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I enjoy whatever I'm looking at at the time, but I always get a thrill when I see something unexpected such as when I found 3 Red Kites + 2 Buzzards together over 1 of our local woods.

Not driving I don't often twitch these days, though did regularly for a couple of years with friends about a decade or more back, but did go to see the fairly local Staines Brown Shrike last weekend. I'm glad I went as it's a stunning bird, all the birders were well behaved staying on the opposite side of the Colne + plenty of other birds to enjoy too from 100+ Wigeon flying over, small groups of Ring-necked Parakeets, Stonechat + others have seen Barn + Short-eared Owl, Red Kite, Dartford Warbler, etc.

If I lived closer I'd like to have seen the Eastern Crowned Warbler as it's a lovely bird that I've not yet encountered in my travels.