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Wirral Winter Wonderland. 9th December 2018
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A long staying Great Northern Diver on the Marine Lake at West Kirby on the Wirral managed to lure me and Bob K into the great outdoors. With an 8-30am start and fair, breezy weather promised, what could go wrong? On the way to the Marine Lake news that the diver was still present reached us, upon arri...
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Lancashire Birding Day Out. Sunday 25th November 2018
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A Velvet Scoter at High Rid Reservoir near Horwich had been found by Bolton`s finest Phil Rhodes on Saturday. Being a sea duck and being so far inland meant we had to go and see it. Myself, Steve & Chris Brown left a chilly Rochdale at 7am and headed for the reservoir that is just below Winter Hill. It w...
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Dusky Warbler at Ainsdale NNR, Southport, Lancashire. Sunday 18th November 2018
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Dusky Warbler at Ainsdale NNR, Southport, Lancashire. Sunday 18th November 2018 News of a Dusky Warbler in the sand dunes at Ainsdale, Lancashire reached me whilst I was at the Shrewsbury v Rochdale football match on Saturday evening. After the result, there may be a way of rescuing the weekend t...
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Hartlepool Headland and Swillington Ings. Monday 12th November 2018
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Hartlepool Headland and Swillington Ings. Monday 12th November 2018 What are the chances of a Pallid and Little Swift turning up together at the same spot in England? Give up, well they appeared together on Hartlepool Headland, County Durham on Sunday afternoon. Plans to witness this spectacl...
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Meols and Burton Point, Cheshire. Friday 9th November 2018
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Meols and Burton Point, Cheshire. Friday 9th November 2018 A Pied Wheatear had been identified on Tuesday evening and has been entertaining all comers on the promenade at Meols, Wirral, Cheshire ever since. Steve B, Kevin C and myself headed towards The Wirral early on Friday morning. Going unde...
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Northumberland 24th October and Spurn 30th October & 4th November 2018
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Northumberland 24th October and Spurn 30th October & 4th November 2018 The appearance of two first winter Gull Billed Terns in Northumberland was a bit of a shock to say the least, with Kevin C needing to see that species a trip was planned. The birds frequented Haughton Strother gravel pits wh...
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Swift Departure. 15/10/2018
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News of a Swift with a white rump at Hornsea Mere, Yorkshire around 4-25pm on Sunday afternoon had a few phones ringing. What followed, with regards to the birds true identification was pure comedy. This is no reflection on the finders or the other observers on site watching the bird. It went, Po...
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Wallcreeper.
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Baynac et Casenac, Dordogne, France. Bright sunshine 35 Degrees. I have tried on many occasions in France to find the elusive Wallcreeper so this is a first tick for me this one was feeding on the rock face of the famous chateau on the river Dordogne and thanks to a local birder I got to see this special sp...
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Tiddly Om Pom Pom beside the seaside. 9/9/2018
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An adult Pomarine Skua had taken up residence at South Gare near Redcar/Middlesbrough during the previous week, a place I have not visited for quite a long while, so a trip to see it was planned. It was a full car of 5 occupants, with Chris driving that left Newhey in wet conditions at 6am. As soon as w...
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Visitors from the East. 2/9/2018
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A day at Spurn in September is always like a trip into the unknown because anything can turn up, so we decided to head for the far east of Yorkshire. There had been Red backed Shrike, Icterine Warbler seen the day previous so on the journey we eagerly waited for news from Spurn. Steve B, Kevin C and mys...
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Two Americans in Lincolnshire. 28/8/2018
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A Stilt Sandpiper turned up at Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire all the way from North America. With Kevin C needing to see this species of wader and a chance to, at last, visit this splendid reserve a trip was organised. Kevin drove with just myself for company. The 6am start from Castleton is alway...
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Norfolk/Suffolk/Cambridgeshire.
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Twentyone days following the Norfolk coast into Suffolk and back through Cambridgeshire, glorious weather every day never saw a drop of rain temperatures between 18/26 degrees. Fourteen reserves visited run by RSPB, various County Wildlife Trusts, National Trust, and Wildfowl and Wetlands Tr...
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Moltoni`s Subalpine Warbler at Blakeney Point, Norfolk. 3/6/2018
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There are some things in life that we say, I wont be doing that again then look what happens? A rare bird turns up at the end of Blakeney Point, Norfolk. Last time I slogged myself along the shingle for seven miles (return trip) was in 2010 for an Alder Flycatcher and I vowed I would not do it again! Now...
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East coast of Yorkshire. 27/5/18
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Seems like a while since I did a trip report after being abroad etc, so here is one. A few good birds had been found on the east coast on Saturday so a trip starting at Flamborough Head was arranged with Bob K, Kevin C, myself and one of Bob`s friends Lyndon. A start time of 10am was allowing for our Nig...
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Yorkshire Birding
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Had a trip to Yorkshire with Andy Young to see we could spot Woodlark at an undiclosed site and then visit Blacktoft sands and Swillington Ings. We arrived at the designated Woodlark site at just before 9am. After heading slightly the wrong way we were set upon the right path by a volunteer. We pi...
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Great Fen, Cambridgeshire.
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I spent an hour or so at Woodwalton in The Great Fen with the following sightings: Dabchick, pair, Marsh Harrier, pair, Red Kite, 1, Crane, pair, Reed Warbler, 2, Willow Warbler, c6, Grass Snake, 2, Brimstone, c12. Regards, David Nuttall.
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Cattle Egrets Warton Lytham 3/4/2018
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A trip to the coast to get away from this weather had to be interrupted when I knew there was a chance of a lifer in the form of two Cattle Egrets at Warton just out side Lytham. A quick wrong turn put me on the right track And was not to be disappointed they were showing really well,feeding along side of som...
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Scotland Trip. 30th March to 2nd April 2018
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One of our regulars, has always wanted to see a Ptarmigan, so we decided to visit Scotland over Easter to see some. Our friends in Yorkshire, who visit Scotland every couple of years, also had a trip planned so we joined forces and arranged to meet them. Now as often happens when you plan something, it...
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Bagmoor & Alkborough, Lincolnshire. 20/3/2018
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A few interesting wildfowl had turned up on a small lake in Lincolnshire at a place I have never been to. So, after a bit of googling the lake was found to be near to Thealby, just north of S****horpe. The lake is called Bagmoor and was created by mining for the local steelworks. Myself and Kevin C se...
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Snowy Owl at Snettisham, Norfolk. 11/3/2018
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What started off by being a birding trip to North Wales on Saturday night, quickly turned into something entirely different on Sunday morning? The reason, a first winter female Snowy Owl had been found in north Norfolk during the week and on Saturday had been seen in the Titchwell area, albeit a l...
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Poynton, Moore N.R, & Little Neston. 17/2/2018
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With my football team being involved in the FA Cup with Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday, a Saturday trip was sorted. Went on my own leaving around 10am and reaching the leafy suburbs of Poynton in reasonable weather around 11am. The Waxwing was soon located and a couple of poor snaps were made of the bi...
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Spurn in the winter. Sunday 11th February 2018
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A trip to Spurn in the winter is a fairly unusual birdwatching pastime, but with the weather on the west coast looking a little grim, a trip into Yorkshire was planned. Steve B, Kevin C & myself made up the team. A Green winged Teal at North Cave N.R. was our first stop, it was a dry, bright, but bitterl...
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Holme Pierrepoint C.P, Nottingham. 4/2/2018
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A Spotted Sandpiper from America has taken up residence on & around the weir / canoe slalom area of the National Water sports centre in Nottingham. Its been there a couple of weeks so, we decided to have a trip to see it. Positive news on Saturday had the three of us, Bob K, Kevin & myself, on...
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A day out in Lancashire. 28th January 2018
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A full team met on a rather gloomy January morning in Newhey, our plans were to see as many species in the Lancashire area. We began at a small flooded area near Heversham, where a Little Stint had been seen the previous day. An albino Carrion Crow turned out to be the best we could muster there thoug...
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Twitching in Gloucestershire. 21/1/2018
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A Penduline Tit had taken up residence on a very small nature area called Plock Court Wetland Area, Longford near Gloucester. It has been present for about a month and seems to be very settled with a couple of shallow pools and bulrushes to feed upon. Bob, Kevin & myself hatched a plan to hav...
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Easterly Day Out. 14/1/2018
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A full team, with Kevin driving, had a bit of a conundrum to solve before we decided on where to go. A Penduline Tit near Gloucester or a Desert Wheatear at Whitby Abbey. Now as the Penduline Tit had not been reported until 2-45pm the day before did that mean it was hard to find? So we went for the Deser...
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Wirral Wanderings 19/11/2017
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A full team met at the reasonable time of 8am with myself at the wheel. The weather was freezing in Rochdale but as we got onto the Wirral it was a balmy 7 degrees, maybe the sea air helped. We stopped at a new spot near Heswall and most of the team managed to see a passing female Hen Harrier. At Parkgate o...
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Rock Thrush in Gwent, Wales 22/102017
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This bird has been present for over a week in a quarry area overlooking one of the nicest views in Britain, across from the Brecon Beacons, no wonder it has stayed so long. It had been found by a birder looking for passage Ring Ouzel`s, I bet he had a shock when he found this male Rock Thrush. One of our...
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Golf & Geese in Northumberland, 10/10/2017
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The chance to see what was originally a Lesser Canada Goose, that is now called a Richardson`s Cackling Goose (confusing isnt it?) at Budle Bay, Northumberland presented itself on Monday night. Mark from York called me and we had a chat about the goose and a Long tailed Skua that was up that way on a...
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“Local” Twitching 2/10 & 7/10/2017
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Scops Owl. A Scops Owl had been found at Ryhope, near Sunderland, Co Durham last week. It became a little difficult to twitch as it seemed to be one day there and one day not. Obviously with it being nocturnal, fairly small and well camouflaged it would been hard to see. As I checked the bird news early...
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