Dorset birding (1 Viewer)

Wendy Morris

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• May 19, 2010

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Red Kite this morning over the A30 near Milborne Port which is technically in Somerset, but almost completely surrounded by Dorset!

 

scary-canary

Canaries forever... and i'm not always scary, some

• May 19, 2010

• #1,662

Smew at Longham

Found a redhead smew tonight at Longham lake! Hope it doesn't stay too long and become plastic!
Chris

 

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pdh

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• May 19, 2010

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Wendy Morris said:

over the A30 near Milborne Port

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that's interesting. I saw one there just about a year ago - a little before the stud/dairy farm when coming from the Shaston direction

 

Wendy Morris

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• May 19, 2010

• #1,664

Yes! Exactly that spot!

 

scary-canary

Canaries forever... and i'm not always scary, some

• May 20, 2010

• #1,665

Longham , Thursday

Also one dunlin and one common sandpiper. Garganey still present.
Chris

 

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pdh

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• May 20, 2010

• #1,666

@Wendy -- I haven't got a proper record; I reported it on Birdguides at the time but don't have a sub so can't check the exact date. But looking back at some emails, it was probably towards the end of July rather than now.

 

scary-canary

Canaries forever... and i'm not always scary, some

• May 20, 2010

• #1,667

longham lake today

Smew was present at 9am, but as soon as it saw me it flew off high and might have landed on the river towards Bearcross.
Chris

 

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nigel_b

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• May 20, 2010

• #1,668

I got a red kite over Sturminster Marshall last week on the 13th which is almost exactly a year to the day since I spotted one last year (May 11th) over Lytchett Matravers.

 

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dagoretti

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• May 21, 2010

• #1,669

made it to LL with an old friend . Saw the Garganey well , and heard the cuckoo . The rest very much as you describe .

Back to Nairobi on Saturday

maybe see you in August

Mike

scary-canary said:

Smew was present at 9am, but as soon as it saw me it flew off high and might have landed on the river towards Bearcross.
Chris

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scary-canary

Canaries forever... and i'm not always scary, some

• May 21, 2010

• #1,670

Very hot day at Longham today. Canada geese with single gosling on the big lake. Lots of house martins and an lrp. No smew, (phew!!)
Chris

 

scary-canary

Canaries forever... and i'm not always scary, some

• May 22, 2010

• #1,671

scary-canary said:

Very hot day at Longham today. Canada geese with single gosling on the big lake. Lots of house martins and an lrp. No smew, (phew!!)
Chris

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Here's the picture I promised...

 

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scary-canary

Canaries forever... and i'm not always scary, some

• May 22, 2010

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Fox at Longham

Pleased with this fellow at Longham this afternoon.
Also had garganey, cettis warbler calling but not much else. Weather fantastic.

 

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Wendy Morris

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• May 23, 2010

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The Canadas that I saw on a lake at Cerne Abbas appear to have either three or four young. They stood like statues for all of ten minutes while I watched them.

 

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scary-canary

Canaries forever... and i'm not always scary, some

• May 25, 2010

• #1,674

Longham lake at dusk

Garganey still present, plus cuckoo calling and my first views of hobby for the year, over Hampreston fields by the river.
Chris

 

scary-canary

Canaries forever... and i'm not always scary, some

• May 26, 2010

• #1,675

Went over to the dark side today - stopped off at Blashford lakes in Hampshire and had one superb summer plumaged black tern. Come to Longham please! Also three drakes and one female mandarin at Eyeworth pond.

 

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scary-canary

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• May 26, 2010

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Cuckoo calling over longham lake tonight, and lots of black-headed gulls.
The garganey seems a bit more normal now too, not so obsessed with the baby ducks! Not much else to report apart from the spectacular display from the swifts which is a regular evening event.
Chris

 

scary-canary

Canaries forever... and i'm not always scary, some

• May 27, 2010

• #1,677

Good night at Longham, with hobby, peregrine and three Egyptian geese dropping in for 20 minutes before flying off again. Garganey still there.

 

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Wendy Morris

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• May 30, 2010

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Cuckoos around again. Once from home this morning and then a couple of miles along the road at the aptly named Cuckoo Hill.

 

scary-canary

Canaries forever... and i'm not always scary, some

• Jun 3, 2010

• #1,679

longham lake tonight

Peregrine plucking pigeon on a pylon tonight and I'm sure everyone will be pleased to know that the drake garganey is still here, still paddling round with a female mallard - looking like a bit dropped off. Lots of tufteds and at least 10 gadwall over the two lakes.
Saw two adult foxes with two cubs too.
Very midgey too as this heron pic proves
Chris

 

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Wendy Morris

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• Jun 5, 2010

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Yet another Red Kite! This time about a mile SW of Sherborne at 10.45 this morning. It was being mobbed by three corvids and, again, I was driving and it had disappeared from sight by the time I was able to stop.

Am I just getting lucky or are there more around at the moment?