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Howard Vaughan - blueeyedbirder.com @howardvaughanbeb.bsky.social · 5h

#Estonia for @oriolebirding.bsky.social - 6 Oct '25
In 3h15m on the Sõrve peninsular we counted a staggering 27,576 Tits & 8331 Finches along with 595 Goldcrests. The mind was truly boggled and the flabber gasted. @birdinghaapsalu.bsky.social blueeyedbirding.blogspot.com/2025/10/esto...

Northern Long Tailed Tit stopping for a rest

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Howard Vaughan - blueeyedbirder.com @howardvaughanbeb.bsky.social · 18h

Congratulations. What an amazing bird.

Howard Vaughan - blueeyedbirder.com @howardvaughanbeb.bsky.social · 20h

#estonia for @oriolebirding.bsky.social - 5th October 2025
A day on the Sõrve Peninsular watching migration happen all around us. A notch up on Puise and a taste of things to come. @birdinghaapsalu.bsky.social blueeyedbirding.blogspot.com/2025/10/esto...

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Howard Vaughan - blueeyedbirder.com @howardvaughanbeb.bsky.social · 1d

#estonia for @oriolebirding.bsky.social - 4th October 2025
We made our way towards Saaremaa & memories of a frozen landscape 14 years ago came flooding back but were soon to be eclipsed by 300 bugling Cranes @birdinghaapsalu.bsky.social #BirdsSeenIn2025 blueeyedbirding.blogspot.com/2025/10/esto...

Red Kite - one of two - a scarce Estonian bird

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Howard Vaughan - blueeyedbirder.com @howardvaughanbeb.bsky.social · 3d

#Estonia for Oriole Birding - 3rd October 2025
#BirdsSeenIn2025

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Howard Vaughan - blueeyedbirder.com @howardvaughanbeb.bsky.social · 3d

#Estonia for @oriolebirding.bsky.social - 3rd October 2025
A morning at Spithami watching the waves before the forests gave up some of their secrets as the sun set.
blueeyedbirding.blogspot.com/2025/10/esto... @birdinghaapsalu.bsky.social #BirdsSeenIn2025

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Howard Vaughan - blueeyedbirder.com @howardvaughanbeb.bsky.social · 4d

@birdinghaapsalu.bsky.social sorry! could not do it without you!

Howard Vaughan - blueeyedbirder.com @howardvaughanbeb.bsky.social · 4d

#estonia for @oriolebirding.bsky.social - 1st-2nd October 2025
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A Tit-tastic first full day. Migration at its very best. A day with over 1000 snowballs on lolly sticks and so much more.
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Howard Vaughan - blueeyedbirder.com @howardvaughanbeb.bsky.social · 7d

It is just a little before midnight here in #Estonia for the start of the @oriolebirding.bsky.social autumn tour. It is absolutely black outside as the moon has already set and a Tawny Owl is calling
The merging of day into night from the plane was breath-taking.

We head out at 0700...

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Howard Vaughan - blueeyedbirder.com @howardvaughanbeb.bsky.social · 8d

Lowestoft Life 15th-30th September 2025
A birding relict, Norfolk shrikes and some late September mothage.
blueeyedbirding.blogspot.com/2025/09/lowe... @suffolkbirdgroup.bsky.social #SuffolkBirds #NorfolkBirding @suffolkmoths.bsky.social

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Howard Vaughan - blueeyedbirder.com @howardvaughanbeb.bsky.social · 10d

#mallorca for @oriolebirding.bsky.social - Day 8 - 23rd September 2025
A final morning perambulation around the Aumallia fields and lanes before a somewhat tortuous journey home. blueeyedbirding.blogspot.com/2025/09/mall...

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Howard Vaughan - blueeyedbirder.com @howardvaughanbeb.bsky.social · 11d

#mallorca for @oriolebirding.bsky.social - Day 7 - 22nd September 2025
Cabrera: eyeballed by shearwaters and a picnic in a field of dreams.
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Wheatear, Whinchat, Redstart, Willow Warbler & Song Thrush #BirdsSeenIn2025

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Howard Vaughan - blueeyedbirder.com @howardvaughanbeb.bsky.social · 16d

#mallorca for @oriolebirding.bsky.social - Day 6 - 21st September 2025
A day exploring the northern marshes. It was very hot and dry but at times very rewarding. blueeyedbirding.blogspot.com/2025/09/mall... #BirdsSeenIn2025

Colour ringed Kentish Plover - Left: Yellow T1 below joint. Right: metal above and small green below. Any help appreciated

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Howard Vaughan - blueeyedbirder.com @howardvaughanbeb.bsky.social · 17d

#mallorca for @oriolebirding.bsky.social - Day 5 - 20th September 2025
Up into the Tramuntana Mountains where Vultures soared but it was the 18 Hoopoes in two trees that won the wildlife encounter of the day! blueeyedbirding.blogspot.com/2025/09/mall... #BirdsSeenIn2025

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Howard Vaughan - blueeyedbirder.com @howardvaughanbeb.bsky.social · 18d

#mallorca for @oriolebirding.bsky.social - Day 4 - 19th September 2025
#Dragonera - land of feisty lizards, endemic warblers and lithe falcons.

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Howard Vaughan - blueeyedbirder.com @howardvaughanbeb.bsky.social · 19d

and also in #Mallorca for @oriolebirding.bsky.social lots of other cool wildlife with:

Lamenting Grasshopper - Eyprepocnemis plorans

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Howard Vaughan - blueeyedbirder.com @howardvaughanbeb.bsky.social · 19d

#Mallorca for @oriolebirding.bsky.social - Day 3- 18 Sept 2025
A scorching hot day spent at s'Albufera where we dipped in & out of the shade to watch marshy birds inc Swamphen, Moustached Warbler & a bonus dashing Eleonora's Falcon #BirdsseenIn2025 blueeyedbirding.blogspot.com/2025/09/mall...

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Howard Vaughan - blueeyedbirder.com @howardvaughanbeb.bsky.social · 21d

#Mallorca for @oriolebirding.bsky.social - Day 1 & 2 - 16th - 17th September 2025
A couple of long introductory days to the autumnal wildlife of the Mallorcan countryside. blueeyedbirding.blogspot.com/2025/09/mall... #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Birds

Mediterranean Flycatcher - regardless of whether it retains its species status! - We saw many 'normal' Spot Flys but this one did just leap out at me

Balearic Woodchat - a 1st winter with appropriate wing pose

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Howard Vaughan - blueeyedbirder.com @howardvaughanbeb.bsky.social · 24d

Norfolk for @oriolebirding.bsky.social - 14 September 2025
We spent our last morning back at Titchwell where we closed our eyes and listened to the Nudge Nudge Wink Wink of the seasons changing as the first Pinkfeet arrived from the north. blueeyedbirding.blogspot.com/2025/09/norf... #norfolkbirding

Colletes halophilus - Sea Aster Mining Bee

Satellite Fly - possibly Miltogramma germani

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Howard Vaughan - blueeyedbirder.com @howardvaughanbeb.bsky.social · 25d

Norfolk for @oriolebirding.bsky.social - 13th September 2025
A morning with the wader spectacular at Snettisham where Turtle Doves were equally appreciated and an autumnal stroll through Holkham Pines after lunch. blueeyedbirding.blogspot.com/2025/09/norf... #norfolkbirding #birds

Acrocercops brongniardella moth leaf mine on English Oak

Headed Started young Curlew OP (I think) with flags and radio tracker

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Howard Vaughan - blueeyedbirder.com @howardvaughanbeb.bsky.social · 26d

Norfolk for @oriolebirding.bsky.social - 12th September 2025
Titchwell drew us back and it was magnificent! Just how many Ospreys we found is open to conjecture and 53 Spoonbills together was simply ridiculous! blueeyedbirding.blogspot.com/2025/09/norf... #birds #norfolkbirding

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Howard Vaughan - blueeyedbirder.com @howardvaughanbeb.bsky.social · 27d

#lesvos - Day 11 - 10th September 2025
A last couple of hours in the golden autumn sunshine and the bird filled alfalfa fields of Loutzaria before the journey home to a cool, blustery and rather damp England. blueeyedbirding.blogspot.com/2025/09/lesv... #BirdsSeenIn2025

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Howard Vaughan - blueeyedbirder.com @howardvaughanbeb.bsky.social · 27d

Norfolk for @oriolebirding.bsky.social 11 Sept 25
My day started in the Broads where the Black-winged Kite performed before meeting up with the clients at Titchwell for an intense but very rewarding three hours out on the reserve before dinner. blueeyedbirding.blogspot.com/2025/09/norf... #Birds

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Howard Vaughan - blueeyedbirder.com @howardvaughanbeb.bsky.social · 29d

#lesvos - Day 10 - 9th September 2025
A final chance to soak up a Lesvos Autumn. blueeyedbirding.blogspot.com/2025/09/lesv... #BirdsSeenIn2025 #BirdsSeenIn2025

A Lesser Grey Shrike and some quality rusty fence

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Howard Vaughan - blueeyedbirder.com @howardvaughanbeb.bsky.social · Sep 8

#lesvos - Day 9 - 8th September 2025
Out east towards the Poly Pans. blueeyedbirding.blogspot.com/2025/09/lesv... #BirdsSeenIn2025

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