Wednesday, 13 April 2011

An unprecedented influx of GREAT SNIPES in SPAIN

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An unprecedented influx of GREAT SNIPES has taken place in Spain in the past week with one site hosting no fewer than eight individuals (see...
Thursday, 24 March 2011

Vagrant CREEPER heralds the approaching spring migration

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Chris Darby's spectacular shot at the top, followed by Paul Oldfield's in-hand shot and Lee Wood's excellent images this evening...
Tuesday, 22 March 2011

Vacancy on Turkey-Georgia trip

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I still have one place available on a trip to Turkey and Georgia from 30 April to 11 May 2011 - please email me for details; also space on a...

MONGOLIAN outrage - please sign petition immediately

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The Mongolian Government has recently proposed the legal hunting of up to four – and possibly many more – Snow Leopards in 2011, for “resear...
Thursday, 17 March 2011

Delighted UK twitchers depart Kerry Airport

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Just over 100 British twitchers have now connected with Ireland's first-ever STEJGENER'S SCOTER - the bird of course still present t...
Tuesday, 15 March 2011

Effects of Japanese Tsunami on Midway Island seabirds....

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See http://peteatmidway.blogspot.com/
Monday, 14 March 2011

And now FIFTH record of STEJNEGER'S SCOTER in Western P

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Just to inform you: “ It now appears that this drake represents the FOURTH record for the Western P, following a specimen in France and the ...

Additional Western P record of STEJNEGER'S SCOTER

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Josh Jones has very kindly informed me of a further record of STEJNEGER'S SCOTER in Iceland - see http://notendur.hi.is/yannk/status_mel...
Sunday, 13 March 2011

Winter 2010/2011 experiences with REDPOLLS in Ontario

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See http://peregrineprints.com/zzz_Article_Redpolls.htm Some nice images sharing one man's experiences this winter with a bewildering ar...

The Story So Far - 268 species

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With the addition of ten new additions in the past three weeks, the total number of species recorded in Britain and Ireland now increases to...

The STEJNEGER'S SCOTER twitch on Saturday

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On Saturday, a contingent of 59 British birders joined upwards of 20 Irish birders at Rossbeigh (Ross Behy) SW of Killorglin in County Kerry...

BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON still surviving at Edinburgh Zoo

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This colour-ringed free-flying adult BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON is still surviving at Edinburgh Zoo - many many years after the population wa...

£865 raised for Daisy - many thanks indeed

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Hello Lee Final total raised for Daisy was £865 which is fantastic and please say thank you to all those Birders who kindly donated after vi...
Saturday, 12 March 2011

STEJNEGER'S SCOTER - images

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Paul Kelly has now obtained these superb images of the Irish scoter - see http://www.irishbirdimages.com/pages/gallery/march2011page2.html
Friday, 11 March 2011

Mega - STEJNEGER'S SCOTER off West Ireland

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An adult drake STEJNEGER'S SCOTER (Melanitta stejnegeri) is present with up to 300 Common Scoters (nigra) in County Kerry, offshore abo...
Thursday, 10 March 2011

Long-distance CETTI'S WARBLER recovery

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Chris Hughes reports that "one of the juvenile Cetti's Warblers ringed at Bainton, Cambridgeshire, on 27 June 2010 has turned up in...
Saturday, 26 February 2011

The WHITE-TAILED SEA EAGLE in the Newnham and Old Basing area of North Hampshire

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The juvenile WHITE-TAILED SEA EAGLE did a fine performance this afternoon, after being inadvertently flushed from its roost tree by one of ...
Friday, 25 February 2011

Spaces on EGYPT trip

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I have two places on an EGYPT tour from 28 March to 4 April - taking in specialities such as Goliath Heron, Crab Plover, Three-banded Plover...

Calling time at 33

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Emma Cockburn at 33 The Leys emailed me this evening to say a very big thankyou to all that have donated to Daisy's Fund - £650 raised s...
Thursday, 24 February 2011

First SAND MARTINS and NORTHERN WHEATEARS arrive as temperatures increase from the South

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With temperatures in the south of Britain reaching 15 degrees centigrade today, it was no surprise that the first few migrants started to tr...