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  1. Darren Pearce

    Darren Pearce's 2008 UK Year List

    Today I went to Hampshire/Wiltshire. My main target was the Red Breasted Goose at Keyhaven Marshes. I got there at around 9am and soon found a flock of Brent Geese and a couple of other birders going through them. No sign of the Red Breast here but a Black Brant was a pleasant surprise. We...
  2. Darren Pearce

    Darren Pearce's 2008 UK Year List

    With Xmas out of the way, we decided to go down to Cornwall for the Snowy Owl. After a trek up the hillside it was showing well. An excellent bird and up there for bird of the year. I got a few record shots, the best of which is below. The distance coupled with the wind meant that digiscoping...
  3. Darren Pearce

    Darren Pearce's 2008 UK Year List

    Pretty slow recently, however a couple of weekends ago I managed to see the Bittern at Slimbridge 235 Bittern Today I went to Severn Beach in search of the Firecrest's reported yesterday, no luck unfortunately but I was able to see my first Jack Snipe of the year there 236 Jack Snipe
  4. Darren Pearce

    Darren Pearce's 2008 UK Year List

    Over the bridge today to Cardiff and two good birds to justify the toll. First stop Lamby lake and the returning Ring Billed Gull, which showed really well despite lots of dogs barking at it. A nice claw back after dipping the Slimbridge one about 106 times 233 Ring Billed Gull Then onto...
  5. Darren Pearce

    Darren Pearce's 2008 UK Year List

    A good couple of weeks The weekend before last we popped to Chew Valley Lake for the Long Tailed Duck that has been around for a while. It took some searching for because of it's constant diving but eventually once I knew where it was I had some reasonable views. 224 Long Tailed Duck Last...
  6. Darren Pearce

    Darren Pearce's 2008 UK Year List

    The weekend before last we popped out to Portland again and at last I saw Bearded Tit. I really thought that I was going to miss out on them this year as I have been a few times before this year with no success. 215 Bearded Tit This weekend we spent a few days in Cornwall and the Isles of...
  7. Darren Pearce

    Darren Pearce's 2008 UK Year List

    Three more from the last week or so, I went to Severn Beach last weekend and soon picked out my target bird 212 Curlew Sandpiper I dipped Pectoral Sandpiper 3 times last week, but in an opportunistic visit to Barrow Gurney water tanks on the way to collecting the in-laws from the airport I...
  8. Darren Pearce

    Darren Pearce's 2008 UK Year List

    A couple more from the weekend, On Saturday we went for an afternoon out at Portland, where the Melodious Warbler showed well. 210 Melodious Warbler Yesterday we popped out to Kingston Seymour near Clevedon as there were two Wryneck's there 211 Wryneck
  9. Darren Pearce

    Darren Pearce's 2008 UK Year List

    At last things are starting to move, and there have been a few bits and pieces around locally. I nipped to Slimbridge in my lunch hour on Tuesday for a walk out to see the juvenile Dotterel that has been around for a few days 206 Dotterel On Saturday we went to Chew Valley Lake to see a flock...
  10. Darren Pearce

    Darren Pearce's 2008 UK Year List

    Been away on holiday in France for a couple of weeks, luckily I haven't missed much locally. Before I went I added Quail locally 203 Quail When I got back there was a Red Necked Phalarope at Frampton-on-Severn, which I was able to duck out for in between unpacking holiday bags 204 Red Necked...
  11. Darren Pearce

    Darren Pearce's 2008 UK Year List

    I went to Slimbridge yesterday for an evening of Gull identification with the wardens. I got two year ticks of which one was Grey Plover, which is well overdue. I still haven't got a Barn Owl though 201 Yellow Legged Gull 202 Grey Plover
  12. Darren Pearce

    Darren Pearce's 2008 UK Year List

    One more this weekend from an unplanned visit to Poole 200 Dartford Warbler Couldn't get a photo though, the little blighters wouldn't stay still
  13. Darren Pearce

    Darren Pearce's 2008 UK Year List

    One more today, I went to look for some Whinchat's that had been reported yesterday about 10 mins from home. Luckily they were still there and looked to be a family party of 1 male. a female and a juv. 199 Whinchat Customary rubbish shot below
  14. Darren Pearce

    Darren Pearce's 2008 UK Year List

    After dipping the Slimbridge Ring Billed Gull no less than six times, I started to wonder where the next tick might come from. Thankfully Slimbridge came up with a Wood Sandpiper to help confine that Gull to history. 198 Wood Sandpiper Thats it honest, the brown blob in the middle
  15. Darren Pearce

    Darren Pearce's 2008 UK Year List

    June, yawn, struggling as usual to get to 200. The week was brightened up a little by the possible or probable or putative American Herring Gull at Chew Valley Lake. Brightened up for us maybe but not the resident Lesser Black Backed Gull that he seem to take great delight in trying to drown. I...
  16. Darren Pearce

    Darren Pearce's 2008 UK Year List

    Over the course of the year I have "dipped" Dippers at my usual site about 10 times. So it was time for a change of location. I used RBA's "Where to find guide" and it came up trumps with a site in Gloucestershire. 194 Dipper On Sunday evening it was back to the Forest of Dean for Nightjar...
  17. Darren Pearce

    Darren Pearce's 2008 UK Year List

    One more this weekend from Ferrybridge,Portland, Dorset 193 Little Tern
  18. Darren Pearce

    Darren Pearce's 2008 UK Year List

    One from Chew Valley Lake earlier in the week whilst dipping the Great Reed Warbler 189 Ferruginous Duck Today we went to Shapwick Heath in Somerset to look for the female Red Footed Falcon that had been around all week. There had been no news all morning so I wasn't holding out much hope...
  19. Darren Pearce

    Darren Pearce's 2008 UK Year List

    Back to Slimbridge today fro the Whiskered Tern, which showed quite well after a while 187 Whiskered Tern Also on the reserve for three well grown Tawny Owl chicks sat up a tree 188 Tawny Owl
  20. Darren Pearce

    Darren Pearce's 2008 UK Year List

    Even though the Stilt hadn't been reported I thought it was a good time to go to the Forest of Dean for the forest migrants. So I parted with another £5.30 and headed off to Nagshead. Well today was all too easy and I cleaned up the forest species in around an hour without venturing too far from...
  21. Darren Pearce

    Darren Pearce's 2008 UK Year List

    One more locally last week 174 Garden Warbler We had a weekend away camping in Oxfordshire. We spent saturday visiting Otmoor and Farmoor. As usual here I did reasonably well From Otmoor 175 Turtle Dove 176 Hobby 177 Cuckoo 178 Red Kite From Farmoor 179 Black Tern 180 Common Tern Today I...
  22. Darren Pearce

    Darren Pearce's 2008 UK Year List

    A couple more from the local area earlier in the week 168 Sedge Warbler 169 Lesser Whitethroat I was going to go South today but a report of a roosting Long Eared Owl had me heading to Slimbridge. I was surprised to find an Egyptian Goose feeding in the approach fields. Once I got to...
  23. Darren Pearce

    Darren Pearce's 2008 UK Year List

    We popped up to Coombe Hill Meadows this morning to try and add to the year list We started walking along the track and immediately picked up 163 Common Whitethroat All the way to the hide I was telling the kids "Be careful not to fall over as the mud is slippery" So it served me right when...
  24. Darren Pearce

    Darren Pearce's 2008 UK Year List

    Popped up to Slimbridge today to see what I could add. Nothing was the answer as it was very quiet. News came out of a Pallas's Warbler only 10 minutes up the road. Now I had seen the Weymouth bird only last weekend but it was a tatty individual so I thought it would be rude not to go. The...
  25. Darren Pearce

    Darren Pearce's 2008 UK Year List

    I popped to Severn Beach after work to see what the early evening tide would bring, and it was quite productive There were a party of 5 Whimbrel and 3 Bar Tailed Godwit feeding on the tide line 158 Whimbrel 159 Bar Tailed Godwit Then I got news of a male Ring Ouzel only 5 minutes walk away...
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