Long time standing in a leafy cul-de-sac in West Yorkshire with Neill Hunt, Graham Clarkson and Andy Pryce today, but the sun was shining and the curiously named burg of Shelf came good after three hours. I'd picked the boys up for the short drive over the Pennines (innoculations - check, passports - check) and…

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15.11.2024

That time again | John Dempsey Birdblog

A quick detour to Southport beach today for the usual November point-blank Snow Buntery - although this one has appeared a week or so earlier than in 2023. It's tempting to wonder if the bunting is a returning bird (and it is passing similar to the wintering one last year), but without sticking a colour…

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16.12.2024

Let sleeping Scaup lie. | John Dempsey Birdblog

Dozing amongst the Tufties at Junction Pool, this young male Scaup was a diversion on a quiet afternoon. Merlin and Great White Egret through, and while the reserve was quietish north of Marshside Rd, a pleasing roost of 1,500+ Goldies, with 600 or so Lapwings, Ruff, Curlew, Blackwits and Dunlin was like a blast from…

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20.12.2024

Almost | John Dempsey Birdblog

A few white flecks short of summer, this Black-headed Gull was looking dapper on Crosby beach this morning, despite the fierce north westerly ripping across the sands as the tide turned. A colour-ringed individual, "248L" is a local, ringed as a four-year-old bird last year at Ainsdale, and encountered a few times there, but I…

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