Young Birder (5 Viewers)

MCspudd

Bird, what bird!

• Jul 24, 2009

• #3,281

Hi everyone last night i went to Brockholes quarry and i saw 1 black tailed godwit, alot of lapwing, 7 l b b gull, 3 b h gull, 1 kestrel, swifts, sand martins, swallows, 2 heron, 4 pied wagtail, 1 hare, 2 common sandpiper, coot, mute swans, 1 g b b gull and 1 teal. I forgot a bird in crete that is a lifer, 3 White storks over the hotel.

 

Jonny721

Well-known member

• Jul 24, 2009

• #3,282

How do you forget White Storks!

 

MCspudd

Bird, what bird!

• Jul 24, 2009

• #3,283

Jonny721 said:

How do you forget White Storks!

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I duno!

 

mr.sim

Honourable founding member of the "day late" gang

• Jul 24, 2009

• #3,284

I've uploaded some pictures from my Poland holiday onto my website but the full report is still not written.

http://www.freewebs.com/simsdiary/poland09.htm

Enjoy...

 

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tjbirdofprey

Dorset birder in Spain

• Jul 24, 2009

• #3,285

mr.sim said:

I've uploaded some pictures from my Poland holiday onto my website but the full report is still not written.

http://www.freewebs.com/simsdiary/poland09.htm

Enjoy...

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nice one mate I am really jealous!!!

 

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Dark Knight

Well-known member

• Jul 25, 2009

• #3,286

Hi Poland sounds great , i would like to see black and middle spotted woodpeckers

 

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tjbirdofprey

Dorset birder in Spain

• Jul 25, 2009

• #3,287

anyone know what these are? ( i know they B flies )

 

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Dark Knight

Well-known member

• Jul 25, 2009

• #3,288

think first one is a comma , 2nd one is a red admiral

 

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TheSeagull

Well-known member

• Jul 25, 2009

• #3,289

First one is the underside of a Comma butterfly, second is a Red Admiral. (Got a handy butterfly book with 200 plates)
Good days Birding today with these lifers:
Mistle Thrush
Hen Harrier
Willow Warbler
Sparrowhawk
Kestrel
Red Kite

and an unidentified duck that looked like a female Teal but instead of a green feather it was purple. Mistle Thrush and Hen Harrier at Loch of Skene which was a bit too boggy today the rest at the LNR Den of Maidencraig (great place, first time I've been)

 

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Dark Knight

Well-known member

• Jul 25, 2009

• #3,290

hi seagull, some good birds , hen harrier and sparrowhawk are really cool

 

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TheSeagull

Well-known member

• Jul 25, 2009

• #3,291

Yes, I also got my parents to put a lottery on because I seen them all with minimum effort, it's my lucky day! There were even several baby rabbits feeding by the road and next to them was a Pheasant (another lifer)!

 

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Dark Knight

Well-known member

• Jul 25, 2009

• #3,292

i saw some baby rabbits in the park today too ! really cute

 

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Dark Knight

Well-known member

• Jul 25, 2009

• #3,293

i also saw 1 green woodpecker , 1 chaffinch and a whitethroat plus some butterflies

 

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TheSeagull

Well-known member

• Jul 25, 2009

• #3,294

I seen a baby frog which I picked up and moved off the path.

 

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Dark Knight

Well-known member

• Jul 25, 2009

• #3,295

cool , it was the baby frogs lucky day too , i have nt seen a frog for ages

 

ColonelBlimp

What time is bird?

• Jul 25, 2009

• #3,296

Well here I am in sunny Dorset for a week. I'm currently staying in a cottage in Lulworth, right next to the coast, where I can seawatch after 10 minutes' walk!

Birds thus far after a couple of hours of birding/swimming include peregrine off the cliffs, and families of whitethroat and stonechat in the inland scrubby areas. Some acrocephalus-sy type thing disappeared into a bush before I could get a real luck at it.

Hopefully I'll soon be getting to places like Durlston head, Brownsea island etc. (with Brownsea island being a strong possibility if it pisses it down tomorrow. Roseate terns with chicks I think!!!)

I'll keep you all posted.

 

Nova88

Active member

• Jul 25, 2009

• #3,297

young birder

my suggestion is to join up with some birding groups in your area.

you can learn a lot from people that have been birding longer than you.

and if they have a mode of transportation that you don't at your age all the better right.

you can cover more terrain that way just make sure your parents approve first.

happy birding and good luck on achieving your goal!

 

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tjbirdofprey

Dorset birder in Spain

• Jul 25, 2009

• #3,298

billybob said:

think first one is a comma , 2nd one is a red admiral

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cheerso

 

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tjbirdofprey

Dorset birder in Spain

• Jul 25, 2009

• #3,299

ColonelBlimp said:

Well here I am in sunny Dorset for a week. I'm currently staying in a cottage in Lulworth, right next to the coast, where I can seawatch after 10 minutes' walk!

Birds thus far after a couple of hours of birding/swimming include peregrine off the cliffs, and families of whitethroat and stonechat in the inland scrubby areas. Some acrocephalus-sy type thing disappeared into a bush before I could get a real luck at it.

Hopefully I'll soon be getting to places like Durlston head, Brownsea island etc. (with Brownsea island being a strong possibility if it pisses it down tomorrow. Roseate terns with chicks I think!!!)

I'll keep you all posted.

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Welcome to the county mate, maybe i will bump into you i reccomend going to Radipole lake and Lodmoor to see the Cettis warbler and resident Marsh harriers ( first breeding pair in Dorset in 50 years! ):king:

 

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TheSeagull

Well-known member

• Jul 26, 2009

• #3,300

I know that the point of a year list is to get the most birds as possible but if I could go without seeing a Larus genus Gull just for one measly year I would be happy. But it's Aberdeen which would mean that I would have to make myself blind or something.