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Ewan Urquhart

@pittasoma.bsky.social
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Birder, Twitcher, Author of Stonechats A Guide to the Genus Saxicola. Anti hunting of any sort blackaudibirding.blogspot.com

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Ewan Urquhart @pittasoma.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A reasoable first week on Shetland. Buff breasted and Bairds Sandpipers, Citrine Wagtail and Western Bonelli’s Warbler #UKBirds
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Ewan Urquhart @pittasoma.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
#UKBirding #Ornithology My tale of a mega twitch to see the fabled Egyptian Nightjar on Shetland now up on blackaudibirding.blogspot.com
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Ewan Urquhart @pittasoma.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
#UKBirding #Ornithology My second juv R N Phalarope in a week. This one on a golf course in my home county of Oxon Many thanks to Nick Marriner for putting the news out and Oxfordshire Golf Club for being so understanding
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Ewan Urquhart @pittasoma.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
#UKBirds A visit to Kingsbury Water Park did not disappoint. The juvenile Red necked Phalarope performed perfectly.Account of my visit plus many photos at blackaudibirding.blogspot.com
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Ewan Urquhart @pittasoma.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
#UKBirds Just 20 mins from my home so I am making the most of the Long tailed Shrike. Stories and many more pics on blackaudibirding.blogspot.com
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Ewan Urquhart @pittasoma.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
#UKBirds An epic twitch to Orkney to see a fabulous Blue cheeked Bee eater Full story and more pics on blackaudibirding.blogspot.com
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Ewan Urquhart @pittasoma.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
#UKBirds My take on the Long tailed Shrike in Fife. Pic by Adrian Webb blackaudibirding.blogspot.com
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Ewan Urquhart @pittasoma.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
The Red spotted Bluethroat in Dorset My story and pics on blackaudibirding.blogspot.com #ukbirds #Dorsetbirds @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
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Ewan Urquhart @pittasoma.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
#UKBirding Dartford Warbler in Berkshire yesterday
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Ewan Urquhart @pittasoma.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
#UKBirds Forster’s Tern showed nicely at Poole Park on Saturday Story and pics on blackaudibirding.blogspot.com
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Ewan Urquhart @pittasoma.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
The Ross’s Gull at Newlyn Cornwall Full story and pics on blackaudibirding.blogspot.com
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Ewan Urquhart @pittasoma.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
#UKBirds Ross’s Gull at Newlyn Harbour on Saturday
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Ewan Urquhart @pittasoma.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Nice drake Long tailed Duck on my local patch.. A mega for Oxfordshire #UKBitds #Birds #oxonbirding
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Ewan Urquhart @pittasoma.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Braved the rain for my first visit to Cheddar Res to see the possible Holboell’s R N Grebe. Well worth it #UKBIrds @somersetbirds.bsky.social
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Ewan Urquhart @pittasoma.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
#UKBirding Lesser crested Tern at Dawlish Warren on Thursday
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Ewan Urquhart @pittasoma.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
#UKBirding Lesser crested Tern at Dawlish Warren on Thursday
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Ewan Urquhart @pittasoma.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Its been a good October🤗 #UKBirds #Birds blackaudibirding.blogspot.com
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Ewan Urquhart @pittasoma.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Desert Wheatear at Keynsham Avon last Sunday. Full story and more pics on my blog blackaudibirding.blogspot.com #UKBirds #Birds
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Ewan Urquhart @pittasoma.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
An unusually showy Grasshopper Warbler at Farmoor in Oxfordshire #UKBirds #Birds
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Ewan Urquhart @pittasoma.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
A particularly showy Grasshopper Warbler in Oxfordshire yesterday
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Ewan Urquhart @pittasoma.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
A Peregrine breeding on a local church #UKBirding #Birds
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Ewan Urquhart @pittasoma.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Lucky to have six Hawfinches feeding in a small cemetery at Woodstock Oxfordshire. We put down sunflower seed and a log and it worked a treat #UKBirding #Birds
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Ewan Urquhart @pittasoma.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Nice to see the frogs back at Lye Valley Oxford this morning #frogspawn #friendlyevalley.bsky.social
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Ewan Urquhart @pittasoma.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Med Gulls at Hayling Island Hampshire #ukbirds #birds #hantsbirding
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
We might yearn for paradise, temporal or spiritual. But to our descendents our habitable planet will look like an almost unimaginable paradise. No tech fantasy, no space station or controlled environment will ever compare. Fight for what we have. This is our heaven, and there can be no other.
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Ewan Urquhart @pittasoma.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Something different. Short eared Owls hunting #UKbirding #Birds #Ornithology
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Ewan Urquhart @pittasoma.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Hawfinches and Short eared Owls. Full story on my blog blackaudibirding.blogspot.com #UKbirding #Birds #Ornithology
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Ewan Urquhart @pittasoma.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Short eared Owls in Glos on Saturday #UKbirding #Birds #Ornithology
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Ewan Urquhart @pittasoma.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Four favourite ducks #TeamMM #Birds #UKbirding
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Ewan Urquhart @pittasoma.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
My trip to see the Netherlands once in a lifetime Spectacled Eider.Full story on my blog blackaudibirding.blogspot.com Pic by Richard Tyler #UKBirding # Ornithology
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Ewan Urquhart @pittasoma.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Crested Tit Cairngorms #addbirder #UKbirding #Ornithology
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Ewan Urquhart @pittasoma.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
A nice drake Scaup on Farmoor Res Oxon for last 5 days #UKbirding #Ornithology
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Ewan Urquhart @pittasoma.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Black Redstart wintering on Christchurch College Oxford #UKbirding #Ornithology blackaudibirding.blogspot.com
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Ewan Urquhart @pittasoma.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
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Photographic Review of My Birding Year 2024
This is a hightly subjective photographic review of my 2024 birding year. The photos are ones I particularly like. There are notable absence...
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Ewan Urquhart @pittasoma.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Short eared Owls in the Cotswolds.Lots of pics on my blog blackaudibirding.blogspot.com
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Ewan Urquhart @pittasoma.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
A nice surprise at my local Farmoor Res Oxon. The 22nd for the res, the first to be recorded in December and the first for 3 years
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Ewan Urquhart @pittasoma.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Some great birds I saw on Shetland last month
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Ewan Urquhart @pittasoma.bsky.social · 17/04/2024
Nice visit to Inner Farne Island to see the Puffins beginning to arrive
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