On Thursday 30th October 2014, the 3rd record for Britain of Eastern Crowned Warbler was discovered. My adrenalin rushed for the second time this year. It was found by a local birder in a small copse adjacent to a Hotel and Golf Course comples near the village of Brotton, Cleveland. I had to wait until […]
The week of 13th – 16th October will probably go down as one of the best arrivals of rare birds on the east coast of Britain in recent modern birding. It seemed that an endless supply of migrants were arriving every day. However for some of us, we had to wait till the weekend and
Sunday 13th October 2014 and in foggy conditions Glyn, Richard and myself set-off for Donna Nook on the North East Lincolnshire coast. Our target bird was an Arctic Warbler that had been discovered on Saturday 12th October 2014. It is not very often that an Arctic Warbler is discovered away from the Shetland Isles and
Same Crew and the same format as in previous years, Shetland 2014 certainly lived-up to all expectations. A week on Unst, The Island Above All Others, just simply looking for our own birds, except this year, for the first time, we twitched the mainland. The temptation was just too much to resist, White’s Thrush & Myrtle
The Migration Hot Spot at Spurn struck again this weekend. Saturday 20th September 2014 a Shrike that had been found in the “Canal Area” and originally identified as a Woodchat, was re-identified as Britain’s 3rd Masked Shrike. The bird stayed faithful to a large area of hedgerow at the back of Rose Cottage and fortunately,
Spurn, East Yorkshire and the surrounding area has to be one of the best places on UK mainland for migrant birds. To-day, 13th September 2014, was a real “Red Letter” day. Only a couple of hours drive from home and with easterly winds over night, looked promising for autumn migrants. We kicked off with a
Early September is usually peak time for wader passage and Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire is always a great place to visit. Migrating Curlew Sandpiper normally peak during the end of August & first week in September. Today, 7th September 2014, there were small numbers on the marsh giving good views. At this time of year it is the
My wife & I spent our usual week at the end of August in Swanage, Dorset, one of our favourite holiday spots. Although not what I would call a birding holiday, I did manage to squeeze a few hours in here and there. The weather was very kind and we had some extremely warm sunny
