https://stonefactionbirding2014.blogspot.com/2022/10/1020-over-hill-31022.html
New blog-post. Click the link above to read all about Monday's early morning visit to the top of Dundee Law to see what might be passing by, on migration...
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https://stonefactionbirding2014.blogspot.com/2022/09/1018-hoping-for-grey-day-24922.html
New blog-post. Click on the link above to read all about Saturday's return visit to Riverside Nature Park, Dundee in search of a Grey Plover found by Keith Edwards 2 days before - which would be a new bird for my Dundee 140 list.
I believe there is a Great Northern Diver in Groomsport bay Northern Ireland. It may be injured as it is flapping its wings but not getting airbourne.
For the last few years, I am looking forward to autumn to do some WP rarity hunting. Every year now at the end of September/beginning of October, something goes terribly wrong:
2019 - I got pneumonia in Chile, recovered for a month
2020 - COVID restrictions + work assignment to Poland
2021 - my wife's deadline for a grant proposal
2022 - a conference I have already pledged to go to got moved to the worst possible date, then cancelled, but then health issues
If someone is puppeteering all of this behind the scenes just to stop me from racking up a WP list, could you please stop? I'll delete some cat Cs to give you more headway, OK?
https://stonefactionbirding2014.blogspot.com/2022/09/1013-all-over-place-12922.html
New blog-post. Click the link to read all about last Monday's rather busy day out, starting early in the morning up Dundee Law for a spot of vis-migging, then out to Riverside Nature Park before heading home early in the afternoon, only to get the offer of a return trip to Balmossie in search of the previous day's Rosy Starling which had been seen again....
I really don't post blogs as often as I should. Maybe its because I'm a themes kind of blogger rather than a detailed trip report kind of guy. Don't get me wrong, I wish I could do the trip reports that Stonefaction does, but never find the time. Maybe the 'themes' approach suits my introspective nature a bit, I'm quite quiet and contemplative ("moody" is the word Mrs GreenSand uses...) Trip reports would probably be more useful in terms of building a database of knowledge. As old birders eventually die, their knowledge can be lost. How much would be benefit from birders' diaries being saved somewhere like old maps?
Anyway, after my Fidra trip and 'better go to Cathkin Marsh' trip, I think I gave myself a bit of a shake. The...
Want to know more details about the Red-tailed tropicbird?
The red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) is a seabird that mainly resides in the Indian and Pacific Oceans’ tropical regions. Therefore, this species is discoverable amongst the countries of Sri Lanka, Australia, Bangladesh, British Indian Ocean Territory, Canada, Chile, China, Comoros, India, Indonesia, Japan, Madagascar, Mayotte, Mexico, the Federated States of Micronesia, Mozambique, Norfolk Island, the Philippines, the Solomon Islands, South Africa, Taiwan, and China.
The red-tailed tropicbird is a large windborne seabird with a slender body, a short neck, long and narrow wings, and two very-noticeable streamer lines of lengthy central tail feathers. Its beak and...
Read all about the efforts during August of a small band of dedicated and daft birders attempting to see a modest 220 species largely within their home county during 2022. Lots of pics included of such things as Turkestan Shrike, Yellow-legged Gulls and various seabirds.
https://www.wingsearch2020.com/220-for-2022-august-update/
After two years confined to birding within the UK due to Covid restrictions, travel nightmares and work commitments Bob and I were keen to get our butts back on a plane seat and continue our exploration of the western palearctic and the bird species found within it. Now sane birders out there would have punted for a leisurely tour in Morocco, Israel or some other temperate country that has a species list as long as your arm. But we (in our infinite wisdom), decided that the Arctic Circle and heavy forestation were the right combination to kick off our post lockdown explorations! Were we mad? I will let you reach that conclusion after you hear about our latest western palearctic exploration. Full blog post can be found here: Scandinavian...
https://stonefactionbirding2014.blogspot.com/2022/08/1003-coastal-collection-24822.html
Click on the link above to read all about last Wednesday's birding outing with my birding pal, Susan, along the Angus coast where there were 1000s of birds to search through, both onshore and offshore, in my latest blog-post.