West Midlands/Warwickshire local patches. (1 Viewer)

[Steve Seal]

Didn't know any better then :-C

John

JJ
I nearly went to Kenfig in 87 for a Great Norther Diver. Got up with a cold and couldnt be botherd. :eek!:

 

[Steve Seal]

Got the redstart pics online at last... I really miss RawShooter...

Here's a selection. Steve - there's one of a female in the collection, feeding on the ground B

Yes right i owe you one B

 

[draycotebirding]

JJ
I nearly went to Kenfig in 87 for a Great Norther Diver. Got up with a cold and couldnt be botherd. :eek!:

Lol. But they were all ticks once for us, nowadays like to try and find my own rares so prob won't be rushing off to Chew for the poss American Herring Gull I'll keep looking at Draycote :eek!:

John

 

[Steve Seal]

Lol. But they were all ticks once for us, nowadays like to try and find my own rares so prob won't be rushing off to Chew for the poss American Herring Gull I'll keep looking at Draycote :eek!:

John

Did get some good ones in the early days, Double Crested Cormorant, Golden Winged Warbler, Yellow Throated Vireo etc etc.

 

[draycotebirding]

Did get some good ones in the early days, Double Crested Cormorant, Golden Winged Warbler, Yellow Throated Vireo etc etc.

Some good blockers there mate :eek!:

John

 

[Steve Seal]

Some good blockers there mate :eek!:

John

Some also runners with Bridled Tern Cemlyn, Spectacled Warbler Filey and Desert Warbler Flamborough. :t:

 

[KayD]

European Bee Eater would do me very nicely indeed :gh:

Loving the Redstart pics Steve, Pete and Dave :t:

 

[Steve Seal]

European Bee Eater would do me very nicely indeed :gh:

Loving the Redstart pics Steve, Pete and Dave :t:

Hi Kay
If you ask JJ nicely he will let the Lawford one out again.:-O:-O:-O

 

[Steve Seal]

Pete
Nice shots by the way.
Are you sure thats not a Chaffinch........:-C:-C:-C

 

[KayD]

Hi Kay
If you ask JJ nicely he will let the Lawford one out again.:-O:-O:-O

I'll be there to get my tick :-O

 

[Duck_Pond]

Fairly sure it's not a chaffy, Steve

Though with my ID skills, it could be anything :-O

 

[Periwinkle]

Did get some good ones in the early days, Double Crested Cormorant, Golden Winged Warbler, Yellow Throated Vireo etc etc.

My best spot was a Belted Kingfisher but I guess all you high listers saw that one!!! 8-P 8-P

 

[Reader]

Ooh !! that hurt. It is BF legend the story behind that one & the amount of miles I did & still missed it. Shugborough then back to Cov, then a jaunt to Yorkshire the same day followed by a trip to Peterculter the following Friday night, Saturday morning.

Boy, it still hurts.:-O:-O

John

My best spot was a Belted Kingfisher but I guess all you high listers saw that one!!! 8-P 8-P

 

[Steve Seal]

My best spot was a Belted Kingfisher but I guess all you high listers saw that one!!! 8-P 8-P

Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.....:-C:-C:-C:-C:-C:-C:-C:-C:-

 

[Dave Hutton]

Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.....:-C:-C:-C:-C:-C:-C:-C:-C:-

They'll be others :t: Could av been worse it could av been Eskimo Curlew or Slender-billed for that matter

 

[Dave Hall]

Ooh !! that hurt. It is BF legend the story behind that one & the amount of miles I did & still missed it. Shugborough then back to Cov, then a jaunt to Yorkshire the same day followed by a trip to Peterculter the following Friday night, Saturday morning.

Boy, it still hurts.:-O:-O

John

Hi John at least you got to try for it I left for Oman that day heard news on the way to Heathrow :-C Just have to get the next one :t:

 

[draycotebirding]

Ouch indeed :-C

Posted this some time back on the B K Day thread

John

I guess that’s why I am member of the "Bumbling Bears"!! Despite living in Warwickshire two of us Bears decided to play it cool and go for it the next day (the other two bears on their way to another trip to Oman) Admittedly I thought the initial report was a wind up due to the date. So we managed to dip the bird the next day but to our credit we were part of a few birders that checked nearby flooded river sections to try to re-locate it. Then the message came out it was in Yorkshire so we headed off there but never actually made it to the site (pager report of a bus and loads of birders cars blocking minor road up) but again we searched nearby pools and lakes to try to re-locate it. The final blow came when after waiting for "blizzard conditions" to subside in Scotland managed to go for it the day it had flown off!! (its a very long way back home in a quiet van!!!)
Gutted? Yes but hey thats birding and you never know whats round the next corner, if all the birds were easy to get we would have one boring hobby akin to trainspotting.

John

 

[Periwinkle]

The bird in my avatar was quite nice too - any takers?

 

[Dave Hutton]

The bird in my avatar was quite nice too - any takers?

Its a bit on the small side!! was it on the point at Blakeney a few years ago about the same time the Red Necked Stint was found by John Oates in Cambs?

 

[Periwinkle]

Close but no cigar! It's a Lancie that I found on Fair Isle!