Thursday, 22 October 2009

TROW QUARRY - Site Instructions

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DIRECTIONS : Trow Quarry is near South Shields east of the A183 coast road and accessed from The Leas. Park by the pub just north of Trow Le...

MEGA: EASTERN CROWNED WARBLER in COUNTY DURHAM

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See http://www.birdforum.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=225010&d=1256240551 Dougie Holden photographed an EASTERN CROWNED WARBLER in T...
Tuesday, 20 October 2009

RED-FLANKED BLUETAILS continue to invade

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In addition to two first-winters on Shetland and another trapped and ringed in Durham at Whitburn, three further and well-twitched RED-FLANK...

Remarkable relocation of three individual GLOSSY IBISES in Warwickshire

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Three of this summer's invasive juvenile GLOSSY IBISES from the Coto Donana (SW Spain)reached WARWICKSHIRE in recent days but most remar...

Nice video and shot of the BROWN SHRIKE

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Paul Bowyer kindly provided this close-up image of the Middlesex BROWN SHRIKE and this link to his video at : http://www.ukbirds.net/video/...

BROWN SHRIKE still present

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A staggering 2,375 observers have now twitched this 'Class 1' vagrant and after 9 days the bird is still present at the north end of...

First LITTLE BITTERN in Leicestershire for 55 years !!

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See http://www.lros.org.uk/News.htm Jim Graham found and photographed this juvenile LITTLE BITTERN at Cossington Meadows LRWT Reserve (Leic...
Sunday, 18 October 2009

'Long-billed' Starling in Norfolk

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This ridiculously long-billed COMMON STARLING was photographed today in Wells Harbour (Norfolk) where this region has seen an influx of over...
Friday, 16 October 2009

Today's Headlines

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This is the UK400 Club Rare Bird Alert for Friday 16 October 2009 issued at 2100 hours and published in association with RARE BIRD ALERT PAG...

STAINES MOOR BROWN SHRIKE - typical views

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Bob Duckhouse has very kindly provided these two images of the Staines Moor BROWN SHRIKE and these are fairly typical of the sort of views ...

STAINES MOOR BROWN SHRIKE - additional map

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The BROWN SHRIKE is on Staines Moor at TQ 034 735, midway on the above map between the two footbridges (FB) immediately SW of 'Bone Hea...

BROWN SHRIKE still on site

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The first-winter BROWN SHRIKE is still present this morning (photograph above showing the richness of the crown taken by Richard Bayldon). ...
Thursday, 15 October 2009

The GREAT WHITE EGRET invasion continues - record flock observed in North Norfolk

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This incredulous flock of EIGHT EUROPEAN GREAT WHITE EGRETS flew east over Alex Lees and other observers at Cley Coastguards (Norfolk) at ...

PADDYFIELD WARBLER trapped and ringed at Snettisham Pits, NORFOLK

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Trapped and ringed by myself this afternoon at Snettisham Coastal Park, Norfolk. I put a two shelf net across the small reed channel hoping ...
Wednesday, 14 October 2009

EYEBROWED THRUSH on NORTH RONALDSAY

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The first twitchable EYEBROWED THRUSH in Britain for 14 years ! This beautiful first-winter (photographed above by Adrian Webb) showed well...

Middlesex BROWN SHRIKE video footage

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Click here http://thefinancialbirder.piczo.com/wednesday14thoctober2009?cr=4&linkvar=000044 to see some reasonable footage of the Stain...

The BROWN SHRIKE in MIDDLESEX

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Local birdwatcher John Gates discovered a 'Red-backed Shrike' on Staines Moor (Middlesex) late morning on Sunday 11 October. It was ...

Total now reaches 420 species

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A further 16 species have appeared in Britain and Ireland in the past two weeks pushing the total number of species now recorded in 2009 to ...

CEDAR WAXWING IN COUNTY GALWAY - FIRST RECORD FOR IRELAND

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Anthony McGeehan and Criag Nash discovered this first-winter CEDAR WAXWING on Inishbofin Island (Co. Galway) at lunchtime today, feeding in...
Saturday, 10 October 2009

Melanistic Alba

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This melanistic alba wagtail was photographed in Suffolk last week by Steve Morgan