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    Long-staying injured Whooper Swan

    The injured long-staying Whooper Swan is still on the Kent estuary in South Cumbria, having survived its third Winter here.
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    Guide, Sinai, Egypt

    It might be in Dahab. We went a few years ago. A very pleasant area, much smaller than Sharma El Sheik. All being well the holiday will be there. According to one report, 'UK travel advice to Egypt was updated at the start of January 2024. However, most tourist hotspots, such as Sharm El-Sheikh...
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    Reykjavik in April

    Have a look at my report on vacation forum on here Copy and paste this into the Birdforum search engine: A 14 night Cruise from Southampton to Norway and Iceland, 22/6/23 to 6/7/23 Videy Island is a top birdwatching spot in Reykjavik. Its easy to reach from the cruise terminal area by ferry. I...
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    Cattle Egret chosen “roost site” on Fuerteventura.

    There's a similar large roost of Cattle Egret next to the bus station in the middle of Arrecife on the nearby island of Lanzarote.
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    Curlew Recovery South Lakes

    Found out about this on a Facebook page. If you copy and paste ' Curlew Recovery South Lakes ' into google it should take you there. I used to cover this area before moving and only ever saw one Curlew chick which was soon predated by a crow, so I was pleased to see that four chicks were...
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    Questions about House Sparrows in UK

    We inherited a very small garden when we bought our house- well over two thirds is paved. Within the paved area there are three trees. In the non- paved area there's a few small trees and bushes. We provide plenty of food for birds. Throughout the year around 20 House Sparrow are resident or...
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    A Nightingale was unlikely to sing in Berkely Square

    Did a Blackbird sing at Adlestrop Station? Yes. I remember Adlestrop— The name, because one afternoon Of heat the express-train drew up there Unwontedly. It was late June. The steam hissed. Someone cleared his throat. No one left and no one came On the bare platform. What I saw Was...
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    Sanyang, The Gambia

    It's a few years since we've been there but I had no safety issues walking around with my bins and scope. I generally did my birdwatching alone ( my non- birding other half was sometimes with me, so she'd tag along depending on where and when I did my birdwatching). Avoiding being generally...
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    Upcoming trip to Egypt, asking for advices....

    Had no problems with moving around freely on our trips to Egypt, or having equipment confiscated. Top tip: if you're visiting a dodgy country have a birdwatching book handy to show the authorities at the airport that you're visiting to birdwatch.
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    Short trip to Leighton Moss 26 -29 Feb 24

    Glad you enjoyed your trip. Its a marvellous bird reserve; they've put in lot of hard work over the years. I only live 6 miles from there but haven't been for about 15 years - I'm allergic to hides. :D Also there's so many good birdwatching spots around here there's plenty of alternatives.
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    Cuckoo in February?

    ' They have almost certainly mis-heard a collared dove'............. or a Woodpigeon. Some of them have been vocal recently in Cumbria. A woodpigeon was very vocal in our garden this morning in South Cumbria.
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    Returning land to nature

    Talking to the farmer who owns a large swathe of land in south Cumbria, he’s obtained a grant to fence it off and, in his words, he’s going to ‘leave it to nature.’ A good move since the alternative could have been to drain it off and give the whole area over to agriculture, or perhaps...
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    Bird of prayer?

    Our local rag recently produced a story about a Lanner Falcon. This was the headline on the website: VIDEO: See this bird of prayer rousing in the snowy weather :D
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    Is Slimbridge wetlands the Mecca of bird spotting in the Uk?😄

    If you see somewhere termed the 'Mecca of...............' , avoid it like the plague :)
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    Iceland

    That may be so but we've cruised through areas chock a block with whales without having to go on whale watching trips- and Iceland wasn't one of them. As we sailed out of one of the Iceland ports I kept my eye on a whale-watching boat hoping it might find some. Sadly there was no sign anything...
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