Nice as it is to see the rarities, I would like first to see work on the birds I just haven't got hold of yet
1. Manx shearwater
2. Great skua
3. Pomarine skua
4. Long tailed skua
5. Little auk
6. Storm petrel
7. Leaches petrel
(see the pattern)
8. Quail
9. Jack snipe
10. Ptarmigan
Seawatching all summer long then trystan?
Nice as it is to see the rarities, I would like first to see work on the birds I just haven't got hold of yet
1. Manx shearwater
2. Great skua
3. Pomarine skua
4. Long tailed skua
5. Little auk
6. Storm petrel
7. Leaches petrel
(see the pattern)
8. Quail
9. Jack snipe
10. Ptarmigan
If only I had the patience, an hour here and there is as much as I can take. Strange to get sooty and great shearwater this way with still no manx but thats just the way it goes.
Mind you, I still have lots of birds which I really should've seen by now, gropper being at the top....
Nice as it is to see the rarities, I would like first to see work on the birds I just haven't got hold of yet
1. Manx shearwater
2. Great skua
3. Pomarine skua
4. Long tailed skua
5. Little auk
6. Storm petrel
7. Leaches petrel
(see the pattern)
8. Quail
9. Jack snipe
10. Ptarmigan
Mostly birds I've missed when out of country:
Eye-browed Thrush
Red-throated Thrush
Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler
Golden-winged Warbler - was in Thailand - blown it then!
Long-billed Murrelet -was in Ethiopia / Kenya
Pine Grosbeak - was in Australia
Belted Kingfisher - was in Cameroon
Sooty Tern - was in Galapagos; missed by 10mins in Northern Ireland on return
Royal Tern - missed five
Ruppell's Warbler -was in Australia
shoud get a few of them back one day!
Mostly birds I've missed when out of country:
Long-billed Murrelet -was in Ethiopia / Kenya