Lee 3D - Specialist modelmakers. 2CY Essex bird watcher. Also distant admirer of Tower 42 :)
Joined August 2013
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6 May 2025
My first nightingale sighting! Danbury Common, Monday 5th May. After 4 weeks of just hearing them, I finally got to see one - ecstatic! 🥰
#essexbirding @EssexBirdNews #Nightingale
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It's the FINAL of the @EssexBirdNews Spring Bird Photography Competition! Choose your winner from these 4 photos then vote at strawpoll.com/bVg8BW2V2yY
The winner will be announced during Birds of Essex on Friday and will receive a framed copy of their photograph and a certificate
ALT European Greenfinches
ALT Little Owl
ALT Eurasian Treecreeper
ALT Common Cuckoo
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Choose which species of wildlife you'd like to appear on the next series banknotes. You can pick 6sp from a list of 18 - full details at bankofengland.co.uk/banknote…
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May 21
Save RSPB Rye Meads Nature Reserve - Sign the Petition! c.org/xvBxX5bjWG via @UKChange
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If you want to learn more about birdsong and calls, we're running a Birdsong for Beginners 'pop-up' walk at Tiptree Heath on 7th May. This event is limited to 12 people - for further details and to register please visit ebws.org.uk/birdsongwalk
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We're holding a Bird Photography for Beginners pop-up on Thursday 7th May at 10:30 in Chelmsford. This event is limited to ten people - for further details and to register please visit ebws.org.uk/birdphotography
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Tower 42 will light up tomorrow and Sunday night!
Saturday 7th March - Refuge Charity @RefugeCharity
Sunday 8th March - Autoimmune Awareness Month - @autoimmune_diseases
#refugecharity #autoimmuneassociation #SurpriseInTheLights #Building #LookUp #Surprise #TakeALook
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Congratulations to Diane Butcher for winning the @EssexBirdNews Winter Bird Photography Competition with this stunning capture of a Goldcrest.
Thanks to everyone who took part - you can view all of the entries by clicking here: youtu.be/OG-uHPmy2ec?si=tvAD…
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Feb 26
A few from the heronry in the middle of Merida yesterday. #Birds #Birding #Extremadura #BirdingSpain
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It's the FINAL of the @EssexBirdNews Winter 2025-26 Bird Photography Competition! Here are the entries - please choose your winner photo from these four and vote here: strawpoll.com/e7ZJadAxKg3
Results will be announced LIVE during Birds of Essex on Youtube this Friday from 7:30pm
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Feb 22
Here's one for my fellow cycling fans.
Matt Stephens is taking over The Last Post pub in Derby,1 Uttoxeter Old Road.
It's opening on Saturday,pop over sometime to show your support.
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Taking place on Anglia Ruskin Uni’s Chelmsford campus, our 2026 conference is just a few
minutes’ walk from the train & bus station, & also has convenient free parking. Finding out about
Essex’s key birds couldn’t be easier! More info & book your place at ebws.org.uk/2026conference
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Tonight's online talk is going to be a cracker, as Dr Rob Williams talks about Hummingbirds of the World! With lots of superb photographs and interesting information it's definitely worth tuning in to watch at youtube.com/live/g9ioCPrp_Ic…
@EssexBirdNews
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At just ÂŁ28, including lunch, our full day conference, in Chelmsford provides great value, with six
fascinating presentations about the status of the key birds of Essex, and 12 conservation displays to
browse. More info and registration: ebws.org.uk/2026conference
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Don't forget to watch tomorrow night's 'Birds of Essex' LIVE on YouTube, and send your 2026 pics, your most surprising missed species so far, and any birding 'selfies' you may have from the past to: ebwstalks@gmail.com
Watch the show at youtube.com/live/M1cfbA4G5J0…
@EssexBirdNews #BoE
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Jan 22
The first Birds of Essex of 2026 is on Friday 23rd January, when we'll find out how Steve and Matt's new year has started, we'll be joined by County Recorder, Tim Hayward, to discuss submitting your 2025 records plus the usual bird roundup and news! #essexbirding
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Jan 15
The Velogames Fantasy Cycling season starts here! The inaugural Velogames Fantasy Womens Tour Down Under 2026 begins on Saturday morning (that's local time in Australia, so don't be late if in Europe or the Americas!). Enter your team of 9 riders now to join in the action. (1/6)
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Our 2026 Conference is on Saturday 28th March and it's going to be a superb day! With six talks on the status of key species & habitat in Essex, lots of display stands, plenty of delicious food, & a prize raffle it's not to be missed! Book your place at ebws.org.uk/conference/regis…
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This month's online talk on Friday evening is a fascinating one about Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers. Full details at ebws.org.uk/talks/jan26
@EssexBirdNews
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24 Dec 2025
A very Happy Christmas and a bird-filled 2026 to all our clients, followers and birding friends!
2025 has been another great year with lots of bird and other wildlife highlights on our tours, day trips and barge trips and we are looking forward to 2026 & beyond…
#birds #birding
ALT A festive Siberian Rubythroat!
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