Limited
A foray to Nortumberlands' finest locations this morning/afternoon produced a few noteworthy / useful "year ticks" and a couple of ommissions too.Snow Buntings at Cambois were decent, with 16-17...
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Buffy Stink.
A belated county tick for me this morning, and not the most glamorous rose-coloured starling I've had the fortune of seeing in the UK. Not quite a pink stink, more of a buffy stink...Nevertheless, a...
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Sauntered round the doors ... Usual fare, great grey shrike, little egret, kingfisher. Unusual fare in form of jack snipe and peregrine.
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Urban Birding
... in Dubai. Nearing 5 years since the last visit(http://birdingsometimes.blogspot.co.uk/2010/05/dubai.html)More relaxation than birding I'm afraid, but a potter at Ra's al-Khor Wildlife Reserve and...
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The Bluetones
Patience is a virtue.Finally able to justify a day trip to the River Don in Aberdeen to take a look at the progressively blue toned immature drake Harlequin.A Barn Owl started the early day well, with...
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Owls, Mega Scoter and the like.
Given it's still "only" February, the birding pace is still rather decent. Despite work commitments and the like.Friday evening was spent stood in a damp field as the sunset - the quarry, Barn Owl,...
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The weekend so far.
Friday afternoon / evening was spent out and about the vicinity with some things seen and some things not.Saturday was bright and breezy, so a saunter to Morpeth to see this winters nationally scarce...
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Marching On
Trip south toTeesside to meet up with John B. Looked in the wrong places for a couple of species - solved that error with a nice cooked breakfast at Saltholme before having a better 2nd half - a much...
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The Magnificent Seven!... Nine?
A surprisingly productive afternoon birding after an early shift at work...Thoughts of where to start were put to one side when Gordon texted through news of a tricky Cramlington year-tick - a single...
View ArticleSeeing others, and one of my own
Interrupted some coursework (42 and still studying...) to visit Arcot on Thursday afternoon after another Gordon tip-off - a drake Pintail was probably my first in Cramlington for 5+ years, and the...
View ArticleMust Re(d)-start.
A busy month for non ornithological reasons hence a gap in pottering and associated reports.Some quality Cramlington species and some "misses" too -Hits - garganey, red-legged partridge and this...
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28 year wait
At long last, 28 years since my first attempt (Druridge May 1987!), albeit not in Northumberland - a dashing Red-throated Pipit on Seaton Common, Cleveland.Tricky to observe and photograph as it...
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Second Chance
Missed the 2014 Northumberland Black-winged Pratincole... so it was a pleasant surprise to hear that the 2014 finder had found another in 2015.Dashed to Bothal after work with many a text stating how...
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Back in the game
After what feels like an eternity, some normal frequency birding shall resume...First trip out for a while, and a chance to catch up with the female Red-necked Phalarope at Grindon Lough.Awful...
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A relaxed couple of weeks after being made redundant - a few drinks, a few days away in Barcelona and a few days catching up with things that should have been done earlier.So today, a quick trip out...
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Saturday's trip to the supermarket was pimped up with a 2nd cal Mediterranean Gull in Cramlington, a smart individual next to Church of the Nazerene.Having spent the first part of Sunday out on the...
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Madeira
A pleasant week in Madeira. Very limited on avifauna but some new birds nonetheless...Cory's Shearwater (many, inc a group of 75 on the water)Bulwer's Petrel -2 Madieran Firecrest - common in...
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It's great when you're
Finishing the washing up at 1820, reading news about a great shearwaters progress North past St Mary's ... At Newbiggins' Church point 15 minutes later and watching it a few minutes later. Then it...
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