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31-12-2011, 01:58 PM
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Had three life and one Brit ticks this year - Oriental Turtle Dove, Baird's Sandpiper, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Penduline Tit.
Plenty of other great days out though such as the day at Chew Valley lake when I got - Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, 2 Long-billed Dowitchers, Spotted Sandpiper, Ring-necked Duck, Red-crested Pochard, Bewick's Swans.
Purple Sandpipers braving the breaking waves on rocks at Mudeford Quay.
Best non-bird moment whilst birding was watching a pod of 7 Bottlenose Dolphins pass so close in below the cliffs at Portland I could hear them exhaling.
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31-12-2011, 02:24 PM
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Wasn't the Western Sandpiper a Lifer Adam?
John Quote:
Originally Posted by Adam Cheeseman  Had three life and one Brit ticks this year - Oriental Turtle Dove, Baird's Sandpiper, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Penduline Tit.
Plenty of other great days out though such as the day at Chew Valley lake when I got - Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, 2 Long-billed Dowitchers, Spotted Sandpiper, Ring-necked Duck, Red-crested Pochard, Bewick's Swans.
Purple Sandpipers braving the breaking waves on rocks at Mudeford Quay.
Best non-bird moment whilst birding was watching a pod of 7 Bottlenose Dolphins pass so close in below the cliffs at Portland I could hear them exhaling.
Cheers,
Adam | |
31-12-2011, 02:37 PM
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Originally Posted by John Wasn't the Western Sandpiper a Lifer Adam?
John | No. I got the one on Brownsea Island a few years back John.
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Adam |
31-12-2011, 02:39 PM
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My most memorable dip of the year has to be the Christchurch Harbour Red-breatsed Goose that kindly disappeared overnight the night before I went to see it after it had been there for ages.
Cheers,
Adam |
31-12-2011, 03:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Adam Cheeseman My most memorable dip of the year has to be the Christchurch Harbour Red-breatsed Goose that kindly disappeared overnight the night before I went to see it after it had been there for ages.
Cheers,
Adam | Thats why I gave up twitching about 10 yrs ago - never looked back.
Oh, yes, ahem, apart from still missing Dotterel in England. Keep on dipping, right on and on........
2012 will do it with help from Chris JB.  
I think my favourite has to be watching tawnies out of the bedroom window, night after night, lovely.
Cheers
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31-12-2011, 06:39 PM
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Originally Posted by diggleken Oh, yes, ahem, apart from still missing Dotterel in England. Keep on dipping, right on and on........
2012 will do it with help from Chris JB. | Don't you worry Ken, all being well, I shall have my finger on the South Pennine dotterel pulse come April/May 2012. 
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31-12-2011, 07:16 PM
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A few for me:-
Waxwings a plenty at the beginning of the year & was able to add them to my old garden list!
The Barn Owl in flight at night, during the Priory Water meet.
The White-tailed Eagle flying low over our heads near Basingstoke. (Having already had a weekend in the New Forest waiting for it to appear & it didn't!)
A simple one is the Starling murmuration over my new garden every evening.
Adding Red Kite to my new garden list!
To mention my non-birding moment, it has to be, being bombarded by Bats & being able to hear them on the boxes, at the Thursley Common meet.
I wonder what 2012 will bring?
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A small handful, of newbies...short eared owl one of them.....
but my first so called twitch of the snow bunting at tring resi's..
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