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    Your Most Recent "Life" Bird

    Me too!
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    UK Dragonflies & Damselflies 2022

    I guess not, I heard through the Berks dragonfly facebook page
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    UK Dragonflies & Damselflies 2022

    Delighted to see a new UK species for me this week with 2 Lesser Emperors at Hosehill lake near Reading.
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    High Brown Fritillary - Where's better: Heddon or Alun Valley?

    Hi John, I heading to Exeter to collect my son from Uni next week and am hoping to look for HBF too. I'm looking at maps of Aish Tor, trying to work out which area you mean. As far as I can see, there are 2 car parks, Newbridge by the river and Newbridge Hill much higher up. The woodland seems...
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    Corncrakes in Harris and North Uist

    I'm another who has only heard Corncrake in the past but has another opportunity coming up at the end of May beginning of June... I am doing a round Scotland road trip with my Dad and eldest and we will be travelling across to Islay, Skye, around the north coast and to Orkney Mainland (as well...
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    UK Dragonflies & Damselflies 2022

    Any particular area of Paxton Pits or are they widespread? I could head there when visiting family near Bedford. Thanks
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    First Swift of the year 2022 (UK)

    First two back over my house yesterday:)
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    Bank Holiday Monday in the New Forest

    I spent bank holiday Monday in the New Forest, hoping to add to my year list. Despite the overcast conditions, it was a very successful day. We started off at Acres Down. There were two principal targets here, resident Goshawks and visiting Honey Buzzards. The HBs were a bit of a long shot as...
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    Canary Islands Conundrums - Fuerteventura and Tenerife 25-31 March 2022

    Great report as always Nick - Hopefully I can head back for the Little Shears sometime!
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    First Butterflies 2022

    3 Brimstones during my lunch break in north east Hampshire
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    Your Most Recent "Life" Bird

    Baikal Teal in Somerset - one I have always wanted to see :)
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    Flock to Marion, South Africa and the Southern Oceans, January-February 2022.

    Jos, thanks for sharing - sounds like the trip of a lifetime!
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    scotland april 2022 campervan trip

    This will be a really useful thread - my Dad has suggested that we do a road trip around Scotland as his first holiday after my mother passed away. Again, he is not a birder but keen to see spectacular places and is still fit and active. I have seen the birding specialities many years ago (I...
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    Butterflies in the Italian Alps, 8-22 July 2021.

    I love your butterfly expeditions and can't wait for some pictures! How do you even begin to know where to look!
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    Capers in the Scottish Highlands 26 April - 1 May 2021

    Great write up Nick. Made me realise it's 15 years since I went to Speyside!
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