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Simon Mitchell @perilsofbirding.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Since he’s been cheerleading US & Israeli bombing in Iran (which resulted in 150 dead at a girls primary school today), I thought now would be a good time to out @zootherabirding.bsky.social as the virulent racist that he is. Wouldn’t be caught in a million miles of a Zoothera birding tour!

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Simon Mitchell @perilsofbirding.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

A dapper wintering Bluetail at @wendlingbeck.bsky.social continues to show on & off today. Bird on private land & owners are keen for birders to be help not hinderance to the community. Therefore, I've been asked to organise a donation pot for St Mary's Church upkeep. ko-fi.com/simonleomitc...

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Simon Mitchell @perilsofbirding.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Incredible a'noon at Caister. First a Pallas's flitting through in a huge tit flock. Then another glimpsed warbler, silent & elusive. After a heard only bird at Thornham y'day I wondered if I just hallucinate Hume's Warblers. Till it popped up calling. And a Dusky calling too!

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Simon Mitchell @perilsofbirding.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Yomping the Norfolk coast. Blackbirds everywhere; 'tseeping' from under every hedge. Woodcocks errupting at my feet. A Short-eared Owl winging in over brown waves at Cart Gap. Then in the gathering gloom a glowing rump and seven illuminated stripes. What late autumn is all about.

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Simon Mitchell @perilsofbirding.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Very happy to find this Pallid Swift at Cromer this a'noon - a typical chameleon in different light conditions, it gradually shifted towards East Runton after being repeatedly mobbed by a Pied Wag(!) Also marks my most-wanted birding milestone - my 300th species self-found in Britain and Ireland!

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Simon Mitchell @perilsofbirding.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

It’s certainly what the radar showed over continental US (see previous pics). Also one of the mechanisms Elkins (2004) cited for transatlantic vagrancy…

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Simon Mitchell @perilsofbirding.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

By tonight (Sunday) these two systems close together forcing anything trapped between them to move East as fast as possible. Whilst the calm weather itself will eventually pass just SE of Iceland on Monday.

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Simon Mitchell @perilsofbirding.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

At the same time as the cold front continued to push SE, the large depression moved NW. Lucky or adept birds (black arrow) may have been able to reoriéntate between the two fronts, but unlucky ones (red arrows) were likely forced further offshore

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Simon Mitchell @perilsofbirding.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

By Friday night the cold front was moving down through New England and forcing birds ahead of it (see birdcast shot), whilst most birds will have gone into the wind successfully (black arrows) the was still a significant offshore breeze moving any potentially unlucky individuals NE (red arrow)

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Simon Mitchell @perilsofbirding.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Radar shows this was associated with a decent movement of birds ahead of the front

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Simon Mitchell @perilsofbirding.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

As of Thursday night a cold front was pushing SE through the across Hudson Bay & Ontario. This represents one of the biggest temperature drops of the autumn so far with a decent SW wind ahead of the front. Potential for both departure and drifting of migrants out over Drake Passage.

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Simon Mitchell @perilsofbirding.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Bit of gratuitious footage for good measure. Playground sounds in the background for added atmosphere!

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Simon Mitchell @perilsofbirding.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

After 25+ miles walked in better conditions along the Norfolk coast this month it felt sort of ironic that the first bird I lifted my bins for on a family outing at Happisburgh this afternoon was this lovely 1w Isabelline (Daurian) Shrike.

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Simon Mitchell @perilsofbirding.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

One of a brace of nice obvious 2cy Caspian Gulls on Norwich Waterworks this morning @rarebirder.bsky.social

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Simon Mitchell @perilsofbirding.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Didnt expect my (long overdue), self found Glossy Ibis to be a flock of 22 which took off from a hidden ditch at Buckenham! Terrible phone photo as they headed SSE over the Yare

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