Thursday, 28 February 2013

Breaking News - the shocking and very tragic death of RUSSELL SLACK

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I was shocked to hear this morning of the very tragic death of RUSSELL SLACK after he passed away yesterday evening. Unbeknown to even his c...

GOSHAWKS performing well today

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The weather in East Anglia today was ideal for displaying NORTHERN GOSHAWKS so I took advantage and ran my first trip of the year to see the...
Wednesday, 27 February 2013

Another Scottish Weekender

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Planning a Long Weekend Tour to Speyside to see this beautiful male SNOWY OWL on Cairngorm - along with Capercaillie (a rogue male), Pt...

New offerings from WILDGuides

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Five new titles from WILDGuides have just arrived on my desk -: 1) Britain's Sea Mammals, by Jon Dunn, Robert Still and Hugh Harrop (...
Monday, 25 February 2013

HARLEQUIN DUCK remains top billing

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Harlequin Duck (Andrew Kinghorn) On the Outer Hebrides, the drake HARLEQUIN DUCK in advanced plumage continues to attract a constant ...

Winter Scottish Trip a huge success

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Just returned from another extremely successful Scottish trip. Although pretty gruelling, with a total of 1,715 miles covered, species encou...
Thursday, 21 February 2013

HARLEQUIN Winter Scottish Trip FULL but still some places on GOSHAWK/LESSER SPOT tours

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The 'Harlequin' Winter Scottish birding tour is now completely FULL but availability is still there on GOSHAWK tours in early March....
Monday, 18 February 2013

Drake HARLEQUIN DUCK off North Uist

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At 1615 hours this afternoon, Steve Duffield photographed a drake HARLEQUIN DUCK 80 yards offshore near Balranald RSPB on North Uist (Outer...
Saturday, 16 February 2013

STEJNEGER'S STONECHAT added to UK List

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The BBA/UK400 Club has added STEJNEGER'S STONECHAT to the latest List - Saxicola stejnegeri - following the latest revisions by the CSNA...
Friday, 15 February 2013

The Friday Review 15/2

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The adult drake Ferruginous Duck at Priory Country Park (Mike Lawrence) Singing male Black-bellied Dipper in Thetford (Ga...

At last we have a winner...

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This GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL was born in NORWAY in May 2008, thus making it a 5th Winter - over 4 and a half years old. It was a bird I...
Wednesday, 13 February 2013

Free Year's Membership for the first correct answer

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Identify the species in the centre of the picture (the individual with the ring on) and give me the CORRECT AGE of the bird (eg, in 2nd...
Tuesday, 12 February 2013

The UK400 Club and Premier Rare Bird News - A Reminder

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Most of the daily workings of the British Birding Association and the affiliated UK400 Club is now done within the confides of the Premier B...

Overwintering PALLAS'S LEAF WARBLER

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Oxfordshire birder ROGER WYATT is a truly exceptional photographer and I have repeatedly looked in awe at his rarity efforts. He ...
Saturday, 9 February 2013

Twitching the Shetland PINE GROSBEAK

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Just one of 'Becca Nason's outstanding images of Saltoo's 'PINE GROZZER' - undoubted bird of the year thus far A...
Sunday, 3 February 2013

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Wow, what a bird - this juvenile white morph GYRFALCON showing well for three days on Orkney last week. Morris Rendall's images ...

Nailed him on third attempt.......

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At last ! After 5 attempts, finally added a BONAPERTE'S GULL to my Year List, when today's adult at Prince...
Friday, 1 February 2013

PINE GROSBEAK on Shetland

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On Tuesday of this week, a PINE GROSBEAK was photographed at Collafirth on Shetland........almost certainly still in the vicinity
Thursday, 31 January 2013

Additional Scottish Weekender and other forthcoming BBA trips

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Due to demand, I have put on another SCOTTISH WEEKENDER tour - this one running from 3-6 May 2013. There are 3 places left at the moment - p...

South Coast AUK disaster

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Large numbers of COMMON GUILLEMOTS and RAZORBILLS are being washed ashore along the South Coast between Hampshire and South Devon, all conge...