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  1. Matthebirder

    Grafham Water

    Grafham 'Christmas Day' morning; all the usual suspects seen. Long-tailed Duck (Drake) and juv Great Northern Diver off Marlow Point. Two Bewick's Swans in Savages Creek. Black-necked Grebe off Sailing Club and a Common Sandpiper on the dam.
  2. Matthebirder

    Grafham Water

    Grafham 15 Dec 2024; Red-necked Grebe off the dam along with the long-staying Great Northern Diver. Long-tailed Duck still along northern shore. A Common Sandpiper hanging on and mobile.
  3. Matthebirder

    Grafham Water

    Grafham 8 Dec 2024; Long-tailed Duck off Marlow point in awful weather; a few record shots managed.
  4. Matthebirder

    Grafham Water

    Grafham 7 Dec 2024; gale force winds and a Kittiwake through. Most surprising, a Barn Owl hunting at mid day in very strong wind!
  5. Matthebirder

    Grafham Water

    Grafham 01 Dec 2024; the juv GND still off the dam at least until mid morning.
  6. Matthebirder

    Grafham Water

    Grafham 30 Nov 2024; a juv Great Northern Diver found on 29th was off the dam early morning.
  7. Matthebirder

    Grafham Water

    Grafham 10 Nov 2024; four Knot on the dam, quite likely a separate group looking at the photos. Just a couple of many taken here....
  8. Matthebirder

    Grafham Water

    Grafham 9 Nov 2024; Knot (2) had hung on all day luckily ,
  9. Matthebirder

    Grafham Water

    Grafham 2 Nov 2024; Grey Plover on the dam early morning; still at least 4 Yellow-legged Gulls at the dam. A Dunlin through.
  10. Matthebirder

    Grafham Water

    Grafham 22 Oct 2024; Great Northern Diver and Slavonian Grebe off Mander Carpark at dusk
  11. Matthebirder

    Mallorca 2024

    A bit more; I did listen out after the music but can report no Scops in the near area from the hotel on three visits this year.
  12. Matthebirder

    Mallorca 2024

    Good point Hugh; I did wonder as I never remember the Scops sitting on the PP but frequently on the Pollentia at the rear. The Pollentia seems to have been modernised and has loud live music most evenings so quite different customers nowdays! Some good music mind you when listening from 7th...
  13. Matthebirder

    Grafham Water

    Grafham 19-21 Oct 2024; the female/Imm type Scaup showing very well off the dam with the tufted ducks.
  14. Matthebirder

    Mallorca 2024

    Having been reading the posts about the Scops at PP this evening I was coincidentally looking at some of my Father's snaps from our first trip from 1982, this one attached is outside the main entrance to the Pollensa Park hotel and we were loading up our Mk1 Ford Fiesta for the day, Scops sat...
  15. Matthebirder

    Grafham Water

    Grafham 16 Oct 2024; a Mediterranean Gull in the roost; have been scarce this year.
  16. Matthebirder

    Grafham Water

    Grafham 12 Oct 2024; 'Hooded' gull update. The bird is still present and continues to remain 'unidentified'.
  17. Matthebirder

    Grafham Water

    Further investigation shows this teal is not the Green-winged from 8 Oct, it is most likely just a Teal.
  18. Matthebirder

    Grafham Water

    Grafham 10 Oct 2024; first attempt to collect the Green-winged Teal (presumably the returning drake from last winter). At a distance the flank pattern looks quite convincing but up close it is lost in the eclipse plumage, assuming I was watching the bird from a few days ago in exactly the same...
  19. Matthebirder

    Mallorca 2024

    Thanks Mike, you must have enough to put together a book soon... ; I'm sure we would all buy one!
  20. Matthebirder

    Mallorca 2024

    Hello Mike; I was interested in your flock of Grey Herons as have been reviewing my photos this week; we had a flock of about 15 circling over the bay off Son Real last week eventually heading back in land. At the time I wondered if they were likely to migrate to Africa; do you see this...
  21. Matthebirder

    Mallorca 2024

    5 Oct cont'd; Son Real, further viewing of at least 1 Two-tailed Pasha from the car park/duck enclosure. Water Treatment works (Albufera); 2 Caspian Terns for 10 mins at 17:00; very vocal. Final count of Audouin's roosting off the Pollensa Park at 19:45 was 70+ That's all for this trip ; thank...
  22. Matthebirder

    Mallorca 2024

    5 Oct; Tenelles this morning; 15-20 Griffons and 1 Black Vultures. On the dragonflies front at the corner water tank, no sign of the male Orange - winged Dropwing in 30 mins despite many other dragonflies . A lot of Robins, many singing!
  23. Matthebirder

    Mallorca 2024

    4 Oct morning at Son Real with a good 90 mins in the bird hide overlooking the drinking pool; steady stream of Goldfinches, Linnets, Greenfinches plus a few Serins, Blackcaps. A surprise appearance by a stunning Grey wagtail shows you are never far from this species wherever you go. A Thekla...
  24. Matthebirder

    Mallorca 2024

    Correcting date to 3 Oct!; and adding 59 Audiouins from hotel on reef off the Pollensa Park just now....
  25. Matthebirder

    Mallorca 2024

    2 Oct cont'd ; Water treatment works -Albufera mid afternoon. Black-necked Grebe, Peregrine and what I'm trying to convince myself was a Black Kite, though was looking into sun virtually. It Was attacked by a RedKite so compared alongside.
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