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    Mallorca 2014

    Just got back from another week in Puerto Pollensa. (Was there at the end of April.) Managed a few hours birding each day, mostly at the Albufereta which became my 'local patch' for a week; visiting it daily between 0800 and 1000. Below are the highlights from the places visited: Boquer Valley...
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    Lancashire Bird ID - Dead

    It's a Pike.
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    Mallorca 2014

    Hi, Not a trip report but just a brief summary of what I saw in Mallorca between 26th April – 3rd May, staying in a villa in the siller area of Puerto Pollenca. Around the villa – Night Heron, Nightjar (2) Alpine Swift. Stone Curlew, Long Eared Owl, small parties of Bee Eaters going through...
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    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Blithfield - Fri 2nd April Osprey, perched in Dairy House Reach Plantation, early A.M. Adult Litlle Gull. and 6+ Brambling still in Stansley Wood. Max
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    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Blithfield Two adult Kittiwakes through this morning. Also two P.F.Gesse at the top of Tadd. No sign of any spring migrants yet. Max
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    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Blithfield Adult Med in the ever decreasing roost this evening. Max
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    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Blithfield: 2nd Winter Iceland Gull in a small Gull roost tonight which was continually being disturbed by Pike fishermen. Also 3rd Winter Yellow Leg. Max
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    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Blithfield. A different 2nd wint Caspian Gull in the roost tonight and a couple of Yellow Legs. Max
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    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Blithfield Juv Glauc and adult Med (partial sum) in the roost tonight. No sign of the 2nd Wint Caspian Gull that roosted on Thursday. Also 4 Pink Feet with the Lags still. Max
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    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Around 52 Pink-Feet in amongst the Goose flock at Blith this morning; But the farmer began shooting at the flock and the flock dispersed. Also no sign of the elusive GND again this morning. Max
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    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    The GN Diver is still present at Blith this morning. As well as the two Pink Feet that flew through the one that has been present with the 'Lags for the last few weeks still accompanied the Goose flock, along with a solitary Barnacle Goose. The White Fronts weren't seen well enough to assign to...
  12. M

    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    2 Little Egrets flew over the gull roost at Blith this evening. Max
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    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Blith this Morning: GN Diver, GW Teal, and Smew still present. Also a movement of PF Geese beteeen 09:15 - 09:40 3 skeins: c90, c80 and 20 going NW - WNW. Max
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    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    Hi Steve, Re: Cattle Egret at Blith. Seen by a couple of Sunday regulars for ten minutes before it flew off South following the River. It's genuine, but don't know whether it'll be subbed. Max
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    Rare and Scarce Birds in Staffordshire

    87 Pink Feet NW over Rangemore this morning. Cheers Max
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    Mallorca --Scope? or Binoculars sufficient?

    Hi Joern, I've been to Mallorca about six times now, always a family holiday and only ever took my binoculars. Occasionally you have to let distant raptors go at the Bocquer, and distant waders at the water works have to go unidentified. But it sounds like a family holiday with birding, not a...
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    Birding In Staffordshire

    GWE - Hilton Taken from the DOS website: Max
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    Birding In Staffordshire

    Spent a couple of hours at Bith this morning. Tad covered in a thin layer of ice. Near ad Yellow Leg on the ice with a handful of big gulls. Walked around Beech Tree Point past a male Stonechat perched on the fence posts. 4 Scaup (2 prs) in Blithe bay + 36 Barnacles (the JCB crew.) Quick look...
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    Birding In Staffordshire

    Quick look at the new hide in Stansley Wood overlooking Tad Bay this evening - very posh. 6 Shoveler in Tad was the best on offer. Then a trip to the deep end; it's pike fishing weekend so the boats were going regularly through the roost, managed to see a adult Med, but no sign of last nights...
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    Birding In Staffordshire

    The pale Common Buzzard is still knocking around Blithers. Probably the underparts appearing even paler with snow lying on the ground. Max
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    Birding In Staffordshire

    Quick look at Blith after work this afternoon: 2 drake Scaup off the causeway and another Juv Iceland, in a roost that was considerably larger than when I last did it last Sunday. Max
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    Birding In Staffordshire

    Juv Iceland in the roost tonight at Blith. (Different bird to a few weeks ago.) Originally flew in over the dam and continued over to the North and lost to view over the fields at 15:50Hrs. It could only happen at Blith, a white winger flying over the roost going in a different direction to all...
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    Birding In Staffordshire

    Nr summ plummage adult Med in the roost at Blith tonight. Had to work for it. Drove round the res, parked up and walked to four differnt parts of the res, until I found the gulls close enough. Worth it though. Also two Yellow Legs, in what was a very poor roost quantity wise. Max
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    Birding In Staffordshire

    Hi Steve, The roost has settled down to the deep end again after the cold weather and the ice. But the gulls do pre roost in the bays, making their way to the deep end at dusk. So Watery Lane's probably your best bet if it's not sunny. N.B. There's a Ruddy Duck shoot today, I don't know what...
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    Birding In Staffordshire

    Quick look at Blith today between the nursery run, still very quite. Pink Foot with the Lags and a Stonchat was all I could muster in the bays. On the way home along the road along the top of Tad, a flock of birds flew over the car and landed in the top of some trees, approx 250 Bramblings. and...
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