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The weekend that was...
Busy, busy, busy... a county tick (327) - it's taken a third county bird to catch up, but what a belter. Thanks to CB for use of the 600/1.4... The first day of "Winter" - I'll take more like this.Not...
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Seasonal
...decent haul this morning on the Horton Burn -36-38 Waxwing5 Little Egret1 (possibly 2) Kingfisher1 Pink-footed Goose1 Chiffchaff
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Who's a?
Pottering around Hyde Park on Saturday morning provided some views of the elusive Ring-Necked Parakeets.
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From dusk till
Beeley...Arrived just after midday on Sunday after earlier news had confirmed that the Dusky Thrush was still present at the rather quaint setting of Beeley in Derbyshire. However, it wasn't as...
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Bluebird...
Found myself heading to Gloucestershire on 30th December for an unanticipated look for a male Blue Rock Thrush that had been found feeding in Stow-on-the-Wold. A bit further than I would have liked,...
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Up the coast...
Potter up the coast produced a few useful year-tick fodder... with Brambling, Tundra Bean Geese, European White-fronted Geese, Hen Harrier, Glaucous Gull being the highlights.Nice weather to boot.Not...
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Loon!
Back in 2008 I was fortunate enough to be able to twitch the UKs first Pacific Diver in Yorkshire on 12th January. Roll on nine years and with a handful of other UK records, Northumberland scores one!...
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Short Stories
Its' not been a very SEO winter, so news of returning birds up the coast enabled a post nightshift wander. Up to three in the air at once, parading in front of a steady stream of owlers'... Peregrine...
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Ducks
An early morning venture to Killingworth didn't produce the Ferruginous Duck, but a couple of Scaup were nice. Up north, the drake Ring-necked Duck relocated to East Chevington, distantly mixing with...
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Ring
Another venture up Druridge Bay on another sunny day. Ring-necked Duck back at Hauxley, just out of the lenses reach, and then at Druridge a Great White Egret consorting with a Little Egret...3 Little...
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The weekend so far
Catch up with some returning migrants in the north-east - inland for swift, pied flycatcher, tree pipit, wood warbler, redstart, ring ouzel...and always nice to see...iPhone-scoped
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Revisit, Float, Dip.
Popped back to Lynemouth -en-route to Seahouses for an attempt at Serin, a County mega. Citrine Wagtail still performing well... images here are from Friday though.Meanwhile on the Farnes... no sign of...
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Infrequencies
Time has been a premium lately...Ruddy Duck - May, Northumberland (iPhone)Great White Egret - June, Newton-by-the-Sea (iPhone)A week away... Portugal...Then back in the County - and an elusive County...
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