Ashley Banwell

The first ever photos of the Karimui Owlet-nightjar - rediscovered after 52 years

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This recently described Slaty-masked Tinamou showed incredibly well yesterday afternoon, Serra do Divisor, Acre. That’s the 3rd new species for science I have walked past, was on this very trail just 14 months ago looking at Acre Antshrike.

This critically endangered Black-chested Puffleg is occasionally visiting a feeder at Reserva Zuro Loma about an hour out of Quito, I had to wait 2 hours before it first appeared yesterday

Very pleased to spend some time with this Banded Ground Cuckoo today

Disappointed to see this schoolboy error in the NWT @NorfolkWT magazine, it’s even at a nest hole if you needed confirmation of its identification

A nice selection of winter sea birds off Wells lifeboat station this afternoon, 2 Great Northern and 2 Red-throated Divers, 1 Red-necked Grebe and some Red-breasted Mergansers

@ClandestineBird No, it’s more similar to Tawny Antpitta, below in the Cali or Dancing Antpitta I saw in 2017

@AshBanwell Is this that famous Grallaricula genus type similar to Peruvian Antpitta recently described?

The undescribed Paisa Antpitta done its best to remain hidden but easy enough to see with the thermal

This male Recurve-billed Bushbird showed incredibly well despite all the aggressive army ants doing their best to distract me, Antioquia, Colombia

Antioquia Brush Finch rediscovered in 2018, I saw a few near Medellin in November

Nice to spend some time with this pair of Zigzag Herons at Cristalino Lodge. Was interesting to watch them displaying and attending a nest platform.

Long-eared Owl - another painting framed ready for my exhibition jamesmccallum.co.uk A tired migrant roosting on the edge of the saltmarsh after crossing the North Sea, Warham Greens, Norfolk 16th October 2025

Nice when the young Goshawk flew in and landed next to me for a few minutes this afternoon

@Khalebyordan What

Talaud Rail from tonight birding! #BirdtourAsia

@HughHarrop @RareBirdAlertUK @Juddhunt1 @Britnatureguide @Shetnews @BelvideBirding Got papped!

Watching the Siberian Thrush at Asta, Tingwall, Shetland this afternoon. If we all had fishing rods in our hands whilst standing in that loch, folk would think we were completely normal. Funny old world…😉

@saunt_mick You lost me in the 3rd word, I didn’t realise CBC had such a vast vocabulary

Mulling through my old diaries and came across this from a 1995 Cley Bird Club newsletter. Some great times remembered 🙂

@pmandrews1973 Mongolia

@AshBanwell Did you find where "his" PGP photo came from?

Looks like yesterdays Bairds at North Point isn’t what it seemed

These 2 Spotted Redshank were on the pool along the Iron Road at Salthouse, always a pleasure to watch them