Tuesday, 26 July 2011

STILT SANDPIPER in DORSET

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A STILT SANDPIPER in full breeding plumage is present for its fourth day at Lodmoor RSPB. It is frequenting a muddy scrape just inland of t...
Thursday, 21 July 2011

PADDYFIELD WARBLER in Dorset

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Dorset recorded its first-ever PADDYFIELD WARBLER today when an adult was trapped and ringed in a small reedbed on The Fleet just east of Ch...
Tuesday, 19 July 2011

Returning waders making the headlines

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The total number of bird species recorded in combined Britain and Ireland in 2011 now stands at 385........the adult MARSH SANDPIPER at Blac...

Up to 60,000 Badgers may be culled - a black day indeed

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The coalition government today gave in to farmers demands to allow a partial cull to take place in Britain - from Cornwall and Devon through...
Monday, 18 July 2011

Whilst Defra destroy our non-naturalised MONK PARAKEETS cowardly at night, New York sets out to fully protect theirs

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http://open.nysenate.gov/legislation/bill/A8526-2011 Section 1. Legislative intent. The legislature finds that the MONK PARAKEET has been ex...
Saturday, 16 July 2011

Just desserts for Maltese hunters responsible for White Stork slaying in May

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Maltese law courts yesterday sentenced a hunter to two years imprisonment and a $9,000 fine, and another to one year imprisonment and a $500...
Friday, 15 July 2011

RED-FOOTED BOOBY in Southern France

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This RED-FOOTED BOOBY , a near-adult, has spent over 10 days at Lac de Saint-Croix, 43 kms east of Junction 18 of the A51 toll road at Manos...
Thursday, 14 July 2011

Excitement looming

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On Sunday, what was probably the same PACIFIC SWIFT that had visited on several occasions before flew south along the Spurn Point peninsular...
Wednesday, 6 July 2011

RED-FOOTED BOOBY in Southern France

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This exceptional RED-FOOTED BOOBY is present inland in southern France for its fourth day and is showing extremely well. I intend to visit t...

LESSER GREY SHRIKE latest addition to 2011 Year List

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LESSER GREY SHRIKE, St Justinian's, Pembrokeshire, 3-4 July 2011 (David Astins) - more of David's and other observers tremendous ima...
Sunday, 3 July 2011

BONELLI'S WARBLER surprise: singing male in NW Derbyshire

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When Paul Greenall contacted me yesterday with a singing male WESTERN BONELLI'S WARBLER at his local patch on the Derbyshire/Greater Man...
Thursday, 30 June 2011

Ste to hit number One on Sunday

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Today, saw the long-awaited release of Puff Garry's tribute to the Notorious LGRE, adapted from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRLgO0RC4...
Tuesday, 28 June 2011

Twitchable WALLCREEPERS in SPAIN

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For those of you visiting Spain shortly, yesterday morning an active nest of WALLCREEPER was found and can be seen easily from a paved road....

Dilemma faced by New Zealand vagrant EMPEROR PENGUIN

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See http://www.earthtimes.org/conservation/experts-argue-future-happy-feet-penguin/1084/

News Summary for Today Tuesday 28 June

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Nick Littlewood went one further last night and located an apparent adult drake NORTH AMERICAN BLACK SCOTER in with the 1,200 or so strong s...

And now, apparent adult drake NORTH AMERICAN BLACK SCOTER off Murcar

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An apparent adult drake NORTH AMERICAN BLACK SCOTER was this evening at Murcar. It was in the main scoter flock south of the clubhouse wher...
Thursday, 23 June 2011

Colour-ringed Spanish VULTURES make it to Northern France

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Jonathan Williams has very kindly notified me of a flock of 40 or so vultures first seen in Lorraine, France, on Tuesday evening. Since then...
Wednesday, 22 June 2011

June RED-FOOTS

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A first-summer female RED-FOOTED FALCON was discovered in Derbyshire yesterday morning and is still present today. It was showing well this...

UK400 Club Life List Submissions

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In recent days, quite a few Life List submissions have been arriving on my computer, several of which being erroneously filled in. Just to c...

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In Scotland, the first-summer drake NORTH AMERICAN WHITE-WINGED SCOTER remains off Murcar Links Golf Course, just north of Aberdeen (see map...