Inspired by @iandunt.bsky.social I have almost entirely weened myself off Amazon.
They were so ahead of the game on delivery & ease of transaction but obviously the rest of the world has caught up. Happily spending money now at Waterstones, Blackwell, Boots, Argos, John Lewis AND Holbury Hardware!
They were so ahead of the game on delivery & ease of transaction but obviously the rest of the world has caught up. Happily spending money now at Waterstones, Blackwell, Boots, Argos, John Lewis AND Holbury Hardware!
May 1, 2026 at 7:38 AM
Inspired by @iandunt.bsky.social I have almost entirely weened myself off Amazon.
They were so ahead of the game on delivery & ease of transaction but obviously the rest of the world has caught up. Happily spending money now at Waterstones, Blackwell, Boots, Argos, John Lewis AND Holbury Hardware!
They were so ahead of the game on delivery & ease of transaction but obviously the rest of the world has caught up. Happily spending money now at Waterstones, Blackwell, Boots, Argos, John Lewis AND Holbury Hardware!
Great-tailed Grackle, Holbury, Hants. Stopped off to see this bird last Friday, what a great bird with so much character. It seemed to watch and analyse everything, so glad I saw it.
January 30, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Great-tailed Grackle, Holbury, Hants. Stopped off to see this bird last Friday, what a great bird with so much character. It seemed to watch and analyse everything, so glad I saw it.
Boat-Tailed Grackle still Holbury mid morning - all pics just with iPhone
November 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Boat-Tailed Grackle still Holbury mid morning - all pics just with iPhone
Great tailed grackle at Holbury, Hampshire today!
January 25, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Great tailed grackle at Holbury, Hampshire today!
Holbury (2025)
Shot on Pentax ME Super/ Kodak ProImage 100
#believeinfilm #newtopographics #35mmfilm #photooftheday
Shot on Pentax ME Super/ Kodak ProImage 100
#believeinfilm #newtopographics #35mmfilm #photooftheday
October 13, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Holbury (2025)
Shot on Pentax ME Super/ Kodak ProImage 100
#believeinfilm #newtopographics #35mmfilm #photooftheday
Shot on Pentax ME Super/ Kodak ProImage 100
#believeinfilm #newtopographics #35mmfilm #photooftheday
Grackles to the north of me, grackles to the south … here I am stuck in the middle 👀 Great-tailed Grackle Holbury Hampshire yesterday #UKbirding
January 27, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Grackles to the north of me, grackles to the south … here I am stuck in the middle 👀 Great-tailed Grackle Holbury Hampshire yesterday #UKbirding
Holbury (2025)
Shot on Pentax ME Super/ Kodak Pro Image 100
#believeinfilm #35mmfilm #photooftheday #newtopographics
Shot on Pentax ME Super/ Kodak Pro Image 100
#believeinfilm #35mmfilm #photooftheday #newtopographics
November 3, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Holbury (2025)
Shot on Pentax ME Super/ Kodak Pro Image 100
#believeinfilm #35mmfilm #photooftheday #newtopographics
Shot on Pentax ME Super/ Kodak Pro Image 100
#believeinfilm #35mmfilm #photooftheday #newtopographics
Boat-tailed Grackle looking a bit sad in the gardens of Holbury this morning. Relatively easy short twitch with Dad #UKbirding #BetterthanaSparrow
November 22, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Boat-tailed Grackle looking a bit sad in the gardens of Holbury this morning. Relatively easy short twitch with Dad #UKbirding #BetterthanaSparrow
Nice trip out to see the Boat-tailed Grackle at Holbury, Hants and the Desert Wheatear at the bridging camp Wyke Regis, Dorset with @seatonbirder
@Kevinhale1973
@Kevinhale1973
November 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Nice trip out to see the Boat-tailed Grackle at Holbury, Hants and the Desert Wheatear at the bridging camp Wyke Regis, Dorset with @seatonbirder
@Kevinhale1973
@Kevinhale1973
Finally got round to see the Boat Tailed Grackle today at Holbury, Hants. That journey it had on a ship across the Atlantic - if only it could tell us the full story it would be amazing I'm sure. Thanks to Sue Knight for letting us in her garden.
November 16, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Finally got round to see the Boat Tailed Grackle today at Holbury, Hants. That journey it had on a ship across the Atlantic - if only it could tell us the full story it would be amazing I'm sure. Thanks to Sue Knight for letting us in her garden.
Boaty McBoatface...
*I liked Grackatak as well, 'specially for the 80s pop-jazz-funk fans out there...
Boat-tailed Grackle
Holbury, Hampshire
November 19 2025
@linnetincley.bsky.social
#ukbirding
*I liked Grackatak as well, 'specially for the 80s pop-jazz-funk fans out there...
Boat-tailed Grackle
Holbury, Hampshire
November 19 2025
@linnetincley.bsky.social
#ukbirding
November 22, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Boaty McBoatface...
*I liked Grackatak as well, 'specially for the 80s pop-jazz-funk fans out there...
Boat-tailed Grackle
Holbury, Hampshire
November 19 2025
@linnetincley.bsky.social
#ukbirding
*I liked Grackatak as well, 'specially for the 80s pop-jazz-funk fans out there...
Boat-tailed Grackle
Holbury, Hampshire
November 19 2025
@linnetincley.bsky.social
#ukbirding
06/04/2026 Great Tailed Grackle @ Holbury, Hampshire.
April 11, 2026 at 2:52 PM
06/04/2026 Great Tailed Grackle @ Holbury, Hampshire.
Reidentification news: the not countable Boat-tailed Grackle in Holbury, Hants has been reidentified through DNA as a not countable Great-tailed Grackle. My American friends: could we have worked this out without DNA? #birds 🪶🐦
December 20, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Reidentification news: the not countable Boat-tailed Grackle in Holbury, Hants has been reidentified through DNA as a not countable Great-tailed Grackle. My American friends: could we have worked this out without DNA? #birds 🪶🐦
Not the USA East coast but Holbury, Hamps. This bird was first spotted on the 02/11/25 nr Calshot castle but has relocated to Holbury. The first recorded Boat-tailed Grackle in the UK, AFAIK. It seems to be unafraid of humans but is wary of dog walkers! Absolutely stunning bird. #UKbirding
November 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Not the USA East coast but Holbury, Hamps. This bird was first spotted on the 02/11/25 nr Calshot castle but has relocated to Holbury. The first recorded Boat-tailed Grackle in the UK, AFAIK. It seems to be unafraid of humans but is wary of dog walkers! Absolutely stunning bird. #UKbirding
What better way to fill the quiet time between Christmas and New Year than a trip to see the long-staying Great-tailed Grackle at Holbury 😊
December 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
What better way to fill the quiet time between Christmas and New Year than a trip to see the long-staying Great-tailed Grackle at Holbury 😊
I’ve posted my latest blog featuring a visit to Holbury and Calshot with Kev Heath to see the boat-tailed grackle - thanks for looking jkhsmith.blogspot.com/2025/11/cals... - @birdguides.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social.
Calshot, Holbury & Goatee Beach :: 22 November 2025
The weekend weather forecast looked rather bleak, so when Kev @kev07713 and I began discussing Saturday plans, we naturally considered bird...
jkhsmith.blogspot.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I’ve posted my latest blog featuring a visit to Holbury and Calshot with Kev Heath to see the boat-tailed grackle - thanks for looking jkhsmith.blogspot.com/2025/11/cals... - @birdguides.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social.
Nothing raises hackles like a shackle-free Grackle, to make maniacal listers cackle as committees tackle exactly what to do...
Rhyming mullarkey on a very wet afternoon in Norfolk.
Boat-tailed Grackle
Holbury, Hampshire
November 19 2025
@linnetincley.bsky.social
#ukbirding
@edge25.bsky.social
Rhyming mullarkey on a very wet afternoon in Norfolk.
Boat-tailed Grackle
Holbury, Hampshire
November 19 2025
@linnetincley.bsky.social
#ukbirding
@edge25.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Nothing raises hackles like a shackle-free Grackle, to make maniacal listers cackle as committees tackle exactly what to do...
Rhyming mullarkey on a very wet afternoon in Norfolk.
Boat-tailed Grackle
Holbury, Hampshire
November 19 2025
@linnetincley.bsky.social
#ukbirding
@edge25.bsky.social
Rhyming mullarkey on a very wet afternoon in Norfolk.
Boat-tailed Grackle
Holbury, Hampshire
November 19 2025
@linnetincley.bsky.social
#ukbirding
@edge25.bsky.social
The Day of the Grackle.
Time for some midweek entertainment on the south coast where the Boat-tailed Grackle was doing its thing in Holbury. Part corvid, part wagtail, part peacock too with his swagger & strut. A bird made for Category S 😎
@linnetincley.bsky.social
@edge25.bsky.social
#ukbirding
Time for some midweek entertainment on the south coast where the Boat-tailed Grackle was doing its thing in Holbury. Part corvid, part wagtail, part peacock too with his swagger & strut. A bird made for Category S 😎
@linnetincley.bsky.social
@edge25.bsky.social
#ukbirding
November 22, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The Day of the Grackle.
Time for some midweek entertainment on the south coast where the Boat-tailed Grackle was doing its thing in Holbury. Part corvid, part wagtail, part peacock too with his swagger & strut. A bird made for Category S 😎
@linnetincley.bsky.social
@edge25.bsky.social
#ukbirding
Time for some midweek entertainment on the south coast where the Boat-tailed Grackle was doing its thing in Holbury. Part corvid, part wagtail, part peacock too with his swagger & strut. A bird made for Category S 😎
@linnetincley.bsky.social
@edge25.bsky.social
#ukbirding
Risso's Dolphin on an AK Wildlife Cruise from Falmouth in September, clustered bonnets at Millyford Bridge in the New Forest in October, Great-tailed Grackle at Holbury in November and dew covered spider web at Lakeside earlier this month.
December 26, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Risso's Dolphin on an AK Wildlife Cruise from Falmouth in September, clustered bonnets at Millyford Bridge in the New Forest in October, Great-tailed Grackle at Holbury in November and dew covered spider web at Lakeside earlier this month.
Sharing (maybe) the BEST black thing on this Black Friday....the Boat-tailed Grackle, which I had the pleasure of catching up with in Holbury, New Forest.
What a stunning bird - soooo glossy, gorgeous iridescent sheen, very confiding, absolutely full of character and check out his eyes! 😍
What a stunning bird - soooo glossy, gorgeous iridescent sheen, very confiding, absolutely full of character and check out his eyes! 😍
November 28, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Sharing (maybe) the BEST black thing on this Black Friday....the Boat-tailed Grackle, which I had the pleasure of catching up with in Holbury, New Forest.
What a stunning bird - soooo glossy, gorgeous iridescent sheen, very confiding, absolutely full of character and check out his eyes! 😍
What a stunning bird - soooo glossy, gorgeous iridescent sheen, very confiding, absolutely full of character and check out his eyes! 😍
The Great tailed Grackle is still showing very well at Holbury. One of two reported today, the other is in Speke, Lancashire.
January 28, 2026 at 8:03 PM
The Great tailed Grackle is still showing very well at Holbury. One of two reported today, the other is in Speke, Lancashire.
I do like an Icterid, & a minor homeward detour this afternoon saw me taking in the wonderfully characterful Boat-tailed Grackle currently residing in Holbury. Thanks to the gent who invited me into his drizzly garden, as the bird wandered around the lawn with the local Woodpigeons #PlasticFantastic
November 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I do like an Icterid, & a minor homeward detour this afternoon saw me taking in the wonderfully characterful Boat-tailed Grackle currently residing in Holbury. Thanks to the gent who invited me into his drizzly garden, as the bird wandered around the lawn with the local Woodpigeons #PlasticFantastic
I couldn't resist catching up with the Great Tailed Grackle at Holbury this morning. To say it was easy to find is an understatement. #birding
December 20, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I couldn't resist catching up with the Great Tailed Grackle at Holbury this morning. To say it was easy to find is an understatement. #birding