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    Sunda Forktail, Bandung

    Hi to all. Had a day off work so started with a visit to Taman Ganesa in Bandung, in Java. Was entertained by the local red breasted parakeets before heading up to Curug Dago (Dago falls). This is a small area of riverine forest amongst the madness of the Indonesian traffic. It's heavily...
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    Sarawak, Kuching area and Gunnung Mulu Np

    Hello everybody, I am tentatively planning a trip to Sarawak in feb/ march 2014. Most of my time will be spent in the Kuching area, and have plans to visit Kuching Weltands, Bako Np, Kubah NP, Gading Np, Semmengok, and also a trip north to Mulu Np. I am not a hardcore birder, but more of a...
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    Birding near Borobodur?

    Hi, I will be spending three days at Borobodur in early July. Aside from sightseeing I hope to do some birding too, but I can find no information whatsoever online about what to expect in the area and the best spots to visit. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Mark
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    Dago falls, Bandung

    Been in Bandung for a month now and finally got a chance to get away from the city and into some nature today. The good news, Bandung, (Java) has a huge population of swifts, which can be seen at all times and in all areas. House sparrows extremely common too. Bats of at least half a dozen...
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    Birding in or near Bandung

    Hi to all, I begin a new job in Bandung in late feb and was looking for tips on birding spots in or around the city. Any advice appreciated Cheers
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    Linyi, Shandong Province

    Hi, I have recently been offered a job in Linyi, in Shandong Province. If anyone has any experience of birding this area, or can even just recommend any nice areas to escape the city and feel a bit of nature I would be grateful for their suggestions. Cheers, Mark
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    Swallow at play?

    Today while sitting by Kinghorn Loch I observed a swallow flying around with a feather in its mouth. Every thirty seconds or so the bird would drop the feather then twist and dive and catch it again. This was over the loch itself and the bird did not head towards the nest site to use the feather...
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    Melbourne or Sydney, for non driving birder?

    Hi to all, I hope to visit Oz for the first time next year, probably in Sep or Oct. I will definitely be visiting friends in Brisbane, hoping to take in Lamington, for forest wildlife, and Moreton bay for whales, dugongs, dolphins etc. I also hope to visit one of the Southern cities as well...
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    Uganda. Entebbe, Kampala, and Murchison Falls National Park

    Hi to all. This will not be an exhaustive report containing detailed site info or long lists of birds seen, rather just a few impressions gained from a recent trip to Uganda in January this year. I flew with KLM from Edinburgh to Amsterdam, and then to Entebbe. Journey times were 90 minutes to...
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    Namibia by public transport

    Hi to all, I have just returned from a trip to Uganda that was a great success and now have a serious case of the African birding bug, and have my eye on Namibia. I was wondering if it is possible to travel the country by public transport, as I don't drive and will have a pretty limited budget...
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    Barn Owl, Forth Valley.

    Hi to all. Was wondering if anyone has any tips on where to observe hunting barn owl in the Forth Valley area. Anywhere around Fife, Kinross, or the Lothians. Not looking for nest site info, just somewhere the birds show well on a regular basis.Thanks in advance for any info and feel free to pm...
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    Dolphin surprise

    Hi to all. I had an hour or so birding in Kinghorn harbour on the Fife coast of Scotland today, hoping to see some passage skuas. No joy on the skuas but most of the usual suspects around, sandwich tern, guilliemot, fulmar, and eider close to shore, with some fishing gannets further out and...
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    Killiecrankie

    Hi there. I hope to take a trip to Killiecrankie in a couple of weeks time. Does anyone know if pied flycatcher, redstart and wood warbler are still possible in this reserve? Also, I plan to take the road from Pitlochry, past Ben Vrackie and Moulin to Dunkeld. I gave never taken this route...
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    birds feast on flying ants

    Hi to all. Have just been standing on my porch in Kinghorn, on the Fife coast of Scotland, and got covered in what look like flying ants. Above my house was a flock of black headed gulls and starlings, all hawking the ants in flight like bee eaters would. I have never before observed either of...
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    Orlando, Bald Eagle.

    Hi to all. Hope this isn't too similar to the previous thread. I will be visiting Orlando with the family in mid October, based at the Westgate Lakes Resorts. If anyone knows this area and could give me tips on birding in the vicinity I would love to hear from them. I don't drive, so really only...
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    Puffin / tern interraction

    Hi. Today I spent an hour or so birding the coast at Kinghorn in Fife, Scotland. Offshore were many sandwich and common terns fishing the bays. For the most part they were just patrolling around, diving and catching a sand eel every now and then. However, they then all congregated in a very...
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    St Abbs Head

    Hi. For the first time in about ten years I visited St Abbs Head national nature reserve in the southeast of Scotland. Was a beautiful sunny day with very little wind. Starting at the visitor centre there was a swallows nest inside the centre! From there I made my way to the cliffs and the...
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    Grebes, fulmar, dolphins and swifts

    Hi. Last night I finished work and got home to my hometown of Kinghorn in Fife and headed out for a walk about 5pm. First I went to Kinghorn loch and was delighted to see a great crested grebe was sitting on a very late nest right in front of the hide. The bird was on at least two large pure...
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    Uganda feb/march 2009

    Hi. After years of dreaming about it I have finally decided to take the plunge and visit Uganda next year , probably in feb/ march. As I can't afford to go on an organised tour from the Uk I wll be arranging my trip independently.The sites I plan to visit are Murchison falls national park, with...
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    Ecuador feb 2007

    Hi folks. I have just finalised the arrangements for a trip to Ecuador in Feb of next year. I will be travelling with some non birders but hope to get in some birding everywhere I go. I will be staying at La luna near Otavalo, close to the Mojanda Lakes. I 've heard there are resident condors...
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    most startling bird behaviour

    Last Sunday, at Kinghorn Loch in Fife in Scotland, I witnessed two adult coots murder their own chick by pecking it to death. Never thought I would see the like of it. I'd be interested to hear about the most unexpected/shocking/ or just plain amazing bird behaviour that other members have...
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    Murderous coots

    Another soul crushing day in the office in Edinburgh, staring at the computer, enlivened just now by the sight of dozens of swifts hawking for insects at eye level from the office window. Yesterday, on a visit to Kinghorn Loch, was sad to see some disturbing behaviour from the local coots. A...
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    Cotigao Wildlife Sanctuary

    Hi folks. Off to Goa next week. Most of the time will be based in Arpora, and have managed to find loads of good info on birding sites north Goa. However, I have also booked four nights at pepper valley on the edge of the Cotigoa wildlife sanctuary right in the very south of Goa, and have been...
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    Peregrine in Edinburgh Holyrood Park

    Walking through Edinburgh's Holyrood Park on way to work at 8.15 am this morning when all of a sudden the hundreds of black headed and herring gulls loafing on the football field took flight together. Beautiful peregrine arching across the sky on way to Salisbury crags. Second sighting in as...
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    More dead guilliemots

    Went for a walk from Kinghorn to Kirkcaldy yesterday and found three dead guilliemots lying along the shore. Seemed unusual to find so many at once. No sign of any oil on the birds any plenty of other birds eider, cormorant etc seem to be fine. Have seen some other similar threads on this forum...
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