O.Reville1989
I started off with nothing and I've still got some
Can I join in? or am I too old?
Life and year list in my sig
Life and year list in my sig
Can I join in? or am I too old?
Life and year list in my sig
Your never to old to join in; unless your not young anymore. This will be my final year as I am 19; 20 this year in December just before the competition ends.
Thanx KC
'If you can't be a good example then you'll just have to be a horrible warning'
I know more than one person who that applies to, including my brother LOL :'D :-O
192 - WHITE-WINGED SCOTER ( first summer drake deglandi showing down to 200 yards from 6-8pm on the evening of Sunday 12th, first for Britain if accepted)
After a few days of waiting to find out what the general consensus is on the White-winged Scoter that was found on Saturday evening and which I saw relatively well on Sunday evening (along with 3 drake Surf Scoters) it seems that everyone is agreed that it is indeed one and that it will likely be accepted. Consequently, I have now ticked it both for life and for the year for now. I'm pretty confident that I will not have to remove it or go through the pain of having to let go of having seen a first for Britain. Despite having added it for now, I will keep an eye out for the developments on the record. Can't tell you how wonderfully exhilirating it is to have seen this bird, very likely to be a first for Britain - a similar level of exhiliration I am sure was felt when a few of BF's young birders saw the Eastern Crowned Warbler in Durham! Will anyone have the guts to twitch this bird amongst us! Pretty tempting for those that saw the Black Scoter in Northumberland, you could get all 5 scoter species in a year!!
I will be getting out this weekend, but will not be going back for the White-winged Scoter. I will be going down to the nearby county of Angus on Sunday to have a look for a few birds that are tricky to see up this way - Short-eared Owl, Whinchat and breeding Pied Fly in particular.
Good birding,
Joseph
192 - WHITE-WINGED SCOTER ( first summer drake deglandi showing down to 200 yards from 6-8pm on the evening of Sunday 12th, first for Britain if accepted)
Can't tell you how wonderfully exhilirating it is to have seen this bird, very likely to be a first for Britain - a similar level of exhiliration I am sure was felt when a few of BF's young birders saw the Eastern Crowned Warbler in Durham! Will anyone have the guts to twitch this bird amongst us! Pretty tempting for those that saw the Black Scoter in Northumberland, you could get all 5 scoter species in a year!!
Good birding,
Joseph
Please don't tempt me Joseph, I can't get up there
Congrats on a brill bird!
I'm hopefully out on Saturday and definatelyon Sunday when I'm heading down to bempton. I'll be doing some seawatcging also down there with the hope of getting a passing seabirds before hours at the coast in the summer/ autumn.
Both my nyjer feeders have been damaged so I'm hoping to get out to saltholme and replace them, hopefully fitting in some birding in the area.
Not much birding done recently however had a fab day insect wise today. I've only just started with butterflies, dragonflies and moths so my lists are still pitifully low :-O Large Skipper, Broad Bodied Chaser, Blue Tail Damselfly and a beautiful Banded Damoiselle were all new for me along with several moths that I've not identified yet
first ever trip to bempton cliffs
83 gannet
84 guillemot
85 kittiwake
86 razorbill
87 tree sparrow
88 PUFFIN
missed out on corn bunting because I was too busy yapping haha , but was a fantastic day, and might I add, all the above are lifers
some photos on my flickr http://tinyurl.com/6kja7u8 best ones are of the gannets and guillemots but I did get one very blurry photo of a puffin haha
231 - Guillemot - Murcar Links Golf Course, Aberdeenshire
232 - White-winged Scoter - Murcar Links Golf Course, Aberdeenshire
I didn't go for the King Eider, but wasn't to bothered as I got the White-winged Scoter. Not the most attractive or exciting bird I have ever seen but I like ID challenges and this bird was. Once picked out from the crowd and you got your eye in it was fairly obvious. Also at least 2 Surf Scoters seen within the large block. Brilliant day!
231 - Guillemot - Murcar Links Golf Course, Aberdeenshire
232 - White-winged Scoter - Murcar Links Golf Course, Aberdeenshire
I didn't go for the King Eider, but wasn't to bothered as I got the White-winged Scoter. Not the most attractive or exciting bird I have ever seen but I like ID challenges and this bird was. Once picked out from the crowd and you got your eye in it was fairly obvious. Also at least 2 Surf Scoters seen within the large block. Brilliant day!