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Quiet otherwise, although 2 chiffchaffs and a black redstart indicated a bit of movement through the crease - missed the latter last year too, so that was a welcome year tick! 70 species up for the year...
Showing posts with label little bunting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label little bunting. Show all posts
Sunday, 24 March 2019
Another little bunting sighting
Following my badly seen but calling vigorously fly-by little bunting across the garden and down the lane in a force 8 gale last month, Old Spoons jammed into presumably the same bird on Galley this afternoon, and he got shots too, before it inconveniently disappeared again for the rest of the afternoon!
Presumably both sightings involve the same bird seen in the same area by one lucky observer back in October, but I guess there's no way of knowing. There can't be many (if any) spring records of little bunting in Ireland, so chances are its the same individual, Hope it finally settles down a bit!
Quiet otherwise, although 2 chiffchaffs and a black redstart indicated a bit of movement through the crease - missed the latter last year too, so that was a welcome year tick! 70 species up for the year...
Quiet otherwise, although 2 chiffchaffs and a black redstart indicated a bit of movement through the crease - missed the latter last year too, so that was a welcome year tick! 70 species up for the year...
Saturday, 24 January 2015
Best Patch Find 2014
Well, despite some inevitable vote-rigging, none of it by me I might add, it would appear that my cracking pintail at Galley has indeed won Old Snowy, with a whopping 60% of the votes too....
er, I mean, Bushveld's cracking little bunting at his new Longhaven patch has won Old Snowy, as the best patch find for 2014. In a fairly quiet year across all patches, this was the stand out find, and one that I'd love to get at Galley (would be a feckin Irish tick for a start!)
Anyway, hopefully Reg will do the decent thing and drop Snowy round to Bushy's gaff soon, and maybe even pose for a photo!
can but hope...
er, I mean, Bushveld's cracking little bunting at his new Longhaven patch has won Old Snowy, as the best patch find for 2014. In a fairly quiet year across all patches, this was the stand out find, and one that I'd love to get at Galley (would be a feckin Irish tick for a start!)
Anyway, hopefully Reg will do the decent thing and drop Snowy round to Bushy's gaff soon, and maybe even pose for a photo!
can but hope...
Monday, 13 October 2014
Thrashing the Patch
A good spell of easterlies brought in a few migs
best of the bunch being a rather nice little bunting at Bullers of Buchan and is currently bird of the year for me.
Other birds included a flighty Richards pipit, a long over due yellow-browed warbler and some Lapland buntings.
There's been so many year ticks I can't remember them all but in total an additional 12 year ticks on the patch since my last posting…. Awesome
With some easterlies this week and a touch of rain on Thursday should bring a few more in
108 sp
83.08%
Happy days
Bushveld
best of the bunch being a rather nice little bunting at Bullers of Buchan and is currently bird of the year for me.
Other birds included a flighty Richards pipit, a long over due yellow-browed warbler and some Lapland buntings.
There's been so many year ticks I can't remember them all but in total an additional 12 year ticks on the patch since my last posting…. Awesome
With some easterlies this week and a touch of rain on Thursday should bring a few more in
108 sp
83.08%
Happy days
Bushveld
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