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  1. JWN Andrewes

    Bird You Have Taken for Granted

    It's a slang term for a bird that some birders have seen that it is extremely difficult or unlikely for other birders to see. In the case of Ruddy Duck, as an introduced species that used to be quite common but has since all but been eradicated, it can be described as a blocker on the basis that...
  2. JWN Andrewes

    Bird You Have Taken for Granted

    There are two that I probably take more for granted than I should. First is Dipper, a garden bird for me, mostly by voice as they whizz along the river behind the house, but once a high flying bird that I picked up as I was scoping through some Gulls flying off to roost! Often see them on short...
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