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  1. lazza

    Pan Species Listers anywhere?

    Not checked in here for a long time, and it's amazing what difference 5 years makes...! Total: 1186 2908 (+1722) Birds: 476 579 (+103) Plants: 324 844 (+520) Arthropods: 208 1044 (+836!) Mammals: 65 84 (+19) Fungi: 46 153 (+107) Reptiles & Amphibians: 16 42 (+26) Fish: 11 48 (+37) Chromista: 7...
  2. lazza

    5 Days in Singapore: Best Birding Places

    Interesting... I was overlapping with you! I was there on-and-off between 19 September and 2nd October. Would like to know where you went and what you saw. Fitting in birding between customer meetings and travel to other parts of SE Asia, I was pleased to hit 50 species including 32 lifers...
  3. lazza

    Lazza's 2019 list

    Also in April, our annual trip to the mother-in-law's house near ALicante. A decent count of 73 species for the Spring trip, including a lifer on the building site next to the house! El Altet: 1. Kestrel 2. Woodpigeon Sant Pola Salinas 3. Yellow-legged gull 4. Greater Flamingo* 5. Coot 6...
  4. lazza

    Lazza's 2019 list

    Also, in April, I visited a new country, with a work trip to Egypt(!) allowing me to start a new country list!! With work commitments and no opportunity to explore, the list was rather short, but it's a start: Around the hotel in Heliopolis: 1. Laughing dove 2. Hooded crow 3. House sparrow 4...
  5. lazza

    Lazza's 2019 list

    April additions to the UK list... Dunces Houses Lane, Morpeth: 94. Chiffchaff (on 23/03) Penwortham: 95. Whitethroat (on 19 April) 96. Raven! Stobhill, Morpeth, in and around the garden: 97. Blackcap 98. House Martin (20 APr) 99. Barn swallow (21 Apr) And all the following at Druridge Pools...
  6. lazza

    Lazza's 2019 list

    So, my initial promise to keep my list updated more regularly seems to have been rather hollow.... Nevertheless, I'm going to try to update the whole list now....!! March, UK list update: Firstly at Newbiggin-by-the-Sea: 87. Mediterranean gull 88. Great black-backed gull 89. Guillemot 90...
  7. lazza

    Last 3 ticks whats yours?

    6 lifers so far in 2019, the last three being: - Savi's warbler, in Serbia - Striated heron, in Abu Dhabi - Terek sandpiper, in Abu Dhabi
  8. lazza

    Birding in Alicante Province

    Often a good place for Stone Curlew, but did they clear up the enormous, dreadful fly-tipping area at the bend in the road, yet?!
  9. lazza

    Abu Dhabi work trip

    As a continuation of this thread, I was back in UAE again a few weeks back with work, and planned my time and travel rather more carefully to see if I could get to some better birding locations. To be honest, I had the same issues as last time, so still had limited opportunities, but I still...
  10. lazza

    Bringing binoculars into Saudi Arabia.

    I traveled to Saudi last year (for work) and wondered about this myself for a long time before my trip. In the end, I followed the UK Government advice (on the FCO website) which - at that time - advised against taking binoculars which could be confiscated. Even without bins and with a focus on...
  11. lazza

    Birding in Alicante Province

    I guess I'm probably a bit late for you, as it's now the end of the month, but I would agree with Mark for good places to see Roller. The road to the monastery from the bend in the CV853 is usually a cert! There is often a pair nearer to the CV853 - perhaps half way between the junction and the...
  12. lazza

    Lazza's 2019 list

    Trip to London yesterday, and a visit to a customer in Brentford, where I added: 83. Ring-necked parakeet 84. Egyptian goose 85. Grey wagtail And then back home, this morning, nice to hear a singing: 86. Song thrush
  13. lazza

    Lazza's 2019 list

    After a couple of days of meetings, I briefly called in at a couple of decent stop-offs on the way to the airport. Firstly, Lavey-les-Bains, adding: 30. Dipper 31. Marsh tit Then a clomp through the snow at Col de Forclaz: 32. Willow tit* 33. Coal tit 34. Raven* 35. Crossbill * not on a...
  14. lazza

    Lazza's 2019 list

    Last week, had another work trip to Switzerland, to our factory in the Valais region. As usual, I took the scenic route via Geneva, along the southern edge of Lake Geneva and over the Pas de Morgins into the Valais canton. Geneva Airport: 14. House sparrow 15. Wood pigeon Geneva plage: 16...
  15. lazza

    Lazza's 2019 list

    I then had a couple of hours late afternoon wandering the dunes and shore of Rossbeigh beach (peninsula?), which was very pleasant indeed, if not a little windy. It also added a good few species to my lifetime Irish list, and several new species for the year: 20. Common scoter* - new for Irish...
  16. lazza

    Lazza's 2019 list

    While staying over in Tralee, I added: 14. Pied wagtail 15. Great tit 16. Song thrush - new for Irish list And then on my drive over the Slieve Mish mountains, I added: 17. Grey wagtail - new for my Irish list In Killorglin: 18. Mistle thrush - new for my Irish list 19. House sparrow
  17. lazza

    Lazza's 2019 list

    I also had a trip out to Ireland, with a work visit to customers in Cork, Killorglin (C. Kerry) and Dublin. Had time for a nice walk along a sand spit jutting out into the Atlantic along the "ring of Kerry" during the trip, adding several species to my lifetime Ireland list. Cork Airport: 1...
  18. lazza

    Lazza's 2019 list

    Out on my bike a couple of times in the last 3 weeks, adding a few more species in Northumberland. Around Linden Hall area: 75. Merlin 76. Yellowhammer 77. Mistle thrush North Blyth: 78. Eider 79. Shag Castle Island 80. Red-breasted merganser 81. Shelduck River Wansbeck, Guide Post 82. Marsh...
  19. lazza

    Lazza's 2019 list

    A few more from the weekend, around Morpeth. Firstly, at Stobhill Manor: 72. Jay 73. Greenfinch Then on the Wansbeck in the centre of Morpeth, on a tree branch overlooking the only unfrozen still water on the river: 74. Kingfisher
  20. lazza

    Lazza's 2019 list

    Finally, a couple more species to add from this week. Firstly, in Morpeth town centre on the Wansbeck: 70. Goosander (which, amazingly, was missing from my 2018 UK list!) And in Stannington Station last night heading back from the football: 71. Barn Owl
  21. lazza

    Lazza's 2019 list

    Then on Saturday, I had a cycle out to the coast, my first this year in the North East. I didn't quite get around all the places I was aiming for, but still gave the list a good boost. As I cycled north out of Morpeth through Fulbeck: 56. Common gull 57. Fieldfare 58. Redwing ..and on into...
  22. lazza

    Lazza's 2019 list

    Had a visit to a customer near Southampton last week, and on the drive from the airport to their offices in Fordingbridge, I managed to spot another couple of species for the year list: Near Southampton (from the M27) 54. Little Egret Near Fordingbridge: 55. Little grebe
  23. lazza

    Lazza's 2019 list

    In amongst all this, I had a work trip to Switzerland (which was rather disastrous from a travel perspective). As I didn't have my own transport, I had limited opportunities for birding, but managed a few year ticks and a start to my 2019 Swiss list: In Zonfingen (where I was staying): 1. Feral...
  24. lazza

    Lazza's 2019 list

    Then last weekend we had a trip to Barnard Castle to take the girls to a Girl Guides weekend, where I surreptitiously added: 52. Bullfinch 53. Dipper
  25. lazza

    Lazza's 2019 list

    Through last week, I added a few more species from home: 49. Collared dove 50. Chaffinch 51. Wren
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