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I am surprised! Jabiru is a bird name that possibly goes back to ancient Egyptians and I thought it was an indigenous Australian name. Spinifexbirds avoid me. Is it something I've said?

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There's some photos on my blog above.

Chris

Seashore

Our friend David Lindo, The Urban Birder is oft heard to say that "just about anything can turn up anywhere at any time". Well how about a Pectoral Sandpiper on a sandy track in the Atlantic rainforest of south-east Brazil? Sound unlikely? Well it happened to us.

Back in 2010 before we returned to England we had been involved in a number of projects to promote bird conservation and protection of the forest. One of the projects we got involved with was called Brincando com...

Rick and Elis

Two new DSLRs announced from Canon: 700D and 100D. 700D follows the previous 650 D and the new 100D is in the lowest class of Canon. With its 400 gr it is the lightest and smallest DSLR currently on the market.

The 100D has 18 MP resolution, DIGIC 5 processor, 3 inces touchscreen and 1080p30 video. Price: 800 GBP with a kit lense EF-S 18-55 f/3.5-5.6 IS STM.

See the review of the 100D here.

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dancho_hristov

Migration season is one of the most favourite of many people. Having some time on Saturday I decided to go back to some of the sites where I went last weekend. My idea was to make some comparison and note the advancing migration. The results were evident. Last week there were Stonechats all over the place and this week they were really scarce. Only a few individuals were hiding in the bushes here and there.

The first breeding waterfowl were already in the area. About 7 Garganeys were...

dancho_hristov

Yesterday Elis and I visited Lemsford Springs nature reserve, which is run by the Herts and Middx Trust for Nature Conservation. This site is a small area which was farmed for water cress in the past and is now managed for wildlife. We went there as we had heard that a Jack Snipe had been seen there the previous day. The morning dawned bright and sunny and we were very hopeful of seeing this bird as it was also very cold a frosty but, even with warden Barry Trevis who accompanied us to the hides...

Rick and Elis