On Sunday 6th at just before 5pm Bird Guides reported that a juvenile Black Tern, present for its second day at Longham Lakes, had been re-identified as an American Black Tern. There have been only […]
One of my target birds for October was Ring Ouzel. They are primarily birds of the uplands of Scotland, northern England, north west Wales and Dartmoor where they breed in steep sided-valleys, crags and gullies. […]
On Thursday 26th September, after a series of strong southwesterly winds, a Grey Phalarope was reported on Going Birding at Pennington Lagoon. Two Arctic Skuas, two Great Skuas and a Roseate Tern were also seen […]
A few juvenile Rose-coloured Starlings were being seen around the country and during the afternoon of Tuesday 24th another juvenile was found in West Sussex near the RSPB Pagham Harbour visitor centre just outside Sidlesham. […]
I’d just left the Weymouth area having seen Lapland Bunting and Long-billed Dowitcher and before I had got to Osmington Mills a string of WhatsApp messages started reporting that a grey hippolais warbler had been […]
In early May I had visited Frampton Marshes in Lincolnshire to see a Long-billed Dowitcher which had been there for nearly nine months. My trip was timed to co-incide with a visit to see my […]
In the Weymouth area there were two year ticks fairly close to each other. An amazingly confiding Lapland Bunting at Portland Bill and a slightly less obliging Long-billed Dowitcher at Lodmoor. The Lapland Bunting was […]
