Following on from the earlier post, which covered the sea duck, this final trip post covers the remaining birds, mainly passerines, but also includes gulls and a few more sea duck just for good measure! During our week in New Jersey and in addition to Barnegat and Avalon, we spent some time visiting various reserves around the Cape May […]
Not so many years ago and outside of Fair Isle, the news of the arrival of a mainland UK Red-flanked Bluetail, would have sent shivers down the spine and mad panic would have kicked-in. Not any more it would seem, unless of course you find one on your local patch, far inland and in a Midlands county
THE SEA BIRDS – Scoters, Harlies, Old Squaw, Loons and Mergs. Between 7th and 13th February 2014, along with Glyn, Richard and Mike, three birding & photographer friends, we travelled to the state of New Jersey in the US. Our aim was to photograph the sea duck that congregate in the bays and off the
Last week I was in the USA on a birding holiday, watching plenty of Yellow-rumped Warblers (Myrtle), many down to several feet. Little did I know at the time that I would be watching one in the UK within a few days of arriving back home. To-day Sunday 16th February 2014 I connected with my
After a week with the flu, a trip to India and various other issues, at last a day out birding. A Glossy Ibis has been showing really well at a riding stables at Brownhills in the West Midlands and a drake Lesser Scaup settled down at Tittesworth Reservoir in North Staffordshire. So a few birds
A necessary company trip during late January 2014 saw me on an Emirates business class flight to India. It's the only way to travel you know! I arrived in Coimbatore in the southern state of Tamil Nadu at 8:30pm on Saturday evening the 18th January, after a day and a half travelling. On the Sunday
My year list kick started today with first days birding for 2014 at Eyebrook Reservoir & Rutland Water in Leicestershire. These two sites are superb for a good variety of birds and being very convenient as they are close to home. A good selection of birds were on view this morning – at Eyebrook – best
After a seven & a half hour drive back from our family Christmas holiday in Scotland on Friday 27th December, I simply couldn't face another 8 hour drive to see a Brünnich's Guillemot in Dorset. For me a British tick no less but fortunately I had seen many summer plumaged birds in Norway earlier in the
