Hey, @aluladesigns.bsky.social any plans to create any Rufous-tailed Robin mugs or T-shirts?
Chris Galvin
@chrisgalvin.bsky.social
Birder, occasional twitcher & photographer. Sometimes I photograph things other than birds. I do though have a selection of illustrated talks https://chrisgalvin.co.uk/talks-presentations/
We are all still waiting and hoping that the current Nutcracker irruption continues, and one eventually crosses the English Channel. This is one of the Dutch birds #dutchbirding #birding
It's just a Black-winged Kite watching me. It is a species I have seen lots of in several different countries. I shot this bird in South Africa's Klein Karoo near Ooutdshoorn. This week, on my third visit, with time looking approaching 11 hours, I finally added this species to my British list.
Here is a Sooty Gull Ichthyaetus hemprichii, named after German naturalist Wilhelm Friedrich Hemprich who explored North East Africa with his friend Christian Ehrenberg. Taken at the mouth of the Galana River at Sabaki Bridge, Kenya in 2013 #eponymousbirds
Imagine the scenes when one of these turns up on an English beach. With only one record on the British list from May & June 1859 at Exmouth, Devon, this would surely be one of the biggest twitches ever. What do you call it? Pallas's Gull or Great Black-headed Gull? Taken on Morji Beach, Goa, 2010.
More than 40 in the house tonight at Christleton Village Hall for Chester RSPB & my Birding on the doorstep. #birdingtalks #cgbirding
More than 40 in the house tonight at Christleton Village Hall for Chester RSPB & my Birding on the doorstep. #birdingtalks #cgbirding
After a hectic 7 weeks or so work schedule, I managed some local birding yesterday and caught up with the long-staying Great-tailed Grackle. A fantastic post sunset sky over the Wirral on my way back to the car
Caribbean Dreams? Sometimes, just sometimes, I travel for pleasure and not just for work. My wife and I have travelled a lot within Europe and further adventures out to Africa, India and Asia. We've even had a 5-week tour of New Zealand. However, my wife has always had a desire to go on holiday in…
Caribbean Dreams?
Sometimes, just sometimes, I travel for pleasure and not just for work. My wife and I have travelled a lot within Europe and further adventures out to Africa, India and Asia. We've even had a 5-week tour of New Zealand. However, my wife has always had a desire to go on holiday in the Caribbean. I have always resisted the urge.
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Pushing Boundaries Over the last two decades I have driven hundreds of thousands of miles throughout the UK, Ireland, Europe and United States, all in search of new customers, new birds, or both. It has taken me to some great places such as the below sea level Salton Sea in Southern California,…
Pushing Boundaries
Over the last two decades I have driven hundreds of thousands of miles throughout the UK, Ireland, Europe and United States, all in search of new customers, new birds, or both. It has taken me to some great places such as the below sea level Salton Sea in Southern California, the Texas Blackland Prairie, Rio Grande Valley and the central Florida wetlands in the USA.
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I’m at Knutsford Ornitholigical Society delivering my updated North West Year tonight. I’m the first speaker opening the KOS indoor season 2025-26 #birdingtalks
I’m at Nuneaton Bird Club tonight presenting North West Year, my talk on what I like to get up to in Lancashire, Cheshire and North Wales each year. 25 in the house #birding #cgbirding #birdingtalks
A cracking sunrise at Gibraltar Point yesterday as the rising tide pushed all the gulls off beach #cgbirding #gibraltarpoint #sunrise
I’ve always found crows and ravens a nightmare to exposure correctly, so it felt good getting this Raven action shot as it carried off this sea urchin from the beach. #iceland #cgbirding #cgwildlife #birding #raven #
I watched a couple of Glaucous Gull at Grundarfjörður harbour catching Starfish and devouring them. Great theatre. #cgbirding #cgwildlife #iceland #glaucousgull #starfish #grundarfjörður #birding #wildlifespectacle #gulls
A real privilege watching the bubble feeding techniques of these Humpback Whales off Reykjavik this week. We had at least 8 individuals and three Minke Whales. The weather was kind too and a real wildlife spectacular #cgbirding #cgwildlife #iceland #humpbackwhale #reykjavík
The Northlands Here I reflect on birdwatching experiences during work trips to Sweden, highlighting sightings of various rare birds such as the Alpine Chough, Baltimore Oriole, and Great Grey Owl. Frustration over missing photography opportunities is evident, alongside memorable moments like…
The Northlands
Here I reflect on birdwatching experiences during work trips to Sweden, highlighting sightings of various rare birds such as the Alpine Chough, Baltimore Oriole, and Great Grey Owl. Frustration over missing photography opportunities is evident, alongside memorable moments like observing cranes and close encounters with species like Bearded Reedlings and Thrush Nightingales.
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@bsky.app @safety.bsky.app now requires age verification and to do this they require either a facial scan or scan my credit card. I don’t think so.
I never got to see the Seaforth Song Sparrow, but see one today at Thornwick Bay in the gulley behind the café. Missing for long periods of time in the brambles and nettles I managed to get a few shots from across the gulley. #cgbirding #ukrarebirds #rarebirds #songsparrow #yorkshire #birding
With good portraits in the bag, I thought I’d push the camera to get some flights shots in fading flat light at the Woodchat Shrike. Canon R7 EF 500 f4 IS MK1 EF 2x TC MK3 ISO 8000 1/2700th sec at f8 #cgbirding #ukrarebirds #cheshire #birding
A Thrush Nightingale belts out its mellifluous song, taken recently on Öland, Sweden #cgbirding #Öland #sweden #ottenby #birding
I was fortunate to be a 12 minute drive away when the 3rd Eastern Bonelli’s Warbler was found at Möckelmossen, Öland Sweden yesterday. The first twitchable record for Sweden. #sweden #rarebirds #birding
All Dutch to Me. I have been travelling to Netherlands for work for now more than a dozen years. Most of those trips will have involved a trip to Texel and had opportunity to get some birding done, either before work or after. During that time I have connected a few decent birds both on Texel &…
All Dutch to Me.
I have been travelling to Netherlands for work for now more than a dozen years. Most of those trips will have involved a trip to Texel and had opportunity to get some birding done, either before work or after. During that time I have connected a few decent birds both on Texel & the mainland too. Here is a selection of some of my favourites.
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Ruby, Ruby, Ruby! Once thought of as the Holy Grail of birds to be seen in the UK, and famously called a Cosmic Mind F*cker by Bill Oddie in his Little Black Bird Book; Siberian Rubythroat is still one of the most sought after birds for the majority of birders in Britain. There have been less than…
Ruby, Ruby, Ruby!
Once thought of as the Holy Grail of birds to be seen in the UK, and famously called a Cosmic Mind F*cker by Bill Oddie in his Little Black Bird Book; Siberian Rubythroat is still one of the most sought after birds for the majority of birders in Britain. There have been less than 20 records of the bird being observed in the UK and they are mainly in far-flung islands or inaccessible one-day birds.
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