Virtually every area of bird habitat in North Kent is under threat, from unsympathetically placed proposals for a solar farm at Graveney, repeated proposals for airports, a proposed new Thames crossing to the ludicrous theme park proposal at Swanscombe, the dwindling wildlife of the area is being squeezed further and further towards oblivion. For an [...]
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Dartford Marshes in July – British Birding
July 8th, 2018 
Nick 
Posted in Birdwatching in UK, Nature, Southeast England 
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Reporting a Ringed Mediterranean Gull | British Birding
July 3rd, 2018 Nick 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. [...]
Posted in Bird Ringing, Birding in Kent, Birding in Southeast England, Birdwatching in UK, Conservation Issues, Gulls, Migration, Nature Tags: bird watching, bird watching in britain, britain, british bird watching, british birding, british birds, conservation, France, gulls Comments Off
Heathland Birds at Frensham Common – British Birding
July 3rd, 2018 Nick Last week I made one of my annual pilgrimages to see Dartford Warbler. Last year I had a very successful day twitching at Frensham Common in Surrey so I decided to make the short trip there again to look for the bird that got me into birding as well as other heathland specialists. Arriving at [...]
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Farmland Birds – British Birding
June 27th, 2018 Nick 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 [...]
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Enjoying The Birds You See – Thailand Birding
June 18th, 2018 Nick Sometimes, as birders, we can heap pressure upon ourselves to see certain species and quite frequently the expectations that build up when anticipating a birding trip can be a little unrealistic in terms of entertaining ideas of “cleaning up”. Sometimes these hopes can take a severe hit if there are unfavourable conditions such as high [...]
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Watching Nesting Weavers – Bird Behaviour
May 30th, 2018 Nick For much of the year the three species of weavers in Thailand are rather dull birds which are normally seen feeding within rice fields. Certainly they are nice to see and many people are very happy to finally catch up with Asian Golden Weaver here but seeing these birds in non-breeding plumage is not much [...]
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Morning Birding at Kuala Selangor – Malaysia Birding
May 8th, 2018 Nick It is always nice to start a birding trip with some easy birding and a whole load of species, and on a recent tour to Peninsula Malaysia in March open areas, rice fields and mangroves around the town of Kuala Selangor provided this for us. More specifically, spending a morning birding in and close to Kuala [...]
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