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With the good weather, Mrs Y & I decided to have a wander round the Rising Sun Country Park this evening. We didn't see anything out of the ordinary, but enjoyed the exercise.
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Feed the Birds... - Let me take you back to 1974. Yes, I was birding, well, bird watching, back then at the tender age of 10 years old. My mate Geordie, then aged 60 ( I know...
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Blog Post: The Great British Rake Off - Autumn is here and much our hay meadow has been cut and bailed. Most of the hay is collected mechanically leaving just a few areas to be raked by hand. Ent...1 day ago
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Sunset Cruise 2017 - We have now finally had our last sunset cruise for the season and boy was it a beauty. We had finished a week ago but the weather was not the best so when ...
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Darkness descending; Druridge Bay mini-Safari 20/09/17 - I collected Ian and Julie from Hauxley and before we’d set off for an afternoon and evening around Druridge Bay things got off to a great start with Goldcr...4 days ago
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It’s the final count down…… - I find myself in my final full week working on-board the DFDS King Seaways. I can’t say it began with the greatest start, heavy sea states, sideways rain a...5 days ago
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Scarce grebes - It's been a weekend of scarce grebes on the patch. On Friday a juvenile* red-necked grebe *was reported on the sea to the south of Chibburn Links. I headed...2 weeks ago
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Postcard From Sweden. Part Three...Heading South. - Day six was to see us heading back south, and although a long drive it wasn’t without some very interesting stops along the way. Early in the day we had...
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Infrequencies - Time has been a premium lately... Ruddy Duck - May, Northumberland (iPhone) Great White Egret - June, Newton-by-the-Sea (iPhone) A week away... Portugal... ...
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The “UK and Ireland Natural History Bloggers” network is closing down - When I started this network about 15 years ago, my aim was to encourage more people to share their natural history observations on-line. At that time, ther...1 month ago
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Last Weekend At Boulmer and Big Waters 15 & 16 July 2017 - Not a post in 6 weeks due to not getting out, holidays and being ill. Instead of Big Waters here are a few pictures from a trip to Boulmer last weekend wi...
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Mallorca April 2016 Part 3 - Just some more photos from the last part of my trip to Majorca I thought I had better get these in before my impending trip back , this year going when las...
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Lifer with timescale for LE - Working away Whats app dinged (12.03) and I was aghast seeing ADMc had Black throated Thrush on my patch. He got dogs abuse as I left the house noting bir...
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Greenleighton Moor and Fontburn - The plan was to hunt for basking Adders on Sunday morning but by the time I drove to Fontburn the sun had almost gone. However its a nice place to be so I ...
6 months ago -
A Humpback ID match UK first: Caribbean/Shetland Islands - I find it quite incredible to write about yet another chapter in the story of this winters Humpback Whales that spent five weeks between Yell, Fetlar and U...7 months ago
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What goes around comes around. - I'm blogging this as I've never seen the likes before and confirms how clever/clued up the adults birds are here. Today I had't to venture over the water...
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Mull Hen Harrier Day 2016 - A few photos from the 2016 Mull Hen Harrier Day at Craignure Bunkhouse. Despite the weather people braved it and those who went off with Nature Scotland to...
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Farnes Reunion - Ex-wardens from the 1990's and 2000's (Stef McElwee) Juan pointing the way with boat Skipper Bobby looking on (Stef McElwee) Jason Moss talking about the fi...
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Red-backed Shrike at St Marys. - A male Red-backed Shrike made a brief appearance at St Marys, Whitley Bay today.
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The Last Eagle - It started with a question, 'has anyone seen the eagle?' followed by the long-expecetd news that England's last remaining resident Golden Eagle at Haweswat...1 year ago
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Happy New Year.. - Happy New Year and all that... Here are a few things I've been getting up to in the last couple of months, which really isn't a lot thanks to exams! Some...
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Flying Visit.... - I made a flying visit to the scrapes this afternoon. The highlight was seeing a blackwit, barwit and knot all in the same scope view, and all resplendent i...2 years ago
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30 Days of Wild - Day 10 - Patch - Having a patch is where it all began for me, starting from the bottom up, learning the basics, learning the patterns of annual cycles and seasons, and t...
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Birdtable Brambling - The covering of snow was enough to see my car unable to get out the drive, so a rare day off work meant I could see the birds using the feeders that are co...
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Goodbye BND? hello WBD :-) - After a number of near misses, I finally caught up with the *Bottlenose Dolphins* on Thursday 5th June, and tracked their movement down the coast from Newb...3 years ago
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Last post on this blog - Well its goodbye to my Gateshead blog :( and hello to my new blog :) you can find it here reservoirbirder.blogspot.co.uk thanks for looking at my gateshead...
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The Last Post - Due to several reasons but especially as more and more people are now using social media to inform everyone of their sightings, fewer numbers are now exami...
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Glengorm Sunset - 12th October 2013 - Fantastic weather on Mull in the last couple of days. Here is yesterdays sunset from Glengorm.
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Kingfisher at Far Pasture - Had a great morning out along the Derwent Walk today with my 18 month old nephew Jake and my 76 year old mother, both of whom got to see there first red ki...
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