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Posted on February 22, 2012

To Texel and back Having attended and  spoken morning and afternoon at the Dutch Birding Vogeldag on 11th Feb, I got to spend the next day with top Dutch birders, Nils Van Duivendijk, Diederik Kok and Jeroan de Bruin . The place was under an arctic … Continue reading →

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Derby this Friday

Posted on February 21, 2012

I will be speaking at a meeting of the Derbyshire Ornithological Society on “Frontiers in Birding” at the Society’s meeting on Friday 24 February 2012 (7.30pm) at The Evergreen Club, Cornhill, Allestree, Derby, DE22 2FT Meeting begins at 7.30pm, doors open from 7:00pm. More information here … Continue reading →

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New Gull Masterclass Days

Posted on February 20, 2012

Coming Very Soon… North Wales,  Saturday 3rd March Saltholme, Teesside,  Wednesday 7th March Moore N.R./ Richmond Bank, Cheshire, Saturday 17th March Places very limited (N. Wales already fully booked) £35 per person.  Join me  for a day from 9am to 5 pm. See your confidence … Continue reading →

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female Green-winged Teal identification

Posted on February 17, 2012

side by side comparison  Identification of female type Green-winged Teal has been a little pet interest of mine for a while. Have even written about it a few times elsewhere. Here then a nice refresher and update from Slimbridge WWT warden, James Lees, comparing adult females of captive Green-winged Teals … Continue reading →

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Essex Gull

Posted on February 17, 2012

One to Ponder Photographed in Essex, S.E England on 11 Feb. by Steve Arlow. Pretty striking looking but not one I find straightforward to ID. Neither does Steve I think. Have a look, comments welcome: . . . very nice photos all copyright Steve Arlow  

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Thank You Kent!

Posted on February 17, 2012

Plenty O’ birds Just  over a week ago (9th Feb.), had an excellent day out with Marcus Lawson followed by very enjoyable evening with the Kent Ornithological Society. Spent most of the day birding in the Dungeness area, warm welcome from obs warden, David … Continue reading →

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DNA of Kent Eastern Black Redstart

Posted on February 16, 2012

If bird poo can…? …it’s looking good! Martin Collinson has done the first round of analysis. These is more to come but the initial results on DNA analysis of the Kent bird from November 2011 are stated by Martin as: “We got the first results through … Continue reading →

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Hume’s Leaf Warbler

Posted on February 15, 2012

Calls in the Cold Within half an hour of leaving Schiphol airport (10th Feb 2012) Arjan and I were looking for the Hume’s Warbler at Katwijk. Apart from a couple of distant calls, a 3 day wait ensued before I got a proper show. … Continue reading →

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Natty wee poster

Posted on February 8, 2012

in partnership with Walsall Countryside Services Have a look for this natty wee poster in the Stubber’s Green area, elsewhere in the West Midlands or maybe in your in box. With grateful thanks to Kevin Clements and Walsall Countryside Services. Poster:  Gull Masterclass and for a review of recent Gull Masterclasses see … Continue reading →

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BIG Arctic Adventure

Posted on February 7, 2012

Update: Arctic GullFest I have only a couple of places left for folk coming with me. Others can make their own way and it’s already getting an international feel with guys keen to come from UK, Netherlands, Spain, USA and Canada. Still time to book and come on the … Continue reading →

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