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30 Dec 2018 Ten things that caught my eye (2018 in photographic review)
7 Dec 2018 Rumper revisited (another - or the same - December Red-rumped Swallow in Norfolk
19 Nov 2018 Colombia (all my Colombia blogs in one place)
15 Nov 2018 Colombia's rares (globally threatened birds in Colombia)
14 Nov 2018 Colombian wildlife(from fed-du-lance and glass frogs to metamorphosing cicadas)
13 Nov 2018 Tanagers and other birds (kaleidoscope of feather, in Colombia)
12 Nov 2018 Hummers (hummingbirds seen in Colombia)
11 Nov 2018 SA Birdfair (attending the South American Bird Fair, Manizales, Colombia in early November)
4 Nov 2018 Gong! (winning the Adele Evans Guidebook of the Year for 52 European Wildlife Weekends)
31 Oct 2018 Last chance saloon (last-ditch efforts to find an autumn mega in Norfolk)
25 Oct 2018 Stej (better images of the Stejneger's Stonechat in Norfolk)
23 Oct 2018 New book (I will be spending 2019 writing a travel narrative about British moths)
22 Oct 2018 Compass points (Todd's Canada Goose, Brown Shrike & Stejneger's Stonechat)
20 Oct 2018 Meeow(twitching Grey Catbird in Cornwall)
15 Oct 2018 Vagrants (Norfolk birders descend on Spurn and find a Vagrant Emperor dragonfly)
14 Oct 2018 White-rump (jamming in on the UK's first White-rumped Swift in Yorkshire)
11 Oct 2018 Rose-tinted (a Rose-coloured Starling reaches my neighbourhood but misses my garden)
9 Oct 2018 Nor'easterly (finding rare migrants in Norfolk... or trying to)
2 Oct 2018 Sea(l)side(showy Grey Seals and sea watching for migrant birds off Norfolk)
25 Sep 2018 Beluga! (the remarkable find of a Beluga Whale in the Thames estuary, off Kent)
23 Sep 2018 #Soggy10000 (the People's Walk for Wildlife, London, 22 September)
19 Sep 2018 Prince(ss) Caspian (a showy Caspian Gull on a Norfolk beach)
18 Sep 2018 Olé(Oleander Hawk-moth and a decent supporting cast of other moths & birds in Kent)
12 Sep 2018 Green giant(Great Green Bush-Cricket, garden Ivy Bee & moths, Pallid x Hen Harrier hybrid)
4 Sep 2018 Shortlist (on the importance of accolades for the impoverished writer)
3 Sep 2018 Bonking butterflies (video of Large White mating frenzy in Norfolk)
2 Sep 2018 Phobe vs Phile (a showy juvenile Mediterranean Gull in Norfolk)
27 Aug 2018 The Fridge of Beauty (Beautiful Marbled and American Black Tern in Kent)
25 Aug 2018 Oak (Angle-striped Sallow in Norfolk, and Brown Oak Slender at home)
6 Aug 2018 Elvis (Wormwood, Dark Crimson Underwing, Southern Oak Bush-cricket etc in Norfolk)
4 Aug 2018 Picos de Europa(another wildlife-filled trip to this mountain range in northern Spain)
10 July 2018 Pine Marten (a video of Pine Marten from Glen Loy Lodge, Scotland, last month)
9 July 2018 Goatee (Goat Moth, Golden Pearl, Red-belted Clearwing, and some rare tiny moths in Norfolk)
6 July 2018 Hotland (a mammoth post on an epic Scotland trip, with too many highlights to list. Amazing!)
5 July 2018 Scarce (another rare moth, Scarce Black Arches in my Norwich garden)
3 July 2018 Orache (the stunning and rare Orache Moth, in my Norwich garden)
2 July 2018 King's Fin (Fin Whale in King's Lynn, Norfolk)
21 June 2018 Royal Show (American Royal Tern in Sussex & emerging Southern Migrant Hawkers in Essex)
14 June 2018 Mixmag(Marsh Warbler, Corncrake, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Scarce Chaser, Cinereous Pearl, Dusky Peacock and Fen Orchid in Norfolk)
5 June 2018 Mates' Moltoni's (Moltoni's Subalpine Warbler, Short-toed Lark & Scarlet Rosefinch in Norfolk)
1 June 2018 Derek (not one but two Dewick's Plusia in my Norwich garden)
29 May 2018 Maybe not(Burnt Orchid, Greenish Warbler, White-winged Black Tern, Netted Pug in Norfolk)
19 May 2018 Limelight (Lime Hawk-moth in my Norwich garden)
19 May 2018 Military precision(Military, Early Marsh & Green-winged Orchids; Pasqueflower & Pool Frog)
16 May 2018 Peewit (displaying Lapwing and other lovely stuff in Norfolk)
10 May 2018 Bluebell(Spring's purple haze in Norfolk)
7 May 2018 Green party Twitching Green Heron in Wales on the day of local elections
5 May 2018 Review: Two Orchid Summers Reviews of new books by Leif Bersweden and Jon Dunn
2 May 2018 Mayday Great spring-migration day in Norfolk, including Wryneck
30 Apr 2018 Imperial April April garden moths, including Emperor and Mullein
29 Apr 2018 Union of the snake Two mating pairs of Adder and some dancing males in Norfolk
24 Apr 2018 Nature-writing vs TV My contribution to the Norfolk Festival of Nature debate
24 Apr 2018 Adders multiply My best Adder experience yet: six hours with fighting males and a mating pair
19 Apr 2018 New books 52 European Wildlife Weekends and Hedgehogs: two of my new books
17 Apr 2018 minutus Little Gulls in Norwich
16 Apr 2018 April skies Norfolk moths and a celebration of the Jesus and Mary Chain
12 Apr 2018 East meets west Small Eggar in Norfolk and American Bittern in Suffolk
7 Apr 2018 Parseltongue A score of Adders and Grass Snake in north Norfolk
5 Apr 2018 Snowball(s) A trio of Coues's Arctic Redpolls at Felthorpe, Norfolk
28 Mar 2018 March mothsGarden moths, notably Oak beauty
26 Mar 2018 On fire Stunning close-range singing Firecrest in Norfolk
23 Mar 2018 Polar Star Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem and Glaucous Gull in Norwich
10 Mar 2018 Snow? Go! Dipping Ross's Gull in Dorset
6 Mar 2018 A clarity of redpolls Some light shed on yesterday's redpolls - to surprising effect
5 Mar 2018 A confusion of redpolls Coues's Arctic, Mealy and Lesser Redpolls near Norwich
3 Mar 2018 Wensum, lose some Amazing snowy walk through Norwich's take on The Beast from the East
22 Feb 2018 Tricksy Loxia Confusing (Parrot-type) Crossbills near Norwich
13 Feb 2018 Slo-mo More starlings mumurating in Suffolk
11 Feb 2018 Grisly demise Wasp killing a Red-veined darter in Portugal
10 Feb 2018 Murmur Starlings in Suffolk
9 Feb 2018 Hoary & holy Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Suffolk (again)
6 Feb 2018 New books My four new books out in 2018
1 Feb 2018 Feeling hawny? Hawfinch in Hampshire, New Forest, Horned Lark in Greater London (again)
25 Jan 2018 Shorely not? (North American) Horned Lark in Greater London
22 Jan 2018 On black or red? Male Black Redstart in north Norfolk
14 Jan 2018 Coues's who? Coues's Arctic Redpoll in Suffolk
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