Monday, 30 November 2009

And as quickly as they arrived they were gone.....

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Well, there were 582 click-counted at Chesil Beach yesterday and an estimated 600 or more west past Portland Bill (both Dorset) but today, w...

Starling extravaganza

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As many as 50,000 COMMON STARLINGS are currently utilising the heat generated by Gretna Green Motorway Services just west of the M6/A74 conf...

Dead LEACH'S PETRELS required for analysis

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Sadly many of the Leach's Petrels over the weekend have been exhausted and in a poor state of health. Should you have found one dead, To...

Dark-rumped Petrel off St Ives Island

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A 'dark-rumped' petrel was found in near gale force NNW winds in St Ives Bay (Cornwall) just after noon and got pushed back into the...

Exceptionally late BLYTH'S REED WARBLER on Shetland

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This exceptionally late BLYTH'S REED WARBLER was present in Quendale Burn, South Shetland, on 29 November allowing Roger Riddington to ...

New treatment of the 'grey' shrike complex

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First-winter Saxaul Grey Shrike at Lound GP, Nottinghamshire, October 2009 (Ken Roberts) Following the publication of some major scientific ...

Even larger 'wreck' of LEACH'S PETRELS off French coastline

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There appears to have been an even bigger wreck of LEACH'S PETRELS along the French west coast - particularly in the Charente Maritime ...

GREAT NORTHERN DIVERS at Grafham Water in November 2009

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Grafham Water has been blessed by the presence of FIVE different GREAT NORTHERN DIVERS this November, including two adults and three juveni...

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...