Friday, 14 August 2009

Oxfordshire SPOONBILL

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As Terry and others have reported, the EURASIAN SPOONBILL was still on the Flood field at Otmoor RSPB at about 12 o'clock today (found ...
Wednesday, 12 August 2009

Total Now reaches 385

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With the addition of three new species this past week (BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, AQUATIC WARBLER and BARRED WARBLER), the total number of speci...
Tuesday, 11 August 2009

Local Mega - COLLARED PRATINCOLE in Cambridgeshire

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A moulting adult COLLARED PRATINCOLE was discovered by Tim Dee and Claire Spottiswood at Tubney Fen NT, SE of Wicken Fen (Cambs), at 1940 h...

MARSH WARBLERS breed for second year at Spurn

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MARSH WARBLER - superbly captured on film by Martin Garner Marsh Warblers have again bred at Spurn (East Yorks) for the second year in succ...

The LADYBIRD invasion

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Further images depicting last week's SEVEN-SPOT LADYBIRD invasion in North Norfolk - Tim Allwood, John Miller (2 images), Paul Hill and ...

BAIRD'S SANDPIPER makes top billing

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In East Norfolk, an adult BAIRD'S SANDPIPER is present for a third day, feeding with 2 Ringed Plovers and an adult summer Little Stint o...
Wednesday, 5 August 2009

An unprecedented wave of WILSON'S STORM PETRELS

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An unprecedented displacement of WILSON'S STORM PETRELS (Oceanodroma oceanicus) took place over the past weekend, involving up to 64 in...

LADYBIRDS OF PLAGUE PROPORTIONS

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Hi Lee, The ladybird invasion here is really quite unbelievable and it’s quite a sad sight to see so many dead and dying amongst the million...

North Norfolk LADYBIRD invasion hitting plague proportions

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Ladybird numbers hitting a new high along the beach at Cley today. Astonishing numbers....millions (literally). By far the "biggest...
Tuesday, 4 August 2009

Adult-type GREAT SPOTTED CUCKOO at Weybourne Camp - for its 14th day

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Phil Bishop obtained these excellent images of the GREAT SPOTTED CUCKOO as it fed in the scrub just east of the Westher Station

More images of Norfolk's recent star attractions - the PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER and GREAT SPOTTED CUCKOO

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Adrian Kettle obtained these shots over the weekend depicting the heavily worn adult-type GREAT SPOTTED CUCKOO at Weybourne Camp and the mo...
Monday, 3 August 2009

Ladybird Invasion inhibits viewing of vagrant cuckoo

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Due to a heavy work commitment of late, I finally managed to get to North Norfolk today where the adult-type GREAT SPOTTED CUCKOO first dis...
Friday, 31 July 2009

CATTLE EGRET on my BERKSHIRE LIST at last

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FRIDAY 31 JULY An extract from LGRE Diary Notes July 2009 A much better day than recently with blue skies, puffy cloud and temperatures reac...

Scilly's second-ever MARSH SANDPIPER headlines

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MARSH SANDPIPER on Scilly (Robin Mawer), LESSER YELLOWLEGS at Paull Holme Strays (East Yorks) (3 images - Brett Richards), SLAVONIAN GREBE o...

THE STORY SO FAR - TOTAL NOW 382

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The Story So Far…………2009 So, by the end of 2009 Week 30, a total of 382 species has been recorded in Britain and Ireland Week 30: 382 specie...
Wednesday, 29 July 2009

LOCAL MEGA - MARSH SANDPIPER on the ISLES OF SCILLY

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A MARSH SANDPIPER was discovered this evening on Porthellick Pool, St Mary's, feeding in front of the Stephen Sussex Hide. First seen a...

WILSON'S STORM PETREL seen and photographed from shark fishing boat out of Newquay, Cornwall

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WILSON'S STORM PETREL, 'At Sea' NW of Padstow, Cornwall, 26 July 2009 (James Hanlon) Since 2005 Richard Pierce of the Shark Trus...
Monday, 27 July 2009

PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER at Breydon Water

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Adult summer PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER just beginning to moult, Breydon Water, Norfolk, 24 July 2009 (James Kennerley) I had the good fortune o...
Sunday, 26 July 2009

A red-letter day - BLACK-BROWED ALBATROSS glides past Porthgwarra and a FAN-TAILED WARBLER zits along North Kent coastline

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SUNDAY 26 JULY Excerpt from Steve Rogers ''As predicted, the seawatch today at Porthgwarra (West Cornwall) was truly superb. A stron...
Friday, 24 July 2009

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The moulting adult COLLARED PRATINCOLE at High Eske NR, near Beverley, East Yorkshire, this week (Graham Catley) This is the UK400 Club Rar...