Wednesday, 26 September 2012

Scottish GOLDEN EAGLE suffers a cruel slow death

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Details of a GOLDEN EAGLE picked up in Deeside - disgraceful http://www.rspb.org.uk/news/325140-conservationists-appalled-by-eagle-death ...

A Middle Eastern perspective on rapyor persecution at Gamla

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I added a link to some new Wildlife footage taken last spring in Gamla nature reserve in northern Israel. This footage is part of a local...

Most intense September storm in 30 years wreaks havoc in Northern England and produces a flood of LOCUSTELLAS...

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The most intense September storm in over 30 years has wreaked havoc in the northern half of Britain as well as bringing in a flood of locust...
Monday, 24 September 2012

WHITE'S THRUSH on Inner Farne all day

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See images at http://farnephoto.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/whites-thrush.html First of the autumn and yet another mega
Sunday, 23 September 2012

Megas starting to roll in

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Shetland has today quickly returned to form with Southeasterly winds raging..... Fair Isle has a MAGNOLIA WARBLER this evening, showing...
Friday, 21 September 2012

Starting to hot up.....and Species List is now 412

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With a touch of east in the wind, newly arrived LANCEOLATED WARBLER and PECHORA PIPIT on Out Skerries (Shetland) this afternoon take the tot...

BAILLON'S CRAKE giving itself up

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I returned once more to RAINHAM MARSH RSPB today to have another look at the BAILLON'S CRAKE - to date having been seen by just over 2,1...

More direction on SEMIPALMATED/WESTERN SANDPIPER identification with specific reference to the Hoylake juvenile WESTERN

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I've quickly put up a page of some juvenile Semipalmated Sandpipers photographed in southern Ontario and New York State that can be view...
Thursday, 20 September 2012

TUNDRA PEREGRINE on Orkney

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An apparent juvenile TUNDRA PEREGRINE has been present on North Ronaldsay (Orkney) for a few days, most likely associated with the arrival o...
Tuesday, 18 September 2012

Back to BLUE-WINGED TEAL HYBRIDS for a minute

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For photographs of an apparent Blue-winged Teal x Northern Shoveler in North America, go to http://www.flickr.com/photos/36088296@N08/5569...

Separating WESTERN and SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS

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Seconding Kevin M's and Alvaro's comments, I would agree that the Outer Hebrides bird is a clear example of a juvenile WESTERN SANDP...

Another controversial stint

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Steve Duffield very kindly emailed me these images of a small stint, initially identified as a juvenile SEMIPALMATED SANDPI...

Pledge your support for BADGERS

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PLEASE, PLEASE SUPPORT OUR BADGERS

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Queen guitarist and animal lover Brian May has initiated an E-petition registered against the Badger cull, which has already attracted 34,00...

Good on them - Supermarkets come out in support of our BADGERS

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A number of supermarkets including Asda and Marks & Spencer have tonight announced that they are NOT going to purchase milk from any of ...
Monday, 17 September 2012

''BLUE-WINGED TEAL'' at Daventry Reservoir (Northamptonshire)

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This Blue-winged Teal-type was discovered by Gary Pullan at Daventry Country Park this morning and was showing well t...
Friday, 14 September 2012

RED-EYED VIREO still on Shetland - the first record for that archipelago

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At the extreme north end of the Shetland Islands, the elusive RED-EYED VIREO remains for its third day in the garden at Valyie, Norwick (Uns...
Thursday, 13 September 2012

''The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades''

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Top Bird Photographer Penny Clarke captured these two images of me as I was chatting with my good friend Keith Betton. Keith is writ...
Wednesday, 12 September 2012

Another stab at the CRAKE and a day-roosting NIGHTJAR

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WEDNESDAY 12 SEPTEMBER Returned to RAINHAM MARSH RESPB RESERVE (GREATER LONDON/ESSEX) this morning to obtain further views of the first-w...
Tuesday, 11 September 2012

Product Review - OWLS OF THE WORLD

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OWLS OF THE WORLD - A PHOTOGRAPHIC GUIDE By Heimo Mikkola The author of this new photographic guide has worked with owls for almost 50 y...