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  1. timbobaggins

    Campsites in and around the Levels?

    Cheers Peter, no not even heard of 'britstops' but will investigate! Presuming its all the placed where you can park up with a camper?
  2. timbobaggins

    Campsites in and around the Levels?

    Hi all and greetings from Yorkshire;) Planning a trip down the Levels in a couple of weeks in our Campervan and looking for campsites near to some decent birding. Anyone know of any that will be open?;);)
  3. timbobaggins

    Road Trips to Spain

    Done a few of these now and they're always an adventure. Just got back from the last - 3 weeks, Santander to Tarifa and back again, 215 species, 1 'lifer' - Snow Finch. Struggled for a few - not 1 Snipe, Meadow Pipit or Common Tern but plenty of highlights including Lesser Crested Tern...
  4. timbobaggins

    Teminck's Stint in the Steppes

    en route for the high arctic taiga no doubt, this Teminck's was very confiding, a juv I reckon. Got this along with a flock of 32 Ruff at Laguna de Petrola, Castilla la Mancha, Spain last week in very inclement weather!
  5. timbobaggins

    Road trip to Spain 2015

    I'm on the road again in Spain - been here 6 weeks and got another 7 or 8 yet to enjoy and just waiting on the costa blanca for migrants to start coming in! Plenty of highlights inc Bonellis, Golden & Spotted Eagle, Squaccos & Little Bittern, White Headed Duck, Barn Swallow, Wood Sandpiper...
  6. Bluethroat

    Bluethroat

    Lucky shot of a Bluethroat at El Fondo, Spain. More pics on the blog
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    • Category: Britain & Europe
  7. timbobaggins

    Which three birds do you most want to see?

    I'm on 5 week birding tour of Spain, had some cracking birds (see the blog) but sofar dipped out on these 3 Dupont's Lark Wallcreeper Little Bustard Extramadura to come so ever hopeful!
  8. timbobaggins

    Greetings from Spain

    Ola Pau & welcome to the forum. I'm a Brit birder doing a tour of Spain right now .... in Tarifa at moment and would be birding but its raining!
  9. timbobaggins

    Gannets Inland!

    Great new bird for my garden list today - 4 juv Gannets flying due North over my house whilst I was digging up potatoes! My location - York, Uk
  10. timbobaggins

    Gannets Inland!

    Great tick for my garden list today .... 4 juv Gannets heading due North right over my garden whilst I was digging up potatoes! Shame I wasn't quick enough with the camera! Also had a Peregrine, 2 Buzzards, 2 Sparrowhawks & 3 Swallows (s) Location - Stockton on Forest, York, North Yorks
  11. timbobaggins

    Australian raptor in antique store

    Most definitely a Black Kite, bit sad to see.
  12. White Fronted Goose

    White Fronted Goose

    White Fronted Goose
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    • Category: Britain & Europe
  13. Berwick Swans

    Berwick Swans

    Berwick Swans
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    • berwick swans
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    • Category: Britain & Europe
  14. Goldies in flight

    Goldies in flight

    Golden Plover in flight
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    • Category: Britain & Europe
  15. timbobaggins

    Waders & Swans in the Derwent Valley

    Some good wader numbers building up in the Lower Derwent Valley just now with good numbers of Ruff, Dunlin, Oystercatchers, Curlew, one or two BT Godwits and masses of Golden Plover / Lapwing. Couple of Berwick Swans in with 90 or so Whoopers in fields along with a few White Fronted Geese nr...
  16. timbobaggins

    Heslington East & Tilmire (York) today

    Finally got around to visiting Hes East on the university campus and was rewarded by good shots of the long staying overwintering Green Sandpiper and Knot still present there. (pics attached) Tilmire was quite but 14 Common Snipe flushed and a flock of 65 Redpolls were both notable records
  17. timbobaggins

    Dowitcher at Alkborough Flats, Lincolnshire

    Great spot, just across the Humber from the more well known reserve of Blacktoft Sands. Couple of says ago we caught up with the long staying Long Billed Dowitcher (pic attached) plus 9 Spotted Redshank, c90 Black Tailed Godwits with a few Bar Tails mixed in, many many Golden Plover, Lapwings &...
  18. timbobaggins

    Bridlington Bay

    I flushed them in a stubble field south of Fraisthorpe .... just before the major drain (think its called 'watermill')
  19. timbobaggins

    Bridlington Bay

    A bracing walk along the beach well to the South of Bridlington, East Yorks brought 2 Peregrine Falcon swoops into waders, 12 Snow Buntings, I superb Iceland Gull along the shoreline, c20 Knot 3 Grey Plover and plenty of other common waders ... sanderling, redshank, dunlin, turnstone and...
  20. timbobaggins

    Potteric Carr Jan 9th

    Average fare, no Bitterns but a great day for pics!
  21. timbobaggins

    !st winter Gull BRB, germany

    All look like Herring Gulls to me
  22. timbobaggins

    Once again, Marsh or Willow ? English Midlands

    I confess to being just as bamboozled as the majority of birders who regularly misidentify these 2 varmits .... i had this down for a willow but not sure now!
  23. Sepia Swans

    Sepia Swans

    A nice sepia portrait of a pair of Mute Swans
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    • Category: Britain & Europe
  24. timbobaggins

    Three more from Sri Lanka

    Yep, you're right so what you thinking? Tricky to gauge size of course but looking again it looks 'stintish'!
  25. timbobaggins

    Three more from Sri Lanka

    No idea on the passerine ... some kind of 'white eye' maybe but although I'd love to say Broad Billed Sandpiper, i'm thinking Sanderling and then Lesser Sandplover for your waders.
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