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Country diary: An impromptu birding trip with a total stranger – and it was magical | Eben Muse

The Guardian UK Saturday 31 October 2026, 05:30 UTC By Eben Muse 1 min read
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Slimbridge, Gloucestershire: A chance meeting led me and my partner into an afternoon of discovery and generosity that is nothing like a certain YouTube documentary on birding“What did you just see?” a bearded man asked, through the open window of his old Mini Cooper. “Just some crows in that tree.”

Slimbridge, Gloucestershire: A chance meeting led me and my partner into an afternoon of discovery and generosity that is nothing like a certain YouTube documentary on birding

“What did you just see?” a bearded man asked, through the open window of his old Mini Cooper.

“Just some crows in that tree.”

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