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Bird News Friday 1st November 2024

 Two Slavonian Grebes were off Hazelbank in Belfast Lough this morning. (Aaron Long). Two Snow Buntings are on Ramore Head in Portrush. (John Clarke). A White-rumped Sandpiper and a Ruff…

Friday 1st November 2024

Middleton Lakes Dunlin, 11x Snipe.12x Golden Plover over, Goldeneye, 60x Fieldfare, 30x Siskin, (MSm) Endon – Denford 47x PFG west at 12:35, Carmountside Flash Ring-necked Parakeet, 22x Fieldfare, 2x PFG,…

Fabulous day

 It started early with a walk along Pickleridge at the Gann, where it was good to see a female Goldeneye fly in – the first for some years, plenty Pipits,Wagtails,…

Marloes Mere & Martin’s Haven

Numbers of duck are building up on the Mere, making a great spectacle from the path on the South side. There is also a flock of c.100 Canada Geese, which…

Harwell 1st November

Black Redstart f/1w male Harwell at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory this afternoon (per Mark Merritt) No general access.

Bird News Thursday 31st October

Snow Bunting at Ramore Head (Tom Garner). 60 Twite near car park (Robert Plant). Adult and 1st winter Little Gulls at Magilligan Point this morning (Stephen Riddell). Great White Egret…

Thursday 31st October 2024

Sandon Red Kite the A51 at 07:50, (DCo) Codsall Hawfinch over NE at 08:26. Enville 2x Hawfinch, 245x Redwing, 2x Green Woodpecker, (MDJ) Alvecote Great Egret, Little Egret, 2x Goosander, 9x Fieldfare,…

Chink – chinka – chink – a – chink

Great Cetti’s warbler shot from Alan Merrett in front of the hide at the Corse.  Also female goldeneye, a rare sight at the Corse. 

Almost summer in Tenby

 A glorious warm and sunny afternoon was accompanied by both a Chiffchaff and a late Willow Warbler  a singing in the sea buckthorn between the golf course and the south…

Rose-coloured Starling – Tenby

A juvenile Rose-coloured Starling feeding along the garden wall steps leading to the beach in Tenby behind Upton Farm kiosk. (Mark Waldron)