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Richard Evans

@benllechbirder.bsky.social
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Retired environmental adviser, now living in North Wales. Spending time with family, birdwatching, walking, and travelling ( not in any particular order).

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Richard Evans @benllechbirder.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
I’ve tried here to meet both criteria for the #BirdOfTheDay theme today, which are #Warblers and #RareEncounters . This Pallas’s leaf Warbler was seen on Anglesey in 2024 and isa rare visitor to the UK and even rarer on Anglesey
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Richard Evans @benllechbirder.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LargeBirdsInFlight, birds LARGER than Ducks in flight. Today’s contribution is an Eurasian Spoonbill . We don’t get too many of these on Anglesey so was pleased to get this shot when it visited a pool near Newborough in May ‘25
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Richard Evans @benllechbirder.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme from @robcrank68.bsky.social is #AdultsWithChicks, the Alt Theme is #Yellow - in its plumage. Today’s contribution is of a Black Woodpecker feeding chicks in a Finnish woodland
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Richard Evans @benllechbirder.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #SteppingOut birds captured mid step. A pair of Ruppels Korhan taking their morning constitutional in the Namibian Desert
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Richard Evans @benllechbirder.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Today's #BirdOfTheDay alt theme is #Green - a bird with some green in its plumage. I’ve chosen a shot of a pair of Rosey-faced Lovebirds, a near endemic species in Namibia. This pair were part of a larger flock in a hotel garden near Windhoek
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Richard Evans @benllechbirder.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Today’s #birdoftheday theme by @alan678.bsky.social is #birdsandbugs. I initially thought this was bird sand bugs so I’ve selected Dune lark from Namibia which is a bird on sand with a bug in its bill😁
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Richard Evans @benllechbirder.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #WaterBirds, any bird that lives in or gets their food from water. This is a Northern Jacana taken in Costa Rica. Just look at those feet😁
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Richard Evans @benllechbirder.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Today's theme for #BirdOfTheDay is #SmallBirdSaturday and in the UK you can’t get any smaller than a Goldcrest. Taken in the garden a few years ago, Anglesey, North Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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Richard Evans @benllechbirder.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #BackyardBirds , birds you see close to home. My choice today is a Bullfinch, a bird that convinced us to buy our home. When viewing properties we saw 6 on the garden feeder and at that point we made our decision. A cracking bird!
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Richard Evans @benllechbirder.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Rob’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Reflections, any bird reflection, the Alt theme is #Paridae any of the Paridae Species (Tits). Perhaps I’ve taken this too far with my Slavonian Grebe from Finland in 2024.
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Richard Evans @benllechbirder.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #openbeak birds with beak open. Today’s contribution is a Green Heron see in Costa Rica in 2022
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Richard Evans @benllechbirder.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
The theme for #BirdOfTheDay today is #Ducks , which gives me chance to post my photo of a Bufflehead near Caernarfon, North Wales was taken in December 25 and was a lifer for me. It has remained in the same until this week . A rare bird for wales and UK
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Richard Evans @benllechbirder.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
A glare from a Red Kite near Lampeter, Mid- Wales is my contribution to #BirdOfTheDay #Eyecontact
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Richard Evans @benllechbirder.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
The theme of #BirdOfTheDay is #poise , chosen by @alan678.bsky.social My contribution is a very smart looking Lesser Violetear posing briefly for me on a branch in Costa Rica
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Richard Evans @benllechbirder.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Swans, any Swan will do, but I’ve gone for the Alt theme which is #Pigeons&Doves. These are a pair of Emerald-spotted Doves seem in Namibia in August ‘25
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Richard Evans @benllechbirder.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
For today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme, #walking, birds walking I have an Egyptian Vulture, seen in Central Spain in ‘23
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Richard Evans @benllechbirder.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #TailsUp, is a Cetti’s Warblers seen on RSPB Cors Ddyga last year. A very secretive little bird a loud distinctive call but rarely seen
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Richard Evans @benllechbirder.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Singing, birds Singing or Calling. The Eurasian Wren, a common small bird in Wales , but what a voice.
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Richard Evans @benllechbirder.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
#TwoOfAKind theme of #BirdOfTheDay picked by @robcrank68.bsky.social - a pair of Pale -winged Starlings, taken in Spitskoppe, Namibia in 2025
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Richard Evans @benllechbirder.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #perfectperch . My contribution is a Hawk Owl in Finland in 2024, what a stare!!!
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Richard Evans @benllechbirder.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Short Beaks and you can’t get them any shorter than a Long -tailed Tit. A cracking little bird 😄
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Richard Evans @benllechbirder.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Raptors Here are a couple of Vereaux’s Eagles in Spitzkoppe , Namibia. Never expected to see one let alone two together. A truly memorable experience
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Richard Evans @benllechbirder.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LongBeaks, any bird with a Long Beak. I think this Great White Pelican fits the bill (get it?)
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Richard Evans @benllechbirder.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Solitude and is open to interpretation. Which is just as well, as my contribution is a Northern Fulmar whose solitude was interrupted very briefly while I took this shot 😄
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Richard Evans @benllechbirder.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BirdsInFlight, my contribution is a White-tailed Eagle taken in 2024 on the coast of Norway near Vadso
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Richard Evans @benllechbirder.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
#BirdOfTheDay theme today is #natural any bird in its natural habitat. A Rockrunner on a rock in Erongo Namibia would seem to fit the bill .
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Richard Evans @benllechbirder.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #Feathers&Form: "celebrating texture, pattern, and structure of feathers". Today’s contribution is. Northern Black Korean taken in August in Namibia. I just hope the feather patterns come out as I think they are some of the best I’ve seen
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Richard Evans @benllechbirder.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
#BirdOfTheDay theme of #ShortBeaks, any bird with a short beak, well shortish in this case. Adult male Ortolan Bunting, Finland, 2024
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Richard Evans @benllechbirder.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BlackAndWhite, any bird that is mainly B&W, and the Alt theme is #Finches Razorbills in Norway ( with a splash of yellow).
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Richard Evans @benllechbirder.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Speckled, so my contribution is this Wryneck taken (after a long search) in a small woodland in a residential area of a small town in Finland
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Richard Evans @benllechbirder.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #CaughtInMotion I’ve submitted Chat Flycatchers on a wire taken in Namibia
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Richard Evans @benllechbirder.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #GoodLight. So here is my contribution - a Griffon Vulture having a stretch in Spain
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Richard Evans @benllechbirder.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
The alternative #BirdOfTheDay is #sparrows so here is another Namibian photo this time a Cape Sparrow taken in Sousuvlei.
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Richard Evans @benllechbirder.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
#BirdOfTheDay #B&W is a White-backed Shrike, one of Namibia’s near endemics
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Richard Evans @benllechbirder.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
The really late #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #branchingout birds on branches A photo of Swallow-tailed Bee-eaters, Erongo, Namibia last August seems to fit the bill
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Richard Evans @benllechbirder.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay #Outstretched is a Purple Roller in Namibia this August
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Richard Evans @benllechbirder.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Let’s Dance down the road to hell while Driving home for Christmas RIP Chris Rea
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Richard Evans @benllechbirder.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Yesterday’s Bufflehead at Dinas Dinlle near Caernarfon. Wonderful bird and very pleased to see it ,another lifer for me😁 #BirdingWales @dylanworldbirding.bsky.social
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Richard Evans @benllechbirder.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Today’s theme of #BirdOfTheDay being #birdonawire reminded me of this Black-winged Kite seen in Namibia in August 25. A total of 8 Black-winged Kites seen on a fantastic trip. Very smart looking birds😁
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Richard Evans @benllechbirder.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
My first Welsh Shorelark seen on the Great Orme, Llandudno this afternoon at 2 o’clock before disappearing for 2hours. Thanks to Pete Alderson for finding it and then relocating it. #birdingwales
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Richard Evans @benllechbirder.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Dark green Fritillaries, yesterday on Great Orme
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Richard Evans @benllechbirder.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Great Orme yesterday morning , silver studded blue, Grayling, Hummingbird Hawkmoth, Brown Argus and Dark green Fritillaries along with a few others. 10 species of butterflies in a small area wow😀
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Richard Evans @benllechbirder.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Took a trip to Daresbury, Cheshire today and the Woodchat Shrike did not disappoint
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Richard Evans @benllechbirder.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
#Orchids
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Richard Evans @benllechbirder.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
The first northern marsh orchid of the year in the garden. I put it in to Obsidentify app to check the identification and it was 99%+ve for D. majalis although the spike does not fit the Anglesey variant. Comments most welcome @ukorchids.bsky.social
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Richard Evans @benllechbirder.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Another cracking episode on Welsh rivers this week on Afon Dyfi @iolowilliams.bsky.social More fantastic scenery and wildlife . Beaver on the Dyfi wow.
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Richard Evans @benllechbirder.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Great 1st episode on Afon Rheidol @iolowilliams.bsky.social Fantastic scenery and wildlife photography Brings back great memories
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Richard Evans @benllechbirder.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
@smallshire.bsky.social
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Richard Evans @benllechbirder.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Put the moth trap out last night for the first time in a couple of years and caught an Emperor moth- a lifer 😁
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