Showing posts with label Bar-tailed Godwit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bar-tailed Godwit. Show all posts
Thursday, 27 August 2026

Four New Birds

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Before we came away, a good friend shared an excellent place to see Stone Curlew , so yesterday afternoon, I set out to have a look at the s...
Sunday, 16 August 2026

South Gare - 15th August 2026

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After my trip to see the Buff-breasted Sandpiper , I drove up to South Gare, near Redcar (where I'd twitched a Brown Booby back in 2023...
Sunday, 5 October 2025

Red-backed Shrike

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This weekend, Jayne and I were don on Norfolk. We spent yesterday in Norwich, and then went up to the north coast for a spot of birding toda...
Sunday, 27 October 2024

Hayle Estuary and Ryan's Field - 26th October 2024

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 Jayne and I arrived in Cornwall on Saturday, and, after some lovely food in the Birdies Bistro, headed straight to the RSPB's Hayle Est...
Saturday, 6 January 2024

Northumberland - Days 4 and 5

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 During our last few days in Northumberland, we managed to add a few more birds to the "Year List", with trips to Alnmouth and Que...
Wednesday, 31 August 2022

Greater Sand Plover

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 Yesterday, I drove across to Redcar beach to see a Greater Sand Plover that had arrived last week. Luckily, there were about a dozen peopl...
Wednesday, 24 April 2019

Scotland - 19th April 2019

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Jayne and I are up in Scotland for a few days, and our first stop, on 19th, was Musselburgh Lagoons, near Edinburgh. We stopped off here to ...
Saturday, 1 September 2018

Norfolk Birding - August 2018

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Last weekend Jayne and I spent 3 days in Norfolk. We travelled down on Sunday and popped into RSPB Frampton Marsh to catch up with a Stilt ...
Sunday, 9 October 2016

RSPB Titchwell

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Whenever Jayne and I are in Norfolk we like to visit the Titchwell RSPB Reserve . We spent 3 hours there this afternoon, and had some excell...
Sunday, 2 August 2015

Year List tops 150

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After a week away in Norfolk I thought it was about time I updated the Year List, especially as I've managed to reach the 150 mark again...
Monday, 28 October 2013

Aberlady Bay and Gullane Bents

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I'm up in North Berwick for a few days, so this morning I got up early and drove across to Aberlady Bay in search of a Snow Goose that...
Sunday, 20 October 2013

RSPB Frampton Marsh and 3 Year Ticks

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A couple of times a year I help lead a walk for the Chesterfield RSPB Group . Today's walk took us to the RSPB's reserve of Frampton...
Tuesday, 30 October 2012

VELVET SCOTERS!!!!!

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I spent two hours at Musselburgh Lagoons on the outskirts of Edinburgh this afternoon, where I had the most amazing views of both male and ...
Monday, 20 February 2012

Waders, waders and yet more waders!

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After yesterday's excitement at North Shields I had a drive up to one of my favourite birding spots, St Mary's Island in Whitley Ba...
Wednesday, 26 October 2011

Alnmouth Harbour - 23rd October 2011

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After a lovely afternoon visiting Alnwick and Alnwick Gardens with the family, we dropped into Alnmouth for a quick look at the harbour and...

Cresswell Pond - 23rd October 2011

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I got up early this morning and drove down to visit Cresswell Pond , a Northumberland Wildlife Trust reserve at the south end of Druridge Ba...

St Mary's Island - 22nd October 2011

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Following a morning visit to Warkworth Beach we had a drive down the coast and popped into St Mary's Island in Whitley Bay for a couple ...