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Rounding Off The Year

Posted on November 14, 2020 by hootbot

After we came back from Norfolk, things quietened right down. I had started to get deeper into a project with my large format camera so that gave us the excuse to spend time in Epping Forest. Birding wasn’t a priority … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Amwell, Bramfield, Caspian Gull, Coal Tit, connaught water, corn bunting, eagle pond, epping forest, firecrest, fungi, Goldcrest, goldeneye, goosander, Hen Harrier, Kingfisher, limpsfield chart, mandarin, Mandarin Duck, Merlin, Muntjac, red kite, red-crested pochard, Reed Bunting, rickmansworth, short-eared owl, siskin, snaresbrook, starling, stocker's lake, stockers lake, Wallasea Island, Whooper swan | Leave a comment

Return to Scotland

Posted on July 30, 2018 by hootbot

So, after a pretty intense and determined start to the year, it was finally time for our first guided trip. Jem and I first tried Scotland in February 2015, on one of Heatherlea’s short breaks. We really enjoyed the holiday … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged aviemore, birds, Birdwatching, Black Grouse, black-throated diver, blue hare, cairngorms, Coal Tit, Common Scoter, Crested Tit, crossbill, dipper, divers, findhorn, fulmar, glaucous gull, Goldcrest, golden eagle, goosander, goshawk, Grey Partridge, Guillemot, heatherlea, highlands, Hooded Crow, Kittiwake, long-tailed duck, loons, lossiemouth, Merlin, mountain hare, mountview hotel, nethy bridge, peregrine, pink-footed goose, ptarmigan, purple sandpiper, raptors, raven, Razorbill, Red Grouse, red kite, Red Squirrel, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-legged Partridge, red-throated diver, rock pipit, scotland, siskin, Slavonian Grebe, Snipe, snow bunting, speyside, Stonechat, Tree Sparrow, Waders, White-tailed Eagle, Whooper swan, yellowhammer | Leave a comment

Back in the Game…

Posted on June 4, 2018 by hootbot

The relative failure of last year’s home birding meant I was pretty upset that I’d only managed to get 163 species onto my UK yearlist. My target every year is to at least beat my worst ever total – that … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged #my200birdyear, Amwell, avocet, birds, Birdwatching, bittern, box hill, Bramfield, Brent Goose, Bullfinch, connaught water, Dartford Warbler, Dunlin, eagle pond, epping forest, Essex, fairlop, Goldcrest, goldeneye, goosander, green sandpiper, Grey Partridge, Hertfordshire, horned lark, jack snipe, lesser redpoll, little bunting, Little Egret, Little Owl, london, London Wetland Centre, marsh tit, newlands corner, ornithology, peregrine, photography, Rainham Marshes, regents park, Sanderling, serin, shoeburyness, Shorelark, Smew, snaresbrook, staines reservoir, Stonechat, Surrey, thursley common, Turnstone, two tree island, Walthamstow, Walthamstow Reservoirs, walthamstow wetlands, water rail, woking | Leave a comment

The Missing Year

Posted on May 19, 2018 by hootbot

I didn’t update my blog at all in 2017, and there are two reasons for this. Firstly, during the first half of the year I was just a bit lazy. I fully intended to update my blog as normal, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged aquatic warbler, arctic warbler, Barn Owl, barred warbler, bee-eater, biaowieza, biebrza, bison, bittern, Black-necked Grebe, black-winged stilt, bluethroat, brambling, Bullfinch, buzzard, Caspian Gull, citrine wagtail, Cley, collared flycatcher, common sandpiper, corncrake, crossbill, cuckoo, Curlew, curlew sandpiper, Dartford Warbler, dipper, elmley marshes, firecrest, forest of dean, Goldcrest, goosander, goshawk, great grey shrike, Great White Egret, green sandpiper, Greenshank, grey-headed woodpecker, hawfinch, Hobby, jack snipe, Kingfisher, lesser spotted eagle, Little Egret, Little Owl, Little Stint, mandarin, marsh warbler, montagu's harrier, naturetrek, Norfolk, Penduline Tit, peregrine, photography, poland, Pygmy Owl, red-backed shrike, red-breasted flycatcher, red-necked grebe, red-necked phalarope, Redshank, Ring Ouzel, river warbler, rosefinch, ruff, sheppey, short-eared owl, spotted eagle, spotted flycatcher, Spotted Redshank, Stiffkey, Stonechat, tawny owl, temminck's stint, three-toed woodpecker, thrush nightingale, Titchwell, Walthamstow Reservoirs, walthamstow wetlands, whimbrel, whinchat, whiskered tern, white stork, white-backed woodpecker, White-tailed Eagle, white-winged tern, Wryneck, Yellow Wagtail, yellow-browed warbler, yellowhammer | Leave a comment

Review of the Year – 2016

Posted on January 9, 2017 by hootbot

January The year began well, with days out at Rainham for Marsh Harriers and Short-eared Owls, Thursley Common for Great Grey Shrike and Dartford Warbler (and a surprise Red Kite floating past Dev’s flat in Woking), Strumpshaw Fen for Marsh … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged aberystwyth, alpine chough, aragon, ashdown forest, Barn Owl, beachy head, bearded tit, birds, Black Kite, Black Redstart, blue rock thrush, booted eagle, Bramfield, buzzard, Caspian Gull, ceredigion, chough, citril finch, common sandpiper, corn bunting, crested lark, Crested Tit, crossbill, crowned mantis, Curlew, curlew sandpiper, Dunlin, eagle owl, eastbourne, egyptian vulture, Fieldfare, Glossy Ibis, goosander, Grasshopper Warbler, green sandpiper, Griffon Vulture, hawfinch, Hen Harrier, hen harrier day, Hobby, honey buzzard, hoopoe, Ibex, jack snipe, lammergeier, lesser whitethroat, Little Owl, london, marmot, Marsh Harrier, marsh tit, mid-wales birdwatching, naturetrek, Norfolk, nuthatch, owls, peregrine, photography, Pied Flycatcher, purple heron, purple sandpiper, pyrenean chamois, pyrenees, rainham, raven, red kite, Red-legged Partridge, red-throated diver, redstart, Redwing, Reed Warbler, rock bunting, rock thrush, rosefinch, RSPB, ruislip lido, russia dock, rye harbour, Rye Meads, Sanderling, Scaup, scops owl, short-eared owl, snettisham, Spain, Sparrowhawk, spotted flycatcher, staines moor, Stonechat, strumpshaw fen, thekla lark, Treecreeper, twite, Waders, wales, Wallasea Island, wallcreeper, Walthamstow, Walthamstow Marshes, Walthamstow Reservoirs, wells-next-the-sea, western cattle egret, western orphean warbler, western subalpine warbler, Wheatear, whinchat, whitethroat, wicken fen, yellow-browed warbler, yellowhammer, ynys-hir | Leave a comment

Owls. Owls Everywhere…

Posted on November 15, 2015 by hootbot

We’ve had a very mild autumn so far, and after the passing-through of the Redstarts, Whinchats, Wrynecks, etc, the next step has been the influx of species that might want to hang around for the winter. The first day out … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Birding, birds, Black-necked Grebe, Curlew, Golden Plover, goosander, kestrel, owls, Pintail, Rainham Marshes, Redshank, RSPB, short-eared owl, Snipe, Stonechat, Walthamstow Reservoirs | Leave a comment

Finland (part 3 of 3)

Posted on July 7, 2014 by hootbot

I was excited about the plans for the final morning: going out around the Kuusamo area to look for, in particular, Hazelhen, Siberian Jay, Siberian Tit, Red-flanked Bluetail, and possibly more. These constituted four of the five species I wanted … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Birdfinders, Birding, birds, Chiffchaff, common merganser, drumming, Fieldfare, Finland, Finnature, goldeneye, goosander, kuusamo, muskrat, ornithology, photo, photography, Pied Flycatcher, Red Squirrel, Reed Bunting, Snipe | 1 Comment

Finland (part 2 of 3)

Posted on June 26, 2014 by hootbot

Day Three began with an early – though not quite as early as Day Two – drive back out to deep forest to look for Pygmy Owls. We found the nest box and Antti called for the male, with no … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Birdfinders, Birding, birds, Black Grouse, black woodpecker, brambling, capercaillie, common redstart, cuckoo, Finland, Finnature, goosander, Hawk Owl, hazelhen, kestrel, kuusamo, lesser spotted woodpecker, ornithology, Oulu, owls, photo, photography, Pygmy Owl, rough-legged buzzard, short-eared owl, White-fronted Goose, woodcock | 1 Comment