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About Redgannet

Redgannet has been working for over 33 years as a crew member/flight attendant and enjoys the well-ventilated air of the outdoors. 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 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.

Picky Cuckoo

When a young bird has to compete with the rest of its nest-mates for food they cannot afford to turn…

Collaborative List – June 2018

It’s all been happening this month. Just when we thought that the beats deserved a quiet month after the exertions…

Come@Me: Bird Names Suck

Common names for birds really suck and should be reviewed to make them universally relevant. Why for example, call a…

Cats and chicks

‘Tis the season when young birds fledge and take to the wing, or more commonly plunge to the ground where…

Collaborative List – May 2018

That was May. Month of months. As we pass into June we can forgive some of our northern beats if…

Birding Barra’s Beach-bars

This post is going live slightly late today to avoid stealing Harry and Megan’s thunder. Hope you enjoyed the wedding….

Collaborative List – April 2018

Redgannet added another splash of colour to the collective profile by falling asleep on a boat and waking up in…

The world is getting smaller

You may know by now that my beat as international birder is being pinched by re-allocation of routes from our…

Collaborative List – March 2018

Claire and Grant have made it back to civilisation after sharing a checklist for almost every day of February. Their…

Piping Hornbill

The Piping Hornbill, Bycanistes fistulator, has been evading me for 10 years. It can be found in western and central…

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