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/an-october-morning-at-bridlington-harbour-british-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/an-october-morning-at-bridlington-harbour-british-birding/#comments Sun, 14 Oct 2018 17:03:51 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=21276 With bright weather persisting I found myself in East Yorkshire, more specifically in Bridlington, with a few hours to spare after breakfast. The tide was falling so it was a good time to check out the birds feeding on the rocks at the base of the harbour’s southern wall, a regular site for finding Purple [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/an-october-morning-at-bridlington-harbour-british-birding/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/birding-bridlington-harbour-british-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/birding-bridlington-harbour-british-birding/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2015 21:59:01 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=1159 A few days ago I spent a morning birding around Bridlington harbour in East Yorkshire. This is often a good place for wintering and passage migrants, even in October, and is somewhere I used to visit regularly when I was at university in the area. One of the specialities of the site is Purple Sandpiper [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/birding-bridlington-harbour-british-birding/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/seabirds-at-st-bees-british-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/seabirds-at-st-bees-british-birding/#comments Sun, 16 Aug 2015 16:59:29 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=1092 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 [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/seabirds-at-st-bees-british-birding/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/nesting-bee-eaters-in-cumbria-british-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/nesting-bee-eaters-in-cumbria-british-birding/#comments Sat, 15 Aug 2015 14:58:08 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=1089 For few weeks now the RSPB has given British birders the opportunity to watch European Bee-eaters nesting at a sand quarry near Brampton in Cumbria. Bee-eaters are a very rare breeding bird in UK and this, combined with their colourful plumage, has meant that many people have made the journey to northern England to see [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/nesting-bee-eaters-in-cumbria-british-birding/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/sabines-gull-at-pennington-flash-british-birding/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/sabines-gull-at-pennington-flash-british-birding/#comments Fri, 14 Aug 2015 14:59:38 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=1083 I spent the last few days walking in the mountains in the Lake District National Park, but on my way I decided to stop off to look for a couple of unusual birds, the first being an adult Sabine’s Gull which had been reported as present for a few days at Pennington Flash, near Manchester. [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/sabines-gull-at-pennington-flash-british-birding/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/masses-of-migrants-at-swinemoor/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/masses-of-migrants-at-swinemoor/#comments Sat, 14 Apr 2007 20:22:00 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=37 Having arrived back in Beverley at 6pm the good weather drew me towards Swinemoor for a quick look for spring migrants. A quick look turned into a long look as there were plenty of birds to see. On the wet grass 20-30 Lapwings were still hanging around as well as about 100 Golden Plovers and [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/masses-of-migrants-at-swinemoor/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/nice-lunch-nice-walk/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/nice-lunch-nice-walk/#comments Thu, 05 Apr 2007 18:34:00 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=30 After a nice lunch in the pub, my wife and I decided to make the most of the warm, sunny weather by going for a walk to the lake at Eske/Pulfin Fen, in the East Riding of Yorkshire. The warmth had made most of the birds rather lazy at this time of day, but a [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/nice-lunch-nice-walk/feed/ 0 http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/corn-buntings/ http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/corn-buntings/#comments Mon, 15 Jan 2007 19:49:00 +0000 Nick http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/?p=7 Today I spent most of my time analyzing the data I have collected observing Corn Bunting habitat selection. I initiated a study of Corn Buntings from May to August 2006 in order to record the crop selection of calling males in the study area and to attempt to make a map which would show all [...]]]> http://dartfordwaffler.co.uk/corn-buntings/feed/ 0