Tuesday, 30 October 2012

ROUND BRITAIN TOURS FOR 2013

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I am just putting together my 2013 Trips Itinerary. I have places available on many at the moment. First off, there are a few places on my v...
Monday, 29 October 2012

Surprise meal for a BARRED OWL

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BARRED OWL captures pet cat See http://travel.aol.co.uk/2012/10/29/amazing-picture-owl-catches-cat-for-lunch-minnesota/

HORNEMANN'S ARCTIC REDPOLL in North Norfolk - and I missed it

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On Friday (26 October), Josh McCallum-Stewart located a large fluffy redpoll feeding alone in the dunes at Holkham Beach, some...
Thursday, 25 October 2012

SCILLIES - October 2012 - A photographic review from leading photographer GARY THOBURN

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This juvenile AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER commuted between the Airfield on St Mary's and Porthellick Beach, after being initially loc...
Wednesday, 24 October 2012

As predicted - monster rare makes landfall in UK

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PALE-LEGGED LEAF WARBLER ON PORTLAND (DORSET) This Monday past (22 October), Pete & Debbie Saunders noticed an odd Phylloscopus warbl...
Tuesday, 23 October 2012

Autumn hitting new highs

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The foggy and drizzly conditions being currently experienced along much of the East Coast south of Spurn Point is currently grounding many t...
Monday, 22 October 2012

HAMPSHIRE birder ARTHUR BETTS bales out after 91 years of service

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Arthur (left) with partner-in-crime and long-time best birding-pal Chris Holt and Brian Fletcher It is with very great sadness and m...
Saturday, 20 October 2012

Coalition, just leave those BADGERS alone.....

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The epidimology of Bovine Tb and its vectors are complex and mired with political and emotional input and I certainly do not want to bring t...
Thursday, 18 October 2012

Panic ensues along North Norfolk coast as immature EGYPTIAN VULTURE flys in off the sea at Cley

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A third-year Egyptian Vulture that escaped from a private raptor breeding centre in Wales on 25 September created pandemonium yesterday afte...
Monday, 8 October 2012

BLACK SKIMMER in SOUTH AFRICA

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Ralph Hobbs has very kindly provided me a link to Trevor Hardaker's account of the finding of the first-ever BLACK SKIMMER in South Afri...
Friday, 5 October 2012

EASTERN KINGBIRD in IRELAND

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A North American EASTERN KINGBIRD was found and identified by Hugh Delaney this lunchtime as it was flycatching from a stone wall on Inishmo...
Thursday, 4 October 2012

PALLID HARRIER in South Yorkshire

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Last night, Joan, Anna and I travelled north to FIRSBY RESERVOIR, just NNE of Ravenfield (South Yorkshire), to see a ringta...
Wednesday, 3 October 2012

Another fast-tracking depression and another mega

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Following yet another fast-tracking depression across the Atlantic, a MYRTLE WARBLER has made landfall in IRELAND at Dursey Island in County...
Monday, 1 October 2012

''The Badger Cull'' from a respected farmer's point of view

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Badger cull: not in this farmer's name I farm in the cull area, and I know that killing badgers will not stop bovine TB -- the answer...
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...