First Twitch (1 Viewer)

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tf1044x

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• Dec 4, 2003

• #1

I would like to ask a question, who can remember their first twitch and what was it for.

 

Andrew

wibble wibble

• Dec 4, 2003

• #2

can't remember really but my first immediate departure after receiving a message on my mobile was my first Cattle Egret earlier this year. Good job too as it only stayed one afternoon at Bowling Green Marsh.

 

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tf1044x

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• Dec 4, 2003

• #3

Hi Andrew,
Did I see you at the Old moor last weekend

 

Jane Turner

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• Dec 4, 2003

• #4

The first bird I went for was a Bairds Sandpiper at Frodsham... and the first long distance one was a Lesser grey Shrike at Spurn.. That was about 15 minutes after passing my driving test... it would have been Sept 1980

 

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tf1044x

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• Dec 4, 2003

• #5

Hi Jane,
My first twitch was to your part of the world, it was 1979 to see a Desert Warbler, I think the place was called Dove Point

 

Jane Turner

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• Dec 4, 2003

• #6

Then we have almost certainly met. I saw that bird every day it was here! I didn't count it as a twitch though since it was in cycling distance from home and school!

 

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Bluetail

Senior Moment

• Dec 4, 2003

• #7

Cattle Egret, Key Farm, Yeovil, Jan 1986.

Jason

 

Jane Turner

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• Dec 4, 2003

• #8

Last twitch was the Black Lark

 

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tf1044x

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• Dec 4, 2003

• #9

As a matter of interest I too saw the Lesser Grey Shrike at Spurn.

 

Jane Turner

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• Dec 4, 2003

• #10

Buff-breasted Sand and Baird's Sand at Blacktoft on the way back too. Did you see those Trev?

 

Michael Frankis

conehead

• Dec 5, 2003

• #11

Probably Waxwing - someone told me there were some in a park about a quarter mile from school. As soon as lunch break came round, I ran there pretty fast. Success, too.

Michael

 

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Edward woodwood

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• Dec 5, 2003

• #12

Ruddy Duck

I was 13 and it was quite rare in '81
I thought it was so exotic!!!

 

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tf1044x

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• Dec 5, 2003

• #13

Saw the Baird's but not the Buff-breast

 

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tf1044x

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• Dec 5, 2003

• #14

Jane,
I remember somewhere near to where you obviously lived there used to be an adult Iceland Gull turn up every winter for a number of years. I suppose you saw the Stilt Sand at Frodsham a few years later.

 

Jane Turner

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• Dec 5, 2003

• #15

I think the buff-breast arrived while we were watching the bairds!

 

Jane Turner

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• Dec 5, 2003

• #16

The Iceland gull (Methusela) came back for ...I'll check..24 consecutive years. yes I saw the Stilt Sand... A lot of people also came for the Kentish Plover which wintered 5 years on the trot in the late 70's very conveniently at the end of the road my parents live on!

 

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sparrowbirder

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• Dec 5, 2003

• #17

Frodsham stilt sand was probably my first major rarity (and first twich even though it was a relatively short distance) Remember seeing the famous Iceland gull at seaforth just before it dissappeared for good (1985 I think??) Remember going for a Red necked phalarope on the river alt I think in 83, was a very good bird and a lifer at the time..

 

Jane Turner

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• Dec 5, 2003

• #18

If it was 1985, then it was older. I couldn't recall seeing it after 1980.... but thinking back..yes I did see it later. It was 29 then!

There was a Glauc on the Dee at Thurstaston that managed 10 or 12 years

 

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tf1044x

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• Dec 5, 2003

• #19

Saw the Iceland Gull on Dec 22nd got home just in time to get a message of a Ivory Gull at Seahouses so went straight back out for that. That WAS a great bird.

 

Jane Turner

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• Dec 5, 2003

• #20

Methuela did have a penchant for chips!