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Category Archives: Finches
Hawfinch
1cy female Called in at Spurn to catch up with the guys, and drop in on the lovely Wells at Westmere Farm meant I also jammed in this Hawfinch which dropped in to the Warren. It’s the sort that eats … Continue reading
Shetland Spring Birding Part 3
Party ’till the End We were very fortunate to begin and end this holiday with sea mammals, Killer Whales to begin and Minke Whales at the end. In-between we squeezed in some 109 bird species, with many scarce and some … Continue reading
Posted in Cranes, Finches, Shetland
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Taiga Birding Day 2: Gullfest 2013
Hard to find words. Superlatives.oft repeated end up sounding empty. Trying to write this post I had to run out for the second night running to witness sky-filling aurora. Alongside hilarity filled company, there was Alaskan Husky driven sleds across the Taiga, a snowmobile ride, reindeer soup and … Continue reading
Posted in Arctic Norway, Finches, Gullfest
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The Northerners in Oslo
Day One. Warm-up A rather manic day. Facebook status reads: finally made it to little B and B in Oslo after 4;30 am start. Lovely Sharon Garner and Abi Garner took me at 4:45 am to York. Train was on the board … Continue reading
Posted in Arctic Norway, Finches, Woodpeckers
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North American Redpolls
Redpolls, redpolls, redpolls, and the usual cautionary tales. by Matt Young Audio Production Engineer Cornell Lab of Ornithology As fall of 2012-13 set in, many of us here in the States knew a large wide-scale invasion of northern finches was … Continue reading
Posted in Finches
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Footit Challenge. Half way there
71 out of 75 Had a long walk of some 10 miles yesterday with our family dog, Ebony. Headed off nearly 2 hours before sunrise. Soon onto not one but 2 Tawny Owls at the start of the Loxley Valley. Mute Swan and Mandarin were in the … Continue reading
Posted in Chats and Thrushes, Doves and Pigeons, Finches, Foot it
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All the Redpolls (nearly)
Shetland, Autumn 2012 We did wonderfully well for redpolls overall this autumn’s Shetland tours scoring 5 types out of six possible. I’m very pleased with sound recordings obtained and combined with Mealy and Arctic Redpolls from Norway they make for fascinating study. Redpolls are a great … Continue reading
Posted in Finches, Shetland
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Greenfinch
Lost from my garden by Martin I’m missing them. It’s not hard to recall my first on the plastic red peanut feeder in our garden in Frodsham, Cheshire- way back. An adult male, in resplendent green and yellow attire. Another bird ‘wonder’ for a fledgling observer. I watched it … Continue reading
Greenland Redpolls
rostrata Heaven Poorly seen candidate Pechora Pipit seen in flight few times in wet,cold and poor light this am. Nevertheless Greenland Redpolls and Hornemann’s continue to put on superb show! 2 Greenland Redpolls (from up 20 in the Norwick area) below.
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