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Burton Mere Wetlands and Connah’s Quay : 16th August 2017
The first opportunity we had to get out and about birding after our Scotland holiday was a trip to Burton Mere Wetlands on a fine, warm day. Our visit got off to a great start when we were informed that one of the adult Cattle Egrets was standing on one of the islands of the scrape, rght in front of the reception. Additionally, to the…
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Birding Holiday in Scotland 22nd July – 2nd August 2017
Our Scotland break this year took in visits to all the various branches of my family and covered the Lothians, Fife, Aberdeenshire, the highlands and the islands. Over the period we got ninety species including two”life ticks” and ten other “year ticks” Our trip is described in full below.
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July 2017 Summary
July 2017 Summary UK Species Year List to July: 180 Total UK Species in July: 100 New “Year Ticks” in July: 11 New “Life Ticks” in July: 1
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Flint Castle and Connah’s Quay 9th July 2017
After our visit to Gronant beach we decided to go to Connah’s Quay via Flint Castle. As it turned out, the tide was too high at Flint to be of interest though we did get a very nice flyby at head level of a Peregrine Falcon. Over at Connah’s Quay things were pretty quite but there were, of course, waders and we got a close…
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Gronant Beach Little Tern Colony 9th July 2017
Although the birding group term officially ended last Tuesday a few of us wanted to fit in an earlier trip that had been cancelled due to bad weather; this was to Gronant beach where the Little Tern Colony is. As it happened, it was probably wetter this day than on the day we cancelled despite a reasonable weather forecast. It turned out to be a…
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Summary June 2017
June 2017 Summary UK Species Year List to June: 168 Total UK Species in June: 58 New “Year Ticks” in June: 5 New “Life Ticks” in June: 0
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Birding Group Visit to RSPB Bempton Cliffs 7th June 2017
On the second day of our two-day birding group outing, we headed from South Cave up to RSPB Bempton Cliffs. The weather had improved a bit and although it was blowing a gale, it didn’t rain. As ever, it was impsossibly busy but it did what it does – gives you good views of Gannets, Guillemots, Razorbills and Kittiwakes. Additionally there were several Puffins and…
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