Showing posts with label Red-throated Diver. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Red-throated Diver. Show all posts
Sunday, 23 February 2025

Year List Update and a Lifer (nearly!)

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 I last updated the Year List at the end of January, and, since then, I've added 6 new species, including a "near lifer"! Firs...
Tuesday, 29 October 2024

Falmouth - 29th October 2024

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 Today, we spent the day in and around the Falmouth area, with our nephew, Luke and family. We managed another couple of year ticks, Firecre...
Sunday, 6 October 2024

Norfolk - 5th and 6th October 2024

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 This weekend, Jayne and I went down to Norfolk, where we had a lovely walk around Wells-next-the-Sea and around RSPB Snettisham . We were a...
Saturday, 24 February 2024

Scarborough - 23rd February 2024

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 Yesterday, we had a lovely family day in Scarborough. It was just 7 degree, but really sunny, and the birds put on a good show too. The fir...
Saturday, 4 February 2023

Scarborough Med Gulls

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 Most years at around this time, Jayne and I pop across to Scarborough for a day to spot a few birds, including one of my favourite birds, t...
Saturday, 12 November 2022

Pied Wheatear!!

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 A first winter male Pied Wheatear turned up in a skate park in Whitley Bay last week, so, after a week of umming and ahhing (!) Jayne and I...
Sunday, 3 October 2021

Scarborough, Saltburn and Whitby

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 This weekend, Jayne and I had a couple of days on the East Coast. We stayed in Scarborough, and saw Herring , Black-headed and Great Black...
Sunday, 12 January 2020

Scarborough 11th January 2020

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On Saturday, I spent a few hours in Scarborough, with my wife and daughter. As always, I started off the birding in the Holbeck Car Park, wh...
Monday, 30 December 2019

Northumberland Birding - December 2019

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I've just returned from a few days in Northumberland where I managed to get out and about seeing a few nice birds to end the year. Whi...
Saturday, 2 November 2019

Norfolk Birds

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Jayne and I were in Norfolk for a few days this week. We visited RSPB Titchwell on Tuesday, where we spotted all the usual suspects, includ...
Thursday, 16 February 2017

North East Adventure

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Every February half term I like to have a day out birding somewhere different. This year I spent a day with Luke travelling around the North...
Saturday, 1 November 2014

Norfolk Highlights

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It's been half term this week, so I spent a couple of days in Norfolk with Jayne. We were based in Wells-next-the Sea, and whilst there,...
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Thursday, 20 February 2014

Med Gulls in Scarborough

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Hot on the heels of Monday's birding trip I spent yesterday in Scarborough with my wife and daughter, where I managed to get a few new...
Tuesday, 29 October 2013

East Lothian Tour and 3 Year Ticks

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Got up and out again this morning. First stop was Musselburgh Lagoons on the outskirts of Edinburgh. I visited this site for the first time...
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 ...

Aberlady Bay and Gullane Bay

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I've made a couple of visits to Aberlady Bay over the last few days to look at the flock of approximately 20,000 roosting Pink-footed G...