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Obsessive patch birder in the Lye Valley, Oxford | eBird reviewer for Oxfordshire | bird surveys for BTO. Part of a 2024 team that set the current Oxon Big Day record by bike, beating the motorised record 🚴🏼‍♂️👊🏻✅ Blog 👇🏻 https://www.outofthebluesky.co/?p=5909

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As mentioned in this week’s @oxfordclarion.bsky.social, thank you! 🙏🏻

An early start for my Waterways Breeding Bird survey for @btobirds.bsky.social along the River Thame from Cuddesdon. Great to hear 12 singing Reed Warbler, a site record due to habitat improvement by @riverthamect.bsky.social. 2 Hobby were also notable 👌🏻 #ukbirding

We have now published the April #PWC2026 review on our blog! Click this link to head over and see where you ended up in the league tables, as well as all the interesting patch birds over the month: patchworkchallenge.blogspot.com/2026/05/apri... Thanks to everyone who has taken part so far!

Lovely to find this 1st-summer female red-footed falcon at rushy common this morning. Thank you to all who helped with the ID. Hope it will stay around for others to enjoy.

Craziest bird during field work, a Wilson's storm-petrel far from its natural habitat. At first I thought "weird how that swallow is behaving like a storm-petrel!" 🤯

Incredible views of a migrating Common Quail as it flew past the ship in the English Channel! @sophieshrike.bsky.social

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This is turning out to be an incredibly year for Painted Lady butterflies, they were everywhere in the Lye Valley area, Oxford, today. These pictures were taken in the Churchill Hospital car park! @friendlyevalley.bsky.social @ouhospitals.bsky.social #paintedlady #butterfly

If you’re in the Oxford area next Friday, 12th June, I’m talking about the “Birds of the Lye Valley Area” at 1:45pm, with lots of pictures and sound recordings. Lunch is also available (but is not compulsory!): www.bullingdoncommunityassociation.co.uk/articles/com... @friendlyevalley.bsky.social

Greater Flamingos at Cervia, on the Adriatic coast of Italy, on the TV coverage of today’s stage of the Giro d’Italia #giro #ukbirding #birdingbybike #BirdsOfTheGirod’Italia

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Could be a game changer on the next Big Day by Bike, @sheldonbirds.bsky.social?

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