Confessions of a lapsed birder

An intermittent confessional from a lapsed birder, (okay occasional birder and semi-retired twitcher), delighted, (for now), Burnley follower, environmental consultant slave-worker, (my boss is a b*****d called Brian Minshull!), and father of two..... (that will do for now - the description I mean, not my attempts at fatherhood!).

Monday, 21 September 2026

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Short-billed Dowitcher – Rosehearty, Aberdeenshire, 14 th September 1999 Something a bit different, as it's all about the tertials!!!! ...
Saturday, 12 September 2026

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Northern Waterthrush – Heybridge, Maldon, Essex, 18 th January 2024 After the incredibly amazing, but immensely frustrating (I was in the w...
Sunday, 30 August 2026

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  Zitting Cisticola – Corporation Marsh, Walberswick, Suffolk, 17 th August 2026 As described in the equivalent post relating to Black-wing...
Tuesday, 25 August 2026

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  Black-winged Kite – Sea Palling, Norfolk, 16 th August 2026 I saw Black-winged Kite in both Morocco in December 1991 / January 1992 and i...
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Tuesday, 11 August 2026

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White-throated Sparrow – Willingham Woods, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, 24 th February 1993 White-throated Sparrow, Isle of May, Fife, Augus...
Wednesday, 5 August 2026

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  Red-breasted Goose – Caerlaverock Wildfowl and Wetlands Reserve , Caerlaverock, Dumfries and Galloway, 6 th October 1991 Sunday the 6th ...
Friday, 31 July 2026

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Sykes’s Warbler – Druridge Bay Country Park, near Hadston, Northumberland, 16 th August 2010 This bird was identified, and the news was dul...
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Brian Minshull
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
I am a sixty something 'bloke' who by day, (and often night), is an environmental consultant, running my own company, specialising in providing environmental support to development projects, (helping them do the right thing hopefully / basically). I am also father to Ellen and Tessa, an avid Burnley fan, and in my spare time, a birder, although my passion in wildlife goes way beyond birds. Nowadays, I am also Honorary Secretary of the Isle of May Bird Observatory and Field Station Trust and an active member of the Bean Goose Advisory Group and National Goose Forum. For those remotely interested in further details I also have a business website www.bcmenvirons.com which is serious need of an update (a bit like me!), and I have also (in a desperate attempt at the latter), dabbled with both Facebook, Instagram and twitter.... .
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