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Birding Dad: March 2015
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Monday, 23 March 2015. Peregrine - Wigeon- Buzzard epic. Peregrine v Wigeon v Buzzard. Amazing view of a Peregrine that has caught a drake Wigeon just outside Swantail Hide at Wheldrake Ings yesterday afternoon. The Wigeon valiantly tried to escape, being saved by the arrival of a local Buzzard which seemed to really enrage the falcon, which left it's half drowned meal and started mobbing the larger raptor. A few recent shots from Askham Bog etc attached with new 50D. Monday, March 23, 2015. Most of my t...
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Birding Dad: Finally meeting the Duke
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Saturday, 16 May 2015. Finally meeting the Duke. Today, Sol and me got the chance to hook up with Rich and Dan and try not just for Dukes, but Pearl-bordered Fritillaries, two butterflies I have never seen. Even Sol was excited! Some very nice Early Purple Orchids nearby too. The top three photos below are of a female (I think! And the bottom two of a darker male (again, I think! Sol leading Rich and Dan astray. Saturday, May 16, 2015. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Northern Latitude Birding Attitude.
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Birding Dad: November 2014
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Sunday, 30 November 2014. Top weekend of excessive booze celebrating in Suffolk for ex-pat Yorkshire birder Dunc's 40th Birthday. Nipped out with Rich and Gaynor to have a look at Westleton Heath on Saturday morning where we soon found flitty and skulky Dartford Warblers. There seemed to be plenty around with probably c10 individuals seen. Also a couple of Stonechats on the heath. Sunday, November 30, 2014. Friday, 28 November 2014. A Taste of Norfolk. Friday, November 28, 2014. Sunday, 2 November 2014.
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Birding Dad: Dad rock: The Reserves Reunion 2015
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Thursday, 30 April 2015. Dad rock: The Reserves Reunion 2015. Oh dear, we are looking old, but we still rock! Thursday, April 30, 2015. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Northern Latitude Birding Attitude. Follow me on Twitter: @birdingdad. I work for Yorkshire Wildlife Trust (since 2010) having formerly worked at Norfolk Wildlife Trust (2009-2010) and Beds, Cambs, Northants Wildlife Trust (2001-2009). I also do a bit of leading/guiding for Yorkshire Coast Nature and Wildlife Travel. Discover amazing w...
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Birding Dad: August 2014
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Saturday, 30 August 2014. Wheldrake Ings this lunchtime revealed two Whinchats still present from Swantail, a Hobby flushed from riverside willows, and c200 Teal, with three Wigeon. Sadly, I couldn't pick out a Garganey despite checking every white tail stripe. On to Rufforth where the gulls were showing well. Large numbers of Lesser Black-backs, mostly Graellsii. But a few blacker Intermedius. Including one that got me going as a possible Fuscus, though I decided it was just a small female Intermedius.
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Birding Dad: Florida Family Birding #3
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Tuesday, 12 May 2015. Florida Family Birding #3. Back at Casey Key for breakfast with the kids and unbelievably a dark shape in the crystal clear shallows turned out to be a Manatee! It swam right past us about five metres out and we followed it all along the beach. Bumped into a tern roost on the beach, which included 13 Black Skimmers, c50 Royal Terns, an American Herring Gull and three Cabot's Terns. Tuesday, May 12, 2015. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Northern Latitude Birding Attitude. Most of...
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Birding Dad: October 2014
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Friday, 31 October 2014. An hour or so at Spurn before the MigFest DVD launch on 25th October gave me a chance to check out the Black Brant which was hanging out with the Brents in the field north of Kilnsea Wetlands. A very dapper piebald adult. Nice to see a herd of freshly-arrived Whooper Swans here too. Nearby, a giant Convolvulous Hawkmoth posed at the foot of a telegraph pole. Friday, October 31, 2014. Another first for Yorkshire: Eastern Crowned Warbler. I decided to have a look for the Rough-legg...
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Birding Dad: May 2015
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Sunday, 31 May 2015. Had another visit to Yearsley, this time with me Dad. One of the Pied Flycatchers was still singing vigorously near the lakes, but failed to see the others. Not much else apart from Garden Warblers, Bullfinches and a Nuthatch. Yellow Pimpernel was a nice plant spot next to the track. Sunday, May 31, 2015. Sunday, 17 May 2015. Sunday, May 17, 2015. Saturday, 16 May 2015. Finally meeting the Duke. Some very nice Early Purple Orchids nearby too. Sol leading Rich and Dan astray. The road...
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Birding Dad: February 2015
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Sunday, 22 February 2015. More Hawking and almost Special K. I picked up Tom and we did a slight detour via this lonely Waxwing, virtually outside my grandparents' old house on Becky Lane. I got a quick phonescoped shot of the bird in the top of a nearby Birch and left before it descended to the Cotoneaster bush and the waiting long-lens paparazzi. Sunday, February 22, 2015. Tuesday, 17 February 2015. She landed out of sight in the trees and the falcon headed off high. The male Gos in the meantime he...
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