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  1. markgrubb

    Two Months of Lifers Down Under

    Wow, Delia, just caught up with this. What a trip!!!!
  2. markgrubb

    The eastern front: Japan and Taiwan Dec 16 - Jan 17

    Ah, I had hoped the lack of trip reports from you had meant that you had stopped being airlines Andrew and had settled down to the grind of daily patch listing on the Ness :-). But seriously sounds like a good trip and adventurous with your lack of driving, though I miss your old style trip...
  3. markgrubb

    Osprey's in Scottish Borders

    There is a fish farm near Aviemore that does exactly that. Maybe they could help you if you get in touch. Clearly there is some demand for them to be operating http://www.aviemoreospreys.co.uk/index.html
  4. markgrubb

    B'fly expansions in Scotland

    Speckled wood have expanded their range in E Lothian a lot in the last few years. I have seen them at 6 or 7 places? . Do you know this forum ?-It posts local sightings and is a useful source of what to see where...
  5. markgrubb

    Birds fae Torry

    Well if he's not actually on patch and posting (no doubt off twitching or gadding off to some foreign climes) then no. But good to see the pictures are right back on form
  6. markgrubb

    Bass rock worth it

    Andrew's suggestion of the Isle of May is a good one-it is a brilliant place to visit. The Scottish seabird centre at North Berwick does a trip to the Isle of May for £45 with 2 and a half hours on the island and it goes past the Bass Rock. You'll see zillions of gannets diving on the way. The...
  7. markgrubb

    Lothian Birding

    Finally a decent day to get out and a couple of pleasant hours were spent down at Torness. There is a long staying barred warbler present at feeders between Thorntonloch and Torness and it was showing very well today. It is Scotland's first December record and it looks set for the winter. Lots...
  8. markgrubb

    Birds of prey in bonnie Scotland

    Chances are pretty low I would have said. Have you thought about going down the A7 over Langholm Moor instead-very good chances of hen harriers/other raptors. Friends on an outing had excellent views recently. http://www.langholmproject.com/
  9. markgrubb

    Lothian Birding

    Wow!!
  10. markgrubb

    Lothian Birding

    Were these all Lothian sightings Geoff? I've read your last few posts with interest. I did a few tetrads in Borders region for the Atlas and have also walked and looked in the area in spring a number of times in the last few years. It has been clear that the Borders birds have had good...
  11. markgrubb

    Edinburgh

    Look on Kris Gibbs excellent website Birding Lothian for latest sightings. Bean geese and Wf in E Lothian and well within an hour from your list
  12. markgrubb

    Big Garden Birdwatch 2015

    Here in Edinburgh 16 species-best a goldcrest and 4 reed buntings
  13. markgrubb

    Lothian Birding

    There is a bordersbirdnews Yahoo group(not sure if it is a closed group). I get their messages and there has been nothing of note in the St Abbs area recently
  14. markgrubb

    Late Osprey, Angus, Scotland 8/11/14

    I remember looking this up topic before-a few years ago we had an osprey in the Scottish Borders well into November whilst doing winter Atlas work. There are a few records even nto December, presumably as MJB says Scandinavian or Russian young birds
  15. markgrubb

    Ferry to Corsica

    I took the Nice to Bastia ferry(leaves early afternoon and gets in around 8) 3 years ago and these were my notes Nice to Bastia Ferry-the journey out was fairly quiet. We spotted a couple of pods of dolphins but there were next to no birds. As we approached Cap Corse the northernmost point of...
  16. markgrubb

    Casual holiday birding, France 6-20 July 2014

    Thanks for posting the report Paul. It reminds me of a few trips en famille to campsites in France that I had. I always enjoyed sneaking off early morning to see what i could find in the area-always good to explore a new area and see what you can find and pick up a few new species/tune in to...
  17. markgrubb

    Worms oin Iceland

    Google checklist of megadrile earthworms and Iceland, Andy and that should get you to the paper
  18. markgrubb

    Worms oin Iceland

    They are nearly all introduced-18sp with some probably coming with Greenland settlers-8sp a long time ago. No link but have a pdf file if interested
  19. markgrubb

    Lothian Birding

    The easterly winds and overnight rain suggested that birding in East Lothian might be promising so I headed down the A1 with a friend. The wind had switched to the SE and it was quite mild with the sun trying to break through. First stop was Barns Ness and there were a few migrants about. The...
  20. markgrubb

    Car Hire Query, Tenerife

    Most car hire companies in the Canaries don't allow inter island travel. That was certainly our experience when we asked our car hire firm about the short journey from Fuerteventura to Lanzarote-I looked into it on another holiday and think Cabrera Medina do allow it or did at the time Would it...
  21. markgrubb

    Scoter, Musselburgh, UK

    There were quite a few folk looking today in perfect calm conditions. Most of the scoters were a long way out and it was not among the velvets that were closer in. It could easily be around though. Birding generally good though off the sea wall at Musselburgh with 2 GND's, 2 BTD's, surf...
  22. markgrubb

    Antarctica, South Georgia, Falkland Islands (Nov 2013)

    What an amazing, detailed report. thanks for sharing it with us
  23. markgrubb

    Lothian Birding

    The last two times I have been to Musselburgh there have been 3 or 4 twite along the sea wall-last time was a week ago
  24. markgrubb

    What's on in La Mancha & Sierra Morena

    That must have been quite a sight!! Fantastic
  25. markgrubb

    Romania Summer 2014

    None of the links seem to work for me-server not found
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