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Posted in Wales
Knowing in advance that our Monday sailing for Skolkholm Island was cancelled due to the winds blowing the wrong way, we arrived in the village of Marloes on Sunday night and negotiated a room for the following two nights. It was dark when we arrived.
Being 'stranded' on the mainland and looking for things to do, I came upon the Pembrokeshire Birds blog which included places to visit; one was called Marloes Mere and had a long staying group of glossy ibises present, so it made sense...
Being 'stranded' on the mainland and looking for things to do, I came upon the Pembrokeshire Birds blog which included places to visit; one was called Marloes Mere and had a long staying group of glossy ibises present, so it made sense...
Posted in Northern Ireland
I have just got back from a few days in Northern Ireland visiting the 'in-laws'. We managed to do a bit of birding in between rounding up sheep, electrifying fences and all the other farming jobs I get to watch when I'm out there.
On day one, we headed to the RSPB reserve at Portmore Lough in County Antrim and the first birds we saw in the trees in the car park were my first tree sparrows of the year, I've never seen them in a big group before. When we got to the hide I immediately...
On day one, we headed to the RSPB reserve at Portmore Lough in County Antrim and the first birds we saw in the trees in the car park were my first tree sparrows of the year, I've never seen them in a big group before. When we got to the hide I immediately...
Our first stop on arriving in Norfolk on a very warm October lunchtime was Weeting Heath to look and see if there were any lingering stone curlews; there were not, only lapwing. We moved on to nearby Grimes Graves where the main interest is archaeological but we also saw our first wheatear of the trip and lots of meadow pipits.
From here, we headed back across the border to Lakenheath Fen in Suffolk. Unfortunately, the cranes weren’t at home although the person manning the visitor...
From here, we headed back across the border to Lakenheath Fen in Suffolk. Unfortunately, the cranes weren’t at home although the person manning the visitor...
This is a long one!
Our journey up North was uneventful apart from a closure of the M5 which sent us on a round the houses trip around Worcestershire. Undaunted, we arrived at Mere Sands Wood near Rufford at lunchtime in the hope of seeing some tree sparrows as they’re rare where we’re from and were missing from my year list. We asked in the visitor centre where the best spot might be and I think the warden was a bit amused to be asked about sparrows! He suggested the feeders at the...
Our journey up North was uneventful apart from a closure of the M5 which sent us on a round the houses trip around Worcestershire. Undaunted, we arrived at Mere Sands Wood near Rufford at lunchtime in the hope of seeing some tree sparrows as they’re rare where we’re from and were missing from my year list. We asked in the visitor centre where the best spot might be and I think the warden was a bit amused to be asked about sparrows! He suggested the feeders at the...
We joined an 'organised' nightingale walk at RSPB Highnam Woods tonight. I say 'organised' but a better word would probably be 'haphazard' or possibly 'shambolic'!
We arrived late but fortunately the group was still in the car park. A man collected £4 from us and I assumed him to be in charge. It was a large group, and without a word of introduction, it marched off. It started to rain.
The group stopped a short while later beside a musical bush. Despite no explanation,...
We arrived late but fortunately the group was still in the car park. A man collected £4 from us and I assumed him to be in charge. It was a large group, and without a word of introduction, it marched off. It started to rain.
The group stopped a short while later beside a musical bush. Despite no explanation,...
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