Normandy Marsh, Lymington
If coming in by train, don’t bother travelling on to the end of the line at Lymington Quay. Stop at the Town station and try to hug the left bank of the river, heading south. A detour into the High...
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Not exactly the Bristol mega I’d previously posted but yesterday afternoon’s bird became my 50th species for the patch. It’s hard to imagine where swallows might be breeding around here and, given...
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Southern Grey Shrike, Tenerife
Teide from El Fraile In preparing for my Peru trip, I’ve discovered another lifer to take me up to 1,091, but not the American species you might think. It turns out that the shrike I saw at El Fraile...
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The Drought Bird
Steven’s Creek in Cupertino © Gordon Shukwit Being unable to identify California species didn’t stop me from having a stab, with embarrassing results sometimes. After a visit to Stevens Creek on April...
View ArticleThat Was the Month That Was
Major life disruptions the past few weeks have kept this blog quiet. Lesser of these have been business trips to Milton Keynes, which have netted regular red kite sightings and bizarrely crossbills...
View ArticleWhinchats, Chipping Sodbury
Having walked half the perimeter of this Common in South Gloucestershire, I was getting a bit desperate. Reports lately have included whinchat, redstart and tree pipit, all of which my 2015 list is...
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Madrid Redux
Justine and Sylvia First stop on my way to Lima. It has to be there or Amsterdam and the Spanish capital has birding form (hawfinches, spotless starlings, Casa de Campo and El Pardo). This time I...
View ArticleFlight to Lima
On Monday the hotel shuttle – ha! that fucked the taxi drivers – took me to Madrid‘s Terminal 4 and a wee train under the runway on to 4S, where the S stands for satellite but could also stand for...
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Miraflores, Lima
Paddington Bear Thanks to the six-hour time difference it didn’t take much to wake me at sunrise, i.e. well before six. As it happened the toodle-ooh of west Peruvian doves pulled me out of bed and...
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Cusco, Peru
Looking up to Sacsayhuaman Aware that the altitude of over 11,000 feet could be a crippler, I took a slow, slow stroll round the local squares. The centre of Cusco is compact with narrow streets...
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