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About Redgannet

Redgannet has been working for over 25 years as a crew member/flight attendant. The nom de blog Redgannet was adopted to add an air of mystery and to make himself more attractive to women. His father first whetted Redguga's appetite for all things natural by buying him his first pair of 7x35s and a copy of Thorburn's Birds. Having no mentor beyond an indulgent parent, he spent the first season hoping for an Egyptian Vulture at the bird table in his English garden. His most memorable birding moment is seeing an Egyptian Vulture with those same binoculars 26 years later. Redgannet (the blog) fledged in February 2009 and the 100th post was published as he was invited to become a beat writer for 10,000 Birds. Redgannet is married to Canon, but his heart and half of his house belongs to Helen and their son Joseph. He is looking forward to communicating with people who don't ask if he is searching for the "feathered variety" of bird.

Simple summer pleasures.

I still use the term “bird watching” rather than “birding”. This is the term that I grew up with and…

Collaborative List – July 2017

The beats have managed to overcome the summer-birding doldrums. 9 beats sent in 64 checklists finding 513 species between them. Lists were shared…

Crested Serpent Eagle

To the north of Kuala Lumpur, is a section of forest, easily accessible from the city. A flight over the…

Great Crested Grebe

Redgannet’s repeated attempts to eat stuff that was bigger than his own head brought exasperated warnings from his long-suffering mother….

Collaborative List – June 2017

The next couple of months are traditionally a bit slow for lists. The spring migration has passed, most of the…

Red-legged Seriema

The first time I saw a Red-legged Seriema, I had no idea what it was. What family is it from?…

Collaborative List – May 2017

If you noticed an earlier omission (who am I kidding, nobody reads this rubbish), I can only apologise and put…

An American Woodcock in New York.

I was especially pleased with this sighting of an American Woodcock for so many reasons. For a start, it was…

Collaborative List – April 2017

It worked! After last month’s chastisement for shying away from the share button, Mike has come good. Humiliating him in…

Wood Anemones

At the end of the most recent Ice Age, the temperature began to rise and the ice began to recede…

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