Over in Greater Mancunia at a wee place called Doffcocker (I kid you not) a flock of 4 juveniles have been delighting the locals ...
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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, 10 October 2013
IBIS FEST
Autumn and there seems to have been an explosion of Glossy Ibis in the North West of England, is there some secret colony some ones not telling us about?
Over in Greater Mancunia at a wee place called Doffcocker (I kid you not) a flock of 4 juveniles have been delighting the locals ...
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Over in Greater Mancunia at a wee place called Doffcocker (I kid you not) a flock of 4 juveniles have been delighting the locals ...
BACK TO THE EMERALD ISLE
Twice in a week this is seriously big league stuff. The attraction this time another attempt at
Eastern Kingbird (after the failed one last September) one of which has turned up on another of Ireland's famous islands namely Inishbofin.
I get myself on a 'charter', not a plane though, a boat. There's some seriously big hitters on this charter and spirits are high as we get news the Eastern Kingbird has been seen...we're 30 minutes away.
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That's my 7th Blackpoll in Britain and Ireland but who's counting.
Britain, Ireland and IOM - 520
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Eastern Kingbird (after the failed one last September) one of which has turned up on another of Ireland's famous islands namely Inishbofin.
I get myself on a 'charter', not a plane though, a boat. There's some seriously big hitters on this charter and spirits are high as we get news the Eastern Kingbird has been seen...we're 30 minutes away.
A misty dawn breaks over Cleggan Quay, Co.Galway
The 'big hitters' gather...
Our boat arrives and it's off to Inishbofin we sail...
After searching all over the island the 30 or so birders are knackered and by lunch time the pace is beginning to tell as our hopes are dashed..the Eastern Kingbird has done another over night yet again.
The earlier report was bollocks!! or is that erroneous?
So it's time to drown one's sorrows and hit the local hostelry for what Ireland does best...
a pint of the black stuff
All is not lost though as I contemplate another Guinness there's activity up the road...a Yanks been spotted!!
Someone's had a sighting of a Blackpoll Warbler a decent padder for the trip
Birders spread out in a bunch and scan the gardens just in case it's not something a little more tasty
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Boom one Blackpoll Warbler pops up and shows really well to the gathered entourage of Irish/British/Euro birders seems to be a tick for most of the Irish guys...time for more Guinness me thinks!
twitch on!
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Below a great account by one of Ireland's finest on the bird we really had come to see
That's my 7th Blackpoll in Britain and Ireland but who's counting.
Britain, Ireland and IOM - 520
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