It was never meant to last this long, but 1,533 days later, avid twitcher James Lambert has no plans to end his marathon birdwatching streak.
Through birthdays, Christmases, hotel quarantine during the height of the pandemic, a severe bout of COVID, and a move from Singapore back to Australia, Mr Lambert hasn't skipped a single day of slipping on his binoculars and looking to the sky.
That's more than four years.
