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Grumpy Old Birder #40 – The No Show Man

“…the warm water running down my face, wasn’t – it was a red liquid better kept inside my inner tubes…”

Bo Beolens, the Fatbirder, was meant to give a talk at the Scottish Birdfair last week but didn’t make it. Here he explains – with poignant honesty – exactly why he was the ‘No Show Man”…

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Book Review – Adriatic East Coast: Seeing Birds…

 

Book Review - Adriatic East Coast: Seeing Birds...

I'm old enough to remember when birding info for overseas travel came in the post via the inexhaustable Steve Whitehouse,

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Nial Moores: Stejneger’s Stonechat in Korea – a quick Introduction with Images

Nial Moores, November 14th, 2012

With recent splits in formerly familiar species (such as Arctic Warbler) and proposed splits in others (including Blue-and-White Flycatcher), several new species have been

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Grumpy Old Birder #33 – ‘Cool change’

Grumpy Old Birder #33 - 'Cool change'

"...I don't care if the grass is greener on the other side of the hill. What's the point of worrying about that

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TN90 Jeff Gordon, President of the American Birding Association

What is the ABA, what is its role, how does it fit into the North American birding landscape, what are its plan for the future, and why might

Ulcinj salt pans by Paul Voskamp

Under threat: could eco-tourism save Montenegro’s Ulcinj Saltpans

Tiny Montenegro, independent since 2006, is a big attraction when it comes to birds, with five Important Bird Areas (IBAs), including the magnificent and vast Lake Skadar, a

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TN73 The Conference Calls 02 Dec 11

The one with guest Steve Dudley, senior administrator at the BOU and ex officio member of the BOU's Records Committee, where we find out whether the BOU is

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TN70 The Conference Calls 14 Nov 11

The one with guest Richard Fray, ex-pat Brit birder and 'Leicester Llama' blogger now living in Patagonia, Arizona where he leads bird tours and talks with an English

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TN62 The Conference Calls 01 Oct 11

The one where we talk about September's UK birds, ask whether if Buff-breasted Sandpipers become common they'd ever be 'trash', again highlight the awful illegal trapping situation on

UK’s rarity-filled autumn

Perhaps this has not been the best time to choose to stay at home and put my energies into Talking Naturally? Taken from the Rare Bird Alert

  

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