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Monday 4th January 2010, 18:25
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Slash's Ship List 2010
Last year I did a big Hants bird list. As I am in the Royal Navy this year I will be away a fair bit, so I thought I would do a 2010 Ship List. This will be birds that I see from my ship, whether I am in Portsmouth or if I am abroad or indeed in the middle of the Atlantic. Who knows what will turn up. I wont set myself a target but 50 to start would be good. Hopefully photos will be included for all those gems that land onboard.
To start with a quick look across Portsmouth harbour, produced one species 1 - Black-headed Gull More to follow soon as we are off to sea on Wednesday Three Amigo's Blog http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/amigo |
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Thursday 7th January 2010, 10:01
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Alongside the wall in Portsmouth Dockyard yesterday and there was a bit more gull movement around one of the ferries stiring up the sea bed.
2 - Common Gull 3 - Great Black-backed Gull 4 - Herring Gull 5 - Great Cormorant We will be at sea from now on, so hopefully some pelagic specialities soon Three Amigo's Blog http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/amigo Last edited by Matelot birder : Thursday 7th January 2010 at 10:06. |
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Sunday 10th January 2010, 12:45
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Alongside in Plymouth Dockayrd. Yesterday a quick walk around the upperdeck produced a regular visitor and a few flyover specials initially identified by their distinctive call.
6 - Mute Swan 7 - Redwing Three Amigo's Blog http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/amigo |
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Wednesday 13th January 2010, 11:30
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Duty in sunny Plymouth. Today produced some of the species I would expect to see alongside the wall in any UK dockyard.
8 - Feral Pigeon 9 - Carrion Crow 10 - Rock Pipit Three Amigo's Blog http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/amigo |
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Thursday 14th January 2010, 10:21
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A great day yesterday. I was carrying out ceremonial on the flight deck, so stood facing the flag at attention. I heard a raptor calling above and sheepishly looked up to see a male
11 - Peregrine pass food too a female. The male soared off and the female followed, slowly manoovering the catch in her talons. Five minutes later I heard another family call and a single 12 - Pied Wagtail landed on the jetty. Three Amigo's Blog http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/amigo |
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Monday 18th January 2010, 19:40
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Today at sea, I spent half an hour looking out over a very calm English Channel.
During this time I had about thirty 13 - Guillemot all sitting quitely on the sea, slowly moving away or diving as we approached. A party of six 14 - Gannet then flew by, all adults. Both these species are very common at sea off the coast of the UK. Three Amigo's Blog http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/amigo Last edited by Matelot birder : Sunday 24th January 2010 at 10:10. |
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Sunday 24th January 2010, 10:09
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A few days without internet, so a report from mid-week.
At sea in the English Channel was pleased, but not surprised to see a few 15 - Kittiwake Diving and swooping around the ship's wake Three Amigo's Blog http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/amigo |
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Saturday 6th February 2010, 18:28
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Today was spent at a new berth in Plymouth and this morning whilst returning over the gangway a single
16 - Canada Goose Flew over my head, honking all the way. Later two more flew over, heading in the same direction. Three Amigo's Blog http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/amigo |
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Monday 8th February 2010, 20:07
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Today, whilst at sea, I caught with a bird that I really expected to have had a while ago. Flying with a group of nine Guillemots, were two
17 - Razorbill Also around were a few Common and Herring Gulls and a good number of Gannets. Loads of Guillemots were also sat on sea, swimming off as we approached. Three Amigo's Blog http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/amigo |
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Friday 26th February 2010, 11:01
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I'm not sure how I missed this one but whilst on the upper deck today, just off the coast of Plymouth I saw one of these.
18 - Fulmar These are a common bird at sea but I have had very little opportunity to take time out for some sea watching. Hopefully that will change when we deploy latert this year. Three Amigo's Blog http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/amigo |
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Sunday 21st March 2010, 14:31
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The ship is once again alongside in Portsmouth and today I could see a large mud bank in the middle of Portsmouth Harbour. Although far away I could make out some of the larger birds frequenting.
19 - Brent Goose 20 - Little Egret 21 - Eurasian Curlew Three Amigo's Blog http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/amigo |
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Wednesday 7th April 2010, 08:38
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The ship is once again at sea and on it's way to do various exercises. At the moment we are still in the English Channel
This morning I had a few birds such as Gannets, Guillemots and a single Fulmar. Today I want to put a non bird on the blog so I wont give this one a number Common Dolphin As I ventured onto the upper deck, I heard a splash and three Common Dolphin were riding the wake on the portside. I watched them on and off for ten minutes or so. Three Amigo's Blog http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/amigo Last edited by Matelot birder : Wednesday 7th April 2010 at 08:40. |
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Thursday 8th April 2010, 09:05
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An early evening visit to the Upper deck resulted in a few good finds. The ship disturbed a group of
22 - Manx Shearwater and whislt I was watching them soaring and landing on the sea, they were further disturbed by a marauding 23 - Great Skua flying above them. Shearwaters in numbers are always a fantastic sight at sea as they bank amongst the swell of the waves. Three Amigo's Blog http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/amigo |
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Thursday 8th April 2010, 11:26
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My early morning walk around the upper deck with cup of tea in hand prodcued a few Gannets and eight Guillemots.
Also heard before seen were a couple of Warblers. Eventually one decided to fly into the ship's hangar and a few quick snaps were taken. The tired but otherwise ok bird turned out to be a 24 - Chiffchaff A good sign of migration with hopefully more to follow Three Amigo's Blog http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/amigo |
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Saturday 10th April 2010, 14:41
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The internet has been down for a few days so I have two new birds seen over a couple of days. The day before yesterday I was talking on my mobile when a
25 - Eurasian Starling flew over my head, I could not locate the bird again. The next morning a 26 - Common Blackbird was onboard but once again it was only a fleeting glimpse and could not be re-located. That afternoon a group of 25+ 27 - Lesser Black-backed Gull were flying around the ship and all settled together on the sea at one point. Three Amigo's Blog http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/amigo |
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Sunday 11th April 2010, 19:51
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Yesterday we spent the early evening at anchor just off the coast of North-west Scotland, as we were only 300 metres or so from shore I had an excellent opportunity to add a few birds. In the end I had five new species for my Ship List.
26 - Greylag Goose two pairs seen flying over settlement. 27 - Eider Several small groups around the Loch 28 - Black Guillemot A least one pair diving near the ship 29 - Rock Dove This is a lifer for me. Two birds sitting on the side of a small rocky outcrop. 30 - Hooded Crow Three individuals seen over the land. Three Amigo's Blog http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/amigo |
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Saturday 17th April 2010, 15:40
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Today we are off Northern Scotland and the weather has changed a little for the worse after some glorious sunshine and calm seas last week.
This week has been about Guillemots and Fulmars (see blog below) but today I had the fantastic sight of a 31 - Puffin on the sea and then later another struggling to take flight and avoid the ship as it advanced towards it. Also seen at distance, was a Tern (sp) either a Common or an Arctic flying north. Like the fisherman said "one that got away" Three Amigo's Blog http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/amigo |
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Thursday 22nd April 2010, 19:58
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I had a call today telling me that a little birds was in the ship's hanagar.
I arrived to find a 32 - Willow Warbler Flying up and down the lengt of the hangar, constantly calling. Eventually it flew off to the North. Three Amigo's Blog http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/amigo |
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Tuesday 11th May 2010, 20:28
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Today we left Portsmouth Harbour for our deployment.
I took 20 minutes prior to sailing to scan across the harbour. A large group of gulls and terns were feeding along a channel and I picked up the two most common terns that visit our shores in the summer. I also saw a single hirundine which appeared in my bins as I scanned the seabird flock. 33 - Sandwich Tern 34 - Common Tern 35 - Barn Swallow We are now leaving UK waters so the other summer visitors will probably have to wait until later in the year. Three Amigo's Blog http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/amigo Last edited by Matelot birder : Tuesday 11th May 2010 at 20:32. |
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Wednesday 12th May 2010, 09:05
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The ship entered the eastern edge of the Atlantic this morning so I got up early with the hope of finding some evidence of migration.
I wasn't dissapointed as I found not one but two, 36 - Northern Wheatear These proved to be a male and a female, both looking tired but hopefully ok. Three Amigo's Blog http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/amigo |
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Friday 14th May 2010, 20:08
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Today a few people onboard had said that they had seen birds and one described his sighting as a large brown seagull. I suspected a certain species and was pleased when eventually at 19:50, I saw in the distance a
37 - Cory's Shearwater soaring above the waves. Tomorrow I will be up early hopeing for more of the same. Three Amigo's Blog http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/amigo |
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Saturday 15th May 2010, 22:00
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Today I got up early once again and after a slow trickle eventually I saw over 100 Cory's Shearwater as we drew closer to Sao Miguel, part of the Azores. I also saw two shearwaters that were probably Little Shearwater but they were way off so I cannot be definate.
As we came alongside a single 38 - Whimbrel flew down the harbour and there were several 39 - Yellow-legged Gull flying above the ship and on the jetty. Three Amigo's Blog http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/amigo |
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Sunday 16th May 2010, 20:34
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Once again up with the birds to see what was accompanying the ship as we crossed the North Atlantic.
The odd Cory's Shearwater would keep pace with the ship then suddenly I saw something different. Two smaller, all dark, pointed winged shearwater type birds, with immediatley gave me an impression of a bat like flight. I am pretty sure these were 40 - Bulwer's Petrel More Cory's this evening in quite a heavy swell. Mark C. |
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Wednesday 19th May 2010, 15:48
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This morning whilst having my morning cuppa on the flightdeck, I noticed a group of Shearwaters and was delighted to see a group of 20 or so
41 - Great Shearwater This is a gorgeous bird and one that I was hoping to see Three Amigo's Blog http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/amigo Mark C. |
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Wednesday 19th May 2010, 16:12
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I had heard reports of some small black birds flying in front of the ship and had some idea what they might be.
This was confirmed when I spotted a small bird flying adjacent to the ship and in an hour I eventually saw five individuals including this group of three. 42 - Leach's Storm-petrel Not the best image, note to self, must try harder. Three Amigo's Blog http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/amigo |
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