Monday, 23 February 2009

Time for.........displaying NORTHERN GOSHAWKS

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Between now and 22 April, NORTHERN GOSHAWKS in southern Britain will be at their most active and most visible. On clear days with little to...
Friday, 20 February 2009

SPRING HAS ARRIVED

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With temperatures reaching the balmy heights of 14 degrees C in parts of the south today, it was no surprise to see the first trickle of inc...
Thursday, 19 February 2009

SNOWY OWL ON SHAPINSAY, ORKNEY

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Just been watching the most stupendous female SNOWY OWL and wow, what a fabulous bird ! Flying, perching on the ground and on fence posts, ...
Wednesday, 18 February 2009

LONG-EARED OWL AND ROUGH-LEG IN HAMPSHIRE FEAST

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LONG-EARED OWL, Farlington Marsh, Hampshire, February 2009 (Mark Cutts, directional, and Mark Navy Owl) 2nd-winter male ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD...
Tuesday, 17 February 2009

NEW FOREST WINTER SURVEY

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This is a summary of the first 27 results from the weekend's survey (14-15 February). Several results are awaited still, so the total yo...

PACIFIC DIVERS IN PEMBROKESHIRE AND ON SCILLY......AND FIRST RETURNING SUMMER MIGRANTS WITH THE WIND CHANGE

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A SAND MARTIN was seen today in Cornwall (at Marazion Marsh RSPB), with a BARN SWALLOW in Oxfordshire, the first signs that a switch to SW...
Monday, 16 February 2009

Record numbers of MEDITERRANEAN GULLS in BRITAIN

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First-winter and adult winter Mediterranean Gulls (Simon Knight) I was very fortunate to visit Pagham Harbour (West Sussex) last Friday and ...
Sunday, 15 February 2009

GREAT SPOTTED CUCKOO IN COUNTY CORK - FIRST VAGRANT OF THE SPRING

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An adult GREAT SPOTTED CUCKOO was present all day 8 miles SE of Cork (County Cork, IRELAND) near Ringaskiddy at Haulboline , feeding along ...

NORTH AMERICAN HERRING GULL IN SOUTH DEVON

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First-winter NORTH AMERICAN HERRING GULL, Otter Estuary, South Devon, 13 February 2009 (A superb array of images taken by Brian Heasman) A ...
Thursday, 12 February 2009

RARE BIRDS IN IRELAND

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NOORTH AMERICAN HERRING GULL (SN), FORSTER'S TERN (RM), RING-BILLED GULL (RM) and assorted ICELAND GULLS off Nimmo's Pier (Sean Nixo...

BRITISH BIRDING ASSOCIATION RBA FOR TODAY

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ICELAND GULL (Newlyn Harbour) and RING-BILLED GULL (Helston Boating Lake) photographed in West Cornwall (Joe Ray) Chris Upson obtained thes...
Wednesday, 11 February 2009

Introduced White-tailed Sea Eagle in Cumbria and SW Scotland

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As I stated previously in earlier emails, I was of the opinion this bird was from a Scottish reintroduction project. It seems as this sugg...
Tuesday, 10 February 2009

White-tailed Sea Eagle in Cumbria and SW Scotland

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An immature White-tailed Sea Eagle has today spent the afternoon on the Solway Firth, being seen on both the Cumbrian and Dumfries-shire si...
Tuesday, 3 February 2009

STRIKING 'WHITE-WINGED' GULL AT QUEEN MOTHER RESERVOIR TODAY

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Chris Heard has commented on this very interesting juvenile gull which he discovered at Queen Mother Reservoir this morning and was excellen...