In my spare time, I am a keen birder and amateur photographer. All images on this page are mine and should not be re-used without attribution.
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Gannets, RSPB Bempton Cliffs, Yorkshire, 2026
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Gannet, preening, RSPB Bempton Cliffs, Yorkshire, 2026
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Avocet in a rainbow, RSPB Titchwell Marsh, Norfolk, 2025
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Stonechat near St David's Head, Pembrokeshire, summer 2020
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Red kite beside the Oxford canal
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Waxwings, Marston, Oxford, January 2017
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Grey wagtail, Farmoor reservoir, near Oxford
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Fulmar, Hoy, Orkney, summer 2025
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Swifts, Oxfordshire, summer 2026
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Wren, Oxfordshire
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Avocet in a rainbow, RSPB Titchwell Marsh, Norfolk, 2025
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Puffin, Inner Farne, Farne Islands, Northumberland coast, summer 2026
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Gulls in winter, Farmoor Reservoir, near Oxford
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Long-tailed tit
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Tree sparrow, RSPB Bempton Cliffs, Yorkshire, summer 2026
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Arctic tern, Inner Farne, Farne Islands, Northumberland coast, summer 2026
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Razorbill, RSPB Bempton Cliffs 2017
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Guillemot, Pembrokeshire coast, 2020
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Red kite by the Oxford canal
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Reed bunting, RSPB Otmoor, near Oxford
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Little grebe, Farmoor reservoir, near Oxford
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Blue tit, perching
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Waxwings, Marston, Oxford, January 2017
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Cormorant, Farmoor reservoir, Oxfordshire
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Mainly linnets, RSPB Otmoor, near Oxford
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Tufted duck, Farmoor reservoir, near Oxford
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Gannet, turning on the wing, off of Ramsey Island, Pembrokeshire, summer 2020
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Little egret
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Young gannet, RSPB Bempton Cliffs, Yorkshire, summer 2026
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Puffin, Inner Farne, Farne Islands, Northumberland coast, summer 2026
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Fulmar feeding chick, Orkney, summer 2025
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Little grebe, Farmoor reservoir, near Oxford
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Fulmar, Orkney, summer 2025
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Slavonian grebe, a rare visitor to Farmoor reservoir, Oxfordshire, January 2020
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Cormorant gliding, Farmoor reservoir
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Mediterranean gulls (and an odd one out! - one black-headed gull), Hayling Island, Hampshire
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Tern with a fish, Inner Farne, Northumberland, summer 2026
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Mediterranean gull, Hayling Island, Hampshire
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Puffin, Inner Farne, Farne Islands, Northumberland coast, summer 2026
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Kittiwake, looking
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Gannet, gliding, RSPB Bempton Cliffs, Yorkshire, 2017
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Gannet, RSPB Bempton Cliffs, Yorkshire, 2017
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Great black backed gull
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Kittiwakes, preening, RSPB Bempton Cliffs, Yorkshire, summer 2026
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Reed bunting, RSPB Otmoor, near Oxford
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