tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10283452515139312352024-03-13T05:42:30.391+00:00A HARD DAY AT THE OFFICE Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger374125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1028345251513931235.post-89124173502726878832013-06-18T22:23:00.000+01:002013-06-26T15:20:51.502+01:00Bird watchers flock to Suffolk to catch a glimpse of a Specific SwiftA long week-end away was planned but the destination was not settled. At 10.43 on Saturday morning we had a candidate when news broke of a Pacific Swift at Trimley Marshes, Suffolk.<br />
Problem was our camper was still in the workshop and wouldnt be ready until at least 2.30 by which time the bird would probably be long gone anyway. 2.30 arrived and unbelievably it was still there. We decided to go for it, but there was no way it was going to still be there early evening, surely?<br />
A 4 hour non stop camper van drive and we were at Trimley. Then one of the longest and most tense walks/jogs to a bird I can remember doing. Every few footsteps was greeted with smiling people coming the other way, "yes still there, but you've a long way to go yet" etc.<br />
Finally, 3 miles later I arrived exhausted at the viewing bank and there it was, flying up and down the back of the lagoons. Wow! What a bird, certainly well worth the effort.<br />
Light wasnt good so just settled for watching the bird mostly, rather than trying to get photos.<br />
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Stayed locally overnight and news of the bird still being there the next morning had me back again for more views. Went into the hide and hoped for some close fly-bys but sadly it didnt play ball. It occasionally came over the back of the pools but spent quite a bit of time high up. Still, good bin views though.</div>
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A Red-backed Shrike was somewhere in the sluice bushes but wasnt showing. Whilst looking for this, news of a Roller at Holt, Norfolk came on the pager. Was just too knackered to drive up that evening but we were up bright and early the next morning. We were just a couple of miles away when news came through it was still there. In the short time it took us to get to the site however, it had been flushed by photographers getting too close and had cleared off. This was apparently what happened to the Surrey bird and that didnt come back. </div>
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Everybody was quite content to stay put as usual, and not go and look for it so I headed off in the direction it had flown, more in hope than expectation, however a walk though some quite dense forest eventually brought us to the other side where it backed onto woods and fields. A quick scan with the scope and there it was, perched up in the top of a tree.</div>
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It then disappeared for quite some time but eventually was re-found again back in its favourite clearing.</div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1028345251513931235.post-50891204998172772822013-06-12T12:52:00.000+01:002013-06-13T17:41:12.151+01:00West Bex Caspian Tern<br />
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A little tricky to pin down initially after being very mobile, going out of sight to the north-west and to the south-east before eventually settling into a bit of a routine. This involved mostly loafing on the beach, interspersed with trips to the Mere for some food and back again to the beach to digest the catch. </div>
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The first couple of trips to the Mere were immediately successful resulting in very brief visits followed by long periods on the beach.</div>
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The next trip was fortunately not so successful! resulting in a fair few circuits allowing us to fill our boots with views and photos. You will be glad to know it did catch something in the end.</div>
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The bird had a brownish coloured ring on it's right leg which looked a bit small for a darvic ring and no colours used by the ringing projects match up. Have read some interesting stuff that suggests its a metal ring thats been tarnished in the winter quarters. Thanks James. </div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1028345251513931235.post-68763883083196136422013-05-23T10:05:00.000+01:002013-05-23T10:05:58.744+01:00Tick, untick, tick again....Got up too late to get a lift from Steve Smith but looking at Peter Moore's photos I may have turned up about the right time. Meow!! It was still skulking in trees on arrival but it couldnt contain its hunger any longer and had to eventually come out and face the crowd. Infact by mid afternoon it was pretty active, if a bit flighty.<br />
Lots and lots of chat about variation, hybrids with Naumann's and indeed Black-throated Thrush sent most people around in circles. With disagreement even amongst people that live in these birds normal range. At the moment everybody is hoping that Lars Svensson knows what he's talking about!<br />
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Paying its respects. Apparently there were 2 Naumann's in the graveyard.</div>
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After playing it very casually, finally ended up at the Obs quarry late afternoon where my penalty for not going for the Bluethroat straight away was one brief view of its arse. </div>
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Couldnt get down for the female bird later, but did get to Portland's third Bluethroat of the year. Got there in time for good views but this time just dipped on the sun which disappeared as I arrived and wasnt seen again that day. As expected though, a cracking little bird.</div>
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A good camouflage (apart from the bright blue bit!)</div>
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In between the Bluethroat show, a few Chiffs were also putting on a good performance, although not that they would see it that way. Things have been tough for these birds since their arrival, being forced to forage at ground level for anything they can find.</div>
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Birds from nearly all points of the compass descend on a square mile of Poole.</div>
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The southern representative came in the rather distinctive shape of a Hoopoe. Originally rubbished by some as a Fieldfare despite three independent reports of an orange bird with a crest! The bird finally gave itself up to a birder of sorts on a grassy verge outside a factory in the middle of Hamworthy.<br />
Problem was it was doing what Hoopoes do best, being very mobile, and despite many people putting in many hours, initially only a few managed to connect.<br />
The other problem was it was being rather mobile in some of the less desirable areas of Poole. Keeping on the move was the order of the day, not just to give yourself more chance of finding the bird but also to avoid having your wheels nicked.<br />
Eventually everybody who had the time or wanted to see the bird badly enough did manage to track it down. Unfortunately I was not in that category (the time bit)<br />
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Meanwhile in a garden just up the road, reports were coming through of a possible Common Rosefinch visiting a garden feeder. Eventually the id was confirmed but the bird proved as difficult to see as the Hoopoe, mainly because the garden owner didnt want the location divulged. However it wasnt exactly plain sailing for a few friends that were invited in. And when I say in, I mean on a rickety bench overlooking the garden. Visits by the bird were very occasional and always brief.<br />
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Briefly visited a tree before departing</div>
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The next day I was out surveying at Holes Bay when I bumped into this.</div>
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Always a bird on the radar when visiting Holes Bay in the winter but this time searching through the flocks of Teal (during quiet periods of survey work!) did yield the desired result. Also causing a mini twitch</div>
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Lastly and by no means leastly our 4th bird was just up the drain from here, to the culvert behind PC World. Now a nationally important site for Siberian Chiffchaffs! No time to get any photos as yet.<br />
If we expand the square mile to include the rest of the Poole Harbour recording area we could have completed the compass sectors and had a couple of birds coming in from the north west on the map, with Whooper Swan and Pink-footed Goose recent visitors.<br />
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But it is a hard thing to do.<br />
The problem at the moment is every time I go out I keep bumping into really good birds for the harbour, things like Whooper, Pink-foot, Mandarin and Egyptian Goose which are all great yearlist birds. Not to mention stuff like Ruff and Golden Plover which in recent years have been few and far between.<br />
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So maybe not a good idea. Anyway some of that wildfowl could be a bit suspect... </div>
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Scanning from Holme Bridge looking east down the valley there is a duck pen next to the river with lots of Mallard in it, put there by the shooters. The problem is, what else have they chucked in there? For instance I noticed that the Egyptian Goose and its friend were hanging around the perimeter fence the other day along with 5 Muscovy Duck. And how far has that Mandarin moved?<br />
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With last years photo yearlist consistently necessitating the use of some very poor images I am now totally relaxed about using completely shite photos for the blog!</div>
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Male Merlin being hassled by Jackdaw. Later seen tucking into a Blue Tit.</div>
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Some were fairly standard looking, but others were sporting all sorts of pale edgings and chevrons indicating birds from presumably a bit further afield. A little research into these birds occasionally brought up the word 'stockamsel'<br />
This January with quite a few Blackbirds around, I have been having another look. Now that I dont have to charge around the country for photos I can spend more time doing other pointless and obscure things like this!<br />
Stockamsel was apparently quite a popular term in the 60's but is not used at all nowadays. The name was first coined by the German Johann Andreas Naumann of thrush fame. He used the word for young males that resembled females. Not sure if there is an English name equivalent, but perhaps 'Ladyboy' would fit! <br />
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BWP has a picture of a 'stockamsel' and labels it a 'variety'. Unfortunately there is no mention of it in the text. Finding anything else out about stockamsels has proved quite difficult but it seems that the term has now been replaced by 'continental' Blackbird.<br />
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So far I have identified at least 15 Blackbirds coming to the garden, including a few with noticeable pale edgings.</div>
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A few more white blobs above eyering than bird 6, and what looks like dark bill markings (along with some mud)</div>
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For various reasons I didnt get out until 21st. The morning of which found me at Santon Downham looking for Lesser Spotted Woodpecker with also a chance of Willow Tit (apparently).<br />
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After a couple of hours searching without a sniff, a Lesser Spot suddenly decided to respond to my occasional bursts from the ipod. A real rush of adrenalin as I reached for the camera but instead of coming nearer it headed off deeper into the wood! 90 mins later and I was still trying to relocate it. It was now drizzling and the light was starting to fail, I checked the time and it was 13.30! I had to look again. 1.30 in the afternoon and the light was going. That was a real sinking feeling.<br />
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I was in a bit of a hurry so the discovery of around 30 Waxwings in a tree beside the road in Brandon was only given the minimum of attention. This involved reversing back down the busy road and hanging out the camera to get a couple of record shots.<br />
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With wind and heavy rain forecast for the next few days I contemplated heading home but then thought of all the effort I had put into the year and decided to carry on. The decision was to drive up to Donna Nook to be there in the morning. After about an hours driving in heavy traffic and only getting a few miles past Kings Lynn I just couldnt carry on! I was tired, wet and thoroughly depressed! The last place I wanted to be was the windswept saltmarshes of Donna Nook! I turned the car around and headed straight to the Premier Inn at Kings Lynn.<br />
The next morning was wet and windy as forecast, but summoning up the last of my will power I decided to give Sculthorpe Moor one more go for Willow Tit and then perhaps head down to Essex for Lap Bunt. Sadly it was all in vain and I had to finally admit defeat when a showery early morning turned into a really heavy downpour. And that was that! With the appalling weather it took me the rest of the day to get home.<br />
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During Christmas, thoughts started to drift toward a possible Scotland trip with some goodies in Aberdeenshire and a chance to get Caper back! But it was not to be. Too many things going on and some really shite weather put pay to that idea. I could have probably got a couple more ticks but was never going to get 6. So the photo list is 294, I havent heard of anybody photographing more species in a year so presumably a British record but not the hoped for 300.<br />
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After bemoaning the lack of any sort of Green Woodpecker photo on my last post, I managed to get a better one today. Although not much better, but it breaks up all this text at least.<br />
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The problem with this time of year is a lack of daylight hours and by the time we had had some food and checked the pager we realised there was only going to be enough time for one more target species.</div>
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The choice was Velvet Scoter that had been seen a couple of days ago off of Pagham or Velvet Scoters seen an hour ago at Island Barn Reservoir on the Surrey London border. One was a lovely place on a beautiful sunny day just down the road, but with no definite bird, the other was an hours drive to a shite reservoir, in a shall we say, not such a lovely place.</div>
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Much to Claires chagrin the choice was obviously the reservoir.</div>
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I have been to most of the reservoirs in this area but couldn't place which one it was. The pager mentioned that it was permit only but that doesnt usually pose too much of a problem. We looked up their website which mentioned how friendly they were, so we headed up.</div>
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On arrival I realised which one it was and knew we had made the wrong choice. We never got a chance to find out how friendly they were because the place would have put an Iron Age hill fort to shame.</div>
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The first entrance had a large metal gate with 2 huge padlocks. So we couldnt drive in, but there was a place to walk through. However after a few minutes there was another padlocked gate. We thought we may have got the wrong entrance so tried another road. Here we got through the first gates but then were confronted by a moat system which ran right around the perimeter, with a spiked fence on the other side of the water just incase you decided to swim over! On the other side of that a large embankment with a fence along the top for good measure. It was then that we decided to call it a day!</div>
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Not that I was obsessed with getting Velvet Scoter on the yearlist but whilst we were deciding what to do next I noticed there was one at Cliffe Pools that had been there a few days. There were also a few Waxwings in that area so we headed further east.</div>
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The next morning was much less inviting than the day before but we had to drag ourselves out of bed early to give us a chance of getting the Velvet Scoter, then getting up to Suffolk for the Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll.</div>
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Radar Pool, Cliffe. Not a place to inspire</div>
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Radar Pool is a bloody big pool. There were a few near birds and a hell of a lot of distant ones. Luckily the Velvet Scoter was one of the nearer ones although you wouldnt guess it from this photo. It could have been a lot worse (in terms of getting an identifiable photo) as it was also asleep and didnt look like waking up until a flock of duck went low over its head making it put its head up for long enough to get this shot before it went back to sleep again.</div>
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Still wondering how I was going to get another 10 BOU species before the 31st, I didnt help the cause by deciding to head up to Aldeburgh for the Hornemann's. (Having already seen Coue's in Jan) It would use up valuable time but hey it was a Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll and it was showing very well!</div>
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The decision to go was not regretted! (understatement). Although on arrival there was initially a big sinking feeling when the amassed crowd suddenly started to disperse as I got out of the car. Walking off with their beaming faces, many looking in disbelief at the superb photos they had just taken. It was then a very tense few minutes whilst we tried to relocate the bird, which had flown off down the beach.</div>
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Thankfully it was soon refound and gave the most amazing views. We walked up to what was considered a respectable distance which was to be fair pretty close, but instead of walking away it actually walked nearer to us eventually coming to within just a few feet.</div>
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After filling our boots with fantastic views there was still time to try and get in another yeartick. The target bird was Caspian Gull at Rainham Marshes</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1028345251513931235.post-60337777870470462712012-12-03T05:39:00.000+00:002012-12-12T21:15:58.548+00:00289. Temminck's StintNews of a possible Least Sand at Steart later changed into a Temminck's Stint. Either way it would be a photo year tick for me so the next day I was there.<br />
On arrival I realised that it was at the same flooded area where I missed the White-rumped Sand by a few minutes back in September. The rather negative mood was somewhat reinforced when a couple arriving back at the car park told me that it had flown off with the Dunlin!<br />
It was looking like rain and thoughts of turning back and going home entered my mind. I decided to carry on although there was plenty of chuntering on the cold long walk out. The mood changed somewhat whilst nearing the pool when I spotted a photographer acting like he had found something. The pace quickened and my suspicions were correct, the bird was back again.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1028345251513931235.post-61314392371161119272012-12-02T12:27:00.000+00:002012-12-12T21:15:50.003+00:00Bottom of the barrelI wouldnt like to guess how many hours I have spent this year with a camera around my neck but in all that time I havent managed to get a decent shot of a Green Woodpecker. Its going to be touch and go as to whether I get this photo yearlist up to 300 and I am fast running out of daylight hours so its time to get those really shite photos out of the trash and get them on that year list!<br />
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Green Woodpecker taken with phone somewhere in Surrey, sometime in June.</div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1028345251513931235.post-44606202080698537162012-12-01T19:25:00.000+00:002012-12-04T21:14:24.602+00:00285. White-rumped SandpiperAfter the bird at Brownsea turning out to be some sort of hybrid and missing the bird at Steart by 10 minutes, it was third time lucky at Longham Lakes.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1028345251513931235.post-1515219442486405672012-11-26T19:47:00.000+00:002012-12-03T19:14:51.371+00:00284. Grey PhalaropeDidnt think I would have to travel this far for a Grey Phalarope, but needs must etc.<br />
Infact not only was it a fair old drive but also a long walk!<br />
It was worth the effort though, what a cracking little bird, and so tame. Had it swimming around in circles only feet away. The only problem was the light. After waiting for news then getting lost down lanes and getting lost again on the walk there, by the time I arrived it was getting a bit late.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1028345251513931235.post-60974298625696644182012-11-19T18:25:00.000+00:002012-12-02T19:22:06.698+00:00Garden tick (probably)Ring-necked Parakeet was a bit of a surprise this morning. Its not often you get a garden tick by hearing it from inside the house with the windows closed!<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1028345251513931235.post-33959305855633683692012-11-18T18:03:00.000+00:002012-12-02T19:32:15.755+00:00WinspitA nice calm sunny day, so decided to try Winspit. On arrival the car park was overflowing and there were people, kids and dogs everywhere so I made an immediate about turn! With the Ferry not running we then thought perhaps Studland may not be that busy but how wrong we were. I never learn!<br />
There was only one course of action left, go home and get something to eat. About an hour later came the message, 'Dusky Warbler at Winspit'.<br />
Although I am still trying to do this photographic yearlist so should have been pleased, my first reaction was f*****g hell! Why did I turn back this morning, I could have found that bird!<br />
Anyway after dipping the Portland bird two days running, I was determined to get this one.<br />
On arrival the finder, along with Gryllo and Pete Williams were spread out looking for it and had negative news. No sooner had this been mentiond, the bird started calling right in front of me. Getting a photo however proved extremely difficult. Although apparently showing quite well when it was first found, it was now very elusive. It moved around pretty quickly but always in cover, we were only able to track it by its regular calls.<br />
These are the best shots I could muster. Very heavily cropped. Birds photographed this year now 282.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1028345251513931235.post-37790920810037212122012-11-15T07:16:00.000+00:002012-12-01T18:58:19.366+00:00Portland mauve patchCouldnt get to the Dusky Warbler yesterday evening so gave it a go this morning. The winds were south east, so while it was still a bit chilly for small birds to be showing well I decided to do some vis migging at the Portland Heights. In these winds birds are moving roughly along the Chesil where they then meet Portland and are forced up and over. At this time of the year however we are looking for quality not quantity but today turned out to be the other way around. For some reason there was a huge movement of Starlings.<br />
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As we know most birds seen on a vis mig are moving into the wind. However it seems that Starlings have their own ideas. These birds were moving roughly on a north east heading. At first they were coming from along the west cliffs in flocks of a few hundred but later also started coming more from the central areas. In total I counted 9860 birds including one flock of 2780 (counted from one of the photographs!). <br />
Other noteworthy birds moving were 2 Snipe and a Mistle Thrush<br />
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By the time I had finished mucking about I didnt get to Portland Castle to look for the Dusky Warbler until around 10.30. Despite it being a lovely sunny morning, nobody had seen or heard it all morning. I gave it until 11.30 by which time most other people had also gone.</div>
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Its overall appearance seemed unusually dark. It was also very confiding. Normally Hoopoes tend to flush at quite long range and then proceed to fly off into the distance. With the recent run of birds my thoughts immediately went east, in particular <i>saturata </i>which is a darker race.</div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1028345251513931235.post-59289797550441180192012-11-09T05:58:00.000+00:002012-11-30T07:15:06.235+00:00Durlston againCouldnt get back to Durlston until 5th Nov. Again another great morning but no headline bird this time.<br />
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Missed the Lap Bunt on 6th but back again on 7th. A flock of 14 Swallows hanging around hawking for most of the morning was quite unseasonable. Everytime they appeared we would have another look through them, just in case they had been joined by something more interesting. 2 House Martin later were noteworthy. Other birds were Crossbill and a few more Bullfinch. </div>
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Two Woodlark and a flock of 12 Fieldfare, along with another 20 odd Swallows were highlights from 8th but the 9th provided a real treat with 3 individual Hawfinches past, one low down and giving that rather unassuming 'seep' call. I even managed to get a recording but rather typically this coincided with the only vehicle of the morning, a dustbin lorry that just happen to be passing at the time! I mean what are the chances of that! Good numbers of Goldfinch still moving with over 1240 birds, interspersed with 7 Crossbill and 9 more Bullfinch.</div>
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Turned out it was a well timed visit as one of the first birds was a Bee-eater. Initially picked up at some distance, it showed for a few seconds over the Globe before disappearing.<br />
We assumed it must have been yesterdays bird from Swanage but at this stage we couldnt be sure, with no other Bee-eater species ruled out at this stage! We headed that way and it appeared again briefly, somewhat closer, confirming it was the Swanage bird.<br />
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We waited at the Globe for another appearance, when a Continental Coal Tit announced itself, calling continously. We had it briefly in bushes before it took off, climbing almost vertically, then lingering a while to get its bearings before heading off west. <br />
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After a heavy bout of rain it came out of hiding to show well above the streets and back gardens of Swanage</div>
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Here it is doing its best to look like a Blue-cheeked with its green upperparts. A rare sight in the UK with most Bee-eaters being adult spring overshoots.<br />
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The day after the Lord Mayors show was actually pretty good. Tuesday 23rd Oct turned up a stunning Daurian Shrike.</div>
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Wednesday, and another good look around Southwell didnt turn up anything mega but a Siberian Chiffchaff at Eight Kings Quarry was a nice find. Complete with call.<br />
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That evening Paul Leader rang Martin to say that the bird looked very much like <i>stejnegeri</i> and he should try and trap it. This was duly done. To cut a long story short the dna proved it to be Stejnegers Stonechat a first confirmed British record!</div>
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Late Willow Warbler Avalanche road hump</div>
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