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I left the RSPB after 20 years in 2022 and now manage my own little tour company www.blueeyedbirder.com and freelance myself out as a guide for Oriole Birding and Bird's Wildlife & Nature. Read my blog here: blueeyedbirding.blogspot.com

Howard Vaughan - blueeyedbirder.com

Ok - I may have told a porky pie earlier and there is always time for one more post. Lowestoft Life - 28th May - 9th June 2026 blueeyedbirding.blogspot.com/2026/06/lowe... @suffolkmoths.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Brain won't turn off at the moment so I have been writing. Svalbard for @bwntours.bsky.social - pre-tour day 11th June 2026 Up close and personal with the urban bird life of Longyearbyen. The real adventure starts tomorrow afternoon... blueeyedbirding.blogspot.com/2026/06/sval...

Howard Vaughan - blueeyedbirder.com

Not quite sure how to sum up the first full day on the MV Ortelius on our @bwntours.bsky.social Svalbard tour. We got very lucky indeed with two Polar Bear encounters. The second from the zodiac was unexpected and beyond anyone's expectations. We are still lost for words.

6th April 2026 - Day 17 - Costa Rica for @bwntours.bsky.social blueeyedbirding.blogspot.com/2026/06/6th-... Any birthday with three new birds and the dinky glowing gem that is a Snowcap is a good one.

4th April 2026 - Day 15 - Costa Rica for @bwntours.bsky.social blueeyedbirding.blogspot.com/2026/06/time... The cloud forest still had secrets to share before the drive back to the Caribbean Slope for the last few days of the tour. #BirdsSeenIn2026

7th April 2026 - Day 18 - Costa Rica for @bwntours.bsky.social blueeyedbirding.blogspot.com/2026/06/7th-... Another memorable tour came to an end aided by a fine crew, the expert guiding and company of Fito Downs and the multifaceted talents of the one and only Ramon Vargas Monge.

Back to my Grecian spring: 18th April 2026 - Day 2 Northern Greece for @bwntours.bsky.social blueeyedbirding.blogspot.com/2026/06/18th... Dodging the showers in the Kerkini foothills.

2nd April 2026 - Day 13 - Costa Rica for @bwntours.bsky.social blueeyedbirding.blogspot.com/2026/06/2nd-... Savegre and its Cloud Forest - what else is there to say? #BirdsSeenIn2026

5th April 2026 - Day 16 - Costa Rica for @bwntours.bsky.social blueeyedbirding.blogspot.com/2026/06/5th-... Greeted by Hotel Quelitales's wondrous Sunbitterns before breakfast before working the cloud forest of Tapanti and the local coffee plantations for Sparrow gold. #BirdsSeenIn2026

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Howard Vaughan - blueeyedbirder.com

3rd April 2026 - Day 14 - Costa Rica for @bwntours.bsky.social blueeyedbirding.blogspot.com/2026/06/3rd-... A full day exploring the Savegre valley with American Dippers here at last and host of other wonderful wildlife. #BirdsSeenIn2026

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Howard Vaughan - blueeyedbirder.com