Mike swims like a fish
Mike Hodgkin
That was hardly a rant by anyone's standards Gordon, but by yours it was very tame 
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That was hardly a rant by anyone's standards Gordon, but by yours it was very tame
Seemed I missed Gordon's rant, but considering the behavior of some photographers at work in Lothian I am not surprised.
One of which flushed the Torness Shorelark a couple of years back by trying to mug it by shoving his lens in it's face and then wandered around lost for ages as he was unable to find the bird himself, we did though and took great delight in watching him stroll around whilst we watched the bird.
You bastard I hear you say, yep but who gives a florence.
So presumably you saw it and it's the returning adult? It came throo on BirdGuides as a 1st-win, so I thought it was a new one.
tupelo080135
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I have just found this thread and I am enjoying it from Florida where I have been birding for the last two weeks. Good to see some interesting birds kicking around in Lothians. Will be back on the East coast of Scotland in three days. Until then I will keep reading.
Got a Masked Duck yesterday so feeling quite good today. B
I have just found this thread and I am enjoying it from Florida where I have been birding for the last two weeks. Good to see some interesting birds kicking around in Lothians. Will be back on the East coast of Scotland in three days. Until then I will keep reading.
Got a Masked Duck yesterday so feeling quite good today. B
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Mike swims like a fish
Mike Hodgkin
A fairly fruitless two hours searching for the Firecrest in Gosford this morning in the rain, to only hear that it was seen briefly mid afternoon - given I'd not managed to see the BN Grebe in Gosford bay earlier, not the best morning ever..........all there was to show for it was a G-c Grebe for my self found year list, plus SE Owl at Aberlady for the year as well. Mind had a great afternoon at the soft play with my 16 month old son, Wednesday won their third straight game for the first time since 2007 & nice meal with the family at Pizza Express this evening, so the day was by no means a wash out :t:
G Anderson
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Nice one Mike,
Got yer priorities right there!:t:
Cheers G
(still with lurgie!)
markgrubb
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Is that the current going rate to be let out for a mornings birding Mike?
Oh and a sublime first 55 minutes at Easter Road this pm
G Anderson
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Bet you can't remember when you last had five in a day, can you!
(know I can't)!
Cheers G
markgrubb
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I myself cant remeber the last time we had five in a day G, but I can remember when we had 6 & 7
I was a wimp yesterday got my eyes tested this am (it's only took me 4 yrs so a bit of an achievment there), then got the car washed & settled down to some sublime footy action on-line from the Leith San Siro whilst I worked on the computer.
I didn't fancy the Crest myself, or rather the social event but the weather was guff so all in all some good choices made, that is untill my 7yr old nephew entered the fray as only he can:eek!:
Mike mate I hope you realise what youv'e let yourself in for
Still hopefully out and about today
I spent a few hours at the crest site yesterday morning. Not even one call out of the little skulker. Ah well, maybe next weekend...
I did get a Scottish tick myself - nuthatch - I have been generally avoiding nuthatch sites for the last couple of years so that I could get a self-found Scottish tick in the Hermitage or some other spot. Oh well, at least I can now visit all of these other sites!
On 106 for the year, lagging behind Mike as usual.
Geoff
I did get a Scottish tick myself - nuthatch - I have been generally avoiding nuthatch sites for the last couple of years so that I could get a self-found Scottish tick in the Hermitage or some other spot. Oh well, at least I can now visit all of these other sites!
On 106 for the year, lagging behind Mike as usual.
Geoff
Mike swims like a fish
Mike Hodgkin
I suspect that it was you & I Geoff there 'together' looking for it yesterday morning - I showed you were to look, but unfortunately not the bird :C
I'm not sure I'd call one bird in late January 'lagging behind' (BUBO says 108 to 107). Given I will need to spend as much time in the soft play and Pizza Express as out birding now precedent has been set, I don't think anyone has anything to worry about with me, even with my competitive nature.
It's also good to see another Lothian list appear on BUBO as well - our current regional recorder, who is on here I'm fairly sure as well.
Mike
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Mike swims like a fish
Mike Hodgkin
Mike mate I hope you realise what youv'e let yourself in for
I was born a Wednesdayite - nothing I can do about that. Having endured 40 years of yo-yoing up and down the Football League, I think I've got used to it by now. Alex on the other hand will simply have to just get used to it
Hope you don't get too wet today!
Mike
Ah... nice to put a face to a name Mike. Let's hope we are more successful next time we meet. Also nice to meet Sandy Rae - don't know if he reads this thread?
My plan had been to head on down to Musselburgh but the no-show-crest ate up the time I had and then I had to go and pick the kids up from their music lessons... only just made it on time after taking a wrong turn on the way out of the wood and finding myself back at the site!
Today was worse - nipped to Duddingstone before breakfast - gather a med gull was seen there later in the morning but not on the ice when I was there. Then up to Tayside to see family but stopped at Vane Farm for lunch with wife and kids. I am always anticipating some good birding at VF though in reality I have never had much success, maybe because most of my trips there are planned as lunchstops at the cafe en route elsewhere. Today was a typical visit: on arrival large falcon glimpsed before disappearing behind ridge not to be seen again; WTE not showing; GW Teal not seen; Smew not around. My kids (10 and 8) can hardly be persuaded to walk beyond the first hide at VF any more - whenever they have done so, the birds just seemed to get further away. It would be so much easier to encourage kids to enjoy watching birds if there was a reserve like Slimbridge or Minsmere nearby...
Moan over... Scotland does have other advantages after all...
Geoff
My plan had been to head on down to Musselburgh but the no-show-crest ate up the time I had and then I had to go and pick the kids up from their music lessons... only just made it on time after taking a wrong turn on the way out of the wood and finding myself back at the site!
Today was worse - nipped to Duddingstone before breakfast - gather a med gull was seen there later in the morning but not on the ice when I was there. Then up to Tayside to see family but stopped at Vane Farm for lunch with wife and kids. I am always anticipating some good birding at VF though in reality I have never had much success, maybe because most of my trips there are planned as lunchstops at the cafe en route elsewhere. Today was a typical visit: on arrival large falcon glimpsed before disappearing behind ridge not to be seen again; WTE not showing; GW Teal not seen; Smew not around. My kids (10 and 8) can hardly be persuaded to walk beyond the first hide at VF any more - whenever they have done so, the birds just seemed to get further away. It would be so much easier to encourage kids to enjoy watching birds if there was a reserve like Slimbridge or Minsmere nearby...
Moan over... Scotland does have other advantages after all...
Geoff
Bit of a bombshell on LBN - Yelkouan Shearwater off Leith on 23/12/09, submitted to BBRC!!! OK, not on the British list but lots of claims last year and I see a precedent for a winter record with 2 off St Ives (Cornwall) 18/1/09. Balearic are wintering in increasing numbers by all accounts, off the English south coast, but to whoever put this in must be a top observer - it's not something you would ever think of claiming without being aware of the fairly challenging ID features.
Course, the Lothian Little Shearwater (Macaronesian) was found in December too, though dead...
Course, the Lothian Little Shearwater (Macaronesian) was found in December too, though dead...
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Nice seasonal present for someone:king:
Shame this news didn't surface a bit earlier eh? Maybe identified after the event... or seen late in the day. Or dead? As that group of brents showed the other day, it is quite possible for coasting birds to be seen at multiple sites in Lothian.
Maybe some winter seawatching is in order...
Geoff
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