https://stonefactionbirding2014.blogspot.com/2024/12/1329-late-auk-161124.html
Puffin is never frequent in the Tay, so with Mark Wilkinson having found 5 very late birds on Thursday, there was only one place I was headed on Saturday.....
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Dear all,
I hope you all would enjoy my blog ODKF.
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Hey all,
Its that time of year when days are short, skies are dull (ok, ALL of 2024 has been like that) and nights are long. Birding opportunities are restricted, the naiive among us (ie. me) start dreaming of the new birding year. After my wild musings about the type of birding site, I started thinking about the type of birder we'd come across when we're out and about. Nothing too existential, its a wry, hopefully affectionate, hopefully humorous, and definitely self- deprecating look at ourselves. Enjoy!
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The Immersive/ Big Day birder: someone who wants to maximise their experience. To get the most bird ‘life’ out of each day out, whether it’s the only day they have that week...
Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road.
If memory serves I’ve been prattling on about the need to be flexible, not set in my ways, and have ended up waxing lyrical about the best of times and worst of times.
Family stuff meant that some of my recent weekends have been busy not birding. Fortunately, I have flexi- time, I work silly hours some weeks, and usually manage at least one day off midweek each month. Or, sometimes two.
So, with the whole flexibility thing…. My plans had been to have a long weekend, involving Ayrshire, staying local, then an adventure in East Lothian- Ferny Ness/ Longniddry Bents to be precise. Family stuff meant that the weekend plans fell down, with only a flying visit to Cathkin Marsh to restore my...
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