Casual Birder Podcast

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Sharing the joy of watching wild birds. Official podcast account. Host: Suzy (She/Her). IG: CasualBirderPodcast. Hampshire, UK

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What were your #Top5Birds or bird moments from the past week?

Mine:
1. Ring Ouzel - my 200th UK bird of the year
2. Bearded Reedling
3. Spoonbills feeding in lagoon
4. Sight of a Peregrine scaring waders into flight
5. Kingfisher showing electric blue in the sunlight
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Square graphic design. Pale mint green with blue wavy-edged bands at the top top and straight edge at the bottom. Portrait format photo on the left side showing a black bird with a white patch on its chest (Ring Ouzel) perched on a tree branch, holding a small red berry in its beak. It is surrounded by clusters of red berries and green leaves. The bird is facing towards the right of the frame. Caption below the photo reads: Ring Ouzel. With thanks to Sam Shorto for the photo Text on the right reads: #Top5Birds What were your best bird moments from the past week?
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We are off to Blashford Lakes tomorrow. We were birding down at Pennington Marsh, and we missed lots of the birds you saw, but I did see a Bearded Reedlings and 7 Spoonbill 👏 My personal list total was 61 species for the day.

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What were your #Top5Birds or bird moments from the past week?

Mine:
1. Chiffchaff bathing in my birdbath
2. 2 Buzzards calling over my garden
3. Hearing a Tawny Owl in my neighbourhood
4. Visit by a friendly Rook pair looking for suet treats
5. House Sparrows chirping in a hedge
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Square graphic design. Pale mint green with blue wavy-edged bands at top and bottom. Portrait format photo on the left side showing a Common Chiffchaff. A small, brownish-yellow bird with a dark eye and pointed beak perches on a dark, textured tree branch. Its feathers show subtle yellow and olive tones, and it appears alert as it looks slightly upward. The bird is facing towards the right of the frame and is shown against a dark background. Caption below the photo reads: Common Chiffchaff. Text on the right reads: #Top5Birds What were your best bird moments from the past week?
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It’s the 1st of October and here in Hampshire, UK, it’s a fresh autumnal morning. The first bird I heard was a Jackdaw calling as it flew over. The first bird I saw was a Woodpigeon on a neighbour’s roof. What was your 1st bird of the month?

Image description: Square graphic, with pale peach background and orange wavy-edged bands at top and bottom. In the upper half of the graphic grey/blue text which reads: #1stBirdOfTheMonth OCTOBER [This word is in orange text and capitals for emphasis] What was the first bird you heard or saw today? In the lower half of the graphic, a line drawing of a generic small bird with question marks to the right of its head.
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What were your #Top5Birds or bird moments from the past week?

Mine:
1. Around 25 House Martins flying over on migration.
2. Woodpigeons foraging for beech nuts & looking surprisingly agile
3. Tawny Owl calling at dusk
4. Green Woodpecker calling
5. A Eurasian Jay screaming its raucous cry
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Square graphic design. Pale mint green with blue wavy-edged bands at top and bottom. Portrait format photo on the left side showing a Western House Martin perched on a wire. The bird’s body is facing the camera and its head is turned to the left of the frame. The background is blue sky. Caption below the photo reads: Western House Martin Text on the right reads: #Top5Birds What were your best bird moments from the past week?
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Does anybody want to short notice do a guest post on a niche bird blog and newsletter? I feel like I might not be able to get a bird of the day for a couple of days, and I only have one guest post in the bank. [email protected]. Blog in bio.

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Congratulations on your lifers! We were on Vancouver Island a few years back and ended up going on whale watch tours 4 days in a row - I couldn’t get enough of them! Sounds like you are having an awesome time!

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What were your #Top5Birds or bird moments from the past week?

Mine, in Hampshire:
1. Little Stint (sp. 199 of 2026)
2. Grey Plover, still in summer plumage
3. Common Whitethroat (my last of the year?)

& in Dorset:
4. Big flock of Great Cormorant (sinensis)
5. Two Green Sandpiper in flight
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Square graphic design. Pale mint green background with blue/grey wavy-edged bands at top and bottom. Landscape format photo in the lower middle with grey/blue text above. Text reads: #Top5Birds What were your best bird moments from the past week? Photo shows: Little Stint standing on mud at the edge of water. The bird is facing towards the left of the frame and is leaning forward to feed. Caption below the photo reads: Little Stint
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