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Recent content by Jonny Rankin

  1. Jonny Rankin

    Suffolk Birding

    No worries and I will get a copy via Amazon :t: Off out to check for any wind-blown vagrants!
  2. Jonny Rankin

    Suffolk Birding

    Wow! That is a good start to the year - a really enviable list of species 4 of which would be County lifers for me! The book looks excellent and congratulations, is it available to purchase from any nature reserves/ book shops at all? If not I will order online. Pleasant dawn visit to...
  3. Jonny Rankin

    Suffolk Birding

    Dove Step talk... Good eve Suffolk Birders, I am giving a talk to the Stowmarket Wildlife Trust Group on Wednesday night. All very welcome. Full details available here. Cheers,
  4. Jonny Rankin

    Suffolk Birding

    Happy Christmas! Hi fellow Suffolk birders, A very happy Christmas one and all. Pleased to see this thread is just about limping along still! Lots of good birds in West Suffolk at present with Barn Owl, Short-eared Owl and Long-tailed Duck all seen during December. Looking forward to...
  5. Jonny Rankin

    Suffolk Birding

    Felixstowe Area 8th August Hi fellow Suffolk birders, I trust everyone is tingling with excitement at the onset of autumn? I certainly am. Excellent day in the field on the Felixstowe peninsula yesterday. The attached Purple Heron was a pretty awe inspiring start! Thereafter Landguard was...
  6. Jonny Rankin

    Suffolk Birding

    Phoenix... ? Hi fellow Suffolk birders, Is this thread undergoing a Phoenix from the ashes moment? It would be timely with two county megas at large; Little Bittern and Collard Pratincole, both at Lakenheath. In addition there was a Black Stork in County airspace yesterday morning and we...
  7. Jonny Rankin

    Suffolk Birding

    Golden O! Hi Stuarta, I live in Bury, albeit on the other side to the cricket ground. In answer to your questions I haven't seen or heard any Golden Oriole! I think I am correct in saying the cricket ground is proximate to Nowton Park, which would be a great spot for a passage Oriole! The...
  8. Jonny Rankin

    Wildlife heroes Dove Step for nature...

    On the 18th April 2015 a team of seven friends will embark on their second journey for Turtle Doves. Having covered the core UK breeding range of Turtle Dove through 300 miles of England in 2014, the team are now turning their attention to the Turtle Dove’s Afro-European migratory route. This...
  9. Jonny Rankin

    Suffolk Birding

    Minsmere and surrounds... Great day out at Minsmere and surrounds today. Started with Woodlark and went on to include 2 red-head Smew, 3 Spoonbill, Ruff, Stonechat and tens of Red-throated Diver! One of the Spoonbill was a dutch-colour ringed bird. Ringed as a nestling last year and since seen...
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    Suffolk Birding

    Awesome birds! I recall an aberrant black-billed Bewick a few years ago which looked a bit like one of these. It was with the Fenland wild swan herd and spent some time near the fields at Lakenheath. I don't have Birdguides subscription any more but pretty sure it was on there. Anyway, back...
  11. Jonny Rankin

    Suffolk Birding

    That sounds like an epic day out :t: Will be in the field Sunday and hoping for some goodies. Till then I have my ear on every tit flock in Needham Market - no YBW so far!
  12. Jonny Rankin

    Suffolk Birding

    Cavenham Heath NNR Hi Dave, The location is sensitive in that it's a NNR with a number of Breckland specials but the pre-migration Stone Curlew build up is well publicised online, indeed Natural England advertise it as a seasonal highlight on the Cavenham Heath NNR website. There has been...
  13. Jonny Rankin

    Suffolk Birding

    Direct link > HERE < Crippling shot with extremely visible boa! Cheers, Jonny
  14. Jonny Rankin

    Suffolk Birding

    ... and beautiful pictures! Love the one where it has prey in its mouth. Is that a Hummingbird Hawk-moth? Or a large bee sp? Cheers, Jonny:t:
  15. Jonny Rankin

    Suffolk Birding

    I think it may have been over the Suffolk Water Park, Bramford 1999? Haven't got access to my bird reports / Birdguides. Others way know... ?
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