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Bill Aspin's Birding Blog 3: March 2012
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Saturday, 31 March 2012. Local patch: Grey and Golden Plovers, Brockholes NR LWT - 10th Feb 2012. Lovely to get some flight record shots of two of the Grey Plover amongst a flock of Goldies. Local birding: presumed 'argentatus' Herring Gull - Fishmoor Res, Lancs - 8th Feb 2012. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Bill Aspin's Birding Blog 1 - Spanning the period 15th May 2005 - 23rd Aug 2008. Bill Aspin's Birding Blog 2 - Spanning the period 24th Aug 2008 - 28th May 2011. View my complete profile.
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Bill Aspin's Birding Blog 3: Local patch: Grey & Golden Plovers, Brockholes NR LWT - 10th Feb 2012.
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Saturday, 31 March 2012. Local patch: Grey and Golden Plovers, Brockholes NR LWT - 10th Feb 2012. Lovely to get some flight record shots of two of the Grey Plover amongst a flock of Goldies. Bill Aspin's Birding Blog 1 - Spanning the period 15th May 2005 - 23rd Aug 2008. Bill Aspin's Birding Blog 2 - Spanning the period 24th Aug 2008 - 28th May 2011. Brockholes Nature Reserve (Lancs) Bird and Wildlife News on Facebook. Local patch: Grey and Golden Plovers, Brockholes NR . View my complete profile.
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Bill Aspin's Birding Blog 3: September 2011
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Wednesday, 14 September 2011. Lancs: Grey Phalarope's, Gannet - 14th Sept 2011. A single Common Tern, 2 Dunlin and 1 Green Sandpiper were the meagre rewards from three hours on the local patch, Brockholes NR LWT, during the morning. Late morning, and a call from Cllr. John F. Wright saw me heading for the Lancs coast and specifically Fairhaven Lake, Lytham St. Annes where a Grey Phalarope had been present for a couple of days, and which was a "photographers dream" according to Cllr. Wright. Above and bel...
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Bill Aspin's Birding Blog 3: July 2011
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Tuesday, 12 July 2011. Temmincks Stint, Orkney, Scotland - 9th July 2011. Last reported on 27th June to the best of my knowledge, a check of 'The Shunan' on the Orkney mainland mid-evening on 9th July revealed the bird to still be present, giving distant views, loosely associating with six Dunlin. We could not find the bird on two subsequent checks of the site over the following two days. I don't think it has been reported since. Orca's - Orkney, Scotland - 8th July 2011. Monday, 4 July 2011. This bird w...
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Bill Aspin's Birding Blog 3: Lancs: 25th Jan 2012.
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Wednesday, 25 January 2012. Lancs: 25th Jan 2012. I headed back via Eagland Hill where a flock of c30 Corn Bunting came up from stubble, perching nicely in a roadside Hawthorn. Nothing of note was seen in the Fishmoor Res Gull roost. Above: Black Redstart - KnottEnd. Below: Corn Buntings - Eagland Hill. Bill Aspin's Birding Blog 1 - Spanning the period 15th May 2005 - 23rd Aug 2008. Bill Aspin's Birding Blog 2 - Spanning the period 24th Aug 2008 - 28th May 2011. Lancs: 25th Jan 2012.
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Bill Aspin's Birding Blog 2: January 2011
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Monday, 31 January 2011. Local birding: Common Redpolls and Iceland Gull - 31st Jan 2011. Quality local birds began firstly with a call from Dave Bickerton who kindly invited me over to his garden at Petre Crescent, Rishton, where He and Mark Breaks had caught two Common (Mealy) Redpoll during a ringing session in DB's back garden (referred to hereafter as Rishton Bird Obs - RBO). Above: 2x 1stw male Common Redpoll - Rishton Bird Observatory, 31st Jan 2011. Monday, January 31, 2011. Friday, 21 January 20...
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Bill Aspin's Birding Blog 2: Bearded Seal: Finstown, Orkney - 28th May 2011.
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Monday, 30 May 2011. Bearded Seal: Finstown, Orkney - 28th May 2011. Monday, May 30, 2011. Bill Aspins Birding Blog - My old blog spanning the period May 15th 2005 - August 9th 2008. Birding North West magazine. Brockholes Nature Reserve (Lancs) Bird and Wildlife Sightings Facebook Page. Chorley and District NHS Sightings. Dave Bickerton's Birding Blog. East Lancashire Ornithologists' Club. Fylde Bird Club Sightings. Gary Waddington's Birding Blog. Heysham Bird Observatory Blog. The Breaks Family Website.
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Bill Aspin's Birding Blog 2: Local birding: Wood Sandpiper, Brockholes Nature Reserve LWT - 15th May 2011.
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Sunday, 15 May 2011. Local birding: Wood Sandpiper, Brockholes Nature Reserve LWT - 15th May 2011. The f4 westerlies with cloud and rain produced some nice birds on the local patch today with the first Turnstone of the spring (2 birds) seen in the morning and a splendid Wood Sandpiper (above) early evening in foul weather which eventually resulted in 'rained-up' optics. Also, a Flava Wagtail was seen very briefly in the evening was thought most likely to be Blue-headed, but not confirmed.
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Bill Aspin's Birding Blog 2: Local birding: Brockholes Nature Reserve LWT, Lancs - 16th May 2011.
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Monday, 16 May 2011. Local birding: Brockholes Nature Reserve LWT, Lancs - 16th May 2011. 115hrs of effort on the local patch in an f4 westerly and virtually constant heavy drizzle throughout with steadier rainfall thrown in for good measure yielded some good results. The Osprey stopped just short of the entrance and began to fish briefly before heading back upstream, allowing me time to get the record shot. Time of sighting was 07:10-07:19. What a great start to the session. At 09:20, a gargantuan flock...
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Bill Aspin's Birding Blog 2: February 2011
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Monday, 28 February 2011. Local birding, Lancs: Iceland Gull, Med Gulls and FDxPO hybrid - 28th Feb 2011. Nine hours pottering about locally started with an hour at Pleasington Old Hall Wood to see if Hawfinch still exist? No pain, no gain! Mass disturbance by multiple dog walkers saw the Gull flock disperse. Above: 3 Med Gull. Above: Iceland Gull (arrowed! Roe Deer - Above: Brockholes. Below: Pleasington Crematorium. Above and below: I have lazily relied on automatic DSLR settings for far too long and h...