Monthly Archives: August 2010

Advanced Birding ID Guide

Posted on August 21, 2010 by

Hey Nils – you are my current reading! Very enjoyable day at Birdfair today. Nice to see Nils van Duivendijk again. we have worked together on some identification things, notably Steppe Buzzard. Very pleased his book is doing so well … Continue reading →

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Record breaking wildfowl

Posted on August 20, 2010 by

Record breaking birds in Sheffield OK. It’s a bit of a hyped-up title. But, there is some truth in it. Yesterday I popped out mid-afternoon. The juvenile Yellow-legged Gull was at Orgreave, but flew off south. Wondering if it might … Continue reading →

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Birdfair 2010

Posted on August 19, 2010 by

Let’s meet up at Birdfair I will be at Rutland – The Birdfair – this weekend of Saturday and Sunday (21st and 22nd August).  I will be wearing something with Shetland Nature on. Be great to meet – please say hello if you see … Continue reading →

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Yellow Wagtail

Posted on August 19, 2010 by

Confusing, rasping Yellow Wagtail calls On ‘Citrine Wagtail day’ last Sunday, http://birdingfrontiers.com/2010/08/15/icterine-warbler-and-citrine-wagtail/ my field notes on the citreola read: “very raspy call in flight, not really confusable with vague suggestion of raspy call sometimes heard in variant flight calls of flava“ … Continue reading →

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Pied Flycatcher

Posted on August 18, 2010 by

Pied Flycatchers, Wood Warbler and rasping flavas Spurn – 17th August 2010 Early start again and Pied Flycatcher at 6:10 am at the Warren boded well. Walked the full length of the point and added another Pied Flycatcher, Garden Warbler, Whinchat, 12 Willow Warblers and … Continue reading →

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Black-tailed Godwit

Posted on August 18, 2010 by

Godwit races and Sykes’s grip Just catching up. I am still on Grey Plover day (2 days ago). There was a time… when some of us thought that all of the rather bright looking Black-tailed Godwits in front of us were all of the nominate (continental) form ‘limosa’. … Continue reading →

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Black-bellied Plover

Posted on August 16, 2010 by

What is rare? Earlier this month I was looking over the seaward entrance to Virkie Pool, Shetland; slurping tea. A shorebird caught my eye as it flew in, and grabbing binoculars, could see it was a Grey Plover. A smart … Continue reading →

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Icterine Warbler and Citrine Wagtail

Posted on August 15, 2010 by

Spurn – cooking today! Spurn, East Yorkshire. 14th August 2010. Arrival delayed by traffic. 4.00 pm. Winds NE and sunshine promised some classic early autumn drift, soon realised when Red-backed Shrike and Wryneck had been found by Spurn regulars Ian … Continue reading →

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Yellow-legged and Caspian Gulls

Posted on August 14, 2010 by

News- nice annotated photo (by Julian Hough) of moulting adult Semiplamated Sandpiper in USA added plus interesting comments at the bottom : http://birdingfrontiers.com/2010/08/11/semipalmated-sandpiper/ More on interesting juvenile gulls Out early this morning and pleased to see the juvenile Yellow-legged Gull fly in at 7:00 am at … Continue reading →

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