Latest Blog Posts - Timbobaggins Abroad
- LAST POST AND LINK TO NEW BLOGon Nov 30, 2015After 4 plus years I've decided to call time on this blog. Its been great fun and I'm not about to stop posting about my stuff - I did think about it but I've got the blogging bug now and its a wonderful way of recording and sharing ones e...
- Hunting Kestrels, Ring Ouzels and first winter thrushes in at Flamborough,on Oct 9, 2015 in Autumn Barred Warbler Birds East Yorkshire Fieldfare Flamborough Kestrel Ring OuzelGot some great pics of hunting Kestrels the other day whilst I was scouring the hedges and bushes at Flamborough for migrant warblers. Bright morning sunshine always helps but with a family party of 4 that were continually stooping for prey alon...
- September ins and outs down my way, young swallows venture south and the finches move in.September .. the summer crops are gathered in and wild flowers are blooming their last. Nights are drawing in, temperatures are dropping, cricket's days are done and rugby takes centre stage, and small birds of many species are moving...
- Scrapping Spars!Searching the Yorkshire coast again for passage migrant birds last week brought us precious few ... a smattering of Redstarts, 'WillowChaffs', Whitethroats and a Lesser Whitethroat but the undoubted highlight was a couple of scrapping Spar...
- Flamborough for the first proper 'fall' of the year .. Honey Buzzard the star amongst many migrantsIt was just 'one of those days' we birders dream about ... late August, persistent easterly winds and a forecast of fog rolling in off the sea and all this after a weekend of sultry storms in these 'ere parts ... there had to be a 'fal...
- Dashing young Peregrine at North Caveon Aug 18, 2015 in Birds YWT reservesA trip out to the YWT reserve at North Cave last week and the undoubted highlight was a superb Peregrine Falcon aerial hunting display over the wetlands. A youngster judging by the amount of tawny barring on its undersides and a probable ma...
- Cairngorms road trip, Ospreys fishing, Spoonbills and a surprise herd of Reindeer!Just got back from a jaunt up to the Cairngorms with my good mate Rob. The weather was less than perfect but it was a great road trip. I did all the driving, Rob all the cooking ... I like driving and he's chef, so it was a good deal!&...
- Early Summer snippets from North Yorkshire - Pied Flycatchers & Redstarts at Strid, Chimney Moths & Mandarin at Jefrey Bog plus lots of flowers!Pied Flycatcher (male) pic courtesy of D.CooksonOut with the lads at Strid Woods (nr Bolton Abbey) recently I was thrilled to see up to 15 or so Pied Flycatchers. One of my favourite 'small birds', they bring back happy memories of my first fora...
- Chilling out on Hatfield Moor, a possible new breeder, dashing Hobbies and singing Tree Pipits.Some more good news for Hatfield Moor / Humberhead Peatlands, a couple of Marsh Harriers look like they're going to breed there this year. Its likely that this is overspill from nearby Potteric Carr where there are at least 3 pairs or even...
- A good wood found, wild flowers in profusion at last, Snipe a drumming, a wet Moors day and a successful Heron watch event Its been a tricky old merry month of May for me. Just like the UK spring this year - stumbling and stuttering into some kind of recognisable swing, I've struggled a bit to get into the rhythms of the season. Some kind of 'hangover' ef...
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