Monday, 14 September 2009

Northeasterly winds continue with the East Coast reaping rewards

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This is the UK400 Club Rare Bird Alert for Monday 14 September 2009, issued at 2100 hours, and published in association with Rare Bird Aler...

Eclipse drake AMERICAN WIGEON in OXFORDSHIRE

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Three images above (Adam Hartley) Eclipse drake AMERICAN WIGEON, Sonning Eye GP, Oxfordshire, 14 September 2009 (Roger Wyatt) There was an ...
Friday, 11 September 2009

East Coast starting to liven up as ENE wind continues to blow

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With a window now wide open across the North Sea, passerine migrants are starting to drift in on the ENE winds, with a selection of interes...

SEPTEMBER SUMMARY - 1-10 SEPTEMBER - Part 1 The Non-passerines

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September 2009 has taken off with a bang with the Atlantic jet-stream 800 miles further south than last year culminating in a run of good si...
Thursday, 10 September 2009

The Early Autumn 2009 invasion of GLOSSY IBISES from SW Spain

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Plates 1-2 Glossy Ibis at Chew Valley Lake, Avon (Gary Thoburn) and Plates 3-8 at Pembrey Harbour, Carmarthenshire (Peter Morgans) Well, yet...

Ageing of a BLUE-WINGED TEAL in Hampshire

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Drake Blue-winged Teal, Cosham IBM Lake, Portsmouth, Hampshire, August 2009 (Darren Evans) Thanks to various photographers including Rebecc...
Wednesday, 9 September 2009

Just 9 species to go

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With four new species in the past three weeks (NORTH ATLANTIC LITTLE SHEARWATER, WILSON'S PHALAROPE, ARCTIC WARBLER and TWO-BARRED CROSS...
Monday, 7 September 2009

Colour-ringed GREAT WHITE EGRET in Cambridgeshire

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Two GREAT WHITE EGRETS arrived at Ouse Fen (Cambs) in mid-September and are both still present today. Richard Thomas photographed both bird...

Colour-ringed GREAT WHITE EGRET in Hampshire

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Thanks to Dr Loic-Marion of the CNRS-University of Rennes, France, I am now in a position to document the full history of the colour-ringed ...
Wednesday, 2 September 2009

FEA'S SOFT-PLUMAGED PETRELS off Porthgwarra

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For the third day in just four, a FEA'S SOFT-PLUMAGED PETREL flew west past Gwennap Head, Porthgwarra (Cornwall). The first came throug...

ARCTIC WARBLER trapped and ringed on Suffolk coast whilst AMERICAN BLACK TERN continues to attract large crowds to Oxfordshire reservoir

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Ian Lewington certainly proved his worth on Friday afternoon (28 August) by impressively pulling out of the bag Britain's third-ever AME...
Sunday, 30 August 2009

A classic seawatch of Bridges proportions - but off West Cornwall !!

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FRIDAY 28 AUGUST On Thursday evening, I was in a dilemma. I had driven from my home in Buckinghamshire to see a WRYNECK at Witley Reservoir ...
Thursday, 27 August 2009

A hybrid Tufted Duck x Ring-necked Duck at Seaforth NR, Lancashire, in March-April 2009

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This is a drake Ring-necked Duck x Tufted Duck hybrid which was present at Seaforth NR, Lancashire, in March-April 2009 (Pete Kinsella). Fr...

The Westport Lake RING-NECKED DUCK - further images from Steve Seal

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Wednesday, 26 August 2009

LGRE at the Rutland Birdfair - August 2009

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After a six year absence, I made my first appearance at the Rutland Bird Fair this past weekend, promoting a new publication under a joint c...

'Leucism' in buntings

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See http://www.freewebs.com/suffolkbirding/august2009.htm Grahame Walbridge has very kindly responded to my comments relating to yesterday...

A 'leucistic' ORTOLAN BUNTING

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This peculiar plumaged ORTOLAN BUNTING (photographed above by Lee Woods and Matthew Deans) spent the day yesterday on Landguard Common (Suff...
Tuesday, 25 August 2009

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This is the UK400 Club Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday 25 August 2009 issued at 2200 hours and published in association with Rare Bird Alert Pag...