I have taken advantage a few times recently of an area where gulls congregate to feed on discarded fish heads at the rear of a fish shop at Dungeness, on the Kent coast, but today there was a real feasting session with a large group of gulls devouring a large amount of fish heads and [...]
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Gulls Gorging on Fish – Bird Behaviour
September 18th, 2015 
Nick 
Posted in Bird Behaviour, Birding in Kent, Birding in Southeast England, Birdwatching in UK, Gulls, Nature 
Tags: bird watching, bird watching in britain, britain, british bird watching, british birding, british birds, gulls 
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Minsmere & Dunwich Heath: British Birding
September 11th, 2015 Nick I have mentioned before that Dartford Warbler was the bird that got me into birding when I was 7 years old and whenever I am back in UK I always make a visit to a location where I can see this species. With fine weather today it was a good opportunity to find these birds [...]
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Migrants at Dungeness: British Birding
September 4th, 2015 Nick By early September bird migration is well and truly in progress. For many species it has not yet reached its peak but for the next few months birders should be able to find migrating birds at any coastal location. With this in mind I made another trip to Dungeness yesterday as it can be a [...]
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Shellness High Tide Wader Roost: British Birding
August 29th, 2015 Nick Much is said about the loss of mudflats which are used by waders to feed on and in some parts of the world the result has been catastrophic to wader populations, but less frequently discussed is the pressure on waders by the loss of high tide roost sites. These sites are often destroyed as part [...]
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Birding in the Wind & Rain: British Birding
August 25th, 2015 Nick At the end of August many birds are already migrating and with southerly winds and rain forecast it seemed like it would be a good time to make another trip to Dungeness which is usually one of the best places in Kent to see migratory seabirds passing close to the shore. This time of year [...]
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Cavenham Heath Stone Curlews: British Birding
August 23rd, 2015 Nick On my way back from the British Birdwatching Fair I made a little detour to Cavenham Heath National Nature Reserve in Suffolk to search for Stone Curlews. Last year I was told about this area by another birder as a location where Stone Curlews gather before migrating and I saw quite some number of them [...]
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Seabirds at St Bees: British Birding
August 16th, 2015 Nick Doing most of my birding in Thailand I do not get to see seabirds very often; only on my visits back to UK. So, as part of my visit to the north east of England I decided to pay a visit to the RSPB’s clifftop reserve at St Bees Head well aware that it was [...]
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