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One of my funniest moments in the last few months was when a colleague had gone on a field trip in Norway and returned showing us all a presentation of the work that had been done around the lakes up there. He spoke of all the different birds he had seen. I asked in the chat if he had seen a...

Rwandan Blue. Beautiful plumage.

There's been a massive fall of migrants in the last 24 hours, record numbers of marsh warblers, icterne warbs, bluethroats etc red backed shrikes. Hearing that the north east coast is a good place at the moment.

There will be many, many twitchers who have knowledge that would humble that of any reserve warden. Some have made a lifetime of bird spotting.

The plumage of the bird suggests that it is very young. So it may well be wild. What I didn't know was that it navigates by the stars. Poor thing. Feel really sorry for it.

An Indigo Bunting was spotted in the North-East recently. A friend of mine has a picture. I feel sorry for the poor thing. Condemned to a life in a colder climate and never having nookie. No wonder it looks looked so miserable. Most likely carried across the pond in poor weather conditions and...

Where are you based ? White tailed Eagle seen hanging out at Pulborough Brooks recently, West Sussex.

Possibly a juvenile.