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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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December’s Festive Birding
I was planning to do what I did last year and just add December’s highlights in my review of the year, but we’ve had some pretty good outings this month and I feel it needs its own post in order … Continue reading
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Tagged Birding, birds, blue tit, buzzard, Coal Tit, Dartford Warbler, Great Spotted Woodpecker, great tit, Greater Scaup, Green Woodpecker, Grey Heron, gulls, kestrel, Kingfisher, Little Egret, Marsh Harrier, Middlesex Filter Beds, Mistle Thrush, nuthatch, ornithology, owls, oxted, peregrine, photo, photography, Rainham Marshes, RSPB, short-eared owl, Snipe, staines moor, Stonechat, Walthamstow Reservoirs, Waterworks Reserve
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Pre-Norfolk Days
Before I post about our Norfolk trip, I’ll give a brief account of what we’ve been up to over the last couple of months. The first visit was to Rainham. This time we did the opposite route to normal: getting … Continue reading
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Tagged avocet, Birding, birds, Black-tailed Godwit, Brent Goose, buzzard, common sandpiper, Curlew, Dagenham Chase, Dragonfly, Dunlin, Essex, Green Woodpecker, Grey Heron, Grey Plover, kestrel, Kingfisher, Little Egret, london, Marsh Harrier, Meadow Pipit, Migrant Hawker, Mucking, ornithology, Pagham Harbour, peregrine, photo, photography, Rainham Marshes, Red-legged Partridge, Redshank, Ring Ouzel, RSPB, Sparrowhawk, Spoonbill, staines moor, Stonechat, Surrey, Sussex, Thurrock Thameside, Wanstead Flats
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If the Holiday’s Cancelled…
…do it yourself. Jem and I had booked to return to Norfolk so that we could see the ‘Wader Spectacular’ at Snettisham for the first time. Sadly, I got a phone call from Marcus (he’s taken the tour company over … Continue reading
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Tagged Aldershot, bearded tit, Birding, birds, Bramfield, buzzard, Cetti's Warbler, common sandpiper, cormorant, David Lindo, Dungeness, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Great White Egret, Green Woodpecker, Grey Heron, Grey Wagtail, gulls, Hertford, Hertfordshire, Hobby, jay, kestrel, Kingfisher, Little Egret, Marsh Harrier, Meadow Pipit, Mistle Thrush, ornithology, peregrine, photo, photography, Pintail, red kite, Reed Bunting, Reed Warbler, RSPB, ruff, Snipe, Sparrowhawk, staines moor, Stonechat, Swallow, Tices Meadow, Walthamstow Reservoirs, whinchat, Wigeon, Wormwood Scrubs
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Settling in…
Before I post about our trip to Yorkshire, I’ll explain what’s been going on in the weeks following our return from Finland. Jem and I moved to a flat in Tottenham Hale at the beginning of June. It’s very handy … Continue reading
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Tagged Banded Demoiselle, Birding, birds, Black-headed Gull, Black-necked Grebe, buzzard, Damselfly, Grey Heron, gulls, Hobby, kestrel, Kingfisher, Lea Valley, Lee Valley, Marsh Harrier, mute swan, ornithology, photo, photography, red kite, RSPB, RSPB Rye Meads, Rye Meads, Sparrowhawk, The Paddock, Tottenham Hale, Walthamstow, Walthamstow Marshes, Walthamstow Reservoirs, whitethroat
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Finland (part 3 of 3)
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
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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
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