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These are the ramblings of a one time manic twitcher now mellowing in old age and bashing his local patch whence the mood takes him. I work (some call it that some say I'm a jammy bugger) as a full time survey monkey (birds usually but the odd bat and newt now and again) hence I get paid to bird...nice!!! I still twitch if my list requires what evers on show but much prefer to find stuff which is a tad harder. I am the original Comberbach Casual.
Thursday, 11 October 2012
CHURCH COVE PADDY
With the weather still as grim as a grim day in Grimsby we decided to head South to the Lizard and actually see some birds rather than fog, rain and grimness. First stop the surprisingly easy to find and see Paddy Warbler from way out East.
and typically that's all we got as the Red backed Shrike and Ortolan Bunting had been well and truly booted.
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FOGGY IBIS
First day of our holidays down in Cornwall and just down the road in the thick fog one of a trio of Glossy Ibis that's been around for a few days. Not a bad start to the South West sojourn.
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LOUGH FEE - BELTED KINGFISHER
The 'A'Team were booked onto the ferry to Inishmore but alas the Eastern Kingbird had done one over night, so we never got on board. But slight compensation was just up the road in sunny Connemara. The first Belted Kingfisher for apparently 28 years in Ireland.
Gregsy gives the big blue kingfisher the thumbs up, a cracking bird in a stunning location.
Big Blue...
we also get a flyover from a couple of incoming winter visitors a pair of Whooper Swans...
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