Wednesday, 3 November 2010

HERMIT THRUSH on Barra

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Graham Ekins obtained these absolutely stunning HERMIT THRUSH images when he and 15 others twitched this bird - one of two in the Outer Heb...

And another selection of this October's Pick of the Best on Scilly - GARY THOBURN GALLERIES

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Well worth the £7.80 boat trip to Bryher was this first-year SUBALPINE WARBLER - one of perhaps two birds that visited the archipelago this...

Highlights of a Scilly Autumn

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For many visitors to Scilly this October, their only 'new bird' was this EASTERN YELLOW WAGTAIL from Siberia, typified by its very ...

Late RED-FOOTED FALCON in Fife

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Graeme Leckie photographed this juvenile RED-FOOTED FALCON at Fife Ness yesterday afternoon. He and Kris parked at Kilminning NO631088 and ...

AMERICAN KESTRELS in captivity

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The bird has apparently escaped from Stonham Barns in Suffolk. I have now discovered that applications have been made for 481 American Kestr...

AMERICAN KESTREL at Landguard

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An apparent juvenile AMERICAN KESTREL has just been located at Landguard Nature Reserve in Suffolk. The bird is bearing a metal ring and fol...
Tuesday, 2 November 2010

The Identification of Northern Harrier/North American Hen Harrier

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Alan Murphy has some absolutely stunning images of an array of NORTHERN HARRIER plumages at http://www.alanmurphyphotography.com/tax%20list/...
Monday, 1 November 2010

AMERICAN BITTERN now at Walmsley Sanctuary CBWPS Reserve in Cornwall

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Well this is how one really wants to see an AMERICAN BITTERN - stunning photographs taken this afternoon at Walmsley Sanctuary - perhaps the...

Cornish AMERICAN BITTERN and AMERICAN GREEN HERON on film

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Two mega rare Nearctic Herons - Matt Deans took the exquisite Green Heron shots at Heligan and Phil Bishop the superb in-flight shots of the...

NORTH AMERICAN HEN HARRIER/MARSH HAWK in IRELAND - First Record

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The bird was first seen on Saturday by Tom Kilbane (and possibly by others, it has transpired since). Tom contacted me on Saturday night to ...

Nearctic Harrier in SW Ireland

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A juvenile NORTH AMERICAN HEN HARRIER (Circus hudsonius) (also known as Northern Harrier or Marsh Hawk) is present for a third day in Count...

The AMERICAN BITTERN in West Cornwall

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The American Bittern in flight and under concerted attack (Mark Stirland and Matt Deans - bottom) There has been no sign of the American Bit...
Thursday, 28 October 2010

AMERICAN BITTERN - additional information and guidance

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I just need to reiterate that there has been no question of suppression here. The bird in question was first seen by local farmers, then wal...

MEGA - AMERICAN BITTERN in West Cornwall

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A confiding bittern species which has been wandering about the grass and a small pool at Trewey Common for the past four days was photograph...
Wednesday, 27 October 2010

428 and counting but pace slows right down

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Since my last update, just four new species have occurred in Britain and Ireland -: PIED WHEATEAR (singles on North Ronaldsay and on St Mary...

SOCIABLE PLOVERS

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Follow the migrations of the SOCIABLE PLOVER - BirdLife International have proffered a task of supporting and protecting the highly endange...
Tuesday, 26 October 2010

An exceptional late COMMON CUCKOO in the New Forest, Hampshire

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Martin Bennett discovered and photographed this juvenile COMMON CUCKOO in the New Forest - a very late individual. The separation of this s...

Thousands upon thousands of BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS flocking to Britain

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Birdline Scotland featured an incredible 4,000 or more BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS yesterday evening, heralding one of the earliest and largest invas...
Monday, 25 October 2010

Record-breaking RED-FLANKED BLUETAILS

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Today saw the 30th RED-FLANKED BLUETAIL of the autumn appear - on Skomer Island in Pembrokeshire - smashing all previous annual totals of t...

BOHEMIAN WAXWING invasion

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Quite exceptional numbers (for late October) of BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS are pouring in to Scotland and northern Britain today leading to fears ov...