Tag: travel
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Day 4 – Sharks And Turtles
I walked up the beach to Rabil Lagoon in the morning. The Greenshank flock appeared to have increased to 20 birds. But when I scanned them in flight there appeared to be a Lesser Yellowlegs. Soon after they flew back down the lagoon in the opposite direction and there appeared to be a rather surprising…
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Boa Vista – Day One
Cape Verde Sparrow (female) We arrived on Friday afternoon. If we’d come without luggage we could have walked round to the hotel. I had a mooch around the grounds and saw Spanish Sparrows (also conspicuous at the airport), Cape Verde Sparrows and Spectacled Warblers (and Collared Doves). A gentle introduction. Spectacled Warbler (female) Before breakfast…
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The Trouble With Ebird
A Rosy Starling I found on Out Skerries in spring 2018 At the outset I should say that I think eBird is great. A system for bird record documentation created by the American Cornell Institute it’s a wonderful resource. From the same stable the Merlin birdsong ID software has broken through to be adopted by…
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Cyprus
Crested Lark, Paphos headland Last month Jane and I went to Paphos, Cyprus for a week. We were supposed to be going to Porto Santo again, but the flights got changed several times and in the end it wasn’t practical to go. We settled on Cyprus as it’s currently very reasonably priced and it’s good…
Natural Selection 