Wednesday, 30 November 2011

Another puzzling 'peep'..

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Mark Golley discovered a first-winter SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER at Cley NWT Reserve (North Norfolk) on Monday 28 November and the bird is still...
Monday, 28 November 2011

Round Britain Tour of January 2012

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I have one place available on my Round Britain tour of January 2012 - 14-22 January 2012 to be precise - visiting most counties of England a...
Tuesday, 22 November 2011

More shots of the Dunbeg High Arctic gull

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Jim Dickson took these 'new' photographs of the Dunstaffnage juvenile Thayer's-type gull today
Monday, 21 November 2011

BLACKPOLL WARBLER in Kent

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The 44th BLACKPOLL WARBLER for Britain and the first for KENT was found and identified by Andrew Appleton in the St James' area of Royal...
Wednesday, 16 November 2011

EASTERN YELLOW WAGTAILS in Britain in Autumn 2011

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Lee, You mention EASTERN YELLOW WAGTAIL as having not occurred in the UK this year. It seems then that you have overlooked the two records f...

Record is well and truly smashed as we break through the 450 barrier.........

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We've made it ! Today's VEERY in NW Scotland takes us to 450 species in Britain and Ireland in 2011 - smashing the previous record b...
Monday, 14 November 2011

Some additional images from Argyll - High Arctic gull

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The Oban thayeri-type, photographed by Jim Dickson (top two) and the finder Bill Allan (bottom). Experts cannot seem to agree on the identif...

A putative THAYER'S GULL in Argyll

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This interesting juvenile gull from the High Arctic was discovered yesterday by Bill Allan at Dunstaffnage Bay, just north of Oban (Argyll)....
Sunday, 13 November 2011

EASTERN BLACK REDSTART in Kent - addition to the British List

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See http://f1.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/4D3ATiSke3gXvQ_KcbbZCUzbY2E7APZd3zSwKDCvfRWX04sqYaBSb4XWJxrpBkTrONcfRoj-Hg1I8uwC2S7tRmiXiI8fgyGy/EASTERN%20...

EASTERN BLACK REDSTART in East Kent for third day

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A male EASTERN BLACK REDSTART is present for its third day at Walpole Bay, Margate (East Kent), favouring the chalk cliffs and adjacent beac...
Friday, 11 November 2011

The Separation of WHITE and PIED WAGTAILS

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Click here to see the latest in a series of Identification Papers - http://f1.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/EOS8TneMvMNk0asKB-uYNuU7wggmPZ5dfcNJpEx0Ixx...
Tuesday, 8 November 2011

Record well and truly smashed !

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As of today, with the first HUME'S LEAF WARBLERS of the year appearing, the total of species recorded in Britain and Ireland this year i...
Friday, 4 November 2011

Record breaking number of Nearctic Shorebirds in IRELAND this autumn

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Not the best-looking but the rarest - Dan Brown's SEMIPALMATED PLOVER in County Kerry The prize of the autumn for Irish birders - Dave S...
Monday, 31 October 2011

Just One species to go

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Well with October 2011 now over, the tally of species recorded in combined Britain and Ireland now stands at a formidable 444 species.....ju...

The late DAVID ROBERTS of Spalding

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Ironically, David's last British tick - the Chipping Norton Oriental Turtle Dove - was less than five miles away from where he had lived...
Friday, 28 October 2011

Devastating News - DAVID ROBERTS passes away

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It is with particular sadness that today I learnt of the tragic death of one of my closest birding friends - Lincolnshire birder David Rober...
Thursday, 27 October 2011

First BUFFLEHEAD for Cornwall

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Steve Rogers obtained this selection of outstanding images of the Waterings Pool juvenile female BUFFLEHEAD this afternoon - more to be foun...

BUFFLEHEAD in WEST CORNWALL

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A juvenile female BUFFLEHEAD is present for its second day on The Lizard (West Cornwall), frequenting a very tiny pool surrounded by vegeta...
Wednesday, 26 October 2011

As this year's SCILLY season comes to a close, a look back at some of October's highlights; a photographic gallery of GARY THOBURN

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And the showstopper - the NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH in Lower Moors. Most watched bird of the autumn on Scilly - enjoyed by over 600 observers - a...