Northern Wheatear like
@_OSME
#ornithology
#DubaiBirding
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One of the Asian Desert Warbler showed well and this time I had my
@UKNikon
D850 with me! What a beauty!
@_OSME
#ornithology
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What a showy bird! Woodchat Shrike at
@RSPBRainham
magic stuff. Nice to other birders there too I know including
@bonser_rich
@DanielBranch94
et al
#BirdwatchingLondon
#ornithology
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OH look at that!!! Thank you Killian a bonus for the
@SoundApproachUK
day at
@CareysSecret
#SaunderssTerns
#fwendz
#ornithology
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Yesterday was Red-breasted Goose in Norfolk. Windy but great. Wonderful company with
@Waderworld1
we laughed so much. Good fun and birding
#ornithology
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I’ve just shat myself! Adult Little Gull SW over my garden calling!!!!
@YoloBirder
soiled and happy!!!
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Egyptian Nightjar variation - a brown bird, a grey bird, a bird moulting inner primaries (showing white inner web) and one showing white inner web to the outer primaries at least - taken over two days in late July
#UAEbirding
#ornithology
@_OSME
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Aaaaarrrgggghhhhhh!!!!!! I just found a Pied Stonechat in Dubai!!!!
@_OSME
@_robsheldon
#ornithology
#DubaiBirding
#PatchBirding
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Cream-coloured Courser overhead we "YES" very close! My best views ever
@_OSME
#UAEbirding
#ornithology
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If a Meadow Pipit is a Mipit and a Tree Pipit is a Tripit, then is a Water Pipit a Wapit and Richards Pipit a Dickit? Discuss please
@step_dove
@jonnybirder
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A bit more Pin-tailed Snipe action from Dubai this week, very enjoyable
#ornithology
#DubaiBirding
@_OSME
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Persian Shearwater off Kalba, UAE yesterday
@_OSME
some rather nice flight view!
#ornithology
#birding
#NikonD850
#PersianShearwater
@UKNikon
#Nikkor300mmPF
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one for
@Birder_Griffon
two Lappet-faced Vulture out in the desert in Dubai, UAE - a magical moment bumping into these two massive beasts feeding with puny Brown-necked Ravens beside them
@_OSME
#ornithology
#DubaiBirding
unfortunately not on any wire.....
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Last weeks Spotted Flycatcher at
@spurnbirdobs
watched with
@Zach_Pannifer
@wathingsmecca
- such a late bird and as always a wonderful week there
@_jdbirder
@rdh_rob
@SBO_Jason
et al
#ornithology
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Hamerkop action here! Amazingly easy to see this time at Al Sadd Lake, Saudi Arabia. I think eight was my highest count together. Amazing looking bird esp inflight when you can see their very odd wingbeats
@_OSME
@Saudibirding
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Citrine Wagtail at Al Zorah Golf Course this week, such a beautiful species
#UAEbirding
#ornithology
@_OSME
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here you go Northern Waterthrush in Essex on Saturday - what a great call!
@xenocanto
#ornithology
#Telinga
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Pygmy Owl in Bulgaria! What a bird! What a trip! What a team!
#TeamChough
#ornithology
#BirdersForPalestine
#BirdingBulgaria
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Common vs Arctic Tern ID adult summer flying -
@step_dove
@jonnybirder
#CommonTern
#ArcticTern
#ornithology
See
@BatAbility
for bird ID lectures
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Red Sea Ospreys - one nest took ten years to increase by 45cm. How old would that make the one I’m next to?
#ornithology
#kingdomofsaudiarabia
@_OSME
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Yes! Who’s a ‘appy boy then? Me! At long last sound recording a singing Eurasian Bullfinch - it’s not a great recording as some Jays are going bananas in the background plus the rumble of traffic too!
@xenocanto
@SoundApproachUK
#ornithology
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Finally managed to edit my photos of the Red-footed Booby of UAE last month - I really enjoyed this bird partly because we had to work to find it
#ornithology
#UAEbirding
#MiddleEastBirding
@_OSME
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Why have one badger in your garden when you can two? Friday night wildlife viewing
@M_Z_Harrison
@MeganShersby
@LucyMcRobert1
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The Radde’s Accentor was a very dreamy bird last week. It was great viewing it with a massive 10 people attending the weekend twitch…..
@_OSME
@UAEbirding_com
#MiddleEastBirding
#BirdingThighBurn
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Today at the Al Zorah Golf Course what I have identified as a lutea Yellow Wagtail - a magnificent bird
@AlstromPer
@_OSME
#ornithology
#DubaiBirding
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I’ve been sorting out my bird books, that’s about third of them done.....
#ornithology
#books
#birds
#neverenoughbirdbooks
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ANOTHER PIN-TAILED SNIPE!!! Warning armpit action, see age limitations my apply
#ornithology
#DubaiBirding
@_OSME
ps I twitched this one - thank you Salma!!!
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23rd Dec at Wamm Farms, UAE I discovered 2 odd large pipits, there were found independently the next day and Simon Lloyd confirmed there were 3 Paddyfield Pipits after that. 3rd for UAE & Greater Western Pal if accepted
#UAEbirding
@_OSME
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Hopefully this captures the swirling mass of Levant Sparrowhawks over Sharm El Shiekh, Egypt at the end of September
@_OSME
@_robsheldon
#ornithology
- I had not seen 1st calendar year birds before
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White-billed Diver off Southend Pier today with
@magnusphotog
who picked it up by saying that diver has a big white bill…….. about the fifth bird we saw!
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About flocking time 45 Waxwings, Chafford Hundred off Fleming Road
@RareBirdAlertUK
@step_dove
@jonnybirder
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Now for Isabelline Shrike action - lovely seeing these as they pass through the region generally earlier than Turkestan Shrike - most are straightforward being pale above and have dusky underpart - I’m sure see some more confusing birds eventually
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Yesterday I counted 40 Broad-billed Sandpipers at Al Zora, Ajman, UAE. Lots of wader piling at the moment
@_OSME
#ornithology
#UAEbirding
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Stop the press! Look at this beauty! When does a GBBG get any better? I need to sit down and rest what a looker... Why doesn't everyone love gulls? 1st cycle
#LarusHeaven
#BirdwatchingLondon
#ornithology
at Woolwich with
@Zach_Pannifer
n
@LiaKajiki
#ornithology
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Dusky Thrush again this morning in Belgium - 14 Woodlark was great too! Now just need to find a Black Woodpecker in this gale....
@RareBirdAlertUK
@ArnoldMeijer
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male and female Arabian Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse displaying over the Qadra Desert, Dubai, UAE
#DubaiBirding
#ornithology
@_OSME
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Here you go just what you wanted tonight - Scaup x Tufted Duck in Regent's Park last week. Juicy or what!
@BirdHybrids
@step_dove
@jonnybirder
#BirdwatchingLondon
#ornithology
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I do like a Marsh Sandpiper and this was a lovely close view of one. It nearly posed beside a Common Greenshank perfectly by you need something extra for next time. Also present at Al Zora yesterday
@_OSME
#ornithology
#UAEbirding
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Red-crested Pochard x Tufted Duck at
#BushPark
- a monster hybrid - not the very dark vercumulations at the front of the mantle/scapulars and the pink lipstick marks on the bill
@BirdHybrids
@Jonny09Jonny
@jonnie_fisk
- I think I'm in love!
@KaneBrides
@WWTworldwide
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From yesterday the Bonaparte's Gull at Erith, London a bird to see given it flies at less than a metre away from you! Thanks to gull nuts
@bonser_rich
and
@dantshep
finding it
#RealUrbanBirding
#ILoveGulls
#BirdwatchingLondon
#GoNSeeItGullLovers
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Little Grebes in Dubai, these ones are very interesting and makes it hard to pick out Black-necked Grebes
@_OSME
#ornithology
#DubaiBirding
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as I prep for the decent of
@step_dove
I checked out Mushriff Park, Dubai. The Crested Honey Buzzards didn't disappoint
#ornithology
@_OSME
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I was given this painting by one of best friend’s daughter, a thank you for all the times I’ve taken her out birding. It so good!! I showed her Spoonbill the other day and she was so excited - wonderful stuff
#ornithology
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a very grey looking European Nightjar in February 2024 Jazan, Saudi Arabia. Never seen one like this, any idea what subspecies it might be?
@_osme
#SaudiBirding
#ornithology
#BirdersForPalestine
@Saudibirding
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Family walk - me logging all the birds? Never! Breeding Nuthatches, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Stock Dove.....
#ornithology
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They’ve gone! My publishers have just told me the first print run has sold out! Well over the moon about that, done in 18 months!
#BirdwatchingLondon
11 left in stock at home - available at my lecture on Friday with
@RSPBBexleyGroup
#ornithology
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Just found a juvenile Lesser Yellowlegs in Broadford Bay, Isle of Skye
@SkyeBirdsBob
@RareBirdAlertUK
opposite Hebridean Hotel
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Which one is the most valuable? A feather from a Pharaoh Eagle Owl from the deserts of Saudi Arabia? The feather from a Barbados Bullfinch from a sunkissed beach? Or the magnificent piece of art
#BirdTherapy
@BirdTherapy
- if you haven’t got it, then get it today!!!
#ornithology
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Stop! Sit down! Get ready! STEPPE GULL!!!! Nothing better than looking at something that used be a race of Caspian Gull and now in the Lesser Black-backed Gull camp…. For those beautiful gull nuts out there
@_OSME
#ornithology
#DubaiBirding
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Bimaculated Lark action at Qadra, Dubai, UAE last month - lovely numbers have been present with birds singing and in song flight too
#DubaiBirding
#ornithology
@_OSME
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Finally managed some good shots of Shikra! A lovely raptor and located a nest as well
#ornithology
@_OSME
#BirdingDubai
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Jack Snipe at
@greenwicheco
with
@green5347
today - thanks for the guided tour
@waderquest
#shorebirds
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Mega day with the Black-browed Albatross at
@Bempton_Cliffs
with
@magnusphotog
supporting cast included
@jonnie_fisk
@metcow33
@TimsBirding
@PaulHdigiman
- What a bird!
#ornithology
#MegaBirdThighBurn
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Nothing juicier than an European Nightjar out in the open in Dubai last month
@_OSME
#ornithology
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Semipalmated Sandpiper, Western Sandpiper and Least Sandpiper - Florida August 2016
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@britishbirds
hardcopy landed today - to say I’m happy my book came top of the second tier is an understatement of the year! Or dare I say five places behind Svensson & Hadoram!!!! 💥💥💥💥 That was the
@_BTO
&
@britishbirds
#BestBirdBookOfTheYear2018
#BirdwatchingLondon
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Located my first Crested Lark nest of the season. Shame to see so much plastic being used
#ornithology
#BirdingDubai
@_OSME
@_BTO
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Help! I not sure I can cope! Yet again when explaining that I’m an ornithologist and I study birds someone has said “What the feathered kind?”. It’s sexist and so unoriginal. Also I have been asked “What with binoculars?” I nearly said, no a toothbrush.....
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Been too busy eating to notice what is going on around you?
@YoloBirder
@LucyMcRobert1
@step_dove
@j_vanbruggen
@londonmammals1
Now late for
#Nocmig
!
@iGiGL
@magnusphotog
@MarkG76
@PeterAlfrey
@WiseBirding
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