Great Knot (1 Viewer)

[Bluetail]

Nah - I'll wait for it to turn up at Dawlish.

 

[mountain man]

I'd love a Great Knot and I'd go anywhere for one, don't know why but it has a definite appeal for me. I can't remember why I didn't go for the Cleveland one. Was it 96? I think that may have been the start of my slightly crazy years!

Tom.

 

[Edward woodwood]

to mix threads.....

I'm sure we've all seen some great knots...

think it was 98/99 Tom - I was definitely in Indo and remember reading it in my school and had been hoping for one on my local patch there. B*astards I thought as i read it.

They are one of those special birds though i agree, along with things like Nordmann's Greenshank and Asiatic Dowitcher.....something about them. Remember seeing a large group of them on a beach in Darwin - managed to get very close.....coming into summer plum - just magic and one of those moments you remember for ever and make a big impression on you.....

come to think of it same thing happened when i was living in northern Greece - was looking for Slender-billed Curlews on my local patch there when one turned up in UK....

so be on your toes as i am off again on Monday - eith er this Knot was a day early or something else rather nice is due...... :C

 

[mountain man]

Cleveland bird was 13 October - 5 November 1996.

I reckon I was definitley in my crazy period. Infact the picture I once posted of myself outside Twatt Post Office on Orkney was a few weeks before that and the last twitch I went on for quite a while.

Ahhh Great days!

 

[Jasonbirder]

You old timers with your birds from as far back as 1996

 

[Stephen Dunstan]

Cleveland bird was 13 October - 5 November 1996.

I reckon I was definitley in my crazy period. Infact the picture I once posted of myself outside Twatt Post Office on Orkney was a few weeks before that and the last twitch I went on for quite a while.

Ahhh Great days!

Tom,

Is that picture still available on BF? I don't think I'll use the search facility!

Stephen.

 

[Edward woodwood]

wow! that long ago......must be quite a bird for the 'new' twitchers then!

cheers Tom - I was miles off - my life was always a bit hazy pre-2000!!! Kinda finished twitching with the Winspit Bluetail and saw some in Thailand 96 which must have been why i didn't go. Otherwise........

Why am I laughing at Twatt Post Office? - god I'm so childish o

 

[POP]

That was it Tom Seal sands Oct.1996

John

 

[Stephen Dunstan]

Stop press:

Picture available at -

http://www.fyldebirdclub.org/sightings.htm

Stephen.

 

[mountain man]

Cheers Stephen.

Definitely a Turnstone x Dunlin hybrid...

...unless I see it tomorrow!

Twatt post office is in this...

http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=18235&highlight=nicknames

Tom.

 

[gusford]

http://www.multimap.com/map/browse....&advanced=&lang=&multimap.x=313&multimap.y=86

Where on this map do you go?

 

[Stephen Dunstan]

Follow the little yellow road near the middle towards the area marked 'club', which is Skippool yacht club.

Stephen.

 

[gusford]

Follow the little yellow road near the middle towards the area marked 'club', which is Skippool yacht club.

Stephen.

Thanks

 

[Rob Smallwood]

Having seen the photo on the link I wonder if Great Knot could get overlooked as Ruff - or is it just a trick of the camera?

 

[Michael Frankis]

Having seen the photo on the link I wonder if Great Knot could get overlooked as Ruff - or is it just a trick of the camera?

Yeah, probably could, particularly for someone without any knowledge of Great Knot. In western North America, they could also pass as a rather long-billed Surfbird - very similar plumage pattern in summer plumage

Michael

 

[mountain man]

I don't know about a Ruff, but those colours have got me craving some Macaroons! Look at the similarity between this:

http://www.mcaroons.shoppingcartsplus.com/page/page/1229026.htm

...and the scapulars/coverts on the Great Knot. I reckon they could easily be overlooked as macaroons.

Tide must be receeding ... it's not looking good...

 

[loner]

Early,this morning, at Burton Joyce stretch of the river Trent, Nottingham, spotted a Black Swan among a small group of Mute swans, is this more common than I imagine,else is it somethinga bit more special

 

[Edward woodwood]

mistake a Great Knot for a ruff?.....maybe at a push but not by a reasonably competent birder i wouldn't have thought, certainly knot(!) if you've had the fortune to see one before or are familiar with them.....

 

[Pie Face]

Early,this morning, at Burton Joyce stretch of the river Trent, Nottingham, spotted a Black Swan among a small group of Mute swans, is this more common than I imagine,else is it somethinga bit more special

Is it me :h?: or does this have absolutely no relevance to this thread?

Mark

By the way I nearly went for the Great Knot but was saved by my wifes disapproving looks.

 

[deboo]

Is it me :h?: or does this have absolutely no relevance to this thread?

Mark

Of course it does....the 1st time I saw a Black Swan,
I said to myself...

"Oh great....not another to add to my list."

Dave.

Has it not been seen recently? :bounce: