tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47250962206496286872024-03-13T14:11:13.158-07:00Ellis' Birding BlogSome of my birding adventures! Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11133954452968996564noreply@blogger.comBlogger123125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725096220649628687.post-84680649697384603832017-01-01T11:26:00.001-08:002017-01-01T11:26:36.966-08:002016 Birding HighlightsIn this post I will be going through the many birding highlights I have had this year. Of all the years I have done birding this is my best ever year in terms of seeing unusual birds such as <span style="color: red;">Siberian Accentor, Dusky Thrush</span> and <span style="color: red;">Great Knot</span>. <br />
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<u>January (1 lifer)</u><br />
I started the year off with a very nice walk round Scarborough Harbour on the 3rd, this produced my best ever views of <span style="color: red;">Red Throated Diver</span> along with good views of 2 <span style="color: red;">Black Necked Grebe</span> and a small flock of <span style="color: red;">Purple Sandpipers</span>. On the 17th I saw a <span style="color: red;">Caspian Gull</span> in Rufforth. On the 23rd came my first lifer of the year which was a <span style="color: red;">Glaucous Gull</span> in Hartlepool Marina, it showed really well within a few feet. Also that day I had nice views of 3 <span style="color: red;">Shorelark</span>, 40+ <span style="color: red;">Twite, Great Northern Diver</span> and <span style="color: red;">Red Breasted Mergansers</span>. <br />
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<u>February (2 Lifers)</u></div>
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My first lifer of February came on the 7th with good but brief views of a stunning <span style="color: red;">PENDULINE TIT</span> at Saltholme RSPB. On the 17th came my second lifer of the month which was a <span style="color: red;">Red</span><span style="color: red;"> Necked Grebe</span> at Nosterfield along with 7 <span style="color: red;">White Fronted Geese</span> in some nearby fields. On the 18th I saw 3 <span style="color: red;">Smew</span> at Fairburn which included my first ever drake! </div>
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<u>March (0 lifers)</u></div>
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March was a fairly quiet month but towards the end on the 27-28th March I had a nice visit to Spurn which resulted in incredible views of 2 <span style="color: red;">Firecrest</span>! Plus over the two days we also saw <span style="color: red;">Woodcock</span>, a <span style="color: red;">Pale Bellied Brent Goose</span>, a <span style="color: red;">Black Brant</span> and a few <span style="color: red;">Chiffchaffs</span>.</div>
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<u>April (0 lifers)</u><br />
This month was spent visiting one of my local reserves nearly every weekend, Wheldrake Ings. The highlights included <span style="color: red;">G</span><span style="color: red;">reen Winged Teal, Smew, Whooper Swans, Scaup, Barn Owl, 40+ Whimbrel, Water Rails, Pintail</span> and <span style="color: red;">Black Tailed Godwits</span>.<br />
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<u>May (4 Lifers)</u></div>
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By far one of my best months of the year. It started with a drake <span style="color: red;">Garganey </span>at Wheldrake on the 2nd. On the 8th I had my first 2 lifers of the month, one of which was my most wanted birds, the <span style="color: red;">Bluethroat</span> which appeared at Filey. On the 8th I saw another lifer which was a flock of 13 <span style="color: red;">Black Terns</span> at Wheldrake and I also saw 2 <span style="color: red;">Ring Ouzels</span> on the Yorkshire Moors. On the 14th I got good views of one of my favourite lifers of the year, 2 <span style="color: red;">WHISKERED TERNS</span>! These were whizzing around the main lake at Saltholme. Along with the Terns I heard a <span style="color: red;">GREAT REED WARBLER</span> and saw 4<span style="color: red;"> Spoonbill</span>. The same day we took a visit to Hartlepool and Danby Beacon where a<span style="color: red;"> Bluethroat</span> and 10 <span style="color: red;">Dotterel</span> put on a good show. On the 15th I took a trip to Holy Island were I managed to see and get great views of one of my favourite warblers, the <span style="color: red;">SUBALPINE WARBLER</span>. It frequented a few small bushes in the area and usually was always on show. We also saw 2 more <span style="color: red;">Bluethroat</span> (My 4th in a week!) and a <span style="color: red;">Peregrine</span>.</div>
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<u>June (4 Lifers)</u></div>
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Throughout the end of May and the Start of June I had a holiday to Scotland of where we had our first 4 days on the Isle of Mull, the highlight from here was incredible views of <span style="color: black;">Corncrake</span> on Iona! Along with this we had 4 <span style="color: red;">Golden Eagles</span>, 5 <span style="color: red;">Hen Harriers, Black Guillemots, Whinchats</span> and<span style="color: red;"> Cuckoos</span>. After Mull we spent a week or so in the Highlands, my highlight here was my best ever views of <span style="color: red;">Black Throated Diver</span> as well as another <span style="color: red;">Golden Eagle, Wood Warbler, Ospreys, Tree Pipits, Spotted Flycatchers</span> and my only lifer of the trip was very nice views of an <span style="color: red;">Icterine Warbler</span> in Laggan. During the month a <span style="color: red;">GREAT KNOT</span> had appeared in Titchwell, Norfolk and thankfully I convinced my Dad to take me. We stayed in the area for two days and on the 24th we had brilliant views of the <span style="color: red;">GREAT KNOT</span> on Holme beach, my first mega of the year! On our second day (25th) we birded the areas around Titchwell. Firstly we visited RSPB Titchwell as we wanted to see <span style="color: red;">Red Crested Pochard</span> and after a little while of searching we had good views of a few of them along with a <span style="color: red;">Little Gull</span>. After, we visited Kelling Heath where we had nice views of my 3rd lifer of the trip, the <span style="color: red;">Dartford Warbler</span>. </div>
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<u>July (0 lifers)</u></div>
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The month started off amazingly as I was invited down to Minsmere, Suffolk on the 2nd to see the <span style="color: red;">WESTERN SWAMPHEN</span>! It was a nervous trip down but as soon as we arrived the bird put on a really good show, my first ever first for UK! As well as this we saw <span style="color: red;">Stone Curlew, Dartford Warbler</span> and <span style="color: red;">Spotted Redshank</span>. Just a few days later on the 6th I had a nice trip down to RSPB Frampton Marsh for the first time where I saw my second lifer of the month which was a cracking<span style="color: red;"> WHITE RUMPED SANDPIPER</span> from the 360 hide. It showed well for about 10mins before flying off. On the 14th I went to Spurn to see the opening of the Birds of Spurn book (which is brilliant!) and managed to see some nice birds which included <span style="color: red;">Wood Sandpiper, Whinchat and Garganey</span>. On the 19-20th of August I had my first visit to Rutland Birdfair which I really enjoyed. Around Rutland I saw 3<span style="color: red;"> Great White Egrets, Wood Sandpipers, Garganey, Red Crested Pochard</span> and <span style="color: red;">Osprey</span>. </div>
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The 10-11th was the Spurn Migration Festival! I have attended every year and its always been brilliant. This year was particially good as there was lots of other young birders about. There was many highlights but the best for me was the mass of <span style="color: red;">Meadow Pipit</span> migration and good views of my first <span style="color: red;">Kentish Plover</span>! Other highlights included <span style="color: red;">Curlew Sandpipers, Redstart, Wood Sandpiper, Pied/Spotted Flycatcher, Black Tern, Arctic Skua</span> and <span style="color: red;">Great Skua</span>. I really cant wait to attend next year!</div>
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My best month of the year with so many highlights and surprises, its an autumn I will never ever forget. It started on the 1-2nd were I spent a couple of days at Spurn in their new Obs building. The first day was fairly quiet but I was happy with decent views of a <span style="color: red;">Little Stint</span>. The second was much more exciting as there was a bird in just about every bush and later in the day a good arival of<span style="color: red;"> Yellow</span><span style="color: red;"> Browed Warblers</span> appeared where some showed incredibly well which put a very nice end to the trip.</div>
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On the 8th I took a trip to Flamborough and Bempton with good friends Darragh Hudson, Elliot Montieth, Harry Witts and Will Scott. We spent a couple of hours searching for our first lifer, a <span style="color: red;">DUSKY WARBLER</span>, after a while the bird finally called and gave brief views! At Thornwick we had brillaint views of a <span style="color: red;">Pallas Warbler</span> along with a few <span style="color: red;">Yellow Browed Warblers</span>. We then moved onto Bempton were we had good views of an <span style="color: red;">ARCTIC WARBLER</span> and a very nice <span style="color: red;">Bluethroat</span>. On the 9th with Darragh and Elliot we took a trip to Spurn where we had amazing views of an <span style="color: red;">OLIVE BACKED PIPIT</span>, which was my 2nd lifer of October. It showed within a couple of feet! As well as this we saw another <span style="color: red;">Pallas Warbler</span>, my third lifer and my bogey bird, <span style="color: red;">Little Bunting</span>! a <span style="color: red;">Black Redstart</span> and a <span style="color: red;">Redstart</span>. </div>
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On the 13th came one of my most memorbale days in Birding, seeing Britians 2nd <span style="color: red;">SIBERIAN ACCENTOR</span> in Easington! The after school rush to Easington was tense but exciting and once we finally arrived I sprinted to the spot and thankfully layed my eyes upon this magnificent bird! It was extra special as this was indeed my 300th bird! </div>
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The following weekend (15-16th) was spent entirely birding around the Spurn area where I managed to see the amazing <span style="color: red;">SIBERIAN ACCENTOR</span> once again. As well as this little beauty there was lots else on show which included 2 <span style="color: red;">RADDES WARBLERS</span>, 2 <span style="color: red;">DUSKY WARBLER</span> including one in the hand, 2 <span style="color: red;">Shorelark, Pallas Warbler, Ring Ouzels, Mealy Redpoll, Lapland Bunting,</span> 4 <span style="color: red;">Bearded Tits</span> and 17 <span style="color: red;">Bean Geese</span>! </div>
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On the 26-28th I spent a few days at Spurn where I had my best ever views of <span style="color: red;">Rough Legged Buzzard</span> which was a very nice surprise. I also saw a <span style="color: red;">Waxwing, Northern Bullfinch</span>, a <span style="color: red;">Merlin</span> and a <span style="color: red;">Marsh Harrier</span>. On the 29th I had a trip locally to Stensall Common where I saw a cracking <span style="color: red;">Great Grey Shrike</span>. It was a fantastic end to the month where on the 30th I took a trip to Cleveland. We went to Redcar to see the <span style="color: red;">PIED WHEATEAR</span> which is one of my highlights of the year! It showed really well and afterwards we went to Skiningrove where I had brilliant views of the <span style="color: red;">EASTERN BLACK REDSTART</span>.</div>
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In this month I went on one of my longest twitches ever all the way to Scotland to see the <span style="color: red;">HOODED MERGANSER</span> which had appeared in Ayrshire. It didn't take long to find this bird but the problem was that it was quite distant. It was still a great bird to see and I hope it gets accepted by the BBRC. I also saw about 5+ <span style="color: red;">Goosander</span> and a few <span style="color: red;">Goldeneye</span>. On the way back to York we also stopped to see a flock of 40 or so <span style="color: red;">Waxwings </span>in Brampton, Cumbria. </div>
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On the 11th came my 5th mega and one of my favourite birds of the year. Me, Elliot Montieth and Harry Witts took a trip to a small village in Derbyshire called Beeley as a <span style="color: red;">DUSKY THRUSH</span> had appeared in the Orchard feeding alongside <span style="color: red;">Blackbirds</span> and <span style="color: red;">Redwings</span>! Thankfully the bird was still on show during the morning and more or less as soon as we arrvied we had a nice fly by of the <span style="color: red;">DUSKY THRUSH</span>! Although only breif I was very pleased to have seen it. We had to wait a good 2hrs before the <span style="color: red;">Dusky</span> appeared once again, it was feeding in a tree at the back of the orchard and this time it gave great, clear views! After about 5-10mins the <span style="color: red;">Dusky</span> flew out of the Orchard and over the trees to presumably feed in the fields at the back. All of us were very pleased with the views and this put a great end to the year! On the 22nd I finally had trip to Welwick saltmarsh to hopefully try and spot the <span style="color: red;">PALLID HARRIER</span> which had been present for a while. Just a little while after arrving this great bird did a very nice fly by. As well as this we had brilliant views of a <span style="color: red;">Short Eared Owl</span> and we saw 40+ <span style="color: red;">Waxwings</span> in Hull. As the year was coming to a close I had one final trip out on the last day of the year. A <span style="color: red;">BLUE ROCK THRUSH</span> had appeared in a village in Gloster. There is some debate on this birds origin but we took the risk and drove the 3hr journey. After a good wait we finally achieved good views which put a truly brilliant end to such a great year! </div>
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In the past I have had some amazing years birding but 2016 has been completely full of so many surprises so it has to go down as my best ever year! My year list has finished on 231 which is my highest count ever in birding which I am pretty pleased with. I set out in 2016 to achieve a UK life list of 300 birds and thankfully I smashed the target and got to 305! My target for next year will be around the 320 area but I'm just hoping that next year is just as enjoyable as 2016. As well as all the birds, some of spots they have appeared in have been amazing. For example watching the Great Knot on Holme beach as the sun was going down is something that will always stay with me. Considering its been such a brilliant year I've gone through and picked my top 10 favourite birds of the year.</div>
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There is plenty more which I could have included such as close views of Dusky Warbler, Western Swamphen and Blue Rock Thrush but these are the 10 I enjoyed watching most. I would also like to say a massive thanks to all the people who i've met over the year as they have made the year even more enjoyable. Thanks very much for reading and hope everyone has a brilliant 2017!! I also want to say a massive thanks to my Dad who has had to put up with the pain of driving me to these places. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11133954452968996564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725096220649628687.post-32726151942585081292016-10-14T11:15:00.002-07:002016-10-14T11:15:51.202-07:00SIBERIAN ACCENTOR!As I was leaving school just after 3 on the Thursday evening, I checked my phone for any notifications and I saw the word '<span style="color: red;">Siberian</span>' come up on BirdGuides, as I saw it I just assumed it would have been a <span style="color: red;">Siberian Stonechat</span> but as I read along and read the word <span style="color: red;">Accentor</span>, I nearly burst out in excitement! The brilliant thing was that it was only just over an hour from me just outside the birding hotspot, Spurn. More or less straight after I got a text from my Dad saying that we could go that evening or the following day, considering its a bird you couldn't afford to miss, I easily chose the evening option. I walked twice as fast home and by quarter to 4 we were all ready to set off and hopefully see this magnificent bird! On the way we picked up my good friend Darragh Hudson who was also very excited about seeing the bird. This is the 2nd time the <span style="color: red;">Sibe Accentor</span> has occurred in the UK with the 1st being just a week before on Shetland. This would also be my 300th British bird, so as you can imagine I was really hoping to see it. It was a very nervous trip, the thought of it going to roost or just flying off was always going through my mind, being stuck in traffic in Hull wasn't a good sign either as we didn't have to much light left. After getting through Hull the traffic wasn't bad at all and thankfully we made it with just about a good amount of light left. We parked up and started walking to the spot, we passed a few birders on the way who said it was showing brilliantly, we rushed straight over and very kindly some birders put us straight onto it! It wasn't much more than 3 meters away, without doubt one of my greatest highlights ever in birding! Me and Darragh were absolutely ecstatic at the sight of this truly incredible bird! You could say its definitely not a bad bird for my 300th! I could have stayed and watched it all evening, its a day that will stay with me forever. I managed to get a few decent shots of it but just watching it was fantastic! <br />
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This was my first time at Frampton so I wanted to also have a good walk round to see what else was about. We started by walking up onto the sea wall where the view over the reserve was incredible. From here we saw a <span style="color: red;">Little Ringed Plover</span> and a very nice <span style="color: red;">Wheatear </span>by a pile of rocks.</div>
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Apart from a huge flock of <span style="color: red;">Godwits</span> we didn't see much else from the wall. On the road back to the car park we constantly checked through waders for something more unusual but all we could find was a <span style="color: red;">Common Sandpiper</span> and a <span style="color: red;">Ruff</span>. Suddenly all the waders started lifting so I instantly started scanning for a predator. My dad then picked out a raptor flying quite low, I quickly got my bins on it to see it was a Female <span style="color: red;">Sparrow Hawk</span>! The murmuration of waders was truly spectacular and definitely a highlight of the trip. On the way back we had another quick stop in the 360 Hide in hoping the <span style="color: red;">Sparrow Hawk</span> maybe brought the <span style="color: red;">White Rumped Sand</span> back out but despite quite a bit of scanning there was no sign. I did manage to pick out a <span style="color: red;">Spotted Redshank</span> which was a welcome surprise. Many of the waders were now really close to the hide which gave great photo opportunities.</div>
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After a while of photographing the mass of waders we headed back home. Thankfully this time the traffic was fine and we made it in just under 2hrs. Its been a fantastic week with many highlights I will never ever forget.</div>
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We started our day off at Saltholme in hope of seeing the 2 <span style="color: red;">Whiskered Terns</span> which had been present for about a week or so. As we entered the visitor centre we briefly saw them through the windows so we walked round the reserve to try and achieve better views. We reached a part where we could see most of the lake really clearly and thankfully both of the <span style="color: red;">Whiskered Terns</span> were whizzing around just in front of us! Occasionally they would fly to the back but sometimes they flew past just a few metres away, giving brilliant views! <br />
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Once we had finished watching these we moved on to try and see the very elusive <span style="color: red;">Great Reed Warbler</span> at Haverton. After just a couple of minutes the <span style="color: red;">warbler</span> started singing like crazy but even though it sounded just a couple of meters away no one could spot it. A pretty amazing call! We waited a good half hour to an hour but we didn't see anything. On the way to Paddys hide we saw a <span style="color: red;">Little Ringed Plover</span> in a little pool and a Female <span style="color: red;">Stonechat</span> but amazingly on our way we had 4 <span style="color: red;">Spoonbill</span> fly straight over our heads!! </div>
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From the Paddys hide we saw nothing but <span style="color: red;">Black Headed Gulls</span> so with news of a cracking male <span style="color: red;">Bluethroat</span> at Hartlepool we made that our next destination. Surprisingly we found the place without getting lost and very soon the bird came out right into the open! It kept creeping in and out of the bushes but when it showed it was within about a metre! </div>
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Once we arrived home I was invited to go for the <span style="color: red;">Thrush Nightingale</span> at Spurn on Sunday by some Yorkshire birders I know. They picked me up at quarter to seven but with negative news on the <span style="color: red;">Nightingale</span> we decided to have another trip up to Cleveland. We arrived fairly early in Haverton to try and see the <span style="color: red;">Great Reed Warbler</span> but once again no sign plus this time it wasn't even calling so presumably it had moved on. We then moved on to look for the <span style="color: red;">Grey </span>and <span style="color: red;">Blue headed wagtails</span> at the Zinc Works. We got the news that we had just missed them both! Not a brilliant start! We had a little walk round and eventually we had very brief views of the <span style="color: red;">Blue Headed Wagtail</span>. Once it flew off we went to Crimdon to see some <span style="color: red;">Little Terns</span>. There was about 50+ around the beach. The sound which came from them was incredible! </div>
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We then made the decision to go up to Holy Island for the <span style="color: red;">Subalpine Warbler</span> which was either Western or Moltoni's. I think its been confirmed as a Western now though. We arrived in perfect time for the crossing so we could start birding straight away. Just before the car park we saw some birders at the end of the track so we thought that's where it was probably hanging around. We arrived at a very small group of birders who appeared to be looking at a brick wall, we asked what was around and we found out that it was another <span style="color: red;">Bluethroat</span>! It hopped along feeding in the grass just below the wall. This time it was a female bird.</div>
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After watching this for a bit we were told that the <span style="color: red;">Western Subalpine Warbler</span> was showing just up the track so we dashed over. Within the first 5mins we had very brief views of it in the back of a bush and just a little while later it did a nice circuit where it came out in the open! This is one bird I have always wanted to see so I am very happy that it showed really well. It often stayed hidden in thicker parts but always eventually came out and showed well.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11133954452968996564noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725096220649628687.post-12760976066646281922016-03-29T12:20:00.001-07:002016-03-29T12:20:10.767-07:00Spurn Grand Opening! I had just recently broke up for the Easter Holidays and a fantastic way to start it was by going to Spurn for the grand opening for their new Bird Observatory! The new Obs looked amazing and another good thing was that we got to stay in the new Obs too!!! We set off early Sunday morning and we arrived at Spurn at around half nine.<br />
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Before we took a look at the new Obs we had a quick look around Sammy's Point as we heard a <span style="color: red;">Firecrest</span> had been showing well around the area. In the first paddock we saw a <span style="color: red;">White Wagtail</span> which was a very start to our trip. We had another look in one of the Paddocks and flushed a very nice <span style="color: red;">Woodcock</span> which was my first for about a year! Out on the Humber was a good number of <span style="color: red;">Brent Geese</span> where I managed to pick out a nice <span style="color: red;">Pale Bellied Brent</span> amongst the <span style="color: red;">Dark Bellies</span>. We made our way to the third paddock where the <span style="color: red;">Firecrest </span>had been seen. A man called us over and put us straight onto the<span style="color: red;"> Firecrest</span>. It was flitting around a few particular bushes and at some points it came right to the front and showed amazingly! After a while I spotted another small bird just next to the<span style="color: red;"> Firecrest</span> and it turned out to be another one! Self found<span style="color: red;"> Firecrest</span>! A truly amazing start! Also in the paddock where <span style="color: red;">Chiffchaffs</span> and <span style="color: red;">Goldcrests</span>.<br />
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On the way back to the car I saw Findlay Wilde who I have met a few times before. it was great to catch up with him. We then headed to the crown and anchor and saw Darragh Hudson, another young birder I have met before, it was also great to see him. My Dad spotted 2 <span style="color: red;">Chiffchaff</span> next to the car park of the crown and anchor. Me, Darragh, his uncle, Carl and my Dad went looking for a <span style="color: red;">Black Redstart</span> in Sandy Beaches but we failed to find one. We then walked down to the Obs to have a look around, it looked awesome! The Obs was opened by the Patron of Spurn, Mike Dilger and after saying a few words, he opened the Obs! I am really looking forward to staying there in the future! I arranged to do some birding with Fin and Darragh after the opening so firstly we went to Kilnsea in search of the <span style="color: red;">Black Brant</span> but there was no sign of any <span style="color: red;">Brents</span> around Kilnsea. We then walked all the way to Sammy's Point to try and see the <span style="color: red;">Firecrest</span> again, after 5 or 10mins of searching 1 was picked out showing at the front of a bush, it showed very well. We also saw some <span style="color: red;">Redwing</span> in the paddock. </div>
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After we had a good luck at the <span style="color: red;">Firecrest </span>we headed back to the Obs area. We walked back along the bank next to the estuary in hope of getting a <span style="color: red;">Black Redstart</span> or a <span style="color: red;">Wheatear</span> on the rocks but we had no luck. We stopped off at the Obs to get a bit of food and drink then headed back off to Kilnsea as the <span style="color: red;">Black Brant</span> had been seen again. The bad thing was that the group of<span style="color: red;"> Brents</span> were very flighty and kept flying to the wetlands and to the fields so it was hard to pick out. We headed to Beacon Ponds to get a good luck at the field and the wetlands but still the <span style="color: red;">Black Brant</span> was hard to spot. After searching for a while, it was time for Darragh to leave so we said our goodbyes after a great birding session. Me and Fin headed to the Crown and Anchor with our parents to get some food and then after that too, Fin also had to go back home, I had a very enjoyable day birding with some great people and birds. </div>
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After the food me and my Dad headed to Kilnsea again hoping to see the <span style="color: red;">Black Brant</span> hoping it had been pinned down. We arrived to see that all <span style="color: red;">Brents </span>were now down so I started scanning but first a nice <span style="color: red;">Marsh Harrier</span> over the car was great! </div>
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The <span style="color: red;">Brents </span>flew a little closer which made it easier to pick out and soon enough, thankfully the <span style="color: red;">Black Brant</span> waddled to the front of the group! Once out in the open it was quite distinctive and easy to spot. </div>
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The Monday morning was very miserable where very little seemed to be about so we spent mostly all of our time looking for the <span style="color: red;">Siberian Chiffchaff</span> which was seen next to the Easington playing fields. We had a look round the whole of the field but other than a couple of <span style="color: red;">Chiffchaffs</span> and <span style="color: red;">Goldcrests</span> we saw nothing.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11133954452968996564noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725096220649628687.post-44379634020548232792016-01-25T11:12:00.000-08:002016-01-25T11:12:12.837-08:00(Gull)den Moment in HartlepoolEarly Saturday morning we had the chance to do a bit of birding. It was a good chance to get the year list for the new year up so I really couldn't wait! We chose a place which could provide different habitats so we had a bigger chance of boosting the year list. We went up to the Cleveland area in hope of seeing some different bits and pieces. <br />
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We started our day in Hartlepool in hope of seeing definitely one of my favourite birds, the <span style="color: red;">Shorelark</span>. 3 had taken up residence on a small patch of waste ground just behind the Jewish Cemetery. Upon arrival there was quite a few birders looking and soon enough they helped put us onto the birds, a great start!!! They came pretty close which allowed us to get nice views of all 3.<br />
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After we decided to have a quick look around the Hartlepool Fish Quay where we managed to find 4 <span style="color: red;">Guillemot</span> on the water and on a small bit of shoreline we found a group of<span style="color: red;"> Oystercatcher</span> and <span style="color: red;">Curlew</span> roosting together. Next to the waders was 3 <span style="color: red;">Eiders </span>also roosting on a wall. Once we could find no more we headed to the Marina in search of a <span style="color: red;">Glaucous Gull</span>. Once we arrived we started scanning through the masses of <span style="color: red;">Gulls</span> which surrounded the Marina. We started our search at Jacksons Landing which seemed to be the birds favoured spot. We scanned a few <span style="color: red;">Gulls</span> at the other side of the water and pretty quickly the <span style="color: red;">Glauc</span> came into view! It stood out like a sore thumb! After a while of flying around the bird then eventually landed on the water but the problem was that it was miles away! It was very close to the other side of the Marina so we quickly drove round praying it was still there and thankfully it was! It was walking around the car park only a couple of feet away!!! An incredible experience!! In the Marina was also around 7 <span style="color: red;">Red Breasted Mergansers</span>.</div>
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A top day with everything showing incredibly well, its a day I will never forget!! At the end of the day the yearlist ended on 70 species which I am quite happy with! </div>
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<u>January</u><br />
The year started of with a bang, we went to Fraisthorpe on the 1st to see a <span style="color: red;">LITTLE BUSTARD</span> which is really rare in the UK and thankfully we got to see it. On the 4th we went to Wakefield to see the <span style="color: red;">BLYTHS PIPIT</span> which we previously saw back in 2014 but this time it showed really well also at Pugneys we saw a <span style="color: red;">Caspian Gull</span> and a <span style="color: red;">Yellow Legged Gull</span>. On the 16th I found an <span style="color: red;">Iceland Gull</span> in Knapton, Yorks. On the 18th we saw <span style="color: red;">Black necked Grebes</span> and <span style="color: red;">Goosanders</span> at Swillington. On the 31st we went to Nosterfield and saw a cracking drake <span style="color: red;">American Wigeon, 2 Little Owl</span> and a <span style="color: red;">Dark Bellied Brent Goose</span>. <br />
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<u>February</u> <br />
On the 7th we saw one of my favourite birds, the <span style="color: red;">Shorelark</span>, a cracking bird, we saw this in Hartlepool. On the same day at Saltholme we saw 3 <span style="color: red;">Red breasted Mergansers</span>. On the 15th we went to Filey and saw a <span style="color: red;">Surf Scoter</span> and some <span style="color: red;">Purple Sandpiper</span>. We also saw on that day a <span style="color: red;">Rough Legged Buzzard</span> in Grindale, <span style="color: red;">Greenland White Fronted Goose</span> in Flamborough and some <span style="color: red;">Snow Buntings</span> in Wold Newton. On the 17th a group of 4 <span style="color: red;">Waxwings</span> turned up outside my house which was very nice and stayed to well within March. <br />
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On the 1st we saw a <span style="color: red;">BLACK BELLIED DIPPER</span> in a place called Harpham which showed very nicely. On the 11th we saw a <span style="color: red;">Great Grey Shrike</span> in Heslington. On the 22nd we again saw the <span style="color: red;">Black Bellied Dipper</span> in Harpham along with <span style="color: red;">Scandi Rock Pipits</span> at Flamborough plus <span style="color: red;">Short Eared Owls </span>and <span style="color: red;">Corn Buntings</span> at Buckton. On the 29th we saw a cracking <span style="color: red;">LAUGHING GULL</span> in Chesire. <br />
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On the 5th we saw 4 stunning <span style="color: red;">Black Necked Grebes</span> in Swillington plus a <span style="color: red;">Cettis Warbler</span> at Fairburn. On the 7th we saw 4 <span style="color: red;">Black Redstarts</span> at Spurn plus a <span style="color: red;">Sparrow Hawk</span> in the hand also a very nice <span style="color: red;">Short Eared Owl</span>. </div>
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On the 2nd we went to see the breeding <span style="color: red;">Montagus Harriers</span> at Blacktoft Sands, we got to see both birds really well. There we also saw a pair of <span style="color: red;">Garganey</span> and our first <span style="color: red;">Swift </span>of the year. On the 17th we had a trip to Wintersett reservoir to see the <span style="color: red;">LESSER SCAUP</span> which showed very well just in front of the hide! On the 22nd of May we had a trip to Scotland, on the way up we had<span style="color: red;"> 2 Ospreys</span> fly over the car!! On the 23rd we saw a many <span style="color: red;">Black Grouse</span> and a <span style="color: red;">lesser redpoll</span>. On the 24th we didn't see much other than <span style="color: red;">Siskins</span> plus we dipped on the <span style="color: red;">Ospreys</span> at Loch Garten! On the 25th we went to Loch Tarff and saw 2 cracking <span style="color: red;">Black Throated Divers</span> and also found a <span style="color: red;">Song Thrush</span> and a <span style="color: red;">Common Sandpiper</span> nest, also we saw a<span style="color: red;"> Dipper, Cuckoo</span> and a <span style="color: red;">Stonechat</span>. After we headed to loch Ruthven and saw <span style="color: red;">Slavonian Grebe</span> and an <span style="color: red;">Osprey</span>. On the 26th we had a look round a few different sites and saw <span style="color: red;">Whinchat, Cuckoo, Hooded Crows</span> and a <span style="color: red;">Grey Wagtail</span>. On the 27th we checked some nests we had found (<span style="color: red;">Common Sand, Oystercatcher</span>) and also had very close views of a <span style="color: red;">Common Sandpiper</span>. On the 28th we headed to the Cairngorms and saw a <span style="color: red;">Ptarmigan, 2 Ring Ouzel</span> and in a little wood nearby we saw<span style="color: red;"> 2 Wood Warblers, 3 Tree Pipits, Spottted Flycatchers</span> and a <span style="color: red;">Peregrine</span>. On the 29th we headed to Iona, Mull and saw one of my favourite birds, the <span style="color: red;">Corncrake</span>, we had great views of 2 and definitely one of my best ever highlights. On Mull we found 2 more <span style="color: red;">Oystercatchers </span>nests, 10 or so <span style="color: red;">Black Guillemots, Wheatear, Raven</span> and a <span style="color: red;">Stonechat</span>. </div>
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<u></u>Only a couple of days after our Scotland trip, on the 2nd we went to Suffolk as I was doing a talk on Springwatch extra!! I was nervous but otherwise I really really enjoyed it! I did the talk at Minsmere where before and after the talk we had some time to look around, we saw <span style="color: red;">2 Hobby, 2 Little Gull, Green Woodpecker</span> and a <span style="color: red;">Bearded Tit</span>. On the 22nd we went to Blacktoft again and had even better views of the male <span style="color: red;">Montagus</span> plus we saw a very nice <span style="color: red;">Ring Necked Duck</span> along with 2<span style="color: red;"> Spotted</span><span style="color: red;"> Redshank</span>.</div>
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On the 4th we saw one of my favourite birds of the year, a <span style="color: red;">LITTLE BITTERN</span>! One showed well at RSPB Oldmoor flying over the reedbeds giving great views at times. We also saw a <span style="color: red;">Black Necked Grebe</span> and<span style="color: red;"> 2 Kingfisher</span>. On the 21st we saw a <span style="color: red;">Golden Oriole</span> in Thirsk which gave very nice flight views across a small lake. </div>
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On the 5th and 6th we headed to the Spurn Migfest and saw tons of great species such as a cracking <span style="color: red;">BLACK STORK, Red Backed Shrike, Pied</span> and <span style="color: red;">Spotted Fly, Whinchat, Sooty Shearwater, Arctic Skua, Med Gull</span>. On the 6th I saw a <span style="color: red;">Barred Warbler, Short Eared Owl,</span> the same <span style="color: red;">Red Backed Shrike, Wheatear, Willow Warbler</span> and another <span style="color: red;">Whichat</span>. On the 13th we saw a <span style="color: red;">Woodchat Shrike</span> at Nosterfield.</div>
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This was by far one of my best months, on the 4th we had a visit to Spurn and had incredible views of a cracking <span style="color: red;">CITRINE WAGTAIL</span>, showed only a couple of feet away! On that day we also saw 3 <span style="color: red;">Yellow Browed Warblers, 2 Jack Snipe, Merlin, Redstart</span> and a <span style="color: red;">Lesser Redpoll</span>. On the 10th we had another trip to Spurn which turned out to be another productive trip, we saw<span style="color: red;"> 2 American Golden Plover, Richards Pipit, Black Redstart, Short Eared Owl, Barn Owl, 2 Merlin, Med Gull, Wheatear </span>and a <span style="color: red;">Great Skua</span>. On the 17th we had a trip to Flamborough where we saw some very nice species such as a <span style="color: red;">SIBERIAN STONECHAT</span>, <span style="color: red;">Pallas Warbler, Great Grey Shrike, Firecrest</span> and hundreds of <span style="color: red;">Goldcrest.</span> </div>
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On the 29th of October to the 1st of November we had a trip to Shetland, although we didn't really have any rarities we saw some very nice stuff including 5 <span style="color: red;">Short Eared Owl</span> including one which showed very well. We also saw <span style="color: red;">Twite, Brambling, Great Skua, Whooper Swans, Great Northern Divers, Red breasted Mergansers</span> and a few <span style="color: red;">Black Guillemot</span>. On the 8th we saw a really showy <span style="color: red;">FERRUGINOUS DUCK</span> at Washington which gave cracking views plus afterwards we headed to Mardsen and saw a very nice <span style="color: red;">ARCTIC WARBLER</span>, we had nice but brief views of this. </div>
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Early in December I attended the BTO Conference in Swanwick, there was tons of amazing talks on various different subjects. I wasn't doing a talk this year so I felt a bit more relaxed while there. On the 31st we had a days birding around the Cleveland area where first we went to Hartlepool and saw a cracking <span style="color: red;">Black Throated Diver</span> which showed very nicely in the Marina along with brief views of a <span style="color: red;">Great Northern Diver</span> and <span style="color: red;">Red Breasted Mergansers</span>. Afterwards we went to Ward Jackson Park where I got my final lifer of the year, <span style="color: red;">Ring Necked Parakeets</span>, we had a flock of five which showed nicely in the car park. After we went to Saltholme and Charlton Pond where we saw a <span style="color: red;">Smew, Scaup</span> and some <span style="color: red;">Goosander.</span></div>
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I have really enjoyed this year and its probably one of the best years I have had for birding. I finished the year on 195 for the year list which isn't quite as good as last year so in the new year I hope to get higher than both. My life list stands at 281 species with at least 30 new additions from 2015. I will aim for 300 in the new year! </div>
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Just outside Sumburgh on the shoreline we spotted tons of waders which included a few very nice <span style="color: red;">Purple Sandpipers</span> which showed pretty close at times plus just a little further down the road, on a little pool a good number of <span style="color: red;">Turnstone</span> showed well.</div>
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Afterwards we decided to visit Loch of Spiggie where on the loch there was good numbers of <span style="color: red;">Whooper Swan</span>, we had a count and we got about 70 in total. Also on the loch there was good numbers of <span style="color: red;">Goldeneye</span> and <span style="color: red;">Wigeon</span>. We then had a look on a beach where we spotted 2 distant <span style="color: red;">Great Northern Divers</span> and a few <span style="color: red;">Kittiwake</span>.</div>
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Today we decided to spend the day on Unst. We got two ferries across where on the first one we saw a <span style="color: red;">Great Skua</span> which was a very nice surprise. On both we also saw many more <span style="color: red;">Black Guillemots</span>. Once we arrived on Unst we headed to Hermanness as we heard there was a reserve there but unfortunately once we arrived we found out that it was closed! Although near the reserve we had a <span style="color: red;">Twite</span> and <span style="color: red;">Brambling</span>. We headed off towards another area when suddenly an <span style="color: red;">Otter</span> ran straight across the road! It ran across and posed nicely on a little hill where we got amazing views! after a couple of minutes it ran down into a ditch and into a pipe just under a small bridge. It was by far the best views we have got of one, a truly incredible moment!</div>
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We then moved on to Norwick to see what we could find. Firstly we went round a little coastal area where we had another <span style="color: red;">Otter</span> which was feeding fairly close to shore! But it didn't quite show as well as the other. Also we had a few <span style="color: red;">Rock Pipits</span> and <span style="color: red;">Turnstones</span>. After a while a woman very kindly let us have a walk round her garden as earlier that morning apparently she had<span style="color: red;"> Long Eared Owl, Yellow Browed Warbler</span> and <span style="color: red;">Firecrest</span> in there. In a good hour or so search we didn't find anything other than a good number of <span style="color: red;">Goldcrests</span>. </div>
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Today was our last day on Shetland. We spent most of the morning searching a few local areas but other than a <span style="color: red;">Black Guillemot</span> and lots of <span style="color: red;">Hooded Crows</span> we didn't see much else. I really enjoyed my time on Shetland and it is a place I will definitely visit again! I would say my overall highlight would either be the showy <span style="color: red;">Otter </span>or the showy <span style="color: red;">Short Eared Owl</span> as they were both amazing experiences! </div>
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About a week after we arrived back from Shetland a few nice birds had taken up residence in my area so the weekend after was spent trying to locate those. We had a couple of target birds, these were the <span style="color: red;">Ferruginous Duck</span> in Washington and the <span style="color: red;">Arctic Warbler</span> in Mardsen. Our first stop was the <span style="color: red;">Ferruginous Duck</span> at Washington. There is a bit of a debate on this bird being wild or not as it is in a pen full of captive <span style="color: red;">Ferruginous Ducks</span> but on the other hand the wild one is fully winged and has no rings so in my opinion it is wild. Once we arrived there was about 7 or so people looking including us. As you imagine it was quite hard picking out the wild one but after a while one of the males took flight across the small pool and you could clearly see no ring so thankfully we had our bird! It was a very small pool so as you imagine it showed really well.</div>
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We set off late morning and with a good couple of species already sighted we had high hopes. As we arrived we first checked the field opposite Westmere Farm for a <span style="color: red;">Richards Pipit</span> which had been present earlier that morning but unfortunately it was no where to be seen but the field was so big it could easily still be present. It wasn't a to good start but then someone told us about a male <span style="color: red;">Black Redstart</span> just across the road so we rushed over and soon enough there it was, sitting on a garden fence, showing really well, a top bird! We also had a chat with Andrew Dove who we have met at Spurn before and he told us about a few bits and pieces at Sammies Point like <span style="color: red;">Yellow Browed Warbler</span> and <span style="color: red;">Ring Ouzel</span> so we were going to have a look there but first we had a little walk across the Point but we didn't see much other than a couple of <span style="color: red;">Reed Buntings</span>.<br />
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We got news of a <span style="color: red;">Yellow Browed Warbler</span> in the Crown and Anchor car park so we had a quick look there but we had no luck other than a <span style="color: red;">Chiffchaff</span>. We then started heading towards Sammies but first we had one last look at the <span style="color: red;">Black Redstart</span> where we had some more nice views but thanks to a few people who were watching it they told us hat the<span style="color: red;"> Richards Pipit</span> was showing! We quickly went to the spot and although it took me quite a while to get on the bird I finally got to see it and got some nice views. </div>
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While we were watching it a <span style="color: red;">Merlin </span>flew over chasing some <span style="color: red;">starlings</span>. After seeing the <span style="color: red;">Pipit</span> we started our drive over to Sammies where on the way we had another <span style="color: red;">Merlin</span> fly over. Once we arrived we met Steve Furber who is someone I know of Twitter, after a while he kindly pointed out a <span style="color: red;">Short Eared Owl</span> to us which was hunting over the paddocks. We spotted a couple of<span style="color: red;"> Goldfinch</span> feeding on some thistle which we stayed to photograph for a while.</div>
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On our walk we also had 2 <span style="color: red;">Med Gulls</span> fly over plus near the end we had brief views of a <span style="color: red;">Barn Owl</span>. On the walk back I saw a big bird flying over the Humber I looked through my bins to see that it was a <span style="color: red;">Great Skua</span>! This was a very nice surprise. Just as we were about to leave a Woman told us of an <span style="color: red;">American Golden Plover</span> on Kilnsea so we rushed over. As we were walking people were saying it had flown towards the Humber but then some people were saying its back so we quickly went up to the viewing area. As we arrived Matt Bruce (someone I know off Twitter) said it had flown off but thankfully he was just joking around and it was still present! Matt let me look through his scope and I got to see the bird well! I was talking to a few other birders when someone said there is 2!! So I went to go and have a look at the other but on this one there was much debate on weather it was one or not but from the sounds of it now it sounds like it was one! I thought the day possibly couldn't get any better! A truly incredible and memorable moment! I also got to chat to Jonnie Fisk as well who I have seen many times at Spurn before. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11133954452968996564noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725096220649628687.post-25843438160412900692015-10-06T06:55:00.001-07:002015-10-06T06:55:48.678-07:00Superb Spurn! This Weekend I was begging my Dad to take me to Spurn as it just looked amazing! On the Saturday there was <span style="color: red;">Pied Wheatear, Citrine Wagtail, Olive Backed Pipit</span> and tons of <span style="color: red;">Yellow Browed Warblers</span> so thankfully I managed to convince my Dad to go on the Sunday, I couldn't wait! <br />
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On the Sunday morning it didn't look to good as there didn't look like there was any sign of any of the birds accept the <span style="color: red;">Yellow Browed Warblers</span> but that was still good enough for me! As we were about to set of news came through of the <span style="color: red;">Citrine Wagtail</span> still being present so that was great news! When we weren't to far away we got news of an <span style="color: red;">Arctic Warbler</span> and a <span style="color: red;">Little Bunting</span> being trapped and ringed. For the <span style="color: red;">Little Bunting</span> we were only about 5mins away but we got a little stuck in traffic so unfortunately we missed it.<br />
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Once we arrived we went to Churchfield to see if we could spot the <span style="color: red;">Arctic Warbler</span> but sadly we missed that to! After a while of waiting we headed up to Canal Scrape in search of the <span style="color: red;">Citrine Wagtail</span>. Thankfully it was still present and showed amazingly well, it was right in front of the hide! It didn't seem bothered what so ever, such a tame bird. Definitly one of my fav birding highlights this year!<br />
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After watching the <span style="color: red;">Wagtail</span> for a while we headed up to the Warren to see if much was about. On the way a <span style="color: red;">Merlin</span> flew over our heads which was very nice to see! A <span style="color: red;">Yellow Browed Warbler</span> was showing in some trees just behind the ringing area where we managed to get some nice but brief views also in the trees there was a <span style="color: red;">Willow Warbler</span> flitting about. After we had a walk on the triangle where some people pointed out a <span style="color: red;">Redstart</span> to us which was a nice surprise, it was quite distant but still nice to see.</div>
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We then went to Canal Scrape to get seconds of the<span style="color: red;"> Citrine Wagtail</span> but unfortunately it was no where to be seen however we saw a couple of<span style="color: red;"> Jack Snipe</span>, one was fairly distant but my Dad spotted one which was really close and showed really well along with a <span style="color: red;">Common Snipe</span>.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11133954452968996564noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725096220649628687.post-72142039354293409042015-09-13T11:54:00.001-07:002015-09-13T11:54:37.444-07:00Wonderful Woodchat!This morning I went through my usual rota of checking if anything unusual had been spotted in my local area and it came to my surprise that a <span style="color: red;">Woodchat Shrike</span> had been spotted at Nosterfield! This was quite unexpected as I would usually think of a <span style="color: red;">Woodchat</span> turning up at the coast plus brilliant news was that Nosterfield was only about half an hour away! As far as I knew we weren't doing anything this afternoon so as you expected we spent this afternoon looking for the <span style="color: red;">Woodchat</span>. <br />
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Upon arrival the bird was on show straight away which was brilliant news! For nearly all the time it stayed within a little patch of broken branches, thistle and bushes apart from one time it flew up onto a fence post. It was fairly distant but thankfully we had brought the scope for once! It was much better looking at it from the scope. This <span style="color: red;">Woodchat </span>was a Juvenile which aren't quite as nice as the adults but it was still quite a striking bird. Through the scope you could see whenever it flew a couple of big white wing bars which stood out very clearly and made it very distinctive. This is my 2nd <span style="color: red;">Shrike</span> in a week (<span style="color: red;">Red Backed</span> at Spurn) and my 3rd this year! Here is a few record shots of the bird, they are pretty awful but it was pretty distant! <br />
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Before we arrived at Spurn we had a good bit of time to spare so we used that time to try our luck and search for the Sunk Island <span style="color: red;">Black Stork</span>. Good news was that news came out of it still present when we were just 10mins away!! Thankfully we got to see this cracking bird even though it was right at the back of a ditch, some people let us look through their scopes where we got great views. The <span style="color: red;">Black Stork</span> is Definitly one I have always wanted to see, I was really pleased to have seen it plus I have found out that it was ringed in France this year and that another one of its siblings is also in the UK! A great bit of info!!<br />
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Once we arrived it wasn't long before we started Young Birder of the Year but before it was great to catch up with Findlay and Evie. The Young Birder of the Year was part of 5 different stages which included Sea Watching, Lab, Bushes, Estuary and Vis Mig. All of these stages were very enjoyable and it was great fun to be taking part. On the Sea Watching stage I even managed to see a cracking <span style="color: red;">Sooty Shearwater</span> which was a first for me! I think the one I found hardest was the Lab test as this was on bird call id and feather id and I wasn't to good on that but still it was good fun! </div>
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After everyone had completed their stages we had to wait half an hour to get our results so in that half an hour me and Findlay went off to find the <span style="color: red;">Red Backed Shrike</span> in corner field and as soon as we arrived the little beauty was already on show! across the field sitting of a fence giving great views! Unfortunately we couldn't stay long so we then quickly rushed back up to the Warren to get our results. In some bushes next to the Warren a <span style="color: red;">Pied Flycatcher</span> gave some very nice views!</div>
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When we arrived at the Warren a nice buffet had been prepared for us which we all seemed to enjoy. After we had finished all of us got ready for the results unfortunately though I didn't win but I wasn't to bothered as I was pleased just to take part and have fun in the competition. Findlay won the competition, Well Done! I hope they do this again next year as I really did enjoy it plus thank you Nick Whitehouse and the Friends of Spurn for organising the event. </div>
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Afterwards me, Fin and Evie went to go and have another look at the <span style="color: red;">Red Backed Shrike</span> where it showed in more or less the same place but we had very nice scope views. We all then moved down the way of the Crown and Anchor where we saw a very showy <span style="color: red;">Spotted Flycatcher</span> plus a <span style="color: red;">Pied Fly</span> was also on show but it was very flighty. The <span style="color: red;">Pied Fly</span> at the Warren showed a lot better and gave nice photo opportunities.</div>
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After watching some <span style="color: red;">Knot, Redshank, Ringed Plover</span> and <span style="color: red;">Dunlin</span> on the Humber we then moved to Westmere Farm in search of a <span style="color: red;">Barred Warbler</span> which had just been found. We waited and waited but with nothing accept <span style="color: red;">Willow Warblers</span> and huge amounts of <span style="color: red;">Swallows</span> we then had a walk to Kilnsea Wetlands where me and Fin managed to find some <span style="color: red;">Med Gulls</span> which were a nice surprise. Other than a couple of <span style="color: red;">Dunlin</span> and <span style="color: red;">Little Egret</span> there wasn't much else. We then decided to go and do a bit of Sea Watching where we had 4 <span style="color: red;">Sooty Shearwaters, Arctic Skuas, Gannet</span>, a couple of <span style="color: red;">Auk sp</span>, <span style="color: red;">Red Throated Diver</span> and a few <span style="color: red;">Terns</span>. After almost an hour of sea watching we headed back of to Westmere Farm to get ready for our Young Birder of the Year prizes and of course the Hog Roast! </div>
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That evening we all got out Hog Roast and then all got presented with our prizes, I got a copy of Martin Garners Challenge series Winter, a Trophy, Membership for Spurn and a 2 night stay at the Warren! After that we had a talk from Yoav Perlman who gave a very interesting talk about migration of birds in Israel, some amounts of birds they got were huge! After we said our goodbyes to Fin and his Mum Heather as they were leaving that evening. After me and my Dad headed of to the Crown and Anchor to put an end to a top day!</div>
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After sleeping in the car we decided to start the day off with a seawatch. After a good amount of species going past yesterday we had high hopes for today but it turns out we hardly saw a thing! The sea was very quiet with only just a couple of <span style="color: red;">Gannets</span> going past. We waited a little longer but then we had news of a <span style="color: red;">Barred Warbler</span> opposite Bluebell Café so as you could imagine that was our next destination. Thankfully the bird was showing upon arrival making its way through the backs of bushes but after a while it flew a little further down the road and showed exceptionally well! Right at the front of the bushes! It showed like that for a good 5-10min before flying across to the Caravan site and out of view. A cracking bird and Definitly the best views I have had of this species. </div>
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We then moved on to see if we could get any better views of the<span style="color: red;"> Red Backed Shrike</span> but unfortunately it didn't come any closer. After watching the <span style="color: red;">Shrike</span> we went down to Westmere farm to see if we could see another <span style="color: red;">Barred Warbler</span> but this one seemed to be very elusive so we just then decided to carry on back up to the Warren to see if any ringing was taking place. The ringing was a great success as we got to see several <span style="color: red;">Lesser Redpolls, Lesser Whitethroat</span> and a <span style="color: red;">Meadow Pipit</span>. The <span style="color: red;">Redpolls</span> were amazing to see up close. The <span style="color: red;">Redpoll</span> isn't a species I haven't seen to well in the past so it was a great experience to get to see them like this. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11133954452968996564noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725096220649628687.post-61163615649456521412015-07-22T01:51:00.000-07:002015-07-22T01:51:08.657-07:00Golden Moment!Yesterday evening news popped up of a <span style="color: red;">Golden Oriole</span> in Thirsk which is only about half an hour away so as you probably expected we were soon ready to go! <br />
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We got a little lost at first but thankfully we found the fishing lakes where it had apparently been spotted. A few <span style="color: red;">Yellow Wagtails</span> on the way in was a very nice bonus. We started walking towards the lakes on where it had been seen by and it came to our luck that we saw it straight away! It briefly flew across one side of the lake and then back again, it allowed us to have a very nice look through the bins at it and all the colours stood out very nicely. Afterwards we had a little walk round to see if we could see it in the trees but all we saw was a nice pair of <span style="color: red;">Blackcaps</span>. A big group of birders had now gathered and soon enough we spotted it quite distantly flying above the trees on the far side of the lake but unfortunately this view was very brief and the <span style="color: red;">Oriole</span> was gone quickly. While waiting it was amazing to see the amount of<span style="color: red;"> Swallows</span> which were picking of insects off the water, it was great to watch! About 10 minutes later someone spotted it going over the lake fairly close to where we were standing so I quickly fired of a couple of shots and I managed to get a few decent record shots showing some distinctive features. <br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11133954452968996564noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725096220649628687.post-82860256221303151222015-07-06T13:17:00.001-07:002015-07-06T13:17:03.581-07:00LITTLE BITTERN!!!!Early Saturday morning we had a visit to RSPB Oldmoor in hope of seeing the cracking Male <span style="color: red;">Little Bittern</span> which had been seen on site in the past couple of days. This is one bird I have always wanted to see so I was really determined to see it. <br />
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There was a couple of times when the <span style="color: red;">Little Bittern</span> was called out by people in the hide but unfortunately with all the mist it was hard to get the bins on it so we missed it! At one point I just about almost clocked it but more or less as soon as I lifted my bins, someone shouted it has gone down behind the hide! Typical it just looked like it wasn't going to be my day today but thankfully late morning the mist just about cleared and someone said "going left" and thankfully I managed to spot it! It did a great flew through over the pond and into the reeds in the corner next to the Bittern Bus Stop! It was great, I got to see all the features and how amazing the bird it is! Definitly one of the best birds I have seen this year. I was so pleased!!! It was also great to see the massive distinctive white patch on its wings.</div>
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After we went to Marshland Hide well I think that was it called, from there we didn't see much other than plenty of <span style="color: red;">Black headed Gulls</span>, many of them had chicks also there was a <span style="color: red;">Little Grebe</span> on the water. We then went to the Reception area where the staff told us there was 2 <span style="color: red;">Spotted Redshanks</span> from the hide next to the First Hide so that is where we went next where we managed to spot the <span style="color: red;">Spotted Redshanks</span> plus with them was a <span style="color: red;">Greenshank</span> which was also very nice to see. We then went to the Singelton Hide where we saw the Male <span style="color: red;">Monties</span> again but from a distance also there was tons of <span style="color: red;">Marsh Harriers</span>. In front of the hide there was a couple of <span style="color: red;">Sedge Warblers</span> flitting around. </div>
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Afterwards me and my Dad were allowed to look round the reserve for an hour. We headed off in the direction of the Bittern hide. We took a look in the Bittern hide but unfortunately we saw no <span style="color: red;">Bitterns</span>, we then moved on to the Island Mere where we saw all the cameras which were focused on the <span style="color: red;">sticklebacks</span> where we even saw Spineless Si! From Island Mere we saw a cracking <span style="color: red;">Hobby</span> which hawked at lightening speed across the reeds hunting Dragonflies as it did, a great thing to watch! <br />
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Then it was time for the show! We rushed back and got all set up and I was ready to go. Once on all the nerves dropped and from the first question I really enjoyed it, it is one thing I will always remember. I hope from everyone who watched it enjoyed it and I would just like to saw a massive thanks to the whole Springwatch team for having me and allowing on the show. But it wasn't over as I got to go on Springwatch Unsprung that night too!! But before all that we had a few more hours around the reserve. This time we went in the way of the East hide where we were hoping to see some <span style="color: red;">Little Gulls</span>. The scrapes from the hide were packed with birds. There were tons of<span style="color: red;"> Gulls</span> and we thought we would never spot the <span style="color: red;">Little Gulls</span> in this but thankfully I spotted 2 of them on the back end of the scrape! they were very distant but still nice to see. Also around the hide we spotted <span style="color: red;">Barnacle Geese</span>, <span style="color: red;">Oystercatchers, Little Egret, Avocet</span> and we saw another <span style="color: red;">Hobby</span>.</div>
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After we went back to the studio to watch the live Springwatch show and then after when that had finished we headed moved into the audience of the Springwatch Unsprung show which was great to watch live. It was great hearing about different Reptiles in the UK especially about <span style="color: red;">Sand Lizards</span>, I haven't seen them in the UK before but it is one species which I am hoping to see soon! After we left and began the 4hour journey back to York but what a great time we have had! </div>
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<u>Day 1</u><br />
Most of this day was driving. Yay... To be honest I was not looking forward to the 6-7hr drive but once we were through the highlands it got a little better as two <span style="color: red;">Ospreys</span> passed straight over the car! A very nice start to our holiday. Once we arrived we had a little time down at Loch Killin where we found a 2 <span style="color: red;">Common Sandpiper</span> and an <span style="color: red;">Oystercatcher</span> nest! <br />
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This day started of quite well with a <span style="color: red;">Black Grouse</span> lek just down the road which involved about 10 birds which was very nice to see. We also had a couple of<span style="color: red;"> Stonechat</span> by the road and a possible <span style="color: red;">Mealy Redpoll</span> but we didn't get a good enough look to be certain. Later on in the day we had a walk to a little place called Foyers where we saw lots of <span style="color: red;">Buzzards, Siskins</span> and a <span style="color: red;">Lesser Redpoll</span>.<br />
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Today we went to Loch Garten in hope of seeing the <span style="color: red;">Ospreys</span>, Odin and EJ but we had no luck with either but on and around the feeders we saw lots of <span style="color: red;">Siskins</span> and a couple of <span style="color: red;">Wood Mouse</span>.<br />
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Today was a very productive day as in the morning we started of at Loch Tarff where we found 2 cracking summer plumaged <span style="color: red;">Black Throated Divers</span>!! They were amazing to watch. Around Loch Tarff we also found another <span style="color: red;">Common Sand</span> nest plus a <span style="color: red;">Song Thrush</span> also we saw a <span style="color: red;">Cuckoo</span>, a <span style="color: red;">Dipper</span> and a <span style="color: red;">Stonechat</span>. We also found 3 <span style="color: red;">Common Gull</span> nests, by the end of the holiday this total raised to 8! After we went to Loch Ruthven in hope of seeing the <span style="color: red;">Slavonian Grebes</span>. On the way we saw about 10 <span style="color: red;">Hares</span> which showed very well by the side of the road! we saw about 4 <span style="color: red;">Slavonian Grebes</span> in total but all quite distant but still great to see and in the car park we had an <span style="color: red;">Osprey</span> which circled the car for several minutes. We then moved up to Tomatin in hope of seeing some<span style="color: red;"> Eagles</span> but despite waiting a couple of hours we didn't see any but we had another <span style="color: red;">Osprey </span>which sat amazingly in a tree where it gave brilliant scope views also we saw a <span style="color: red;">Spotted Flycatcher</span>. </div>
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Today was another fairly quiet day where we saw tons of <span style="color: red;">Red Deer</span>, we also checked all of our nests plus at Loch Killin we had amazing views of a <span style="color: red;">Common Sandpiper</span>. </div>
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Today we went to the Cairngorms!!!! I really couldn't wait! On the way we spotted 4 <span style="color: red;">Reindeer</span> by the road and they all came very close and all were great to see. Once we had parked we started our trek up to the summit but once we got about half way up the weather just got absolutely horrible and people coming down said it was just getting worse and worse, it was snowing, hail stoning and really strong winds and we just thought would anything be out in this weather? After getting a few more bad messages from some other people we decided to come back but thankfully we did see some <span style="color: red;">Ptarmigan</span>!! Also at the bottom a Male <span style="color: red;">Ring Ouzel</span> gave fantastic views, definitely the best I have had! </div>
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After we came down we picked up my Mum and my brother who looked around Aviemore as they didn't want to come up the mountain and they told us they had a look round a little reserve nearby, I couldn't remember what the name of the place was but they said they had seen <span style="color: red;">Wood Warblers</span> there so after that I was straight over. After only about 5mins around the place we heard the distinctive call of the <span style="color: red;">Wood Warbler</span> and soon enough we then found it! It showed very well at times also we saw <span style="color: red;">Tree Pipits</span> including a recently fledged one which showed quite well. We also saw a <span style="color: red;">Peregrine</span>, <span style="color: red;">Lesser Redpoll, Spotted Flys</span> and a few <span style="color: red;">Willow Warblers</span>.</div>
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Today was one of my favourite days of the holiday as we had a day trip to Mull!! To be honest the drive plus the ferries felt like about 3hrs but it was all completely worth it. On the first ferry I managed to spot a <span style="color: red;">Bottlenose Dolphin</span> which was very nice to see. We then drove down to Iona in hope of seeing a bird which is probably one of my most wanted birds, the <span style="color: red;">Corncrake</span>!! On the way we saw plenty of <span style="color: red;">Buzzards</span>, a <span style="color: red;">Cuckoo</span> and tons of <span style="color: red;">Hooded Crows</span>. We managed to get the ferry to Iona after just missing one but thankfully we got across to Iona. We were told that they could be seen from a field behind the Fire Station so that's where we headed but unfortunately we heard nothing or saw nothing. Meanwhile me and my Dad went off looking for them and we left My Mum and my Brother behind to look round. Me and my Dad didn't see much other than a group of <span style="color: red;">Dunlin, Ringed Plover</span> and an<span style="color: red;"> Eider</span>. After a while we started to walk back and anyway my Mum was calling me over saying she had heard a sort of croaking sound and she said she saw something what looked like a skinny chicken! We knew almost instantly what it was and then she took us straight to the spot and straight away we heard the call and then 2 <span style="color: red;">Corncrakes</span> ran out of the long grass!! Yes!! One went away quite quickly but the other one stayed long enough for us to get a great look at such a cracking bird. From that day on my Mum has been bragging about how she found them, mostly every day she has mentioned it! but anyway well done for finding them Mum! </div>
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Surprisingly we didn't get lost on our way which is a big surprise, thankfully the directions were easier than we thought! While walking to the hide the <span style="color: red;">Swifts</span> were amazing, they were flying just a couple of feet above our heads! Plus a <span style="color: red;">Willow Warbler</span> was also very nice to see. Once we arrived we saw the <span style="color: red;">Lesser Scaup</span> almost immediately but sadly it was asleep and after only about 10 seconds it went to sit on the back of the island and out of view. great... We did have a nice supporting cast of 2 <span style="color: red;">Arctic Tern, Common Tern</span> and <span style="color: red;">Oystercatchers</span> which one pair had 2 chicks. We had to wait about an hour before the <span style="color: red;">Lesser Scaup</span> showed itself again, they was a disturbance of the <span style="color: red;">Tufted Ducks</span> on the back of the islands and they all swam out onto the water and thankfully the <span style="color: red;">lesser Scaup</span> was with them and awake and feeding! Get in! It swam right in front of the hide where it gave stunning views, absolutely awesome. It did get a bit of stick though of the local <span style="color: red;">Tufties</span>, but still it didn't seem bothered one bit. Also in the hide it was very nice to meet David Aitken who is the head warden at Bempton Cliffs and a great person I know off Twitter. <br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11133954452968996564noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725096220649628687.post-58346174803470061732015-05-03T14:27:00.002-07:002015-05-03T14:27:09.099-07:00Magic Montagu'sI was really looking forward to this weekend as at the start of the week I heard about a pair of <span style="color: red;">Montagu's Harriers</span> which were breeding at Blacktoft Sands which was just under an hour away! <br />
As soon as the clock hit around 6.30am on a cracking Saturday morning we were off. This is one species I have always wanted to see so I was really looking to seeing them. <br />
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As we left the car we spotted a small bird making its way through the vegetation, at one point I managed to get my bins on it and saw that it was a very nice <span style="color: red;">Reed Warbler</span>. As we walked to the main entrance the reeds were alive with bird song mainly with<span style="color: red;"> Reed</span> and <span style="color: red;">Sedge</span> <span style="color: red;">Warblers</span> but later on we heard and had brief views of a <span style="color: red;">Cetti's Warbler</span>. We rushed over to the Singleton Hide as that was were the Harriers were best viewed from. Within only a couple of minutes we had our first brief view of the cracking male <span style="color: red;">Montagu's Harrier</span>, it didn't really stay long but it was still amazing to see. After about half an hour the hide started to fill up and it became a lot more cramped. Thankfully though we got a seat early. We had to wait about another 20mins and we had more brief of the female <span style="color: red;">Montagu's Harrier</span>. We spent about another 1hr to 2hrs waiting and thankfully they showed really well towards the end, both were up for a very good 5-10mins which was awesome to see, even though they were a little distant they were both brilliant to see! Plus to see a breeding pair was awesome! Here is a couple of record shots I managed to get. Over the hide we spotted our first <span style="color: red;">Swift</span> of the year plus there was plenty of <span style="color: red;">Marsh Harriers</span> flying over the reeds plus many pairs we food dropping. <br />
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We then went to the Reception Hide where we saw a few <span style="color: red;">Avocets</span> and a flypast <span style="color: red;">Little Egret</span>. We then moved onto the Xerox Hide where we were hoping to see a pair of <span style="color: red;">Garganey</span> which had been seen there early that morning. My Dad almost immediately spotted them on one of the islands in the middle of the lake. Sadly though they were both asleep, (great...) the only time they were awake was when a <span style="color: red;">Marsh Harrier</span> flew low over the islands but both of them were very nice to see. There was also a <span style="color: red;">Greenshank</span> wading in front of the hide. </div>
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When we reached the Reedbed Lake we had a few target species such as <span style="color: red;">Little Ringed Plovers</span> and <span style="color: red;">Wood Sandpipers</span>. We spotted a distant <span style="color: red;">Ringed Plover</span> but no <span style="color: red;">Little Rings</span>. Suddenly most of the <span style="color: red;">Lapwings</span> lifted, I looked up to see 2 small birds of prey going over head, I looked through my bins to see that they were a pair of <span style="color: red;">Hobbies</span>! a great year tick! Thankfully the <span style="color: red;">Hobbies</span> lifted a few more waders and we managed to spot 2 <span style="color: red;">Little Ringed Plovers</span> on the closer islands. We then headed of to the newish hide at the top of the reserve where right in front of the hide we spotted 3 stunning <span style="color: red;">Yellow Wagtails</span>! These are probably one of my fav birds. Also distantly we had our first 2 <span style="color: red;">Common Terns</span> of the year plus we had a distant <span style="color: red;">Common Sandpiper</span>. </div>
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Throughout most of the day we kept our eyes to the sky just in case we even got a glimpse of a <span style="color: red;">Swallow </span>or an <span style="color: red;">Osprey</span> but we had no luck but a 'booming' <span style="color: red;">Bittern</span> was very nice to hear. Thankfully we did get to see the <span style="color: red;">Black Necked Grebes</span> and what little crackers they are, such nice birds. We saw 4 in total and 2 of them came a little closer than the others. After that we had a little drive over to Fairburn where we had a very interesting surprise, a <span style="color: red;">Cetti's Warbler</span>! Last time we saw one was in Cornwall a couple of years ago plus I was very surprised to see that they had moved this far north, a truly amazing surprise! On the feeders around Fairburn we had <span style="color: red;">Reed Buntings</span> and a Male <span style="color: red;">Bullfinch</span>. We also saw this very odd but incredible duck on one of the lakes, I think it was a hybrid of some sort but not sure, surely if birds had best hairstyle competition this would win. <br />
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Afterwards we had a look in the Kew ringing area where we were incredibly lucky! A <span style="color: red;">Sparrow Hawk</span> was in one of the traps! A great result plus soon enough someone was along to ring it. The bad thing was though 2 <span style="color: red;">Starlings</span> was in a smaller trap next to it and one found its way into the <span style="color: red;">Sparrow Hawks</span> trap.... As you probably thought it didn't really end well for the<span style="color: red;"> starling</span>, the <span style="color: red;">Sparrow Hawk</span> didn't kill it but when we let it go it didn't look to clever. It was great to get to see the <span style="color: red;">Sprawk</span> so close but I bet the ringer wasn't to happy as it gave him a massive scratch on his face. Here is a couple of pics of when it was in the trap. </div>
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On Sunday we had a drive down to Cheshire as a good friend of mine (Findlay Wilde) told us that there would be a high tide at Parkgate and that there would be one or two <span style="color: red;">Hen Harriers</span> around. <span style="color: red;">Hen Harriers</span> have had a big decline in the past couple of years due mainly to shooting which is pathetic as why would anyone want to shoot such a beautiful bird. Soon this bird could be gone from England and none of us want to see such a superb bird disappear. Once we arrived at Parkgate we started scanning for whatever we could find, we picked up lots of <span style="color: red;">Black Tailed Godwit</span>, <span style="color: red;">Little Egret</span> and a couple of<span style="color: red;"> Redshank</span> but sadly no <span style="color: red;">Hen Harriers</span> plus sadly the weather was shocking, mist everywhere and it was chucking it down with rain so it made it quite difficult to see things.</div>
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Our first destination was the long staying <span style="color: red;">Black Bellied Dipper</span> at Harpham although we have seen this bird in the past it is in a very beautiful spot with some of the clearest waters I have ever seen (we even saw a Trout jump). More or less as soon as we stepped off the little wooden footbridge we spotted this confiding little bird and only seconds later Mark (someone I know off Twitter) and Nigel appeared who we seem to see pretty much everywhere we go, it was great to catch up with them. Also on the beck I had brief views of a <span style="color: red;">Kingfisher</span> fly by which unfortunately my Dad missed (unlucky Dad). <br />
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We then headed of towards Sewerby in hope of seeing the <span style="color: red;">Red Necked Grebes</span>. As soon as we arrived at the right spot, well at least we hoped it was the right spot, we started scanning the sea for the <span style="color: red;">Grebes</span>. We spotted a couple of <span style="color: red;">Eiders</span>, <span style="color: red;">Shags</span> but not a single <span style="color: red;">Grebe</span>. After a while Mark and Nigel arrived as they had basically planned the same day as us, with the help of them we spotted a <span style="color: red;">Grebe</span> but sadly it was miles out to sea so it was just to hard to identify. We spent a little while more waiting and hoping the <span style="color: red;">Grebes</span> would appear but sadly they didn't in the end. We then moved onto South Landing for the <span style="color: red;">Black Redstart</span> and the <span style="color: red;">Scandinavian Rock Pipits</span>.</div>
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As soon as we arrived on the beach, tons of <span style="color: red;">Pipits</span> flew over our head and we noticed they were coming down on a big line of seaweed to feed on what ever they could find. As we got closer we knew they were all <span style="color: red;">Rock Pipits</span> but the bad thing is they were really flighty but with a bit of patience they came right in front of us, we reckon we had about 5 <span style="color: red;">Scandinavian Rock Pipits</span> in amongst the seaweed, a few were more strongly marked than others. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11133954452968996564noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725096220649628687.post-55035919273865948032015-03-01T13:17:00.000-08:002015-03-01T13:17:22.834-08:00No More Dipping This Dipper! This morning I was hoping the <span style="color: red;">Waxwing</span> would show for a little while as it was a very nice day to get some photos but despite waiting for a while there was no sign until late afternoon when my Mum spotted it but by then we were already on the hunt for something else... <br />
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Me and my Dad were on our way to see the <span style="color: red;">Black Bellied Dipper</span> in Harpham with positive news on it this morning our hopes were high. After about an hours drive we finally arrived at the right spot. There was only one birder on site so we asked him and he said he had a good walk up and down the stream and he couldn't see it. Please no......... I really didn't want to dip the <span style="color: red;">Dipper</span> 2 times in a row so with not as high hopes we decided to have a walk up the stream. Thankfully within only about 2 minutes my Dad spotted it on the other side of the stream, get in!!!! I am really pleased to have seen this bird as I have heard on how well it has been showing. At one point it flew to the closer side of the stream where it came within about 4 feet, it was awesome to get so close. One of my best highlights this year so far. It was great watching bobbing up and down the stream looking for anything it can eat. A superb bird!!!!!!! It is much better when they show well. <br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11133954452968996564noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725096220649628687.post-5639927792721159582015-02-17T09:51:00.000-08:002015-02-17T09:51:01.527-08:00Waxwing!!!!!!This morning I was a little bored as I couldn't go out as my Dad was at work so instead I did some Garden birding which was pretty good. From my garden I saw:<br />
<span style="color: red;">Chaffinch</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Goldfinch</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Robin</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Blackbird</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Collard Dove</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Wood Pigeon</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Blue Tit</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Coal Tit</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Great Tit </span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Wren </span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Sparrow Hawk</span><br />
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After a little while I decided to go and check the big Rowan tree just outside my house hoping to spot a <span style="color: red;">Fieldfare</span> or <span style="color: red;">Redwing</span>. I had a quick scan of the tree and I quickly spotted a little blob at the top of the tree, I lifted my bins and I nearly dropped them, there was a <span style="color: red;">Waxwing</span> sitting at the top of the Rowan Tree!!!!!!!!! Superb!!!! This brightened up my day a lot! As you could probably imagine I was really excited, I sprinted to go and get my camera, I was a little worried it would fly of before I got there but thankfully it didn't. I put the news out on a few sites and fairly soon a couple of people arrived and saw the bird well. It showed very well right out in the open which allowed me to get some nice shots. My Dad was at work so he was very jealous and he said he would be back in about an hour but about 5 minutes before he arrived the <span style="color: red;">Waxwing</span> flew off! When I told him you could probably imagine how he felt. While I was watching it another 2 <span style="color: red;">Waxwings</span> flew over but those 2 didn't land. <br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11133954452968996564noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725096220649628687.post-67230256734371236942015-02-16T12:29:00.004-08:002015-02-16T12:31:10.552-08:00Crackers at the Coast!!!On Sunday morning me and my Dad took interest in a <span style="color: red;">Black Bellied Dipper</span> which was around a place called Harpham which was only about an hour from me. We also had a few other target species to see which were the <span style="color: red;">Surf Scoter</span> at Filey, the <span style="color: red;">Rough Legged Buzzard</span> at Grindale and the<span style="color: red;"> Greenland White Fronted Goose</span> at Flamborough. <br />
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At around 9am we arrived at the right spot (surprisingly!!) for the <span style="color: red;">Black Bellied Dipper</span> but sadly we asked around and not a single person had seen it, No!!!! We searched for quite a while but we didn't manage to relocate it. After a while we headed of to Grindale for the <span style="color: red;">Rough Legged Buzzard</span>.<br />
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At Grindale there was a few people with scopes so we asked them if they had seen that to and they said no!! What a brilliant start..... We waited and waited hoping to catch a glimpse of the <span style="color: red;">Buzzard</span> but we had no luck. Someone then said who was waiting for the <span style="color: red;">Buzzard</span> that the<span style="color: red;"> Surf Scoter</span> was showing well at Filey so with no news on the <span style="color: red;">Greenland White Fronted Goose</span>, Filey was our next destination. With high hopes we rushed over to Filey Brigg, thankfully as soon as we arrived some birders pointed it out to us, Finally!! What a little cracker, a superb bird. One of my best highlights this year so far, views were brilliant, it was feeding just of the rocks plus through the scope it looked awesome, the light wasn't to good for pics but here is some of the shots I took. <br />
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After a good hour or so watching the<span style="color: red;"> Surf Scoter</span> we headed to Flambrough in hope of seeing the <span style="color: red;">Greenland White Fronted Goose</span>, we had some news it was still there so that was good to hear. It was quite a walk round to see it but while we were walking around we spotted <span style="color: red;">Guillemots, Razorbills</span>, a <span style="color: red;">Common Scoter</span> and a <span style="color: red;">Stonechat</span>. Thankfully we saw the bird but sadly it was very distant but we had nice scope views. Afterwards we went in search of the <span style="color: red;">Rough Legged Buzzard</span> again and this time we saw it! This was also quite distant but still we had great scope views, the main thing is that we saw it.</div>
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We were about to go home when some people said there was a few <span style="color: red;">Snow Buntings</span> just down the road at Wold Newton so we had a quick look there before we went home, we managed to see at least one <span style="color: red;">Snow Bunting</span> which we only saw very clearly flying around the field in a mixed flock of <span style="color: red;">Linnet</span>, <span style="color: red;">Yellowhammer</span> and we also managed to spot a <span style="color: red;">Corn Bunting</span> in amongst them. </div>
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