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    Young Birder

    Its been quite a long time since I have been on here but nice to see the thread is ticking along nicely. Spent the day at Tarifa at one of the higher based watch points - Tons of Raptors were seen on the move as to be expected ! Booted Eagles made up the majority with 270 reported on the board...
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    Young Birder

    Good to hear mate and thanks for the reply! Yeah whenever your on MSN give us a message or some such! Nice one on getting out more too. I hope to get out a lot more as I have said before in Gibraltar. Very true on the Swarovski optics aswell, brings more depth! Anyways keep up the obsessive...
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    Young Birder

    Yeah your right there mate! Put me out of pocket by quite a bit ;) Still worth it mind you :t:
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    Young Birder

    Great to see your still out and about mate! As usual I am pretty darn jealous of the great stuff you always seem to see up your way ;) By the way we need to catch up and talk soon! Guess its about time I got up to Scotland! ( How long have I been saying that now? ) On another note, I have...
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    Young Birder

    Welcome to the thread Jambo! :t:
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    Young Birder

    Hey again guys! Brilliant to see the thread is going nice and strong. Its a shame that I have not been able to contribute for the past few months due to personal things, Anyhow on another note I will be moving down close to Gibraltar and Tarifa in the next few weeks along with my parents! which...
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    Young Birder

    Haha I cant remember If I have posted this already! I went to Devon a couple of days ago and had a fantastic time. I have always wanted to catch up with Cirl Bunting in Britain... Thank god we managed to! Nice views of both Male and females at a spot recommended by a local birder from Dawlish...
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    Young Birder

    Awesome, I wish my parents would drive me to twitches! :-O And that must of been fantastic. What a brilliant bird :t: Thanks and yup, its a brilliant thread o:D
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    Young Birder

    Welcome to the thread mate :t: Impressive list there, no doubt! Most of those birds I can only dream of! Its always nice to hear from other young birders from around the globe. Hope you enjoy the thread! And Happy Birding o:D
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    Young Birder

    Thanks mate! o:D Been In Devon for a few days ;) Not seen masses of different birds but visited places such as Dawlish Warren and Berry head - Birds such as Common Tern, Sandwich tern, Manxie, Bonxie, Gannet, Guillimot, Ringed plover, Knot, Sprawk, Willow warbler, Chiffchaff, Sedge warbler...
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    Young Birder

    If anyone fancies taking a look http://youngbirderinspain.blogspot.com/ Im a bit low on followers so If anyone could follow who has a blog etc I would be most thankful, Ill follow back o:D http://youngbirderinspain.blogspot.com/ On another note. Off to Devon today for the weekend and a bit...
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    Young Birder

    Back in England at the sec. Extremely pleased that I managed not to dip on the Stilt Sandpiper at Lodmoor today. Took about 4 hours to finally see it... Luckily followed a guy that refound the bird near the Tern island. Brilliant close up views! Pretty chuffed as it was almost certain that views...
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    Young Birder

    Awesome :t: We started at the visitor center and walked to the hides on the left if I remember correctly. Its a truly fantastic reserve in my opinion, Last winter I was watching 2 Spotted eagles that were overwintering there, Beautiful birds. Oh and had not 1 but 3 Little Bitterns last time...
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    Young Birder

    Ah thanks for the heads up Midlands birder! :t: I wrote that bit very quickly and strangely for some reason put slav... :-O it is indeed a Black necked. I shall go fix that. And thanks for the kind words mate! It means a lot :)
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    Young Birder

    Hey Jo! Thank you very much mate, Im here to stay o:D And Nice seawatching tally by the way :t:
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    Young Birder

    Its been sooo Long! Hey Everyone! I dont know if any of you remember me! But I used to be a regular on this thread ;) I have been so busy lately that birding has taken a step back and I have not been out much... But! I have decided to come back o:D I love reading about all this stuff... but it...
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    Young Birder

    Yeah no probs. Yes, I am and I live in Altea in south west Spain in the Alicante region. If you want to know where the bird was seen it was at a reserve near Santa pola, about 17 kilometres from the town. Torrj - something :-O
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    Young Birder

    Good day out it in the field today! Just one of those days when it feels like everything is flowing in the right direction - Serin, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Black Redstart, Common Kessy, Crested Lark, Sardinian Warbler, Sparrowhawk, Cattle Egret, Slender billed gull, Southern grey shrike, Ringed...
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    Young Birder

    keep this thread up guys! I have had a pretty good time birding as of late. Been up to Norfolk where I saw my first Wryneck at Cley marshes and an Artic warbler at Holme NOA. Then got the ferry from portsmouth to Bilboa, Seawatching was pretty awesome with 4 lifers seen - Sabines gull close to...
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    Young Birder

    welcome to the thread Andrew :t: just to let everyone know im back in the uk for a week at the moment and will be going Norfolk for a few days on wednesdayo :D Also been birding today at my local patches but the weather was a tad crappy so not alot was around : Redstart, Yellow wag, wheatear...
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    Young Birder

    Hey long time no see folks. Recently I have taken a break off of birdforum as I have been busy training but im back now o:D Most of you probally dont remember me! :-O
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    Young Birder

    Thats cool so most of you do wanna keep this thread;)o:D to answer your question Louis im kinda stuck over here at the moment due to that always a pain in the arse MONEY lol but i should be going back to spain at the weekend ( fingers crossed ). Also had a close encounter with a cuckoo 2 days...
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    Young Birder

    ah right i see, well i dont think you have to go that far gropperwinch! but I feel your pain mate:-O yeah in my opinion i think we should keep this thread... its got tons of info and memories for me and im guessing others ( sorry if i sound really corny! ) but im up for a friendly debate...
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    Young Birder

    whats happened to this thread people we cant let it dissapear! and sorry for the lack of postings ive been very busy of late;) Ive been back in the uk for a few days now though and have managed to get out birding once again and have ticked off a few lifers which was nice ( little gull, long...
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    Young Birder

    Had a pretty good weekend birding in the UK and got my brit yr list up to around 95. I also nearly had a heart attack when i was scanning the local Canada geese and turned up a Barnacle goose.... but i found out later it was a feral bird that had been around now and then for three years:C...
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