Thursday, 31 December 2009

A Happy and Prosperous New Year to all of my readers

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Well with just over six hours to go, Carmel and I now have to make tracks to where I shall be celebrating tonight and working. I should just...

Just 429 species logged in 2009

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A grand total of 429 species was recorded in Britain and Ireland in 2009, well short of the 2008 record total of 445 species, and as the ye...
Tuesday, 29 December 2009

Surprise Boost for CAPERCAILLIE numbers

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http://www.surfbirds.com/sbirdsnews/archives/2009/12/bumper_breeding.html
Friday, 25 December 2009

Happy Christmas from LGRE to all birdwatchers across the globe

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Merry Christmas from Lee and Carmel Evans to everybody that has supported the UK400 Club this year and have supported all of the services pr...
Wednesday, 23 December 2009

Eight SPOON-BILLED SANDPIPERS return to SE China

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On Monday 21 December 2009, along with Wang Qingyu of Chinabirdtours.com, local birder Lin Chen and our Sunbird South China tour group visit...
Thursday, 17 December 2009

Spanish-ringed GLOSSY IBIS reaches Trinida and Tobago

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See http://btoringing.blogspot.com/
Wednesday, 16 December 2009

The icy grip on Continental Europe spreads west to Eastern Britain

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This GREAT WHITE EGRET is currently in Warwickshire (Steve Valentine) LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER in Port Carlisle Harbour (Tristan Reid) Adult dr...
Tuesday, 15 December 2009

AFRICAN PIED CROWS in North Africa

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Following on from records in Algeria and Libya, and recent ship-assisted individuals in Iberia, Chris Batty, Andy Clifton, Peter Gluth, Stua...
Wednesday, 9 December 2009

A plea for non-reporting of British RUDDY DUCKS

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Rather timely and topically, Iain Henderson has published a detailed review of the UK Ruddy Duck eradication programme in this month's B...
Monday, 7 December 2009

The Pitsford Reservoir Ruddy Duck cull

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This took place on the Wildlife Trust Reserve at Pitsford Water owned by Anglian Water on 2nd December. The 7 marksmen each arrived in a lar...

Eric Dempsey ceases updating of BINS Information line after 20 years

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The BINS line was established in the summer of 1990 and began providing the news service for IRELAND on 1st August 1990. The concept behind ...

More debate on the fall of Scilly as an autumn birding destination

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My good birding friend Robert Lambert of the Nottingham University Business School did a half-hour radio interview live on Radio Scilly on 1...

Championing the cause of the RUDDY DUCK - my thoughts and feelings on the cull

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Tom Gullick was instrumental in saving the White-headed Duck. He helped bring over the eggs from Pakistan to augment the failing (down to th...
Sunday, 6 December 2009

Childhood Memories of Scilly

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David Campbell is 15 years old, is an up-and-coming keen, budding birder and photographer and made his first visit to the magical islands of...
Friday, 4 December 2009

Arctic Auk sweeps by

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One of the latest BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS ever in Britain (Jack Brodie) This is the UK400 Club Rare Bird Alert for Friday 5 December, release...
Thursday, 3 December 2009

..and how it looked in July

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...and the very same Aberlady Bay LESSER YELLOWLEGS photographed in July of this year when it was still adorning most of its full breeding ...

The plumage changes of an adult LESSER YELLOWLEGS in Lothian - this is how it appear now

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The long-staying adult LESSER YELLOWLEGS at Aberlady bay (Lothian) now in complete winter plumage (photographed on 27 November by Mike Thro...
Wednesday, 2 December 2009

BALEARIC SHEARWATERS off Britain in 2009

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Balearic Shearwater photographed off the Isle of Wight (Kris Gillam) The SeaWatch SW website has recently been updated, including all the n...
Tuesday, 1 December 2009

Four hours of cold-blooded killing - the murderous campaign continues

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Thanks to a tip-off, I made my way down to Staines Reservoirs, where representatives of the governmental body DEFRA were undertaking their f...
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...