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Passage pleasures
The RSPB reserve at Saltholme gets rare passage migrants in the autumn. Here’s some footage of a passing Spoonbill, taken at long range under windy conditions! Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) A… more →
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Hare today - Birdtrail tomorrow
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wrote 1 week ago: Saturday isn’t my normal day to be here but with the Birdtrail event tomorrow Jim will be on d … more →
Sign Spotting
wrote 2 weeks ago: Today I gone to Blashford Lakes and I seen some stuff. Here is the some stuff I seen. Wren Swift San … more →
Tawny Owl at Horseshoe Plantation
wrote 3 weeks ago: No sooner had I mentioned on a birding forum that the only owl I had seen in the open was a Barn Owl … more →
Waxwings and Some Summer Visitors
wrote 1 month ago: On the walk to my local birdwatching area of Baron’s Haugh today, I saw a flock of Waxwing. Th … more →
'start of spring.
wrote 1 month ago: 9/4 On Tuesday Barry Warrington had 12 Waxwings in Hull feeding near Mr Chu’s on St Andrews Qu … more →
Finally some migrants!
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wrote 1 month ago: Yesterday morning I decided to head down to Hoveringham in order to take full advantage of the highe … more →
A Skip, a Raft and a Beetle
wrote 1 month ago: I drove to Farlington in a grim mixture of rain and mist, not a good start to the day, but I needed … more →
On the loch again
wrote 1 month ago: A single skunk cabbage by the loch side A small raft of tufted ducks on the loch Continuing my 2011/ … more →
Running Around
wrote 1 month ago: I spent the day travelling around collecting bits and pieces for up-coming tasks. I started at Beech … more →
Oh to be in Blashford, now that April's (nearly) there! (with apologies to Robert Browning)
wrote 1 month ago: The early morning sunshine lifted the spirits, if not the temperature, but it certainly gave the res … more →
March 17th 2013
wrote 2 months ago: Amble Marshes; 30 Wigeon, 2 Pintail, 5 Little Egret, 42 Canada Goose, 55 Herring Gull, 6 Moorhen, 6 … more →
12-17th March.
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wrote 2 months ago: 12/3 Roy and Martin L had the Tundra Bean Goose again at The Lakes at Far Grange. Also the 3 Pink-fo … more →
Nobbi Tern
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wrote 2 months ago: Although it was another unpromising start to the day as we arrived to open up a distinctly soggy res … more →
March 14th 2013
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wrote 2 months ago: Egloshayle area; 8 Mallard, 1 Redshank, 14 Canada Goose, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Herring Gull, 1 Cormoran … more →
The Beauty of Skylarks
wrote 3 months ago: On the 16th February, I watched skylarks and was inspired to write about them… they are such beautif … more →
November 9th 2012
wrote 6 months ago: Amble Marshes; 1000+ Fieldfare, 400+ Redwing, 3000+ Starling, 60+ Common Snipe, 18 Black-tailed God … more →
One Swallow?
wrote 8 months ago: Just got home from an amazing morning at the Mammoth. 300+ of yesterdays House Martin that were blog … more →
A Coast of Many Faces
wrote 8 months ago: I have spent a bit of time along the Norfolk coast during the last month or so and I feel that I can … more →
Swallows and Martins
wrote 9 months ago: Swallows are mostly small, elegant, aerial species with long, tapered wings, forked tails (often wit … more →
