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Tag Archives: Common Tern
Spring Additions
After a great time in Scotland the next day out was a damp Saturday where we headed over to Wimbledon Common in the hope of finding the Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers that had been there, but to no avail. Plenty of … Continue reading
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Tagged ashdown forest, Black-necked Grebe, brambling, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, common sandpiper, Common Tern, Garden Warbler, Hobby, House Martin, lesser whitethroat, Little Ringed Plover, Rainham Marshes, red kite, redstart, Reed Warbler, Sand Martin, Sedge Warbler, short-eared owl, skylark, staines moor, staines reservoir, Swarovski, swift, Tree Pipit, Walthamstow, Walthamstow Reservoirs, walthamstow wetlands, Wanstead Flats, Wheatear, whitethroat, Willow Warbler, woodlark
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Spring Update
Spring has been very rewarding this year. After we returned from Wales the birds started to arrive, and we’ve even got ourselves a life tick – and one from this year’s list of five targets, no less. Firstly, it was … Continue reading
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Tagged Arctic Tern, Birding, birds, Blackcap, Bramfield, buzzard, Chiffchaff, claybury, common sandpiper, Common Tern, common whitethroat, fairlop, Fox, garganey, Green Woodpecker, Hobby, lesser whitethroat, little gull, Little Ringed Plover, lockwood reservoir, Marsh Harrier, ornithology, owls, peregrine, photo, photography, Pied Flycatcher, Rainham Marshes, red fox, red-crested pochard, Redshank, redstart, Reed Bunting, Reed Warbler, regents park, RSPB, russia dock, Sanderling, Sedge Warbler, short-eared owl, Sparrowhawk, staines moor, stave hill, Stock Dove, stocker's lake, Stonechat, tottenham, tottenham marshes, Waders, Walthamstow Reservoirs, Wheatear, whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Wren
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Spring and Summer Catchup
In between holidays we’ve done a reasonable amount of local birding, but I’m only going to go through the not-necessarily-chronological highlights, rather than spend loads of time trying to remember everything… It started with a day out at Bramfield before … Continue reading
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Tagged bearded tit, Birding, Bramfield, Common Tern, Goldfinch, Hertfordshire, kensington gardens, kestrel, Kingfisher, Lapwing, lesser black-backed gull, Little Owl, London Wetland Centre, long-tailed tit, Meadow Pipit, Rainham Marshes, Redshank, Reed Warbler, RSPB, Rye Meads, Sedge Warbler, staines moor, Walthamstow Reservoirs, whitethroat, WWT
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Late Summer Birding
Since we returned from Yorkshire we’ve had a number of short day or half-day trips in various places looking for different species. Luckily we’ve had plenty of good weather, so there’s a lot to get through… Since we failed to … Continue reading
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Tagged Amwell, ashdown forest, Birdfair, Birding, birds, Black-tailed Godwit, blue tit, buzzard, Chris Packham, Clare Evans, common blue, common darter, common lizard, common sandpiper, Common Tern, common whitethroat, cormorant, Darren Woodhead, David Lindo, Dragonfly, Dunlin, emperor dragonfly, Great Spotted Woodpecker, great tit, green sandpiper, Green Woodpecker, Grey Heron, Grey Wagtail, gulls, Hobby, kestrel, Kingfisher, lesser whitethroat, Linnet, Marsh Harrier, Mike Toms, nightjar, ornithology, owls, peregrine, Peter Jones, Rainham Marshes, RSPB, Rye Meads, seal, small copper, Sparrowhawk, spotted crake, spotted flycatcher, teal, Walthamstow Reservoirs, Wanstead, Wanstead Flats, whinchat, Willow Warbler
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Finland (part 1 of 3)
The problem with moving flat is that it takes up valuable blogging time! Jem and I have just moved, and with all the kerfuffle that goes along with that my Finland report has had to be put on the back-burner. … Continue reading
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Tagged Arctic Hare, Arctic Tern, Birdfair, Birdfinders, Birding, birds, Black Grouse, Black-tailed Godwit, Brown Hare, Common Tern, Crested Tit, Dotterel, Finland, Finnature, Great Grey Owl, Helsinki, Little Tern, Marsh Harrier, ornithology, Ortolan Bunting, Osprey, Oulu, Owl, owls, photo, photography, Pied Flycatcher, ruff, short-eared owl, Slavonian Grebe, Tengmalm's Owl, Ural Owl, Water Vole, waxwing, Wood Sandpiper, Wryneck, Yellow Wagtail
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Mayday Weekend
Before I talk about our long-awaited trip to Finland, I’ll post about a great little weekend we had right at the beginning of the month. May began with the decision to get up early on a Saturday morning and go … Continue reading
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Tagged Birding, birds, Blackcap, Bullfinch, buzzard, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, Common Tern, cuckoo, Damselfly, Garden Warbler, Great Ouse, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Greenfinch, Grey Heron, gulls, Hobby, kestrel, King's Lynn, Marsh Harrier, Meadow Pipit, Nor, Norfolk, ornithology, photo, photography, Point Green, Red-legged Partridge, Reed Bunting, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, skylark, Staines, staines moor, Swallow, whitethroat
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Football, Scrubs and Kingfishers.
Last weekend saw Jem and I travel to Peterborough for Sheffield Wednesday’s penultimate game of the season. Being an important relegation six-pointer, the match had been chosen by Sky for live coverage in the early evening, which gave us plenty … Continue reading
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Tagged birds, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Coal Tit, Common Tern, football, Grasshopper Warbler, Great Crested Grebe, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Hobby, kestrel, Kingfisher, Mandarin Duck, marsh tit, Mistle Thrush, nuthatch, ornithology, Peterborough, photo, photography, Pied Flycatcher, RSPB, Rye Meads, Sedge Warbler, Sheffield Wednesday, Sparrowhawk, Stock Dove, SWFC, Warbler, Website, Wormwood Scrubs, Wren
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