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- Sun Aug 20, 2023 12:26 am
- Forum: Out of Area Sightings
- Topic: Dorset Birding
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1994
Dorset Birding
Family holiday in Dorset allowed for a few very early morning (and one very late) birding trips. Arne RSPB (13/08/2023): A mile walk across the reserve to Shipstal Point where the long staying first-summer Forster's Tern (its the middle bird with the big black eye patch in the photo) was seen among ...
- Tue Aug 08, 2023 4:44 pm
- Forum: Out of Area Sightings
- Topic: Arnside Knott and No.50
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1983
Re: Arnside Knott and No.50
Result! Good to clinch the Hairstreak with some close-ups
- Tue Aug 08, 2023 4:42 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Yarrow Meadows
- Replies: 2
- Views: 212
Yarrow Meadows
12.30-1.30 pm: plenty of butterflies about on the Meadows and up to Yarrow Farm. Common and Holly Blue close together, with the Common (and its tatty wing) among the self-heal on the meadows and the Holly near the treeline next to the River Chor; Meadow Brown and Gatekeeper; Large, Small and Green-v...
- Sat Aug 05, 2023 7:25 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Reservoirs
- Replies: 1
- Views: 348
Re: Reservoirs
Lack of Scoters has been disappointing compared to previous years. Had a check later on (6.30pm) only a single Common Sandpiper to add (top end of Anglezarke).
- Thu Jul 20, 2023 4:02 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Croston/Mawdesly Moss yesterday 19.07.2023
- Replies: 3
- Views: 241
Re: Croston/Mawdesly Moss yesterday 19.07.2023
Better photos than I managed Len. There were a couple of juvenile Corn Buntings, one was calling repeatedly from a treetop and the Cornell Merlin app picked it up as a Yellowhammer. Then it broke into brief song at which point the app correctly named the bird.
- Mon Jul 10, 2023 12:15 am
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Yarrow Meadows
- Replies: 2
- Views: 227
Re: Yarrow Meadows
Cheers Len, only noticed it as a Hairstreak when looking at the photos later on.
- Sun Jul 09, 2023 11:05 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Yarrow Meadows
- Replies: 2
- Views: 227
Yarrow Meadows
11:00-01:30 pm: good numbers of butterflies in the sunshine along the Meadows - Gatekeeper, Great and Small White, Green-veined White, Meadow Brown, Red Admiral, Ringlet, Small Skipper, Small Tortoiseshell and (I think, see photo) White-letter Hairstreak. Also Broad-bodied Chaser, Brown Hawker and E...
- Thu Jun 01, 2023 2:03 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Reservoirs
- Replies: 5
- Views: 445
Re: Reservoirs
I think the paler mantled Great-backed Gull (GBB) - the middle of the 3 gulls - is the one seen regularly over winter on the Lower Rivington Reservoir gull roost. The darker GBB Gull on the right is in fact much larger (with a huge bill). Both GBB Gulls dwarf the Lesser Black-backed Gull (the left-h...
- Mon May 29, 2023 10:44 am
- Forum: Out of Area Sightings
- Topic: Marsh Fritillary - north Lakes
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2152
Re: Marsh Fritillary - north Lakes
Nice work getting 1 of your 2 target species Ian
- Fri May 26, 2023 9:59 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Hic Bibi & Coppull Hall Lane
- Replies: 4
- Views: 228
Re: Hic Bibi & Coppull Hall Lane
Wow, that shot is something straight out of a 1950's Sci-Fi film
- Tue May 23, 2023 3:26 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Hic Bibi
- Replies: 1
- Views: 169
Hic Bibi
1.00-2.00 pm: Buzzard; Pied Wagtail; House Sparrow. Goldcrest; Common Whitethroat; Blackcap; Chiffchaff; Willow Warbler; and Reed Bunting all in song. Unfortunately had to tell an eejit to stop running his dog through the ponds - maybe some signage might discourage people. First Swift sighting of th...
- Sat Apr 29, 2023 12:18 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Sollom
- Replies: 0
- Views: 141
Sollom
7.00-8.00 am: Arrived at Wymott as Gary was leaving - counted 32 Whimbrel, also Yellowhammer pair and a single Linnet in addition to Gary's sightings. 8.30-10.30 am: Sollom - field (between the Douglas and canal) was being ploughed for grain planting so many birds taking advantage of the freshly til...
- Sat Apr 22, 2023 5:49 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Croston/ mawdesley moss .
- Replies: 3
- Views: 229
Re: Croston/ mawdesley moss .
10.00-1.00 pm: similar sightings to Gary a bit later on, plus Yellow Wagtail momentarily with the Wheatear (numbers increased to 12+) and White Wagtail on the tilled field, Green Sandpiper on the Loch Meadow flood, another Common Sandpiper briefly alighted on some floating vegetation detritus on the...
- Fri Apr 21, 2023 9:23 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Little Gull (at last)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 202
Re: Little Gull (at last)
No photos of the Little Gull but I have uploaded a video to YouTube here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgI11XD4Wis
- Thu Apr 20, 2023 8:20 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Arctic Tern
- Replies: 1
- Views: 148
Re: Arctic Tern
Not sure if the Tern was the same one as seen yesterday (distant screen grab shown here of yesterday evening's bird - it's the white blob in the top middle!), which I wasn't sure whether it was an Arctic or Common Tern. Even though both birds were fly-throughs, today's bird gave more prolonged views...