Tuesday, 30 November 2010

Scottish-ringed BARNIE (BARNACLE GOOSE) makes it to North America

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http://btoringing.blogspot.com/2010/11/first-barnie-causes-twitch.html
Monday, 29 November 2010

WAXWINGS - one of the most charming bird species on the planet

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Due to a crop failure in Scandinavia, some 6,000 or more BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS arrived in Scotland in October and have subsequently made their ...
Sunday, 28 November 2010

REDPOLL IDENTIFICATION REVISITED

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As promised, the article on Redpoll identification has now been uploaded for your perusal http://www.uk400clubonline.co.uk/arctic-redpoll-id...
Thursday, 25 November 2010

Severe Weather Warning

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The earliest heavy snowfall since 1993 befell Aberdeenshire, the Border, Northumberland and the North Yorkshire Moors overnight, bringing se...
Tuesday, 23 November 2010

The last surviving captive (free-flying) BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERONS at Edinburgh Zoo

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An update on Edinburgh Zoo-derived Black-crowned Night Herons. Thanks to Jo Elliot, Animal Records Keeper at the zoo and formerly Senior Kee...

Escaped EUROPEAN SERIN on Shetland

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A male EUROPEAN SERIN had been present on the Out Skerries on Shetland for some weeks but on a recent visit, David Gifford obtained some exc...
Monday, 22 November 2010

WALLCREEPER in the Netherlands - 2nd record

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One now in the southern part of the Netherlands. This bird is in the outskirts of Maastricht and sometimes in view with an Eurasian Eagle Ow...

STONE CURLEW reaches Orkney

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http://northronbirdobs.blogspot.com/ Just to follow up on Eric Meek's email, Paul Brown photographed the amazing beast (see link above)....

The Kent one-day RUSTIC BUNTING - a brilliant selection of images taken by Andy Lawson

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Sunday, 21 November 2010

RUSTIC BUNTING in North Kent

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A RUSTIC BUNTING has been present all day in North Kent just SW of Whitstable at Lower Island on Seasalter Golf Course. It has been feeding...
Friday, 19 November 2010

DESERT WHEATEAR relocated

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Tom Tams obtained these outstanding shots above - firstly the male DESERT WHEATEAR that spent three days earlier this week at Seahouses (Nor...

Breaking News - British EURASIAN EAGLE OWLS get reprieve - commonsense prevails at last

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I am delighted to see that at last officials are listening and welcome today's announcement by the government that there will be no acti...
Monday, 15 November 2010

AMERICAN COOT in MAYO

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The AMERICAN COOT was still present in the outflow stream up to 1700hrs. Either view from Termoncarragh graveyard or from the field near An...

AMERICAN COOT on The Mullet - COUNTY MAYO

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Once again IRELAND is really reaping rewards from the recent deep Atlantic depressions. Firstly, an AMERICAN COOT was discovered on The Mu...
Thursday, 11 November 2010

AMERICAN ROBIN precedes deep Atlantic low

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Wirral birder Ian Fleming discovered a first-winter AMERICAN ROBIN late yesterday afternoon at Exminster Marshes RSPB (South Devon), the bi...
Wednesday, 10 November 2010

Satellite-tracked IVORY GULLS from Greenland

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See http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=233
Tuesday, 9 November 2010

Adult BLACK-TAILED GULL in California - hard on the heels of the IVORY GULL

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See http://kiwifoto.com/rba/btgu.html

PINE GROSBEAKS once more in the frame

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This autumn's irruptive behaviour is not exclusively confined to redpolls, Siskins, Blue Tits, Northern Long-tailed Tits and Bohemain Wa...

PIED-BILLED GREBE in Greater Manchester

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A Little Grebe out of character at Hollingworth Lake Country Park since last Wednesday was reidentified today as a PIED-BILLED GREBE - and ...

Pitsea THAYER'S GULL - more positive responses from across the water

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Lee, I can see nothing in these photos that suggest otherwise. It looks to me in all respects like a classic adult Thayer's Gull. We see...