Tony Small
tonysmall.bsky.social
Tony Small
@tonysmall.bsky.social
Birding from Liverpool around the world and across the UK
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Just realised it’s 38 years since I saw my first major rarity in the UK!! Right place right time for me when an adult Ross’s Gull flew in and landed in front of the hide at Seaforth. #NoteBooksFromThePast
January 3, 2026 at 7:09 PM
My contribution full frame snap of this very confident #GreyPhalarope at Crosby yesterday afternoon
September 17, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Whinchat from hide C this morning at Seaforth
August 26, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Brown-hooded Kingfisher from the water hole hide at Kwa Maritane Lodge, Pilanesberg NP,🇿🇦
August 22, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Southern Red-billed & African Grey were the only two Hornbills seen on my hectic Safari weekend trip to Pilanesberg.🇿🇦 but they did show well
August 14, 2025 at 12:48 PM
What I thought to be a “bog-standard” 2ndS Med’ Gull was ringed 3yrs ago as a hybrid 2nd Y Black-headed/Med’ Gull making it now a 5yr old 🙄
June 23, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Coquet🙄
May 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Roseate Tern in Liverpool today-ringed on Coquette island 4 years ago I’ve been informed
May 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The Temminck’s Stint that proved to be elusive yesterday showed well today #Seaforth
May 7, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Obliging Collard Flycatcher #cyprus
April 23, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Wryneck, sunning itself early morning, by St Nickolas church, Pafos #cyprus
April 21, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Though I’d seen them in the UK this “red throated” Red-throated Pipit felt like a new bird for me #cyprus Pathos coastal path
April 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The three common cranes seen over Lunt on 3/4/25 courtesy of Neil Shelmerdine
April 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Rose-ringed Parakeet, new to my north Liverpool garden this morning.
March 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
One of our targets from recent trip to Thailand Great Hornbill (Kaeng Krachan NP)
January 27, 2025 at 12:38 PM