Birds of the Heath: Norfolk birdlife and astronomy: Painted Lady

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On the Buddleia this morning: only the second I've seen this year, but this individual was mint-fresh!

David Bryant at 23:29

David Bryant: For twenty five years I was the UK's only full time meteorite dealer. I've met and spent time with many astronauts, cosmonauts and pilots. When I'm not looking for birds and other wildlife to photograph, I play guitar, enjoy cooking and drinking fine French wines. My wife Linda and I used to travel all over the UK to see - and video - new birds: three times we took part in the National 24 hour Bird Race with the Cley Casuals team. We won twice and came second once: our highest audited total was 158 species.
During a hectic few years making and selling rare bird videos, we passed 400 species and decided it was time to ease back a bit and now concentrate on the eastern counties. I generally manage to see around 220 species a year: twice I've passed 300

2015 total: 240
2016 total: 241
2017 total: 226
2018 total: 244
2019 total: 237
2020 total: 246
2021 total: 228
2022 total: 253
2023 total: 228
2024 total: 216
2025 total: 243
2026 total: 156

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