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It was one of those situations this morning that if I hadn't gone out birding I would have wished that I had and when I did I wished that I ... the hairy birderstillcoldnortherlycrap https://fleetwoodbirder.blogspot.com/2019/07/ The Hairy Birder: July 2019 Tales of birding, ringing and observing natural history around the north of England and beyond. the hairy birderjuly https://fleetwoodbirder.blogspot.com/2010/09/ The Hairy Birder: September 2010 Tales of birding, ringing and observing natural history around the north of England and beyond. the hairy birderseptember https://fleetwoodbirder.blogspot.com/2010/11/ The Hairy Birder: November 2010 Tales of birding, ringing and observing natural history around the north of England and beyond. the hairy birdernovember https://fleetwoodbirder.blogspot.com/2022/10/ The Hairy Birder: October 2022 Tales of birding, ringing and observing natural history around the north of England and beyond. the hairy birderoctober https://fleetwoodbirder.blogspot.com/2013/01/ The Hairy Birder: January 2013 Tales of birding, ringing and observing natural history around the north of England and beyond. the hairy birderjanuary https://fleetwoodbirder.blogspot.com/2022/01/ The Hairy Birder: January 2022 Tales of birding, ringing and observing natural history around the north of England and beyond. the hairy birderjanuary https://fleetwoodbirder.blogspot.com/2019/ The Hairy Birder: 2019 Tales of birding, ringing and observing natural history around the north of England and beyond. the hairy birder https://fleetwoodbirder.blogspot.com/2013/02/ The Hairy Birder: February 2013 Tales of birding, ringing and observing natural history around the north of England and beyond. the hairy birderfebruary https://fleetwoodbirder.blogspot.com/2014/10/ The Hairy Birder: October 2014 Tales of birding, ringing and observing natural history around the north of England and beyond. the hairy birderoctober https://fleetwoodbirder.blogspot.com/2015/04/ The Hairy Birder: April 2015 Tales of birding, ringing and observing natural history around the north of England and beyond. the hairy birderapril https://fleetwoodbirder.blogspot.com/2010/05/phragmites-des-joncs.html The Hairy Birder: Phragmites des joncs For those of you who don't speak French (and that includes me), Phragmites des joncs is French for Sedge Warbler. 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Off the top of my head, this must be a first, ... the hairy birderwot https://fleetwoodbirder.blogspot.com/2011/10/not-too-bad-for-northwesterly.html The Hairy Birder: Not Too Bad for a Northwesterly! Every time I mention the diabolical nature of a northwesterly wind for seawatching I get a sense of deja vu as I know I have mentioned it so... the hairy birdertoo bad https://fleetwoodbirder.blogspot.com/2011/09/ The Hairy Birder: September 2011 Tales of birding, ringing and observing natural history around the north of England and beyond. the hairy birderseptember https://fleetwoodbirder.blogspot.com/2025/04/ The Hairy Birder: April 2025 Tales of birding, ringing and observing natural history around the north of England and beyond. the hairy birderapril https://fleetwoodbirder.blogspot.com/2021/06/ The Hairy Birder: June 2021 Tales of birding, ringing and observing natural history around the north of England and beyond. the hairy birderjune https://fleetwoodbirder.blogspot.com/2021/02/ The Hairy Birder: February 2021 Tales of birding, ringing and observing natural history around the north of England and beyond. the hairy birderfebruary https://fleetwoodbirder.blogspot.com/2025/08/ The Hairy Birder: August 2025 Tales of birding, ringing and observing natural history around the north of England and beyond. the hairy birderaugust https://fleetwoodbirder.blogspot.com/2010/04/ The Hairy Birder: April 2010 Tales of birding, ringing and observing natural history around the north of England and beyond. the hairy birderapril https://fleetwoodbirder.blogspot.com/2020/04/ The Hairy Birder: April 2020 Tales of birding, ringing and observing natural history around the north of England and beyond. the hairy birderapril https://fleetwoodbirder.blogspot.com/2025/03/ The Hairy Birder: March 2025 Tales of birding, ringing and observing natural history around the north of England and beyond. the hairy birdermarch https://fleetwoodbirder.blogspot.com/2013/03/ The Hairy Birder: March 2013 Tales of birding, ringing and observing natural history around the north of England and beyond. the hairy birdermarch https://fleetwoodbirder.blogspot.com/2015/03/ The Hairy Birder: March 2015 Tales of birding, ringing and observing natural history around the north of England and beyond. the hairy birdermarch https://fleetwoodbirder.blogspot.com/2023/07/a-mini-warbler-fest.html The Hairy Birder: A Mini Warbler Fest The rain was forecast to clear overnight into Sunday morning, and just as important, it was forecast to fall calm. Gail and I decided to mak... the hairy birderminiwarblerfest https://fleetwoodbirder.blogspot.com/2016/03/ The Hairy Birder: March 2016 Tales of birding, ringing and observing natural history around the north of England and beyond. the hairy birdermarch https://fleetwoodbirder.blogspot.com/2016/04/ The Hairy Birder: April 2016 Tales of birding, ringing and observing natural history around the north of England and beyond. the hairy birderapril https://fleetwoodbirder.blogspot.com/2026/ The Hairy Birder: 2026 Tales of birding, ringing and observing natural history around the north of England and beyond. the hairy birder https://fleetwoodbirder.blogspot.com/2009/05/more-pieds-but-not-all-flycatchers.html The Hairy Birder: More Pied's, But Not All Flycatchers It was another trip to the Boar Park and Barnacre for Gary and I today. 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