http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk Birding from around the world Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:41:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/eurasian-oystercatchers-british-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/eurasian-oystercatchers-british-birding/#comments Mon, 11 May 2020 13:27:34 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=22126 Which birds excite you the most? For many people rarity is a key factor in which birds they enjoy seeing. Of course we all like seeing rare birds but are they really the ones that mean the most to you? Are they the birds that you enjoy watching again and again or are their other [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/eurasian-oystercatchers-british-birding/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/birding-asia-31-free-download/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/birding-asia-31-free-download/#comments Fri, 01 May 2020 08:24:15 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=22103 I have been a member of the Oriental Bird Club (OBC) for well over ten years now. This British-based charity furthers ornithology in the oriental region as well as engaging in conservation projects. As a birder based in this region I was keen to support conservation in Asia in this small way as well as [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/birding-asia-31-free-download/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/destruction-and-fragmentation-of-wildlife-habitats-british-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/destruction-and-fragmentation-of-wildlife-habitats-british-birding/#comments Tue, 16 Jul 2019 20:39:33 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=21766 A few days ago I saw an appeal to sign a petition to save a small area of wildlife habitat in my hometown of Dartford in England which has been described as a “wildlife gem” where birds such as Sedge Warbler, Reed Bunting, Cetti’s Warbler and Nightingale have occurred. There is precious little habitat for [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/destruction-and-fragmentation-of-wildlife-habitats-british-birding/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/predatory-gulls-british-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/predatory-gulls-british-birding/#comments Fri, 10 Aug 2018 22:01:02 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=21207 It might look fluffy and cute but this young Lesser Black-backed Gull was already enjoying the fruits of a predatory lifestyle when I photographed it at the end of July growing fat on a diet of freshly fledged Pufflings! While sitting, watching Puffins go in and out of their burrows to go out and catch [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/predatory-gulls-british-birding/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/colour-ringed-great-black-backed-gull-british-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/colour-ringed-great-black-backed-gull-british-birding/#comments Thu, 09 Aug 2018 15:51:02 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=21186 In July I took a boat trip from Amble, in Northumbria, UK, out to Coquet Island to see the Roseate Terns that nest there. It was a nice, one hour, boat trip that gave me good views of lots of Roseate Terns feeding their chicks as well as plenty of Puffins, Kittiwakes, Razorbills, Guillemots, Sandwich [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/colour-ringed-great-black-backed-gull-british-birding/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/puffins-in-northeast-england-british-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/puffins-in-northeast-england-british-birding/#comments Sat, 04 Aug 2018 15:01:01 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=21167 Early in the last week of July I made a trip to the north east of England to take advantage of the end of the seabird nesting season before the majority of birds left the nesting areas and headed out to sea. My main destination was the Farne Islands off the coast of Northumbria, which [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/puffins-in-northeast-england-british-birding/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/reporting-a-ringed-mediterranean-gull-british-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/reporting-a-ringed-mediterranean-gull-british-birding/#comments Tue, 03 Jul 2018 16:09:20 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=20696 Most bird watchers have an opinion on ringing/banding regimes and not everyone views this practice positively. Whether or not you think that ringing should be done to the degree that it is, the only way that there can be any meaningful things to be learned from it is if birders report sightings of ringed birds. [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/reporting-a-ringed-mediterranean-gull-british-birding/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/farmland-birds-british-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/farmland-birds-british-birding/#comments Wed, 27 Jun 2018 00:03:07 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=14489 Farmland birds are in decline across Britain and indeed pretty much everywhere in the world I have been. When I am back in the UK I am able to take a lot of walks through arable farmland which still has a decent population of some farmland species that are in decline across their ranges so [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/farmland-birds-british-birding/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/survey-of-calling-male-corn-buntings-british-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/survey-of-calling-male-corn-buntings-british-birding/#comments Mon, 03 Jul 2017 15:15:55 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=11512 More Corn Buntings! Many people may be wondering what is my obsession with what is a rather dull-coloured, sparrow-like bird regarding the fact that I have posted quite frequently about this species here, on my Facebook timeline and on my Twitter account. Well, apart from the fact that in UK this is a red list [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/survey-of-calling-male-corn-buntings-british-birding/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/wasteland-as-a-bird-habitat-thailand-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/wasteland-as-a-bird-habitat-thailand-birding/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2016 14:58:48 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=10784 On a recent bird photography trip in Petchaburi province myself and Colin Rogers spent some time photographing a number of common species in a quite ugly scrap of “wasteland”. At first glance the area looks of little value with scrubby invasive bushes, piles of illegally dumped rubbish, murky pools of water and rutted tracks – [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/wasteland-as-a-bird-habitat-thailand-birding/feed/ 0