Showing posts with label Year List 2017. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Year List 2017. Show all posts
Tuesday, 19 December 2017

Parrot Crossbills - Lifer!!

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I was up at the top end of the Upper Derwent Valley in Derbyshire this morning to catch up with some Parrot Crossbills that had been report...
Sunday, 3 December 2017

Year List Update - 3rd December 2017

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The year is coming to a close, but I'm still managing to add a few more species to the Year List. As you'll see below, I'm up to...
Friday, 27 October 2017

Half Term Birding- October 2017

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Jayne and I have been away for a few days, visiting Pitlochry in Scotland, Musselburgh Lagoons near Edinburgh, Stag Rocks at Bamburgh, East ...
Saturday, 7 October 2017

Year List Update - 7th October 2017

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I haven't update  my 2017 "Year List" since August.  There haven't been too many additions since then, but I have added Sh...
Tuesday, 15 August 2017

Year List Update - 15th August 2017

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I haven't updated the "year list" for the last 2 weeks, despite seeing a few new species. The first one to add to the list i...
Friday, 28 July 2017

Year List Update - a Lifer!!

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On Tuesday, Jayne and I spent 4 hours on a wildlife watching boat trip with AK Wildlife Cruises in Falmouth Bay. The trip was aimed mainly ...
Saturday, 1 July 2017

Bee-eater!!

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I haven't seen Bee-eaters in the UK since 2002, so when I spotted news of 7 birds in Nottinghamshire on the Birdguides website, I knew ...
Monday, 26 June 2017

Spotted Flycatcher

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I was up in Ripley, North Yorkshire at the weekend enjoying my son's wedding(!). In a quiet moment, I had a walk around the village wher...
Sunday, 18 June 2017

Year List Update - 4 new species

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Over the last couple of weeks the "year listing" has slowed down some what, but despite this, I've managed to add 4 new specie...
Friday, 2 June 2017

RSPB Minsmere - A Final Visit

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Today was our last day in Suffolk, so we had a final visit to RSPB Minsmere (thanks Jayne). It was 21 degrees, and the sun was shining when...
Wednesday, 31 May 2017

Red-footed Falcon!!

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News of a 1st summer male Red-footed Falcon on Dunwich Heath on Tuesday evening had me up early (again!) this morning, to see if I could ca...

Ickworth House

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We had a walk around the National Trust's Ickworth House yesterday. There was a lake called Canal Lake, where we saw a few birds, namel...
Tuesday, 30 May 2017

Minsmere again!!

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RSPB Minsmere really is a wonderful place, so I popped down again yesterday morning at 5:30am, and spent 3 and a half hours walking around t...

RSPB Strumpshaw Fen

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Jayne and I had a few hours at RSPB Strumpshaw Fen , Norfolk, on Sunday. We went in search of Swallowtail butterflies, and Norfolk Hawker ...
Monday, 29 May 2017

RSPB Minsmere - 27th May 2017

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I'm down in Suffolk for a week, so, of course, the first stop has to be Bittern Hide at RSPB Minsmere . Jayne and I had a couple of hou...
Wednesday, 24 May 2017

Year List update

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I was looking through the blog yesterday, when I realised I'd not updated the Year List since the start of May. Since then, I've add...
Monday, 1 May 2017

Night Heron

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The Night Heron , or Black-crowned Night Heron , to give it its proper name, is a relatively common bird found on all continents, except Ant...
Tuesday, 25 April 2017

Black-winged Stilts

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I haven't seen a Black-winged Stilt in the UK for many years, not since "Sammy", the resident, and possibly escaped, bird tha...
Sunday, 23 April 2017

Birthday Lifer

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It was my birthday this weekend, so I travelled up to Teesdale and RSPB Bempton Cliffs with my family for a couple of days. High on my wish...
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Thursday, 20 April 2017

Three New Birds

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I was up at Carsington Water for a couple of hours on Tuesday evening (18th) walking around Stones Island. I was on my annual "wagtail...