Blast From The Past Finds - Western Subalpine Warbler
On the 12th of April, 2009, myself and my dad made our way down to Wexford from Dublin. The day before had seen a particular low point in Irishbirding, when one of the Irish scumbags (most Irish birders of a certain age could number the suspects on one hand) created a fake email address/identity on the old Irish Bird Network (IBN) email server, in order to slag off the Two-Barred Crossbill found by myself and Robert Vaughan the previous autumn. (They will always say they don't care what you find, but go to extraordinary lengths to make fake IDs to take a pop at them 😂). Having not put out rare bird news of my finds for several years, I decided it was time to fight back, and the best ways to fight back against the clown show that is the scumbag sect of Irish birding was to A. Find a shit load of birds. And... B. Put their finds, IDs and standards etc under the microscope. (All remarkably effective). It didn't take long to produce the goods. Enjoying a pleasant Spring mornin...
