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Passage and Breeding Waders – Jubail

Passage and Breeding Waders – Jubail

May 26, 2019December 23, 2019 Jem Babbington 1 Comment

Wader numbers have started to increase again as passage of some species speeds up. Passage waders included good numbers of Wood Sandpiper and Ruff with smaller numbers of summer plumaged Curlew Sandpiper, Dunlin and Little Stint. Terek Sandpiper, Common Ringed Plover and a single Broad-billed Sandpiper were also seen. Regular breeders were seen in good […]

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A Bad dose of Hawkie

A Bad dose of Hawkie

September 13, 2018December 23, 2019 Simon Rix Leave a comment

Today I had my first outing with Zak for what seems like ages. As is our wont we had a Tour de Østfold. First stop was Kurefjorden. Here we had a rising tide that seemed to bear no resemblance to that which was predicted by the tide tables but conditions were very good with all […]

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Balearics at Dungeness and a Bonaparte’s at Oare

Balearics at Dungeness and a Bonaparte’s at Oare

August 30, 2018December 23, 2019 Brian Anderson Leave a comment

Birding has been very limited of late save a quick trip to Fairlop in the the week to catch the local Hoopoe so today we decided on a trip to Dunge for a spot of early morning sea watching. Arriving at 6.30am we were rewarded for a two hour stint with several Arctic Skua, three […]

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South-east China – 27th April (Day 6)

South-east China – 27th April (Day 6)

June 1, 2018December 23, 2019 Simon Colenutt Leave a comment

Today was our only scheduled attempt for Chinese Crested Tern on Shanyutan Island to the north or Changle. Chinese Crested Tern is thought to have a total population of fewer than 100 birds. For many years it was only known from a few specimens collected prior to 1937, and a small number of, mainly unconfirmed, […]

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South-East China – 24th April (Day 3)

South-East China – 24th April (Day 3)

May 21, 2018December 23, 2019 Simon Colenutt Leave a comment

Our first full birding day and we were raring to go, we were up at 05:00 and into the bus by 05:30 we were on site at the Dongtai seawall by 05:45 where we had breakfast of banana, Snicker’s bars and various bread with hot sweet coffee on the seawall. Scanning during our breakfast produced […]

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Andaman Islands – 29th November (Day 5)

Andaman Islands – 29th November (Day 5)

December 31, 2017December 23, 2019 Simon Colenutt Leave a comment

Today we were up at 03:45 for a 04:15 departure from our hotel in Port Blair with a limited number of endemic birds to see. We headed back to the Government Secondary School in Port Blair to try for Barn Owl of the endemic subspecies deroepstorffi. Arriving just as the sun was rising we waited […]

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Mongolia – 18th May (Day 11) – Barig Mountain to Sangiin Dalai Lake

Mongolia – 18th May (Day 11) – Barig Mountain to Sangiin Dalai Lake

July 11, 2017December 23, 2019 Simon Colenutt Leave a comment

We were up at 05:15 to the sound of screaming Saker Falcon, packed our bags and after a quick coffee headed back up Barig Mountain at 06:00 for a last try for Hodgson’s Bush-chat. After climbing the steep grassy and rock strewn slopes of the mountains in the vehicles we parked at the summit and […]

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Foreign visitors to the Algarve

Foreign visitors to the Algarve

April 25, 2017December 23, 2019 Yoav Perlman Leave a comment

Yesterday we took our day off and replaced the steppes of Alentejo with the saltmarshes, beaches and lagoons of the Algarve. It was a long and brilliant day, packed with quality stuff.  We left very early to arrive at our first site, Salinas do Forte do Rato in Tavira in good time. It was pretty […]

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