TheSeagull
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Well this is reply number 4000!
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Well this is reply number 4000!
Joseph N
Lothian Young Birder
Well I'm going for the simple ones, the ones that aren't small chance 'on passage' or vagrant birds but rather ones like Robin, Kingfisher, Corncrake, Golden Eagle etc.
And you wouldn't happen to know these species that nobody's supposed to know about would youOr I suppose I could change my objective to visit every nature reserve or something. But we'll see.
Good luck Calvin on the resident birds. Beware though that Golden Eagle and Corncrake are hard. Golden Eagles are elusive and you have to be patient, whilst the Corncrake is very hard to see, you have to go to specialised places and have to be very patient. Robin should be really easy though, you'll get them in your garden.
TheSeagull
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Good luck Calvin on the resident birds. Beware though that Golden Eagle and Corncrake are hard. Golden Eagles are elusive and you have to be patient, whilst the Corncrake is very hard to see, you have to go to specialised places and have to be very patient. Robin should be really easy though, you'll get them in your garden.
I've got several Robins that will hopefully stick around until January
And don't worry (regarding Corncrake), I'm shameless and will tick on heard :smoke: Of course I won't be satisfied until I've got at least a record shot :-O Anyway my Dad used to see loads of the things back on Barra in the 80s or so he says, he recognised them from a picture anyway.
mr.sim
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The Isle of Skye is apparently brilliant for both Eagle species. I was speaking to someone at the Bird Fair who drove along the road round the top of the island and counted more than 10 Eagles (a mix of Golden and White-Tailed). It is perhaps worth saying that Skye isn't actually an island as it is linked with the mainland and you can access it by road...
This is one of the areas we will hopefully be visiting next summer...
To get info. on scarce species in Scotland (or anywhere for that matter!) you have to know the right people. This year 2 pairs of Icterine Warblers bred and apparently both Wood Sandpiper and Greenshank breed occasionally too. It's easy enough seeing the latter two on passage, but if you're going to write a book on your year it might be worth that trip to the breeding sites...
This is one of the areas we will hopefully be visiting next summer...
To get info. on scarce species in Scotland (or anywhere for that matter!) you have to know the right people. This year 2 pairs of Icterine Warblers bred and apparently both Wood Sandpiper and Greenshank breed occasionally too. It's easy enough seeing the latter two on passage, but if you're going to write a book on your year it might be worth that trip to the breeding sites...
jimmyg
Good game boys, good game!
Woke up waaaay too late this morning, ruining my chances of seeing the Rose-coloured Starling (which you can only really see in the morning), but felt I had to get out anyway so went to Port Meadow this evening. Glad I did!!! Found 3 Redshank, a Black-tailed Godwit, a Dunlin (trust me, these things are quite uncommon in Oxfordshire!), plus an adult Yellow-legged Gull and an adult Caspian Gull! I was pleased that I could actually identify the Caspian Gull, regardless of the fact that its pretty rare :-O A bit jammy that this is about the best haul anyone's had at Port Meadow this term, and its only the 3rd time I've been :t: I felt sorry for the more regular patchwatchers!
By the way, this is probably my last post as a Young Birder, since I'm 20 tomorrow :-C Its been an honour to bear that prestigious title!
By the way, this is probably my last post as a Young Birder, since I'm 20 tomorrow :-C Its been an honour to bear that prestigious title!
TheSeagull
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Maybe you could start a new group! The Young at Heart but Starting to Age a Bit Birders! :-O
Wouldn't mind seeing those breeding Icterine Warblers, that is assuming they breed next year as well, if they do I'll certainly try to find the site! If nobody hands over the info then I'll just have to travel the country with trial and error!
Happy Birthday for tomorrow:t:
Some nice birds you had there, a shame about the RC Starling though.
Good luck in the future as an "Old Birder"
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mr.sim
Honourable founding member of the "day late" gang
That'll be a lot of error!
And there's no garuntee they'll breed next year as these records were only the 4th and 5th for Britain! Interestingly, all breeding records of Icterine Warbler in the UK have been in Scotland, including a pair which raised 3 young in Orkney!Icterine warblers aparrently like to breed in "sunny glades of forest edges" so that's a start...
Dark Knight
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I've got several Robins that will hopefully stick around until January
hi the seagull, i have a book called " where to watch birds in Scotland " writtern by mike madders and julia welstead , it was given to me and its quite old published in 1989, it covers all the sites and gives detailed maps and grid ref numbers , it says thier are up to 175 breeding bird species and thier have been 450 bird species recorded ( when it was published that is )
jimmyg
Good game boys, good game!
Happy Birthday for tomorrow:t:
Some nice birds you had there, a shame about the RC Starling though.
Good luck in the future as an "Old Birder"
Thanks! Hopefully will go for it towards the end of this week...
If any of you want to keep abreast of my exploits, a link to my diary is at the bottom of this post. College have finally sorted out the internet connection, so I can now update regularly again (the rest of my updates for October and November are now on there).
Oops, just realised this is an illegal post. Oh well :smoke:
TheSeagull
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That'll be a lot of error!
Icterine warblers aparrently like to breed in "sunny glades of forest edges" so that's a start...
Well they know how to choose good nesting sites :-O Apparently one pair chose Sutherland, another Strathspey this year. Never been to the Sutherland area myself.
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mr.sim
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Happy Birthday James! What's the weather like around the rest of the country? I'm glad I didn't go to Denver Sluice this morning, as I'd have been cycling back in heavy rain and hail!
Below is a picture of a particularly evil-looking weather front I took this morning!
Below is a picture of a particularly evil-looking weather front I took this morning!
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Happy birthday James
louisfh
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Happy Birthday James!
I don't think I've got any targets for 2010, certainly nothing as ambitious as your plan TheSeagull. Should be fun though even if you don't manage to find that sunny glade with the Icterines I think I might set myself a target of a year list of 200. Seems reasonable and if I can persuade my mum that fair Isle is the place to be over October half term I should be in good stead.
And Mr sim. I went out today to walk the dog and maybe see some birds and got absolutely drenched. Was the same weather here in london.
I don't think I've got any targets for 2010, certainly nothing as ambitious as your plan TheSeagull. Should be fun though even if you don't manage to find that sunny glade with the Icterines
I think I might set myself a target of a year list of 200. Seems reasonable and if I can persuade my mum that fair Isle is the place to be over October half term I should be in good stead.And Mr sim. I went out today to walk the dog and maybe see some birds and got absolutely drenched. Was the same weather here in london.
TheSeagull
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Happy Birthday James!
I don't think I've got any targets for 2010, certainly nothing as ambitious as your plan TheSeagull. Should be fun though even if you don't manage to find that sunny glade with the Icterines
And Mr sim. I went out today to walk the dog and maybe see some birds and got absolutely drenched. Was the same weather here in london.
When you take away all the rare passage vagrants the amount of species in Scotland isn't much more than 200
Dark Knight
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hi all, i hope to get more than 100 in 2010 hopefully going to norfolk in june for the breckland species : stone curlew, golden oriole , montys harrier and woodlark will all be target species plus fingers crossed a holiday in scillys at half term in october might turn up some good birds to :king: happy birthday james
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Dark Knight
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My top ten birding highlights of this year are ( to date that is ) 1. Brown shrike 2. Black-winged pratincole 3. Rough-legged buzzard 4. Barn owl 5. Wood sandpiper 6. Hobby 7. Glossy ibis 8. Curlew sandpiper 9 Zitting cisticola 10. Pintail , not many rare ones but good views and patience make these birds my favs of 2009, i was lucky with the ibis as it had not been seen for a while then it flew over my head and the zitting cisticola i waited nearly three hours to see :t::t:
TheSeagull
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Zitting Cisticola is especially good when your doing an animal alphabet and want to put something other than Zebra. As is Xantus's Murrelet :-O
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