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Nick Upton
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Lives in Bangkok, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon [Bangkok], Thailand.
50 years old.
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Blue-tailed Bee-eater hawking for insects over a pool at Pathum Thani Rice Research centre near Bangkok.
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Lots of Sanderling feeding on floating seaweed at high tide. It took me an age to get this flight shot of one flittering from one spot to another.
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Huge numbers of Pink-footed Geese in Norfolk last weekend. See some of the flocks in this video I made - https://youtu.be/hH5Ahml-1Iw
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If I had been told I could see Pied Avocet on the River Thames, a few miles from home when I was a child I would have thought you were mad. However, I see them regularly now. Fantastic.
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Snow Bunting is one of the most approachable passerines that can be found in UK. This one was especially friendly, feeding within a metre or two of me for around 2 hours.
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Hans van Kersbergen
Also now in Holland we have a Snow Bunting. Can also be easily approached from a few meters away. Come walk to you yourself 😊
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- October 31, 2021
Earlier this year I found a Firecrest holding a territory in my local area. I managed to capture some video of it singing, not an easy task, you can watch and listen in this short vdo - https://youtu....View More
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Common Gull taking advantage of people feeding the birds at Erith Pier on the River Thames, SE London.
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A Common Redshank roosting at high tide. I see plenty of these birds but rarely get close enough for a good photo, so this one was pleasing.
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Some information on a colour-ringed Black-headed Gull that I found on the River Thames in London - https://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/black-headed-gull-ring-reading-british-birding/
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At the weekend I spent a nice morning at Bough Beech reservoir. I put together this video to share the relaxing atmosphere I experienced while birding there - https://youtu.be/_cVt2ZFtVW8
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The amazing feathers of Grey Peacock Pheasant. Watch this close up footage of one preening - https://youtu.be/LQE5ysDVbUs
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Large groups of Pied Avocet are one of the things I enjoy about visits to RSPB Minsmere in summer.
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Spoon-billed Sandpiper; critically endangered but a bird I see frequently when leading birding tours in Thailand.
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Brad Pennsy
That is sad to hear. Do you know what is causing them to be endangered?
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- August 23, 2021
Nick Upton
Mostly because of coastal development throughout the East Asian migratory flyway. Reclaimation of mudflats in China and South Korea for industrialisation has deprived many species like this of places to feed as they migrate meaning that when they get to their destination they are not in condition to...View More
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- August 25, 2021
Brad Pennsy
Nick Upton that is a real shame :/ I appreciate the explanation and the photo
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- August 28, 2021
Common Sandpiper. Although this is a fairly common bird it is not often I get the chance to photograph it before it flies away.
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Barry Farquharson
No, that's a different bird entirely, Ramesh, and a much rarer bird at that. https://youtu.be/H26Tl7e3KeU
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- August 21, 2021
Nick Upton
Somehow despite its rarity I have more photos of Spoon-billed Sandpiper than I do of Common Sandpiper!!!!!
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- August 23, 2021
Male Common Reed Bunting is song. Watch & listen to him in this short video - https://youtu.be/g7v2eXbA4BA
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A icely-marked juvenile Mediterranean Gull was a nice sighting on the River Thames at Erith pier.
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Common Gull chasing Black-headed Gull in a dispute over food. Check out my latest blog for more gull photos from the local "beauty" spot of Erith pier - http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/gulls-on-the-thame...View More
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I got some nice footage of Barn Swallows feeding their recently fledged chicks. Take a look for yourself - https://youtu.be/rfano_boZQM
Barn Swallow Feeding Fledged Chicks | Hirundo rustica
Barn Swallow feeding fledged chicks perched on a fence on a sunny day at Dungeness, Kent. This group of newly fledged Barn Swallow, Hirundo rustica, chicks were sitting on a factory fence learning how
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