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Recent content by Bob Biggs

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    Sri Lanka and Western Ghats January 25-February 8 2023.

    Good for you Dave. Some of the comments on here are so wide of the mark. I’m sending this from Colombo airport after an 11 day tour with “ Walkwithjith” tours. There have been 3 of us on the tour, expertly guided by Thilina and Indunil. We’ve seen all 34 endemics out of a total list of about 230...
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    Northumbrian Birding

    Hi Derek Nothing really out of the ordinary at present. A couple of White Fronts on or near Chevington North Pool are the most recent additions. Red Headed Smew, Red Necked Grebe and Slavonian Grebe are all at Widdrington Moor Lake. A decent number of Twite near Cresswell Pond ( which is...
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    Northumbrian Birding

    Woodlark is rarer than rare in Northumberland unfortunately. More like Meadow Pipit.
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    Day tours from Mombasa or Malindi ( Kenia )

    Hi Dieter Your mailbox is full. I might be able to recommend a much cheaper option. If you’re interested, contact me at “[email protected]” Bob
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    Mallorca 2016

    Steve I saw the Coot from the wide bridge [past the Centre at the far end of the track] on 4 June. Excellent views of the Falcon from the Tower Observation Point [even further away] on 10 June. It was heading towards the main road but I lost it behind the trees so don't know where it went...
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    Mallorca 2016

    I had a Gull Billed Tern at S'Albufera on 4 June. All the usual otherwise. An Egyptian Vulture over hills at km 4/5 on the road to Soller from Puerto Pollensa was nice yesterday. Quite a few Red Kites and Vultures in that area too. I presume Black Vultures but they were fairly distant.
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    Northumbrian Birding

    Morning All Just a quick note to say that the farmer at Cresswell is experiencing difficulty at times because cars are being parked in the wrong places. He has a tractor and large trailer to navigate along the farm track to the road and has pointed out the obvious dangers to parked vehicles if...
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    Northumbrian Birding

    5 Waxwing at Woodhorn Motors this afternoon(1515) and at least 5000 Starlings over Chevington South Pool from 1540 to 1600, when they went to bed!
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    Northumbrian Birding

    Hi Steve I think it is useful to keep the information coming. I will certainly be in contact with Natural England about Cresswell because I think their stance is silly. I'm hoping that there is consensus somewhere which will allow you to make inroads into the high water levels at Chevington...
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    Northumbrian Birding

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    Northumbrian Birding

    I went for a walk this afternoon to see whether I could catch up with the two Waxwings that have been seen in the Stobhill/Coopies Lane area this week. Imagine my surprise when I spotted them opposite the NCC Depot!! Not the usual Bob Biggs form... They occasionally flew to a few berries...
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    Northumbrian Birding

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    Northumbrian Birding

    It was still there at 4pm yesterday afternoon.
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    Kenya - Nov/Dec 2013

    I haven't been able to edit the website for some time, click on the link below to (hopefully) view the species we saw: Hit download, browse, select Firefox. https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-c--gZcLxY5bF9keEJUdFZjUzA/edit
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    Northumbrian Birding

    Wader surprise I was in the Bamburgh area today so had a look at a site mentioned on RBA in recent days [Hoppen Kiln Flash]. It looks excellent and my first birds were 4 Garganey, including one Drake. You need a scope as most of the birds are distant. 2 Wood Sands were next on the agenda and...
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