Holiday and Trip Reports

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25/11/2018 High Rid Reservoir, Bolton

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Velvet Scoter: Nice Manchester tick and a nice find for Phil Rhodes. Definitely should have worn my thermals ‘tis cold up in em’hills’

22/11/2018 Brickwork Pond, Rhyl

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Slavonian Grebe:  I'm happy to have got this distant shot of the Slavonian grebe that has been in the floating about the Briskworks Po...

12/11/2018 Hartlepool, County Durham

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Little Swift:  Here we have the 30th record for the UK and a bird I disappointingly dipped back in June 2012, and have never lived it dow...

07/11/2018 Meols, Wirral

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Pied Wheatear: The bird had been around for a day or so before there was a picture sent to Allan Conlin to ID. It was a pied!!! But...

31/10/2018 Burton Mere Wetlands RSPB

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Water Pipit:   I don't often get myself across to BMW but its still a place I have fond memories of and enjoy going. Its a place fu...

26/10/2018 Robin's Lane, St Helens

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Rose Colored Starling : After a day of highways England network training course (as it was as dull as it sounds) I had an early dart from ...

21/10/2018 Treeve Moor, Penzance, Cornwall Gray Catbird

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Grey Catbird:  Boo-ya, after an eagerly anticipated wait and a whole-lotta luck I have now added grey catbird to my list. This is the se...

17/10/2018 Thurstaston, Wirral ‏

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Chough: After working night time road closures on the M56 I had some time banked and decided to spend some of it out birding, specifically ...

07/10/2018 Haltwhistle Cemetery, Northumberland

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European Bee Eater: After a very disappointing morning where once again Dawn and I failed to secure tickets to Glastonbury I decided to ta...

22/09/2018 Crosby Marina Lake, Sefton, Merseyside

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Grey Phalarope:  This morning I woke up to the news that Pete Kinsella had found a very showy grey phal on his local patch only to have a ...

16/09/2018 Skippool Creek, Thornton Cleveleys, Lancashire

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Semipalmated Sandpiper:   Despite the really poor images I was thrilled to tick off the semi-p down at Skippool Creek, a weird place where...

Spurn Migration Festival

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Common Rosefinch:  Spurn MigFest is a real highlight of the my year, top birds, top company at a top place. And this year was no excepti...