I’m assuming Russell Crowe is going to be in some trouble, every time I see him on TV he’s dressed as Hermann Goering…

Firecrest Bexley Park Wood

River Shuttle, Bexley Buzzard perched by BETHS

When I was a kid, I loved a vending machine which were usually encountered at a swimming baths. I don’t even like walking past them now

Firecrest at top of Mill Hill, Farnborough

14 finches over Mill Hill, sounded like Greenfinches but I’ve been fooled recently so poss Crossbills

Farnborough Red Kite, 2 Stonechat, Mipit Mill Hill

Firecrest Farnborough at St Giles church

Bit of a #Taskmaster tour on Friday

FCM pair Stonechat at Riverside Road fields showing well

Pair Rook Thames Road Wetland

Water Pipit Crayford Marshes on flooded field off Bob Dunn Way but extremely elusive

Red Kite over Crayford Marshes, Bob Dunn Way & Cray to landfill

Dartford Fresh Marsh. Over 70 Moorhens here

#BearDown #GoBears

Ah, Sam Quek

It’s like Nigel Benn trying to fight Mike Tyson. Always going to be a no contest #TheAshes

What is the suited Giant Wotsit doing at the World Cup draw? He only heard there was another type of football last week

2 Red Kite over Bromley North

2 Firecrest Church House Gardens, Bromley

At least 2 Tawny Owls calling one near my house

Currently writing up my “Big Sheet”. Been doing these since 2013 but got seriously behind this year (now on 24th June…)

Yes, 2026 prep has already begun

Last month of 2025. While I can safely say my bird year records won’t be beaten, I did see my highest number of odonata species in a single year (35 of a life total of 37, only missed Small Red Damsel and Black Darter) and I might add to the 155 bird species in London

Water Pipit Crayford Marshes Darent by ind est near small tower

2 Grey Plover Crayford Marshes at Darent mouth & Curlew, Rock Pipit at saltings

Red Kite low over Crayford Marshes

Little Egret in Wyncham Stream seen from train

Grey Wagtail Sidcup station

David Mitchell during filming (I don’t know what) at Walthamstow Reservoirs today

Chiffchaff Stratford station

Skylark SE over Sidcup station

2 Brambling Chalk Wood/Joydens Wood border & Redpoll, Raven

Perth Test could be over tomorrow #TheAshes

Brief heavy big snow in Sidcup DA15 & bit of settle 2/10 #uksnow

Sleety rain in Sidcup 1/10 #uksnow

Maybe I don’t always use the English language and it’s punctuation perfectly, but I never start sentences with “So…” and I never use apostropies in plurals. Neither can I help that both really wind me up when I hear and see these basic errors or ruinations of English

A memorable afternoon, site & borough record of 14 Firecrests at Foots Cray Meados which also takes my season total (since Sep 1st) above 100 birds, all in the LNHS recording area and most in walking range of my house in Sidcup

Didn’t expect thunder tonight…

Sounding like another big passage of Redwings over my house

I had a feeling that #Taskmaster series 20 would end in a tie-break but I had predicted Ania Magliano to win some time ago…

Whoever operates the Sidcup Rain Shield that always works when it’s thundery needs to make sure it’s on tomorrow…

Multiple Redwing calls over my house

3 Water Rails seen & fourth heard at Foots Cray Meadows

And a third

2nd Firecrest Joydens along valley path

Firecrest Joydens Wood on path off left just inside Summerhouse Drive entrance

Now 8 Crossbills at picnic area, Joydens Wood

F Crossbill Joydens Wood at picnic area making odd noises

Magpie Inkcaps at Joydens Wood yesterday, on the path beside Birchwood GC