Monday, 30 November 2009

Ageing GREAT NORTHERN DIVERS in early December

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Ageing GREAT NORTHERN DIVERS in late November and early December Last night, admittedly in poor weather conditions, a GREAT NORTHERN DIVER ...
Sunday, 29 November 2009

An unprecedented early winter 'wash' of LEACH'S PETRELS

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The South Coast was today battered by strong SSW winds and following a week of very unsettled weather, masses of LEACH'S PETRELS were d...
Friday, 27 November 2009

CRESTED LARK at private site in Wiltshire in mid November

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A CRESTED LARK was photographed at a private site in Wiltshire on 16-17 November, showing well at times, calling and allowing reasonably cl...

BLACK-BELLIED STORM PETREL identification

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The 'Punkbirder' boys have put together a superb photo-essay illustrating the identification and covert-bar variation of BLACK-BELLI...
Thursday, 26 November 2009

GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULLS ??

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The top three images are of a juvenile gull currently present in Lissadell Bay in County Sligo (Ireland) (Michael Casey) whilst the remainde...

A mega of megas - BLACK-BELLIED STORM PETREL in the Severn Estuary

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Well my heart-felt condolescences go out to Keith Vinicombe, one of my closest life-long birding friends. Keith was on the phone to me kindl...
Tuesday, 24 November 2009

Jon Chappell videos the Cornish PACIFIC DIVER

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Click http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11azN9xHF2M to view

PACIFIC DIVER in WEST CORNWALL

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For all things Cornwall, bookmark Steve Rogers superb site at http://www.swopticsphoto.com/ Steve's excellent array of images are publi...

FRIGATEBIRD report

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There is a report from early this morning of a Frigatebird species flying low SW over Lockwood Reservoir (SE 142 159) (Steve Pogson). It was...
Friday, 20 November 2009

The Identification of ASIAN HOUSE MARTIN

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There has yet to be a confirmed record of ASIAN HOUSE MARTIN in the Western Palearctic but it is a strong contender to occur. On the back of...
Thursday, 19 November 2009

PACIFIC DIVER in West Cornwall

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A well-marked adult PACIFIC DIVER still retaining some breeding plumage was present on Carnsew Basin, at the east end of the Hayle Estuary ...
Wednesday, 18 November 2009

Yet another one of those puzzling Arctic gulls - this juvenile in County Sligo

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It has all the hallmarks of another juvenile Glaucous-winged Gull but this individual photographed in Drumcliff Bay, Lissadell, in County Ma...

My concerns over the British Countryside and its real lack of farmland birds

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This is a response I wrote to a fellow birder concerned about the predicament this country finds itself in as regards to its ongoing agricul...
Tuesday, 17 November 2009

ISABELLINE SHRIKE in IRELAND - belated 428

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It has been very kindly pointed out to me that there has already been an ISABELLINE SHRIKE this year - a bird on Achill Island in County Ma...

Year Total at 427

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As the year is now coming to a close, the total number of species now recorded in Britain and Ireland (combined) has petered out at 427 , so...

Confusing late EUROPEAN TURTLE DOVES

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This past weekend saw a very late juvenile EUROPEAN TURTLE DOVE in Colliston Village leading local observers to suspect its identity as an O...