Posts Tagged ‘britain’

Avocet2

Oare Marshes: British Birding

A few days ago I made an afternoon, followed by a morning, visit to Oare Marshes, near Faversham, Kent with Shuki Raviv from Israel.In mid July Oare is usually a good place to see a variety of the first migrating waders in breeding plumage as they head south from their breeding grounds and we were [...]

little-gull

Six Months Back Home: British Birding

After spending 6 months back home in UK, I recently returned to Thailand. While I was home I got out as much as I could to go birding, mostly within an hour’s drive of my mother’s home in Kent, although I did have a few short trips into Suffolk, Norfolk, East Sussex, East Yorkshire, The [...]

Peaceful Dove

Thailand Birding: 2012 Year List

Every year I like to keep a record of the number of bird species I see; I don’t go chasing birds for my year list but it is interesting to record what I see from year to year and provides me with a way to keep enjoying seeing birds that I have seen many times [...]

lapwing

Masses of Migrants at Swinemoor

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 [...]

Northern Lapwing

Sunny Spring Birdwatching Walk – British Birding

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 [...]

Corn-bunting21

Corn Bunting Data Analysis – British Birding

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 [...]

Free WordPress Themes