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Martin's Birding Blog: January 2011
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Welcome to my birding blog! I'm a young birder doing most of my birding in Malta but also further afield. Wednesday, January 5, 2011. First birding of 2011. Water Pipit at Ghaidra. Little Grebe starting to moult to breeding plumage. Started off the year bird wise. Only on the 2 nd. With the usual winter birds. The highlight was a Quail flushed from a garigue. Warblers and a few Blue Rock Thrushes. Monday after looking around for crests in the local public garden producing a single. I was off to Qawra.
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Martin's Birding Blog: March 2011
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Welcome to my birding blog! I'm a young birder doing most of my birding in Malta but also further afield. Sunday, March 27, 2011. At least 2000 strong .all Garganeys as far as we could see, flew high above the sea and was gone in less than five minutes. Quite impressive! Only part of the 2000 flock of Garganeys seen yesterday, showing c720 birds. The whoile flock was impossilbe to include in one photo and very difficult to estimate as it was seen quite shortly. Photo by R GALEA. Sunday, March 20, 2011.
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Martin's Birding Blog: End of November
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Welcome to my birding blog! I'm a young birder doing most of my birding in Malta but also further afield. Friday, December 2, 2011. Ringed my 27th species, Meadow Pipit, at a good site for them. Enough open ground but still some growing trees to provide some cover for the nets. Did four Meadow Pipits, two Chiffchaffs and a Spanish Sparrow in all. 11 Meadow Pipits were ringed in all, some by a licensed ringer and another trainee. Yet another species to add to the list! Another session at Simar on the 25th.
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Martin's Birding Blog: September 2011
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Welcome to my birding blog! I'm a young birder doing most of my birding in Malta but also further afield. Monday, September 19, 2011. I'm dead tired trying to write this with nearly all spare time out in the field, even a couple of days out from dawn till dusk! September: Variable wind and few birds! Only one Honey Buzzard, one Grey heron and a Ringtail. Harrier which we left unidentified plus an Audouin's. Gull from the coast. September: Nothing special this seawatch. September: Some variety at Buskett.
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Martin's Birding Blog: Yet more bird ringing!
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Welcome to my birding blog! I'm a young birder doing most of my birding in Malta but also further afield. Wednesday, November 2, 2011. Yet more bird ringing! Morning, up early to pack for yet another weekend at the ringing station on Comino. Finished from university at 15:00, a mad cycle home, quick shower, more than heavy rucksack full of food on back and off to catch the bus. 4:45 the ferry would leave, I arrived on the jetty just in time! Song thrush, a Spectacled. Saturday - great day, with continuous.
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Martin's Birding Blog: Autumn migration: Ringing mostly!
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Welcome to my birding blog! I'm a young birder doing most of my birding in Malta but also further afield. Monday, October 24, 2011. Autumn migration: Ringing mostly! Were to be the highlight this autumn both as Raptor migration ended early this year and in terms of numbers it was a poor passage and as I was often at Simar. And spent a weekend on Comino. Were ringing is the main activity. October: A Red-breasted Flycatcher down in Buskett. 5, 5 Shoveler and 2 Common Teal. 4 Linnets migrated overhead.
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Martin's Birding Blog: October 2011
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Welcome to my birding blog! I'm a young birder doing most of my birding in Malta but also further afield. Monday, October 24, 2011. Autumn migration: Ringing mostly! Were to be the highlight this autumn both as Raptor migration ended early this year and in terms of numbers it was a poor passage and as I was often at Simar. And spent a weekend on Comino. Were ringing is the main activity. October: A Red-breasted Flycatcher down in Buskett. 5, 5 Shoveler and 2 Common Teal. 4 Linnets migrated overhead.
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Martin's Birding Blog: August 2011
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Welcome to my birding blog! I'm a young birder doing most of my birding in Malta but also further afield. Sunday, August 28, 2011. Slow start but its started! Finally we can get to some serious birding again on our shores as migration rolls to a slow start after a summer of heat waves and general lack of birds. Was in Varanger, Norway in june july which was an amazing experience I hope to write about when i get the time! For now we'll stay in Malta.so here goes:. Buskett in the afternoon produced the fir...
