Wednesday, 29 February 2012

More News

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As my review was posted prematurely, a few more details.... The LESSER YELLOWLEGS I spoke of was the bird showing well from the second hide ...

February 2012 comes to an end - 268 species

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With some early spring migrants appearing such as the likes of Stone Curlew, Little Ringed Plover, White Wagtail and Northern Wheatear, the ...
Sunday, 26 February 2012

Help for wiontering DALMATIAN PELICANS

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Due to the abnormal severe winter in Daghestan, since mid February over 500 DALMATIAN PELICANS have found shelter in the port of Makhachkala...
Sunday, 19 February 2012

New parking instructions for YELLOWTHROAT as heavy rain turns field into mudbath

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We have had to change parking and access arrangements due to the poor weather experienced today. Updated information including a map is now ...
Friday, 17 February 2012

The COMMON YELLOWTHROAT in Gwent - 8th British record

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I was one of at least 400 people today twitching the Gwent first-year male COMMON YELLOWTHROAT and first of all, I must congratulate the fin...
Thursday, 16 February 2012

COMMON YELLOWTHROAT in Gwent

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The Welsh COMMON YELLOWTHROAT has been present since last Friday but only positively identified today. Five people saw the bird this afterno...

COMMON YELLOWTHROAT in Gwent

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Click Gwent Birding here for images and full directions and map http://gwentbirding.blogspot.com/
Tuesday, 14 February 2012

Rick Remington's encounter with a vagrant SNOWY OWL and its subsequent attack by a Peregrine

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Click here to see the full story and some outstanding photographs - http://www.nabirding.com/2012/02/12/when-a-snowy-met-the-locals/
Sunday, 12 February 2012

Please support petition to safeguard Shibdon Pond

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Shibdon Pond has been a particularly productive site with several Spotted Crake records over the years, 2 Laughing Gulls, Ring billed Gull, ...
Monday, 6 February 2012

Shocking news from North Kent - GORDON ALLISON dies at the tragic age of 50

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Chris Gibbard telephoned me this evening with the shocking and most devastating news that Elmley and Northward Hill RSPB reserves warden Gor...
Saturday, 4 February 2012

More shots of the Sussex large-billed Crossbill

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This selection of new images were taken by Mike McKee of the apparent PARROT CROSSBILL at Blackdown
Thursday, 2 February 2012

PARROT CROSSBILL identification

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Jaane Aalto has corresponded with me further on Parrot Crossbill identification. I have sent the Finns a selection of the Sussex bird images...

BRUNNICH'S GUILLEMOT from last year

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Last year's incredible record annual tally just keeps on rising with news of Heatherlea's BRUNNICH'S GUILLEMOT in Burghead Harb...
Wednesday, 1 February 2012

Apparent PARROT CROSSBILL remains on site today

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The bird showed up at about 0910 hours this morning and then remained in the area for about an hour, showing well. Undoubtedly large-billed,...
Monday, 30 January 2012

Finnish birdwatcher enjoys himself twitching in UK

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I was very pleased to share some birding time with visiting Finnish birder Matthias at the putative Parrot Crossbill twitch in West Sussex a...

EASTERN and PARROT CROSSBILLS

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David Cooper very kindly sent me this link to a juvenile Eastern Common Crossbill trapped and ringed on Fair Isle in June 2005 See here http...

Winter Weekend Trip to Scotland

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I am putting together a winter trip (long weekend) in early February to witness the spectacular invasion of white-winged gulls and to see th...
Sunday, 29 January 2012

Apparent female PARROT CROSSBILL present for at least 4th day in West Sussex

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David Cooper managed to obtain an interesting selection of shots of the female-type putative PARROT CROSSBILL at Black Down today and these ...

Walking from Land's End to John O'Groats for Butterfly Conservation

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Seth Gibson and I are walking from Land's End to John O' Groats for our honeymoon after our wedding in May this year. It is going to...
Thursday, 26 January 2012

KUMLIEN'S & THAYER'S GULLS

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Anticipating the usual flood of Kumlien's-like gulls in the west and Thayer's-like gulls in the east, I've put together a propos...