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Blacktoft Sands, Yorkshire
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A visit to Spurn was pencilled in but the migrants had mostly cleared out. Destination changed and Blacktoft Sands was the back up plan with 2 advantages:- it was much closer and there was a mega rarity there! Craggy and I set off at dawn and by the time we arrived some point before 9am the car park was...
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Blakeney Point in Norfolk finally beats me! 4th September 2021
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You can imagine when a very rare bird turns up in Norfolk you always think, Hope its not on Blakeney Point The walk from Cley beach carpark along the shingle to the end is around 3.5 miles and many a fine man has failed even to do it. The bird in question was a Sykess Warbler which would usually be on its w...
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Spurn and RSPB Blacktoft Sands. 1st September 2021
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With some favourable winds still blowing on the east coast, myself and Kevin C had a trip over. An early start ensured that we could have a couple of Hours Sea watching, traffic going over was pretty good. There was room in the hide and as we set up our telescopes we noticed that Spurn`s own Sea Watchin...
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Potteric Carr, Yorkshire, 23 August 2021
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On a family visit to South Yorkshire I decided to visit to Potteric Carr, a Yorkshire Wildlife Trust reserve not far from Doncaster. It is a fairly big reserve with reed beds, water bodies, woodland and some grassland. I walked around and had a Garganey pointed out to me. There were in excess of 10...
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White-tailed Plover. Blacktoft Sands 28th August 21.
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A day out to the east coast planned with a 1st stop off at Blacktoft Sands RSPB to see a bird species I managed to miss at Leighton Moss several years ago.. I arrived at the reserve at 7 to find the car park 3/4 full and lots of folk hurrying down to the Xerox hide. Joining them in there I managed to squeeze in an...
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August Adventures in Northern England 2021
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On Wednesday 18th August with the continued presence of the Black browed Albatross at RSPB Bempton Cliffs and as one of our team still had not seen it, a trip was planned. Along with Chris B, Kevin C we left earlyish and the news on the way was that the bird was still present helped our cause. As we ar...
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Elegant Tern at Blundellsands Sailing Club, Hightown, Merseyside. Friday 6th August 2021
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On Sunday 1st August 2021 an Elegant Tern was found at Formby Point on the beach, it would appear to be the one that spent most of the summer at Cemlyn Bay tern colony on Anglesey. It was found on the following days near to Blundellsands Sailing Club. A large sandbank held lots of gulls, terns etc over...
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Pacific Golden Plover at RSPB Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire. 27/7/2021
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The chance to visit RSPB Frampton Marsh came along when a Pacific Golden Plover was found on Tuesday 20th July, as one of our number had never seen one before. This reserve has only been in existence since 2007 being situated on The Wash in Lincolnshire, 4 miles from Boston. It is surely one of the bes...
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One bad Tern deserves a good one. Sunday 4th July 2021
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One bad Tern deserves a good one. Sunday 4th July 2021 Two or maybe three Caspian Tern`s have been wandering between Far Ings, Reads Island, Barton Gravel Pits in Lincolnshire and Southfield Reservoir & RSPB St Aidans in Yorkshire for the last few days. After the excitement recently we thoug...
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The Black-browed Albatross at Bempton, Yorkshire.30/6/2021
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The Black-browed Albatross at Bempton, Yorkshire.30/6/2021 When I started birdwatching 40 years ago I saw a picture of a Black-browed Albatross sat on a rocky outcrop in the north of the Shetland Isles. Since that moment I have always wanted to see one in the British Isles, with the species being a...
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Lowland Lancashire Wanderings
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I have worked in the Preston, Ormskirk, and Lytham area several times over the last 2 months so if finishing early I try to take some trips out. From Ormskirk I have made trips to Lunt Meadows Nature Reserve near Maghull and Martin Mere Nature Reserve near Burscough. When working in Preston I made a tr...
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Rolling into Suffolk. Sunday 27th June 2021
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A few of the team had arranged to try to catch up with the roaming Caspian Tern in North Lincolnshire on Sunday morning, when a text came in offering two places to go to see a European Roller at Icklingham in Suffolk. After a bit of sorting out and as two of the team needed to see the bird, we decided on Suff...
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Nightjars, 23rd June 2021
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Working in Barnsley as I spent the evening birding some of the local sites finishing off near Langsett for a great display by the moorland Nightjars with the following seen: Langsett. A moorland site at almost 1000ft elevation with pine forest and heather moorland. Red Grouse, c12, Woodcock, 2 over...
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Bempton, 20th June 2021
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Father's Day treat for the family! Gannet, 1000's, Peregrine, 2 juvs soaring above the cliffs, Kittiwake, 1000's, Puffin, c40, Razorbill, 1000's, Guillemot, 1000's, Tree Sparrow, c50, Corn Bunting, 4. Regards, David.
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RSPB Ham Wall, Somerset. Saturday 12th June 2021
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When a River Warbler was found about 8 days ago at RSPB Ham Wall in Somerset, it got a few of us thinking about visiting the place again. Last time was the 25th April 2015 for a Hudsonian Godwit! A 5am start was planned with Craig B driving and myself and Bob K making up the numbers. Good progress was ma...
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A Day/Night trip into Yorkshire. Saturday 19th June 2021
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After last year`s restriction on travel it was nice to visit our regular places in East & North Yorkshire. Along with Kevin C, Chris B, myself and Bob K driving we left Rochdale at a leisurely 10am. Even on a Saturday morning the M62 was fairly busy but as we headed for the Bempton area the usual p...
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North Wales, 3rd June 2021
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Took my wife to Llandudno but managed a bit of birding here & there with the highlights being: Manx Shearwater, c20 out from South Stack, Gannet, 4 out from South Stack, Little Egret, 2 on Anglesey & 1 at Point of Ayr, Peregrine, first bird seen at South Stack being hassled by 2 Choughs, Buzzard...
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Notts and Lincs Day Out. 4th June 2021
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With various unfavourable weather firmly dominating the country in the latter half of May, we had to wait until now to visit the Nightingales at Whisby near Lincoln. We also planned to visit Chamber`s Wood to see the Marsh Fritillary`s that breed there. As we set off from Newhey with Bob K and Chris B, n...
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The Franklin`s Gull in Yorkshire. Monday 24th May 2021
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This bird was found last September 2020 in Bradford, Yorkshire, before spending a few days at Redcar Tarn, near Keighley, where I and my recently departed friend Steven Brown managed to miss seeing it! Fast forward to Tuesday 18th May this year, news that a breeding plumaged Franklin`s Gull was...
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Northern Mockingbird in Northumberland 8/5/21
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The travel tales of this bird carried on, after its trip across the Atlantic, then Devon, Sussex and now Northumberland in the well looked after town of Newbiggin-by-the-Sea. It has been in the area for a couple of weeks until a resident birder reported its presence and viewing was arranged. With a...
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Marshside, Mere Sands Wood and Martin Mere December 2020!
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In late 2020 I was working in the Southport area so decided to pop to RSPB Marshside. Just on arrival seeing and hearing the flocks of Pink Footed geese low over, the wader flocks in the distance and the waterfowl feeding and roosting on the waterbodies made me realise what I was missing - more regular t...
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Barn owl
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Barn owl being harassed by 2 crows as it flew across a field at 9.15 this morning. Just out of our area
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Rufous Bush Chat, Stiffkey, Norfolk 17th October 2020
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When a bird as rare as a Rufous Bush Chat (last one 40 years ago) turns up you have to go see it, right? Awakening from my slumbers at 7-30am on a rainy Saturday morning could not have been more different to what was in store for me on that morning. I decided to check out any bird news whilst having my customar...
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Martin Mere
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I have managed 2 trips to Martin Mere - one in August and the other in early October. I would have liked to have visited in June when a juvenile Cuckoo was being fed by a Reed Warbler outside a hide. On one date 2 Wood Sandpipers were also present from the same hide. You have to book online to visit. You e...
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Collingham 4/10/2020
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Hoopoe a bird Ive always wanted to see but they never stay long enough in one place So with the Hoopoe in Collingham staying put over the past few days decided to give it a go and wasnt disappointed, having made its home on local cricket field this was my first stop off there it was and putting on a good dis...
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Northumberland 4th to 6th October 2020
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With lots of rare birds being in the country e.g. Two Barred Greenish Warbler, Siberian Thrush etc and as my lady friend and I had planned a trip up to Amble in Northumberland, you can imagine how I felt when a Red Flanked Bluetail had been found on Holy Island on Saturday! We left Lancashire early on S...
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Spurn Weekend. 18/19/20th September 2020
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Friday Our annual trip to the Easington, Kilnsea and Spurn area took place a little earlier due to, what seemed like migration taking place sooner? With light easterly winds and sunny conditions our team assembled and with Kevin C at the wheel we set off. Our first call was to be at Sunk Island/ Ston...
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The Wirral and Cheshire. 6th & 11th September 2020 Hale near lighthouse. 11/9/2020.
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The Wirral and Cheshire. 6th & 11th September 2020 With the last couple of weeks producing easterly winds a sudden change to westerlies had us thinking about a trip onto The Wirral to try to find Leach`s Petrel`s. A few had been seen the day previously so our hopes were up as four of us left Castlet...
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Lammergeier/Bearded Vulture. Part Three 9/8/20
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Our local vulture has been changing her roosting cliffs recently, having moved from the Howden area to the Woodhead area on the 26th July. She has been present in the Peak/Longendale area for a month now being first seen around the 8th July. A comfortable 20 minute walk to see the bird from the Penni...
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Another good day at Spurn, Yorkshire. 30/8/2020
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With some good seabird passage having been reported from Spurn area during the week and with the winds being from a similar direction, we decided to take a trip there. We gathered at Newhey for a 6am start with Bob K in charge. We had been informed that the Long tailed Skua breeding season in Scandina...
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