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Invitations to Birding Frontiers Stuff

Posted on May 22, 2013 by

Coming up. Contact me here to find out more about any of the events below: Digiscoping and photography – Sunday 9th June at Bempton  RSPB Come and join us for spectacular scenery, great birding and chance to learn and polish up on one of our favourite aspects of birding. … Continue reading →

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Eastern Grasshopper Warbler – are they do-able in the hand?

Posted on May 18, 2013 by

Now that I’ve rediscovered the login details for the BF site, here’s another bird from Shetland, a Grasshopper Warbler trapped last weekend (11th May) in my garden in the south mainland. I was chuffed with my first locustella in the … Continue reading →

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British or Yellow-headed Yellow Wagtail?

Posted on April 24, 2013 by

On Helgoland, the British Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava flavissima) used to breed in the 1920s and 1930s, but then disappeared due to rats. Since it is a scarce spring migrant with the occasional breeding record (the last in 1977). On … Continue reading →

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ARCTIC NORWAY – Land of the Eider

Posted on April 23, 2013 by

Along with three other friends and fellow birders, from 12th – 17th April 2013 I visited Varanger in Arctic Norway. It was a great experience and a fantastic birding destination. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to make the trip in March … Continue reading →

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Remembering Martin Gilbert

Posted on April 13, 2013 by

Billy Morton has done fitting tribute to an old friend. Martin died 3 years ago today. Never really said enough at the time. Well done Billy. Read all the tributes by clicking : Martin (Gilly) Gilbert Photo of Martin Gilbert (far right) Billy (middle) and Ian (left) which I … Continue reading →

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Merganser Bonanza

Posted on April 5, 2013 by

By Terry This special photo was taken by Liu Mingyu on the Yalu River, Liaoning Province in China during a birding trip with good friend, Bai Qingquan from Dandong.  And what a photo it is…  it features three species of … Continue reading →

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Russell Slack

Posted on March 15, 2013 by

You Take Care Numb. I’ve been writing this in my head for over 2 weeks now. The trouble is words feel so small and will fail to communicate how much the touch of another’s life affects you. Like many the news of … Continue reading →

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Enfoque en: Trepatroncos Centroamericanos

Posted on March 11, 2013 by

After publishing Focus on: Central American Woodcreepers on Birding Frontiers in January, Honduran friend and colleague, Fabiola Rodriguez, mentioned that after sharing the piece with some friends in Central America, its dissemination was limited due to the language barrier. In response to … Continue reading →

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Frontier Birding Israel style

Posted on March 4, 2013 by

Still haven’t purchased a proper sound-recording system, but with my phone (Samsung Galaxy S2) I manage to get semi-decent recordings of close birds. Here are some of my adventures in recent weeks: On February 9th I had a picnic with … Continue reading →

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