Nathaniel Cant

It's been a decent birding year this year with 9 new birds here are a few highlights.

@RobsBirding What a fantastic bird that was Rob

Wow four years ago today this happened at Worth Marshes 😊

Pectoral Sandpiper, American golden plover, And a summer plumage Curlew Sandpiper the highlights from a trip to Old Hall Marsh this weekend

Ad Ross's Gull in Essex at Thameside my first for 20 years

@miles_cluff Love that third photo

Just a warning, my account is gonna become an owl fan page for the next few days. A few of 18 Eurasian Pygmy Owls we caught up with in Estonia over 4 full days. Warm weather meant birds were very active, and so fearless too. My highlight of the trip.

@01000011S Ian McKellen!

@ianbennell75 @Briansbirding Also about time they gave us white-headed and Marbled ducks

@Briansbirding Would be nice. Give us back Steppe Grey Shrike for a start

Well it was nice while it lasted 😩😂 #lumping

@01000011S @BlaenavonNature Happy birthday Lee

Birthday Light Brunch - gotta save room for cake later! 🤣

@BlaenavonNature Happy anniversary to you both .

Happy 8th wedding anniversary to my lovely Cathy XXXX

Snow Bunting Landguard this morning #phonescoped #suffokbirding

Green-winged Teal on The Slough Lackfofd this afternoon .

Isabelline Shrike from North warren Suffolk this morning .#phonescoped.

A year ago today made the decision to drive overnight for the reported Scarlet Tanager in West Yorkshire have good views for a short while early morning .

Nice to catch up with the BROWN SHRIKE at Hollesley this morning # phonescoped

@denmor77 @Birduder344 Thats some milage

@Birduder344 I done it from Edinburgh then straight back up the road after it 😳

7 Years ago today I made the mad solo drive to Lands End to see this Grey Catbird. Still in my Top 3, it was absolute cracker!

@SmalePerry @ianbennell75 Yeah 2 different birds

@canttmi73 @ianbennell75 There was a Little around too, saw the pics.

Oh what a surprise! Two weeks trudging round the islands hoping the easterlies had brought one in. Sadly 4 days too late 😡😩😂

@SmalePerry @ianbennell75 Yeah it came out as black-faced bunting with about 20 minutes of daylight left . It had been there a few hours as a little.

@canttmi73 @ianbennell75 I heard something about a mis- id'd Little Bunting, was that that one?

TURKESTAN SHRIKE gave superb views this afternoon on Dunwich heath # #phonescoped

@01000011S @Griffonfulture Nice Craig good to see out again

Lucky enough to find the BWK flying in just a couple of minutes after arriving on site this morning. Then gave some great close fly bys and perched up twice over halfway closer than the usual trees.

@Griffonfulture @HughHarrop Loving the flat cap craig

@HughHarrop Mine was a Kowa TSN 2, here I am using it at Minsmere circa 1987 ! 🙈

What was your first birding 'scope? A trip down memory lane today after pulling this prized possession out of the cupboard - a Mirador 25x60 on a Cullmann tripod. My first-ever 'scope which transformed everything as a young teenage birder. A couple of weeks after I got it I can remember using it to watch the 1984 Dungeness Least Sandpiper with my late Uncle Richard, @Vaasetter and the late Brian Field. Used it today and it is still optically perfect! #ThrowbackThursday