Oct 222017
 
Welsh Twitching

It is not often that I have “Twitched” a rare bird in Wales, but today was an exception as there has been a male Rock Thrush taken up residence in a quarry near Blaenavon, near Abergavenny in South Wales. Rock Thrush is a rare vagrant to our shores from southern and eastern Europe and should be wintering in north west Africa. It has been a long time since I saw my first one of these birds in Britain. It was another male on the golf course at Hunstanton in Norfolk. I have managed to see quite a few on my travels […]

Oct 212017
 
A few local birds

Always good to see our common birds, so here are a few portraits.  Tree Sparrow – This bird is still around with the local House Sparrow flock. Maybe the only one left in the area – Tony Davison© House Sparrow – male – Above 2 images – Tony Davison© Chaffinch – Above 3 images – Tony Davison© Coal Tit – above 2 images – Tony Davison© Blue Tit – above 2 images – Tony Davison© Great Tit – above 2 images – Tony Davison©

Oct 162017
 
A New Golfing Term - A Skua!!

A juvenile Long-tailed Skua has been site faithful to the golf links at Goswick in Northumberland. The bird has been frequenting the greens and the fairways of this stunning golf course, particularly the 4th, 7th and 8th holes. We visited the course yesterday (Sunday 15th Oct 2017), an epic 12 hour day and just under a 500 mile round trip. As my wife, Helen said to me last night when we arrived back home, a great day, I got a bowl of soup out of it and I saw a Long-tailed Skua. I say that’s a success!! The bird has […]

Oct 162017
 
Vagrant Phyllosc

Arctic Warbler is a vagrant but annual visitor to Britain. It is a less than annual visitor to the east coast of Yorkshire, so when one of these leaf warblers turns up close to home, it is well worth the effort to go and see it. The species breeds in northern Scandinavia, eastwards to Siberia and Alaska. In fact last year I saw many of these superb little birds in Alaska during my trip last June. According to the book “The Birds of Spurn”, there have been around 16 records in Yorkshire and 7 of these were from the Spurn […]

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