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  1. Jonny721

    Jonny721's Yearlist 2019

    Monday 17th - Tuesday 18th June - Norfolk & Lincolnshire A long drive from Scotland to home on Sunday morning was followed by another long drive from home to Norfolk later that afternoon, to attend a bat training course for work. The course proved to be fantastic, being based at the University...
  2. Jonny721

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    And the non-bird highlights from Scotland... Hairy Dragonfly - a female at Shian Wood, an isolated population exists in that part of Scotland Chequered Skipper - one of at least 5 at Glasdrum Wood Pine Marten - visiting the bird table at our accommodation Red Squirrel - one of 3 in the Findhorn...
  3. Jonny721

    Jonny721's Yearlist 2019

    A few photos of some of the more interesting birds seen on the Scotland trip... Black Duck - Strontian Wood Warbler - RSPB Glenborrodale Golden Eagle - distant bird in the Findhorn Valley Capercaillie - an even more distant bird near Grantown-on-Spey Scottish Crossbill - a very pixelated...
  4. Jonny721

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    Sunday 16th June - Scotland Day 5/5 Our final day in Scotland and after a long few days the plan was to simply drive home to Blackpool without any stops along the way. This changed slightly however with the news that the (or one of?) the Blue-winged Teal that had been found near Glasgow the...
  5. Jonny721

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    Saturday 15th June - Scotland Day 4/5 Not all days go to plan... After a hearty Scottish breakfast at our B&B near Aviemore we packed up and drove round the east side of the Cairngorms to our first site of the day, the large pine forests at Ballochbuie. This forest holds populations of all 3...
  6. Jonny721

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    Friday 14th June - Scotland Day 3/5 We spent yesterday late evening sat by the window of our accommodation on Ardnamurchan waiting for the local Pine Marten to come and visit the peanuts on the birdtable, as it had failed to appear on Wednesday night. Well after about an hour of waiting it...
  7. Jonny721

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    Thursday 13th June - Scotland Day 2/5 Another great day spent exploring the Ardnamurchan peninsular. With no specific targets to look for today we started off at Ardnamurhcan lighthouse, the most westerly point of mainland Britain, for a seawatch. The wind was blowing strongly from the north...
  8. Jonny721

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    Wednesday 12th June - Scotland Day 1/5 Posting from Ardnamurchan this evening with limited internet so apologies for the briefer posting. We arrived near Oban late morning with the weather sunny intervals but a strong wind blowing from the north. We spent till early afternoon looking for...
  9. Jonny721

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    So Scotland beckons tomorrow for 5 days, 2.5 days on the west coast then 2.5 days in the cairngorms. The 15 potential yearticks (with my predictions for how likely we are of actually seeing them) are: Blue-winged Teal (10%, seems to have left) Black Duck (75%) Velvet Scoter (75% if we stop off...
  10. Jonny721

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    Sunday 9th June - Flamborough and Fairburn With Scotland and Norfolk trips just round the corner I was planning on doing as little driving as possible over the weekend, although the male Black-headed Bunting at Flamborough that had lingered into it's third day was certainly tempting me...
  11. Jonny721

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    Monday 3rd June - Hebden Bridge Not how I had planned on starting the month, my first dip on a lifer of the year! A Roller was found deep in the peak district yesterday evening and since this was kind of on my way to work I decided to give the area a search this morning. As expected it proved...
  12. Jonny721

    Jonny721's Yearlist 2019

    May proved to be surprisingly productive with 19 yearticks accrued, of which two were lifers - Red-rumped Swallow and Stilt Sandpiper, and three were seconds - Iberian Chiffchaff (+ third), Great Reed Warbler and Baikal Teal. I also cleaned up on most of the late summer migrants with just a few...
  13. Jonny721

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    Monday 27th May - Fylde and Marshside An early morning seawatch off Rossall Point (site 1A on the linked Fylde Bird Club site guide) in strong winds produced the hoped for Manx Shearwater passing by with 93 in an hour (46 north and 47 south), along with a Fulmar and a good passage of auks...
  14. Jonny721

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    Saturday 25th May - East Yorkshire Ash and Sophie decided to head over to East Yorkshire on Saturday to twitch amongst other things the Baikal Teal, and since I wouldn't be driving for once I gladly accepted the offer of a lift! We decided to start at Spurn and then work our way up the coast to...
  15. Jonny721

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    Monday 20th May - Wintersett Reservoir The singing Great Reed Warbler at Wintersett Reservoir has been tempting me for almost two weeks now but work scheduling (and other birds) hadn't presented with me an opportunity to take a visit, until yesterday. I arrived on site late afternoon and made...
  16. Jonny721

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    Friday 17th May - Lunt Meadows Another after-work twitch on a Friday evening; the alert came through of a Stilt Sandpiper at Lunt Meadows as I was driving home along the M62 late afternoon yesterday, so I carried on past my usual junction and an hour later I was pulling into the reserve car...
  17. Jonny721

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    Friday 10th May - South Fylde A after work detour home this evening to listen out for a singing Quail that was found on Lytham Moss (Site 5D on the linked Fylde Bird Club site guide) earlier in the day. This is quite an early date for a Quail in the Fylde and it represents a prominent gap on my...
  18. Jonny721

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    Wednesday 8th May - Midlands A cold and wet day dawned in Tamworth, with my plan for the day consisting of bat analysis from the previous night's transect survey and then maybe a trip to nearby RSPB Middleton Lakes to see the waders that the rain was depositing across the midlands. A check of...
  19. Jonny721

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    Tuesday 7th May - South Kirkby A day in the office means no Black Terns for me today despite them dropping in all across the midlands, hopefully some will still be around tomorrow. However I did manage one yeartick as I dropped in on the South Kirkby Iberian Chiffchaff. The bird was fairly easy...
  20. Jonny721

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    Sunday 5th May - South Cumbria and South Fylde With the temperature reaching as low as 2 degrees overnight you could be forgiven for thinking we were still in early February rather than early May, but by mid-morning the sun had begun to warm things up a little as myself and Sophie reached Hay...
  21. Jonny721

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    April saw a steady stream of returning migrants hitting the yearlist, with a couple of good days in the Fylde in particular helping to add 25 species during the month, putting me on 205 by the end. This keeps me ahead of my previous best year at this stage which was 194 species in 2018, and it...
  22. Jonny721

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    Sunday 28th April - Fylde The day of the annual Fylde Birdrace for myself, Ash and Sophie, the third year in a row we have attempted a day list in the Fylde as a trio (myself and Ash also tried in 2013). The all-time Fylde record is a very impressive 133 species, with our personal previous...
  23. Jonny721

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    Wednesday 24th April - Attenbroough NR I was back at Attenborough by 05:20 the following morning to have a second crack at the Savi's. The wind was much lighter than the previous evening and the darkness was just starting to turn an to blue as I arrived back at Clifton Pool with just one other...
  24. Jonny721

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    Tuesday 23rd April - Attenborough NR Last year I missed the first Lancashire Savi's Warbler (a potential lifer for myself) for a decade because I was on survey in Nottingham during the week it turned up. Well this year it appeared fortune might be more in my favour as a week of newt surveys in...
  25. Jonny721

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    Monday 22nd April - Fylde Following three early starts looking for migrants along the coast I decided to have a much more chilled day with the fourth and final day of the long Easter weekend. With the weather still gloriously warm and sunny I headed for a walk along the River Wyre at St...
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