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  1. Matthebirder

    Grafham Water

    Grafham 27 Apr 2024; the long-staying Whimbrel still on the dam for 3rd day. A fly over Curlew plus a Dunlin in the evening and many Swifts moving through gave some relief to the cold conditions. Some high flying terns were Common or Arctic but lost in the grey sky
  2. Matthebirder

    Grafham Water

    Grafham 24 Apr 2024; evening, 2 Wheatears and seven White Wagtails on the dam. Reduction in Yellow Wagtails.
  3. Matthebirder

    Grafham Water

    Grafham 20 Apr 2024; possibly the same wagtail as seen on the 13th (see above), much better views this time, also a very yellow headed Yellow Wagtail standing out prominently............ Two White Wagtails too.
  4. Matthebirder

    Grafham Water

    Grafham 19 Apr 2024; evening, the two Sanderling still present on the dam and four Dunlin. The hybrid type Yellow Wagtail still in the wagtail flock.
  5. Matthebirder

    Grafham Water

    Grafham 15 Apr 2024; Kittiwake off the dam in the evening. 50+ Yellow Wagtails A pair of Grey Wagtails feeding young at a nearby nest
  6. Matthebirder

    Exploring Sydney - and further afield.

    Hello Mike; for some reason I have overlooked your posting for 2 years; I have made over 20 birding trips from the UK since 1999 until the pandemic stopped play. I must catch up on back numbers asap. As a prolific poster for my local patch I value the effort that goes in; especially the...
  7. Matthebirder

    Grafham Water

    Grafham 13 Apr 2024; on the dam a count of 40+ Yellow Wagtails this evening and 6 White Wagtails plus two 'local?' Grey Wagtails and many Pied Wags allowed some spring time excitement. A brief encounter in the morning with a potential female type Blue-headed or hybrid 'Channel Wagtail' allowed...
  8. Matthebirder

    Grafham Water

    Grafham 10 Apr 2024; 20+ Yellow Wagtails and two White Wagtails on the dam. A Common Sandpiper joining the many Little Ringed Plovers.
  9. Matthebirder

    Grafham Water

    Grafham 06 Apr 2024; around 10 Yellow Wagtails and 2 White Wagtails this afternoon
  10. Matthebirder

    Grafham Water

    Grafham 05 Apr 2024; 5 or 6 Yellow Wagtails on the dam.
  11. Matthebirder

    Mallorca 2024

    Thank you to all providing the info; especially StewB; your Dragonfly paper is excellent. All booked now for mid June; can't wait for some hot weather as awful in UK . The few Yellow Wags will be wishing they should have waited for a later flight!
  12. Matthebirder

    Mallorca 2024

    Thank you for these, I will study them in the morning. Should be booking up in the morning too.
  13. Matthebirder

    Grafham Water

    Grafham 01 Apr 2024; three Yellow Wagtails on the dam. Two or more immature Yellow-legged Gulls still around. No Ospreys today again except a lady had one on her 'Merlin' App 100 yards from me..... She went home happy! I don't think I will download this piece of trash.
  14. Matthebirder

    Mallorca 2024

    Thank you Mike; I think your positive recommendation of a summer visit is all the approval I need; will sort some dates; it will be based in my usual P.P hotel.... I will try to contact your two chaps too regarding the insects. I have the main field guides and historically was an...
  15. Matthebirder

    Mallorca 2024

    RFI please; (Mike possibly); I'm considering a possible 'Summer'visit; mid June ; late I know for birds but I'm looking for any definitive sources of information for Butterflies and Dragonflies but struggling. I have done plenty of Spring visits over the ages so starting to look at out of...
  16. Matthebirder

    Grafham Water

    Grafham 31 Mar 2024; four Little Gulls moving through east and Mediterranean Gull in the roost.
  17. Matthebirder

    Grafham Water

    Grafham 30 Mar 2024; one of the two Ospreys watched fishing at 08:30 at the NW end from the dam. Another view again at 16:00 when appeared to stay in savages creek. A Little Gull and Med Gull off Plummer Point in the afternoon. Yellow Wagtail on the dam.
  18. Matthebirder

    Grafham Water

    Grafham 24 Mar 2024; an early Osprey late afternoon, watched for over an hour fishing off the dam. Eventually caught a large trout just off Marlow carpark and after a long time evading crows and gulls landed on Plummer Point where it remained eating the live fish which carried on struggling for...
  19. Matthebirder

    Mallorca 2024

    Last post for this season as back home now; I have quickly processed some of the Spotless Starling photos from 18 Mar (as discussed above) and will sign out with this one; thank you for sharing locations and updates.
  20. Matthebirder

    Mallorca 2024

    Yes Common Redstart; male in sheep field by Boquer carpark; different male over the Boquer house wall with a Black Redstart ; another male and female at the Balearic warbler site later; maybe some overlap but valley was very busy with birds. Many Robins , Song Thrushes & Serins moving through...
  21. Matthebirder

    Mallorca 2024

    Approx 10 Sandwich Tern off P.Pollensa beach this afternoon and an Oystercatcher this evening.
  22. Matthebirder

    Mallorca 2024

    The (presumably same) Woodchat Shrike local 'species' still in Pollensa Park hotel garden at P.Pollensa Always nice to see.
  23. Matthebirder

    Mallorca 2024

    More beers tonight! A Balearic Warbler male was showing reasonably well at far end of the Boquer valley late morning. Only heard the single bird though. Several Redstarts and Black Redstarts. 3 BVs
  24. Matthebirder

    Mallorca 2024

    A couple of hours late morning at Cuber at viewpoint above reservoir; only 1 Black Vulture. Later at Lluc 15 or so Griffons over ridge to the east while drinking cold beers... A Woodchat tonight in Pollensa Park garden with a Wryneck plus some swifts through. Still Black Redstarts at Boquer house.
  25. Matthebirder

    Mallorca 2024

    Spotless Starlings; 6 were full summer and 1 may be a 1st year or common starling . There were a few common starlings at the Depeodora treatment works plus 2 Water Pipits . Also one very close from the second hide down the main canal in the Albufera
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