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There was a strong southeast wind today which was unusual. I decided to do East Side as I knew this would be sheltered from the wind. It didn't pick up until mid-morning and there...
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There was a strong southeast wind today which was unusual. I decided to do East Side as I knew this would be sheltered from the wind. It didn't pick up until mid-morning and there...
A couple of depressions crossed the Atlantic this week so I decided to position with Jaffa in Devon in the hope that there might be an influx of american vagrants that we could hea...
To see 21 species of waders in a day requires a little luck and being in the right place at the right time.
Overcast with light drizzle, 19°, light S. Bunk line generally very quiet, just 8 Meadow Pipit and 3 Jay. Gravel pit a bit livelier. A Wheatear, a Green Sandpiper, Grey Wagtail, 12...
Vagrants and scarce migrants are bombarding the east coast with Black-faced Bunting, Isabelline Wheatear, Red-flanked Bluetail and loads more at Spurn yesterday and other vagrants...
When they migrate, tiny songbirds that spend most of their lives on land fly hundreds of miles over the ocean at a stretch – and they get tired. Research suggests that birds migrat...
Mainly sunny, 23°, mod breeze E. Not too much human activity at the gravel pit today. A Green Sandpiper and a Common Sandpiper, 15 Lapwing, a Coot, Little Grebe, 2 Tufted Duck, 4 E...
Seeing a Willet for the first time and realizing its relation to the sandpipers I am familiar with from Shanghai, I naturally turned to ChatGPT. And asked: How does the willet comp...
The Algarve has a number of impressive estuaries that attract great numbers of migrant waders
This week's birding Monday started off with a garden watch HERE in a north east breeze and partly cloudy skies, where highlights included a Firecrest, the start of the Chaffinch mi...
After a morning's birding yesterday with the Selsey crew around St Mary's HERE (highlights included terrible views of both Wryneck and Jack Snipe) I headed off to St.Martin's in t...
On Wednesday afternoon (2nd) we left Estaca de Bares and headed east towards Santander to twitch a long staying Kelp Gull that arrived in Northern Spain in December 2024. The bird...
The high pressure returned today and temperatures got up into the low 20s. I started the day off at East Side with 69 species of over 1700 individuals HERE, there were basically no...
Imagine the “perfect” bird nest.What comes to mind? Maybe leaves and fluff stuffed into a cozy little birdhouse or a tightly woven basket made of twigs and dried grass? Chances are...
Sunny periods, 22°, light SSW. Gravel pit was busy with machinery working but some activity on the water with, 6 Little Grebe, 4 Shoveler, 4 Tufted Duck, 2 Coot and 5 Lapwing. c500...
Sunny periods, 14°, light to breezy SW. When out birding you never know what you might come across and today was one of those where something rare turns up. A juv Hen Harrier flew...
Given that Xinjiang is generally very dry – only about 10% of its area is suitable for human habitation – it is not a place where one expects to see many waders. Wetland and not we...
Mainly cloudy, 23°, light SW. Bunk: Gravel pit is slowly shrinking as in-filling is taking place. 24 Tufted Duck, 6 Little Grebe, a Coot and 2 Egyptian Geese amongst others. Elsewh...
I started the day off at Sullivan's Cafe (the greasy spoons portakabin in the Scillonian car park) which I couldn't believe was still there. The Scillonian crossing was pretty live...
The warm southerly airflow from yesterday (now more of a typical south westerly) delivered a bit more last night with 150 moths of 31 species in the trap. Elsewhere on the south co...
I set off this morning at 530am and first stop was Davidstow Airfield where I caught up with Ian, Andrew, Paul and Robb, this week's crew. They had located the Buff-breasted Sandpi...
Visiting Florida’s beautiful beaches is an enjoyable way to spend the weekend, but for the shorebirds that nest there, these beaches are home — essential habitat where they lay the...
Cream-coloured Courser, St. Martin's, 2004I'm quite excited about a mini-trip to the Isles of Scilly from next Saturday for a few days. My last visit to the islands was in 2005 so...
The high pressure conditions continue as does the quiet spell for migration. There was very little going over the garden this morning and a check on the falling tide at White's Cre...
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