After just shy of two years in our little cottage in a little village in Lincolnshire, we have moved out and we’re both back up north in Preston. Prior to Danni getting a job in October 2015 at Operation Wallacea, I had never really even heard of …
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Iberian-type Chiffchaff – Kelsall, Cheshier – 31st May 2017
After work this afternoon, I popped down to Kelsall, Cheshire to have a look at the reported probable Iberian Chiffchaff. It was singing on arrival and certainly sounded the part. It did several bursts of classic Iberian-type song, although after…
Norfolk! – 7th May 2017
Norfolk is fantastic. I’ve always wondered what the big deal is with Norfolk. I know it’s had a wonderful history, but in recent years, it hasn’t really outshone the surrounding counties like the reputation suggests. However, yesterday Danni and I spen…
Mallorca birding – 18th-23rd April 2017
Trip List 116
Shag
Cormorant
Balearic Shearwater
Scopoli’s Shearwater
Great Crested Grebe
Little Grebe
Western Swamphen
Moorhen
Coot
Red-knobbed Coot
Water Rail
Cattle Egret
Little Egret
Great White Egret
Grey Heron
Purple Heron
Night Heron
Shelduck
Gadwall
Mallard
Marbled Teal
Shoveler
Tufted Duck
Pochard
Red-crested Pochard
Red-legged Partridge
Griffon Vulture
Black Vulture
Osprey
Red Kite
Marsh Harrier
Booted Eagle
Stone Curlew
Avocet
Black-winged Stilt
Spotted Redshank
Collared Pratincole
Greenshank
Wood Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Dunlin
Temminck’s Stint
Little Stint
Curlew Sandpiper
Ringed Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Kentish Plover
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Common Tern
Black-headed Gull
Audouin’s Gull
Yellow-legged Gull
Collared Dove
Rock Dove/Feral Pigeon
Woodpigeon
Kestrel
Peregrine
Hobby
Eleanora’s Falcon
Scops Owl
Long-eared Owl
Wryneck
Crag Martin
Sand Martin
House Martin
Swallow
Thekla Lark
Pallid Swift
Swift
Tawny Pipit
Water Pipit
Yellow Wagtail (iberiae and a probably cinereocapilla or hybrid)
Starling
Hoopoe
Wren
Robin
Nightingale
Redstart
Song Thrush
Blackbird
Stonechat
Whinchat
Wheatear
Woodchat Shrike
Cetti’s Warbler
Fan-tailed Warbler
Great Reed Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Moustached Warbler
Savi’s Warbler
Blackcap
Sardinian Warbler
Moltoni’s Warbler
Balearic Warbler
Willow Warbler
Wood Warbler
Firecrest
Pied Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
Great Tit
Blue Tit (balearicus)
Chaffinch
Greenfinch
Goldfinch
Linnet
Serin
Raven
Reed Bunting
Corn Bunting
Cirl Bunting.
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Cornwall over Easter – 7-10th April 2017
I’ll start this off with some fantastic news! I asked Danni to marry me and she said yes! Result! Could not be happier with the person I have chosen to spend my life with and start a family with. Getting engaged is something I certainly only ever plan …
Rough-legged Buzzard – Throckenholt, Lincs – 21st February 2017
I headed out this morning to South Lincs in search of the recently reported adult male Rough-legged Buzzard at Throckenholt near to Wisbech and Spalding.I headed down to the bottom of Common Lane down a road that certainly felt like maybe I shoul…
Roses are red, Chats throats are Blue – 14th February 2017
Bluethroat was my No1 target for 2017 and whilst the views I got on Saturday were excellent, the photographs were awful! With the continued presence of the bird, bright sunshine and a day off work, I thought it was almost a crime to not pay homag…
Birthday lifers – 11th February 2017
A bit of a blast from the past and before this blog even existed. These photos date back to 2006 and 2007 as follows: Glossy Ibis, Fluke Hall Lancs Jan 07, Red-backed Shrike Wells, Norfolk May 07, Great Grey Shrike Bowland April (?) 07, White-tai…
Casp(s???) – Hoveringham Lake, Notts – 6th February 2017
Following reports of a possible Azorean Gull just over and hour and a half away, I thought I’d use one of my rare afternoon/evenings off to head over to Hoveringham Sailing Lake to do a spot of gulling. I initially pulled up to what I thought was …