Wednesday, 29 April 2009

Dungeness CRESTED LARK

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The CRESTED LARK was present until late evening tonight, although may have been disturbed by those still searching for it after it had flow...

WHITE-COLLARED FLYCATCHER still on Portland and a summary of British records

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First-summer male COLLARED FLYCATCHER, Southwell, Portland, Dorset, 29 April 2009 (Martin Cade) The beautiful first-summer male WHITE-COLLAR...

MEGA - CRESTED LARK at Dungeness, Kent, this evening

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The CRESTED LARK found and discovered by Dave Walker is still present this evening, frequenting the 'shingle area' 500m north of th...

New total now rises to 318 species

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This superb male EASTERN SUBALPINE WARBLER was present at Scatness, Shetland, for several days and captured fantastically on film by Jim Nic...
Tuesday, 28 April 2009

MEGA: WHITE-COLLARED FLYCATCHER in DORSET

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A first-summer male WHITE-COLLARED FLYCATCHER was present this evening in Pete & Debbie Saunder's private garden in Southwell on th...

ISLAY BENEFITS FROM WIND CHANGE TO SOUTHWEST

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Hi Lee. A LESSER YELLOWLEGS and a LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER were at RSPB Loch Gruinart Reserve on Sunday along with the "resident"...

Male SNOWY OWL in Orkney

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Have located the Holm SNOWY OWL at Backakelday hy463033. A male for a change! DIRECTIONS: Take the track to Backakelday (first turn right ...

LATEST SUMMARY

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RECENT IMAGES Plates 1-4: WHISKERED TERNS, Willington GP, Derbyshire, 25-27 April (Glyn Sellors) Plates 5-8: first-summer PURPLE HERON, Cr...
Monday, 27 April 2009

WHISKERED TERNS IN DERBYSHIRE - SOME BEAUTIFUL IMAGES OBTAINED BY DAVE HUTTON

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An unprecedented arrival of WHISKERED TERNS

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A strong SSW current at the latter part of last week heralded the arrival of an astonishing single flock of 11 WHISKERED TERNS Chlidonias h...

Ageing of Hampshire WHITE-THROATED SPARROW - finite detail

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Tristan Folland has very kindly emailed me these close-ups of the Old Winchester Hill tail feathers and upperwing feathers North American e...

Ageing of WHITE-THROATED SPARROW

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First-winter male WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, Old Winchester Hill, Hampshire, April 2009 (Chris Upson) Hi Lee, I’ve been away and am just catch...
Thursday, 23 April 2009

Putative GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL this winter

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Gary Messenbird obtained these excellent photographs of the bird at Beddington Sewage Farm two days ago. This winter this bird was at the f...
Wednesday, 22 April 2009

The recent first-summer AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER at Breydon Water, Norfolk

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This problematic plover was present at Breydon Water (Norfolk) from 6-16 April. I eventually saw it on 15 April and concluded like many othe...

Arctic Gull rears its ugly head again - this time at Beddington Sewage Farm, Surrey

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What is considered to be the juvenile 'white-winged gull' first seen at Queen Mother Reservoir (Berkshire, England) in February and ...
Thursday, 16 April 2009

Wary NORTH AMERICAN WOOD DUCK on Shetland

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A drake NORTH AMERICAN WOOD DUCK was discovered this afternoon on Brow Loch on Shetland (Rob Fray et al). It is particularly wary and is co...
Wednesday, 15 April 2009

The big 300 reached today

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Recent Images: Red-rumped Swallow at Watermead Park, Leicester (Ian Merrill); adult Bonaparte's Gull at Farmoor Reservoir (Nic Hallam) a...

13th-ever STONE CURLEW in Northants today

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Well done David for finding the STONE CURLEW at Earls Barton GP today (see my photographs above), only the 13th ever in Northants, 5 in t...

SIBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF TAXONOMY

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On behalf of the UK400 Club, I did a thorough review of the Chiffchaff complex in the mid 1990's and as a result, recognised four distin...