Tag: Birds
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Ultimate Urban Birding
Jane wanted some air and a walk this evening so we decided to go to Stanley Park, which are very fortunate to live quite close to given it’s a majestic open space. When we arrived I went to get my binoculars from the car, they were still in the house. I thought my plans to…
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Late Spring Enigmas
If I’ve dropped Jane at the college and I’m heading to my office in town there are a few options for a stop for potential spring migrants en route. Over the years my standout favourite has become Gynn Gardens just off the Promenade by the famous Airfix roundabout. It probably isn’t the most popular with…
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Flying PIGs
The situation with Greylag Geese in northern Britain is complicated, and I’m probably a bit out of touch with recent changes as well. There used to be wild populations that visited in winter from Iceland, apparently to as far south as Morecambe Bay. With the feral / naturalised population it’s increasingly unclear whether they still…
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Review – The Search For India’s Rarest Birds
I’ve written on this blog about the current shortage of good quality writing about UK birding and birders. In recent years I’ve broadened my search to other countries, starting with ‘Big Year’ accounts from the USA. I had read ‘The Living Air’ about Indian birding by Aasheesh Pittie, and through following his Facebook updates saw…
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Out Skerries – Review Of The Birding Year
Wood Warbler, September 2024 by Dave Bywater Highlights I’ve done this for a few years now and normally it begins with a list of several species recorded on Skerries a handful of times over the years. Prepare to be rather underwhelmed by this year’s version, unless one of the island residents sends me a picture…
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Welsh Wanderer
I’ve finally got enough time to do some blogging. I have a few things from during the radio silence I will cover in the next week or so. But I’m starting today on the familiar ground of ringing recoveries and feral geese. Viewing the River Wyre at Little Singleton this afternoon there was very little…
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Vagrancy In Birds – A Review
My eldest daughter kindly bought me Vagrancy In Birds as a Christmas present. She is abroad over the festive period, so we exchanged and opened gifts at the weekend As I’ve opened it I’ve not stood on ceremony and read it, so Santa may disapprove but I can at least assure you this isn’t a…
Natural Selection 