Tuesday, 20 August 2013

First WOODCHAT SHRIKE in Northamptonshire since perhaps 1869

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A juvenile WOODCHAT SHRIKE was discovered on Harrington Airfield this lunchtime 2 miles NNE of Langport (Northants), constituting only the t...
Tuesday, 30 July 2013

Afghanistan now a country involved in sickening crimes against Birdlife

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Bird-hunting in Afghanistan helping drive migratory species like Siberian Crane to verge of extinction http:// bbc.in/12YXuJx
Monday, 29 July 2013

MONGOLIAN SANDPLOVER in Ireland

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A summer-plumaged male MONGOLIAN SANDPLOVER (that from Moray in fact) was present from Saturday evening through most of Sunday near Youghal ...
Saturday, 27 July 2013

Young CASPIAN TERN in Staffordshire/Cheshire

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A first-summer CASPIAN TERN (pictured superbly above by David Carr) was discovered at Acre Nook Sand Quarry, 2 miles SSE of Chelf...

SANDPLOVER in SW Ireland

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Dennis O'Sullivan discovered a summer-plumaged MONGOLIAN SAND PLOVER in County Cork this evening, the bird being sighted at Pilmore Qu...
Tuesday, 23 July 2013

Major Invasion of TWO-BARRED CROSSBILLS likely

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Adult female Two-barred Crossbill, Lynford Arboretum, Norfolk, late July 2013 (David Campbell) With reports of up to 50,000 crossbi...
Saturday, 20 July 2013

TWO-BARRED CROSSBILLS arrive in force

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In line with a huge influx into southern Scandinavia perhaps involving many thousands of birds, a minimum of 6 birds arrived today i...
Friday, 19 July 2013

MONGOLIAN PLOVER at Lossiemouth

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Margaret Sharpe photographed this summer-plumaged male MONGOLIAN PLOVER on Lossiemouth Beach (Moray) last Tuesday, as it fed beside ...