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  1. rollingthunder

    Malaga - last week.....

    Malaga 6th-9th March….. 72 species recorded all but one during 2x 4-hour visits to the Rio Gualdalhorce/Vieja reserve. Below is a list of the more notable species that I do not see locally plus early migrants including a couple of singing Garden Warblers which surprised me. In addition were a...
  2. rollingthunder

    Passerine ID - UK.....

    Indulge me - i'm just settling an argument - taken here in the Midlands. Laurie -
  3. rollingthunder

    Batumi Sęp !3th - 23rd 2023.....

    We actually flew to Istanbul on Sat 9th for a few days most of which was spent organising travel arrangements to Batumi. Instead of flying to Kutaisi as we have in the past we wanted to travel back from Georgia on the Dogu (Anatolian) Express which runs from Kars to Ankara from where we can...
  4. rollingthunder

    12x42 NL Pure.....

    Having tried almost the complete EL and NL range whilst birding in Eilat recently I was knocked out by these and the 12x spec. Like most birders 'of a certain age' I have half (at least) a dozen pairs of all the usual magnifications of 7x 8x and 10x and of course objective lens sizes of 30,40,42...
  5. rollingthunder

    Eilat.....

    Eilat - 7th March / 15th April..... Just a few travel details before catching my flight later. By tomorrow lunchtime I shall, fingers firmly crossed, be down in Eilat and will hopefully post daily sightings etc. I am flying on Brussels Airlines a subsidiary of Lufthansa now I believe. I fly...
  6. rollingthunder

    Malaga Jan 2023.....

    Malaga Sat 28th Jan - Tue 1st Jan 2023….. We took advantage of cheap RyanAir flights @ £42 return each and decided on a bit of late-Winter birding, nice food, a few beers and of course that all important Blue skies and hopefully some Sun to go with it. We were not disappointed and although...
  7. rollingthunder

    Israel - pre trip info.....

    I have a 5 week trip planned (1st 3 of March / first half of April) to Eilat next Spring. The Gov.org site says that neither a visa nor any vaccination forms are required just filling in an online form 48 hours before departure. Health insurance including Covid19 is however mandatory. I fully...
  8. rollingthunder

    Walking The Iron Curtain and the Curonian Spit.....

    An atmospheric 3-parter from The BBC World Service. https://www.europeangreenbelt.org/news/news/bbc-series-about-the-european-green-belt-walking-on-the-iron-curtain/ Full of sounds both of wildlife and the people that care passionately about it. Walking (and talking) the former Eastern bloc...
  9. rollingthunder

    Miranda du Douro.....

  10. rollingthunder

    Large Gull ID.....

    A mate photographed this bird yesterday at a small West Midlands canal-feeder pool. He said a putative 2w Yellow-legged. I got him to WhatsApp it to me because, having had a closer look, i think it shows several characters of ‘cachihans’ - Head shape and bill length ratio. Small dark eye. What...
  11. rollingthunder

    The Russians Are Coming The Russians Are Coming.....

    Following moderate South-Westerlies over last weekend a mate and i thought we would spend a few hours down at Sharpness from 11-2 last Monday to see if anything had been blown up the estuary. The only pelagic bird of note i had heard was a Leach’s at Severn Beach the day before so it didn’t bode...
  12. rollingthunder

    Batumi - Autumn 2020.....

    Yes i know the Autumn festival and the ca10 week organised count has been officially cancelled.....otherwise i would be there now:C I received notification whilst the Spring count was in progress which i thought was jumping the gun but i suppose the organisers took a decision that was best with...
  13. rollingthunder

    Wasp Orchid var trollii.....

    Out and about locally at Grimley sandpits near Worcester and came upon a single Pyramidal with 5 Bee Orchids on a track adjacent the 2 main pools... What caught my eye was a single aberrant flower on one of the Bee stems. Straight away i though ‘Wasp Orchid’ but it was one of 5 or so flowers...
  14. rollingthunder

    And it’s not in the Hotel California!

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-50089990 Laurie:t:
  15. rollingthunder

    The name’s Bond.....

    The real James Bond..... https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/60775/meet-real-james-bond Accept no substitutes. Laurie:t:;)
  16. rollingthunder

    Birdstrike!!!

    Having commented on a dozen posts this morning (i missed yesterday) i came across this alarming incident.....for the bird:C Below is the RT video link plus a coupla screengrabs at 00:14 - i initially thought a raptor but up close and personal it looks like a large wader. I thought Stone Curlew...
  17. rollingthunder

    White Bellbird - 125db

    Finally something louder than LibDems erstwhile Leader Jo ‘Shouty’ Swinson:eek!: I listened to a short article on Radio 5 Up All Night, a few minutes either side of 0230 for those wishing to listen on BBC Sounds. One of 4 species found in the Neotropics. Considering this bird is the size of a...
  18. rollingthunder

    Putative Green Warbler - Greece...

    I am posting this here as it is an ID issue but i am intrigued - could somebody please enlighten me as to how a bird is identifiable by Psychometrics?:eek!: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/psychometric Laurie:t:
  19. rollingthunder

    Georgia - 12th > 26th September 2019...

    I am off for a 2nd consecutive visit to this very friendly and welcoming country and have been counting the days since we booked flights 4 months ago. We fly Luton > Kutaisi with WizzAir and paid £124 return each. We travel from Birmingham, Digbeth to Luton Airport by National Express at £22...
  20. rollingthunder

    UK Badgers

    It has just been announced that an estimated 40 thousand Badgers have been ‘culled’ to date and that a (conservative ) 25% ‘died in agony’:C:C:C A spokesman for Natural England, you know the same people that moved their whistleblower on from Sandringham after Prince Harrier had finished his...
  21. rollingthunder

    Erne to the Isle of Wight

    To the ‘Fury of local Farmers’ - says the Times:eek!: Wot wood the Sun say? 6 Eagles let loose on big lump of Chalk:-O The farming community pride themselves on their 50’s approach to husbanding the landscape - a sort of pre-EU but with the subsidies.....it will be interesting to see how that...
  22. rollingthunder

    Nightingale.....

    This is simply beautiful and would bring a tear to a glass eye:t: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YmDNhi07_Ho Laurie -
  23. rollingthunder

    Large Eagle - Israel...

    Same mate, November 2 years ago - said I thought Steppe... Laurie -
  24. rollingthunder

    Wader Azores...

    2 shots same bird.
  25. rollingthunder

    Wader Azores...

    Sent to me by a mate who took it a coupla years ago on the Azores in September - confirmation appreciated:t: Laurie -
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