Chirping

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February 10, 2012

Cecil the Eagle Owl giving us the eyeCecil looking for lunchCecil…

Redwings, Fieldfares and Brass Monkeys!

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February 9, 2012

Fieldfare (Anthony McGeehan)It is totally brass monkeys out there!I…

Plenty of Bullfinches but where are the Crested Tits & Black Woodpeckers?

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February 7, 2012

Male Bullfinch (Russell F Spencer)Bullfinches seem to be the…

A stroll along the Folkstone seafront

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January 29, 2012

A winter plumaged Mediterranean Gull - (Sacha Barbato)Over the…

Family Guy

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January 23, 2012

European Goldfinch (Russell F Spencer)This month has raced by…

Kate Humble & Tub

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January 16, 2012

The lovely Kate with TUBSpent a lovely afternoon hanging out…

Campaign trail

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January 13, 2012

East London and beyond (Geoff Nutter)This morning I spoke at…

Long-tailed green flying rats?

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January 13, 2012

Rose-ringed Parakeet (Yvette Spencer)I think that it's a well…

What I've been missing

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January 9, 2012

Slaty-legged Crake (photo c/o Phil Round)Slaty-legged Crake (photo…

Back home

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January 2, 2012

For those who are interested, below I have listed the species…

Have a great 2012 all!

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January 1, 2012

Black-eared Kite (Neil Kumar)I would like to thank everyone who…

Great....a Black-headed Gull

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December 26, 2011

A sample of the 3,000 or so Brown-headed GullsTUB looking for…

Christmas Day in Bangkok

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December 25, 2011

Red Collared DoveThis is my first 'hot' Christmas, as the ex-pats…

A Fantastic Christmas wished to all!!

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December 24, 2011

Merry Christmas from Thailand!Brown Shrike (Dave Gandy)Black-faced…

Bangkok!

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December 18, 2011

A sluggish monitor!A closer shotAfter months of waiting I've…

TUB Christmas present ideas No.2

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December 14, 2011

It's got to be - hasn't it?I think that this a superb book that…

TUB Christmas present ideas No.1

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December 12, 2011

You might think that this book is an odd choice as one of my…

Woodies

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December 9, 2011

Wood Pigeon (Russell F Spencer)Hello again!All I want to talk…

A mad week

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November 29, 2011

A Robin - fresh out of the freezer!Since my last post when I…

Foggy Gibraltar Point

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November 21, 2011

After being so excited about going to Gibraltar Point in Lincolnshire…

North East Adventure

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November 18, 2011

Checking out a Bittern from the Hide at Gosforth Park, outside…

Kikinda good!

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November 8, 2011

Some more images from the International Long-eared Owl Conference…

The Bullfinches are back!

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November 6, 2011

A male Bullfinch (Russell F Spencer)I'm very happy at the moment…

My Kikinda Town!

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November 4, 2011

With the International Conference on the Survey, Monitoring and…

Serbia bound

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November 2, 2011

The view from a reclined passenger seat - cold Serbian fog!Jeez!…

Ghosts of Gone Birds - The Launch

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November 1, 2011

Artwork by Ralph SteadmanWent to the launch tonight of the Ghost…

A first for Portland Bill

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October 31, 2011

Trying to hide behind a 2nd winter Great Black-back (John Martin)Standing…

Back to Bristol

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October 25, 2011

TUB beginning to fire upAfter an industrious day writing my latest…

Lowestoft birding

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October 24, 2011

Lowestoft birders Andrew Easton & Steve JonesAfter bugger…

A happy ending - so to speak!

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October 21, 2011

Sparrowhawk (Tommy Holden)Whilst half of the UK's birding community…

The Scrubs' first Merlin or is it something else?

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October 18, 2011

Sitting in a treeMarked outIn flight (All photos by Nick Gibson)Newbie…

Fog gets in your eyes

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October 17, 2011

The Scrubs - I'm lost!Somewhere on the football pitchesA thousand…

The launch of the Cabot Tower Bird Study Group, Bristol

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October 6, 2011

The view of slumbering Bristol from the TowerCabot Tower

Out of the blue

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October 2, 2011

On Friday I spent four hours basking in the heat of the glorious…

Vis migging at The Scrubs

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September 28, 2011

Dawn at The ScrubsAhh....Summer has finally arrived. Okay, it's…

Sunday in Cambridge and WWT Welney, Norfolk

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September 26, 2011

TUB & BBC Radio Cambridgeshire DJ Mark RumbleTUB & the…

Portland Bill

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September 19, 2011

Scoping Gannets (Cherry Barlow)Had a really nice weekend based…

Guilty pleasure

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September 16, 2011

The iconic Tower 42I've been feeling extremely guilty recently.…

TUB Tour

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September 16, 2011

So far my book tour has taking me from the streets of Notting…

Reed Warbler?

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September 12, 2011

Photo 1Photo 2Photo 3These series of pictures were sent to me…

Flying Orcas

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September 10, 2011

House Martin (Russell F Spencer)The past 48 hours have been very…

Road trip

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September 8, 2011

Looking southeast from Tower 42It's all go at the moment as I…

I do love a mystery bird!

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September 7, 2011

Putative African Rail (Russell F Spencer)The above photo was…

Life after the Notting Hill Carnival

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August 31, 2011

Let us prey that the carnival be banned in the future (photo:…

At bit more Birdfair

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August 26, 2011

TUB doing a bit of arm signing! (Russell F Spencer)TUB talk (Russell…

Rutland 2011

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August 23, 2011

TUB knocking out those signatures! (Russell F Spencer)Call My…

Meanwhile, back at The Scrubs

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August 15, 2011

Spotted Flycatcher (Russell F Spencer)I have been neglecting…

Olympic Birding

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August 15, 2011

Last week I had an exclusive behind the scenes tour of the Olympic…

Shoot at Lemsford Springs, Hertfordshire

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August 10, 2011

I spent yesterday morning shooting two youtube films for Opticron…

RSPB Conwy Reserve - my 1st official book signing!