YOLOBirder
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Crex, ducks & Rook n’ Roller
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I like this.
What if the Plague doctor mask (not medieval) was based on specific birds :)
By Shayna Daniel, AKA Squid Von Bob
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What if the Plague doctor mask (not medieval) was based on specific birds :)
By Shayna Daniel, AKA Squid Von Bob
squidvonbob.tumblr.com/post/1879026...
September 23, 2025 at 2:38 AM
I like this.
What if the Plague doctor mask (not medieval) was based on specific birds :)
By Shayna Daniel, AKA Squid Von Bob
squidvonbob.tumblr.com/post/1879026...
What if the Plague doctor mask (not medieval) was based on specific birds :)
By Shayna Daniel, AKA Squid Von Bob
squidvonbob.tumblr.com/post/1879026...
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If I still worked in school, I’d wear my #Red67 badges & give the #sixseven trend a different narrative. The kids’d listen & be horrified. I mean, I’d keep it light, because=kids having fun. But man, then I’d tell them UK red listed birds are now at 73. @yolobirder.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 9:15 AM
If I still worked in school, I’d wear my #Red67 badges & give the #sixseven trend a different narrative. The kids’d listen & be horrified. I mean, I’d keep it light, because=kids having fun. But man, then I’d tell them UK red listed birds are now at 73. @yolobirder.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social
Bunty for Girls annual 1967
October 19, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Bunty for Girls annual 1967
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August 24, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Any budding young naturalists/readers out there who would like 3 @gill-lewis.bsky.social books? I’d love to gift these to someone who would enjoy them. I’ll cover postage :)
August 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Any budding young naturalists/readers out there who would like 3 @gill-lewis.bsky.social books? I’d love to gift these to someone who would enjoy them. I’ll cover postage :)
Yes I did and this is an excellent spot! So jealous though not to get this on my SJP list!
@yolobirder.bsky.social didn’t you once have a thread about rarities seen during football matches? 🤔
August 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Yes I did and this is an excellent spot! So jealous though not to get this on my SJP list!
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Been doing a bit of long overdue taxonomy catch-up. I've got my head around divers no longer being at the front of the bird book, but cuckoos between bustards and sandgrouse is going to take a bit of getting used to. #UKbirding
July 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Been doing a bit of long overdue taxonomy catch-up. I've got my head around divers no longer being at the front of the bird book, but cuckoos between bustards and sandgrouse is going to take a bit of getting used to. #UKbirding
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Want to know which bird species @greeneindy.bsky.social would choose to peck him to death? Or which bird has one parent go to Sainsbury’s Local while the other does a big shop? Then listen here!
New podcast episode out now! Live from @globalbirdfair.bsky.social with @willrose.bsky.social and special guest @greeneindy.bsky.social !
goldengrenades.com/podcast/epis...
goldengrenades.com/podcast/epis...
July 22, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Want to know which bird species @greeneindy.bsky.social would choose to peck him to death? Or which bird has one parent go to Sainsbury’s Local while the other does a big shop? Then listen here!
As someone who once produced plectrums based on Puffins as members of Kiss, I thought that was as niche as I’d get. Then I started Bird of the Week, ‘reviewing’ birds as if they were albums in a music magazine…
July 26, 2025 at 9:37 AM
As someone who once produced plectrums based on Puffins as members of Kiss, I thought that was as niche as I’d get. Then I started Bird of the Week, ‘reviewing’ birds as if they were albums in a music magazine…
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This is a fantastic piece of research: @yolobirder.bsky.social has combed the “Tintin” albums and come up with identifications for the birds Hergé drew - where they appear, and what they are! It’s a great work of reference, and highly recommended!
@tintinologist.bsky.social hi!
I once counted all of the birds drawn by Hergé in the adventures of Tintin and wrote a couple of blogs about my findings. Wondered if this might be of interest to you :) goldengrenades.com/the-birds-of...
I once counted all of the birds drawn by Hergé in the adventures of Tintin and wrote a couple of blogs about my findings. Wondered if this might be of interest to you :) goldengrenades.com/the-birds-of...
The Birds of Tintin: Part 1
Like many kids growing up, I loved comics. Between Christmas Beano and Dandy annuals, Marvel comics gifted weekly by a kind uncle and my trips to the library for Asterix and Tintin books I was…
goldengrenades.com
July 22, 2025 at 8:25 AM
This is a fantastic piece of research: @yolobirder.bsky.social has combed the “Tintin” albums and come up with identifications for the birds Hergé drew - where they appear, and what they are! It’s a great work of reference, and highly recommended!
Want to know which bird species @greeneindy.bsky.social would choose to peck him to death? Or which bird has one parent go to Sainsbury’s Local while the other does a big shop? Then listen here!
New podcast episode out now! Live from @globalbirdfair.bsky.social with @willrose.bsky.social and special guest @greeneindy.bsky.social !
goldengrenades.com/podcast/epis...
goldengrenades.com/podcast/epis...
July 22, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Want to know which bird species @greeneindy.bsky.social would choose to peck him to death? Or which bird has one parent go to Sainsbury’s Local while the other does a big shop? Then listen here!
Thoroughly enjoying ‘The Cuckoo’s Lea’ by @drmjwarren.bsky.social, exploring England and its past through the places named after the birds that used to be there. It reminds me of the falconers whistle scene in Detectorists, with its ghostly echoes of the past. Lovely stuff.
July 20, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Thoroughly enjoying ‘The Cuckoo’s Lea’ by @drmjwarren.bsky.social, exploring England and its past through the places named after the birds that used to be there. It reminds me of the falconers whistle scene in Detectorists, with its ghostly echoes of the past. Lovely stuff.
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6) The Green Woodpecker frame in Castafiore is a banger. Just for fun? Or a bit of a foreshadow for the Magpie?
7) Really disappointing he lost his opportunity in 714. South Pacific island... no fun birds? Just aliens? C'mon!
Anyway, great read. Thanks for putting the work in! Lot of fun. Cheers
7) Really disappointing he lost his opportunity in 714. South Pacific island... no fun birds? Just aliens? C'mon!
Anyway, great read. Thanks for putting the work in! Lot of fun. Cheers
July 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
6) The Green Woodpecker frame in Castafiore is a banger. Just for fun? Or a bit of a foreshadow for the Magpie?
7) Really disappointing he lost his opportunity in 714. South Pacific island... no fun birds? Just aliens? C'mon!
Anyway, great read. Thanks for putting the work in! Lot of fun. Cheers
7) Really disappointing he lost his opportunity in 714. South Pacific island... no fun birds? Just aliens? C'mon!
Anyway, great read. Thanks for putting the work in! Lot of fun. Cheers
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3) 327 birds in Black Island! That's like 2001 Space Odyssey evolution
4) You telling me the famous guano gulls of Prisoners are not native to Peru? Boo
5) On Calculus, Hergé used to vacation on Lake Geneva, so got a lot of detail right. Including the rooster on the French WWI statue
4) You telling me the famous guano gulls of Prisoners are not native to Peru? Boo
5) On Calculus, Hergé used to vacation on Lake Geneva, so got a lot of detail right. Including the rooster on the French WWI statue
July 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
3) 327 birds in Black Island! That's like 2001 Space Odyssey evolution
4) You telling me the famous guano gulls of Prisoners are not native to Peru? Boo
5) On Calculus, Hergé used to vacation on Lake Geneva, so got a lot of detail right. Including the rooster on the French WWI statue
4) You telling me the famous guano gulls of Prisoners are not native to Peru? Boo
5) On Calculus, Hergé used to vacation on Lake Geneva, so got a lot of detail right. Including the rooster on the French WWI statue
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Really fun! Hilarious comments. You r right - birds are surprisingly sparse. Some notes off top of my head
1) First read Congo in French (not translated yet) and I still remember the Parrot's hysterical "Sauve qui peut!"
2) Ottokar's Scepter's pelican could have gotten an honorable mention phaps?
1) First read Congo in French (not translated yet) and I still remember the Parrot's hysterical "Sauve qui peut!"
2) Ottokar's Scepter's pelican could have gotten an honorable mention phaps?
July 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Really fun! Hilarious comments. You r right - birds are surprisingly sparse. Some notes off top of my head
1) First read Congo in French (not translated yet) and I still remember the Parrot's hysterical "Sauve qui peut!"
2) Ottokar's Scepter's pelican could have gotten an honorable mention phaps?
1) First read Congo in French (not translated yet) and I still remember the Parrot's hysterical "Sauve qui peut!"
2) Ottokar's Scepter's pelican could have gotten an honorable mention phaps?
This will be great so take your kids along! bsky.app/profile/will...
Hoping for a good ‘TERN out’ for this !
Schools out so bring the kids along to my fun animated bird guide workshop at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve on Saturday 26th July! We may even sing the Tern Song together! @sussexwildlife.bsky.social
Tickets here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fun-family...
Schools out so bring the kids along to my fun animated bird guide workshop at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve on Saturday 26th July! We may even sing the Tern Song together! @sussexwildlife.bsky.social
Tickets here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fun-family...
July 19, 2025 at 8:58 PM
This will be great so take your kids along! bsky.app/profile/will...
@tintinologist.bsky.social hi!
I once counted all of the birds drawn by Hergé in the adventures of Tintin and wrote a couple of blogs about my findings. Wondered if this might be of interest to you :) goldengrenades.com/the-birds-of...
I once counted all of the birds drawn by Hergé in the adventures of Tintin and wrote a couple of blogs about my findings. Wondered if this might be of interest to you :) goldengrenades.com/the-birds-of...
The Birds of Tintin: Part 1
Like many kids growing up, I loved comics. Between Christmas Beano and Dandy annuals, Marvel comics gifted weekly by a kind uncle and my trips to the library for Asterix and Tintin books I was…
goldengrenades.com
July 19, 2025 at 12:41 PM
@tintinologist.bsky.social hi!
I once counted all of the birds drawn by Hergé in the adventures of Tintin and wrote a couple of blogs about my findings. Wondered if this might be of interest to you :) goldengrenades.com/the-birds-of...
I once counted all of the birds drawn by Hergé in the adventures of Tintin and wrote a couple of blogs about my findings. Wondered if this might be of interest to you :) goldengrenades.com/the-birds-of...
A year ago I made this podcast about Sky Hunter, an old BBC educational kids film (shown as part of Look and Read) about peregrines and wildlife crime. It was a nostalgic passion project but came to mean so much more. goldengrenades.com/podcast/epis...
Episode 37: Sky Hunter Special
Exploring the creation of the 1978 educational BBC drama Sky Hunter (from the BBC programme Look and Read), bird crimes then and now, and the influence it had.
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July 19, 2025 at 10:59 AM
A year ago I made this podcast about Sky Hunter, an old BBC educational kids film (shown as part of Look and Read) about peregrines and wildlife crime. It was a nostalgic passion project but came to mean so much more. goldengrenades.com/podcast/epis...
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Bird place-name 69: OUTCHESTER (Northumbs). OE ule + ceaster. ‘Owl’s Roman fort’. Love this: the idea of owls taking over a deserted fort. Ghost birds of a ghost place. linktr.ee/cuckooslea #birdsandplace #naturewriting
July 15, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Bird place-name 69: OUTCHESTER (Northumbs). OE ule + ceaster. ‘Owl’s Roman fort’. Love this: the idea of owls taking over a deserted fort. Ghost birds of a ghost place. linktr.ee/cuckooslea #birdsandplace #naturewriting
This summer’s pop banger!
TERN it up! 🦅💥🎵
I wrote a song to help you learn about #terns. Please share if you enjoy it. #birds 🪶
I will be hosting an animated bird guide workshop at #RyeHarbourNatureReserve @sussexwildlife.bsky.social on Saturday July 26th . Grab a ticket here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fun-family...
I wrote a song to help you learn about #terns. Please share if you enjoy it. #birds 🪶
I will be hosting an animated bird guide workshop at #RyeHarbourNatureReserve @sussexwildlife.bsky.social on Saturday July 26th . Grab a ticket here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fun-family...
July 14, 2025 at 8:15 PM
This summer’s pop banger!
I know Birdfair has its critics, and I get that. But, to meet up with such brilliant, inspirational, lovely people, around a shared love of birds once a year, tops me up.
July 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I know Birdfair has its critics, and I get that. But, to meet up with such brilliant, inspirational, lovely people, around a shared love of birds once a year, tops me up.
Golden Grenades has arrived at @globalbirdfair.bsky.social !
Catch us on the podcasting stage in the Kneecap slot! (4.30pm)
Catch us on the podcasting stage in the Kneecap slot! (4.30pm)
July 12, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Golden Grenades has arrived at @globalbirdfair.bsky.social !
Catch us on the podcasting stage in the Kneecap slot! (4.30pm)
Catch us on the podcasting stage in the Kneecap slot! (4.30pm)
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Delighted to join @yolobirder.bsky.social for his fabulous @goldengrenadesco.bsky.social podcast Live at @globalbirdfair.bsky.social with special guest @greeneindy.bsky.social ! It’s gonna be a blast 🦅💥
We are coming to @globalbirdfair.bsky.social !
Please do come and watch us do the podcast LIVE with special guest Indy Greene!
What could possibly go wrong??
Please do come and watch us do the podcast LIVE with special guest Indy Greene!
What could possibly go wrong??
July 8, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Delighted to join @yolobirder.bsky.social for his fabulous @goldengrenadesco.bsky.social podcast Live at @globalbirdfair.bsky.social with special guest @greeneindy.bsky.social ! It’s gonna be a blast 🦅💥
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We are coming to @globalbirdfair.bsky.social !
Please do come and watch us do the podcast LIVE with special guest Indy Greene!
What could possibly go wrong??
Please do come and watch us do the podcast LIVE with special guest Indy Greene!
What could possibly go wrong??
July 8, 2025 at 8:09 PM
We are coming to @globalbirdfair.bsky.social !
Please do come and watch us do the podcast LIVE with special guest Indy Greene!
What could possibly go wrong??
Please do come and watch us do the podcast LIVE with special guest Indy Greene!
What could possibly go wrong??
Hello! It’s been a while! Last time I saw you, you were this big.
Anyway… who is going to Birdfair this weekend?!
I’ll be there with @willrose.bsky.social so hopefully see some of you there too!
Anyway… who is going to Birdfair this weekend?!
I’ll be there with @willrose.bsky.social so hopefully see some of you there too!
July 7, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Hello! It’s been a while! Last time I saw you, you were this big.
Anyway… who is going to Birdfair this weekend?!
I’ll be there with @willrose.bsky.social so hopefully see some of you there too!
Anyway… who is going to Birdfair this weekend?!
I’ll be there with @willrose.bsky.social so hopefully see some of you there too!