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Biking Birder 2015 - A cycle ride to every RSPB and WWT reserve. (2 Viewers)
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Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
HAPPY 60TH BIRTHDAY GARY
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MJB
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Nutcracker
Stop Brexit!
jasperpatch
Amy, Brit in Quebec.
Just wanted to pop in and say hello, I'm eldest daughter of Lewis (Jabberwocky) and Carol, and have been following the blog since they told me about your adventures. Your enthusiasm and appreciation of the wildlife and the people you have spotted/met on your outings are infectious - a real inspiration, thank you.
I'm not a strict green-birder, but have been making more of an effort in that direction this year. Very lucky to be located near lots of different habitats, and I can walk, kayak or Snowshoe for quite a distance (my legs aren't quite up to the hills for cycling!). My parents are visiting at the moment (I'm in Quebec, Canada), and on our Father's Day walk this morning, Dad and I spotted a Black-Billed Cuckoo. A lifer for both of us, and my 101st Green-list bird this year - such a treat!
Good luck with the rest of the year, I am confident you are well on your way to 300!
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Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
Gary is back on the road again, heading north. On the advice of Yorkshire birders he has given Wykeham Forest a miss given how infrequently the Honey Buzzards are showing this year (reported on just two dates this year) and is now in Northumberland. Yesterday he secured Bonapartes Gull (#257) on the Wansbeck Estuary, putting the pain of dipping several times on the Dawlish Warren bird earlier in the year behind him. Today will be Coquet Island for the Roseate Terns.
Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
Roseate Tern successfully ticked by Gary off Amble this afternoon (#258). Tomorrow will see him head up the North Sea coast into Scotland.
West End Birder
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I am pleased I contributed Golden Oriole for him, plus beer
biking birder 2010
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Finding this on a day when I am extremely tired and wondering 'what the hell am i doing this all for' has been a real boost. I would love to see your Green Year list. Black-billed cuckoo, I have only seen a dead one in the hand of the sadly late British birder David Hunt That was back on the Isles of Scilly off Cornwall, UK back in 1982. David died from a tiger attack in India a few years after that.
This year friends have been to the Outer Hebrides, Scotland to see one. Imagine a cuckoo flying over the Atlantic.
So thanks for the message and please, if you can, post your year list either on my blog pages, my facebook pages (Biking Birder 2016 - The Quest for 300) or on here.
Thanks and all the best,
Gary :t:
biking birder 2010
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Hiya!
Last year's capercaillie was one of those birding miracles one dreams of. I had cycled to Grantown on Spey and taken the back way into the forest that backs onto the golf course. There were hundreds of scotch argus butterflies as I pushed the bike over a grassy meadow and entered the forest. After a few hundred yards I came across a mound that I thought would be a good place to climb and view the area from. Thinking that I would stay up there all day and the next if necessary I put some food in a carrier bag, left the bike at the bottom and climbed to the top.
A male capercaillie was on the other side of the mound! He saw me, I saw him and he was off like a black ball of fury. Stunned at first, I was soon dancing and screaming my delight. An image to stay with me always.:king:
biking birder 2010
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Next milestone I am setting for him is 270 species
And there was me thinking I was in control of my own destiny! I just the monkey dancing to the whims of the organ grinder!8-P
Paul Higson
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Keep that Dynamo humming !!!
Hope to see you on Orkney later this year.
Hope to see you on Orkney later this year.
Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
Gary reached Oban this evening and is poised to take the first ferry tomorrow morning to Mull. Added this afternoon were Hooded Crow (#259) and Black Guillemot (#260).
Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
Mull produced seven species of raptor today for Gary; of most interest were White-tailed Eagle (#261) and Golden Eagle (#262). Next stop is Coll.
Farnboro John
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Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
Gary's time on Coll saw the addition of Rock Dove (#263) and Twite (#264). He is currently on the ferry back to Oban with a view to starting his journey towards the Abernethy Forest and Cairngorm tomorrow.
If anyone has any reliable information regarding Spotted Crake in would be much appreciated.
If anyone has any reliable information regarding Spotted Crake in would be much appreciated.
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Selsey Birder
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Wow, looks like there is a time machine on Coll too as Gary has gone backwards twenty birds whilst there.
Typo I think Phil?
Ian
Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
Indeed so Ian - duly amended
Paul Chapman
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Phil
Presumably the species missing from BUBO is Corncrake?
http://www.bubo.org/Listing/view-targets.html?list_id=23533
Does he still need Wood Warbler?
All the best
Presumably the species missing from BUBO is Corncrake?
http://www.bubo.org/Listing/view-targets.html?list_id=23533
Does he still need Wood Warbler?
All the best
