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Red-throated Bee-eater

Red-throated Bee-eater
join us for a fantastic tour of The Gambia this November

Thursday, January 9, 2014

JANUARY 9TH 2014 - 'TWITCH AND DIP'

No its not the name of a new comedy act it was my birding efforts of today.

YESTERDAY TWO RARITIES APPEARED AT MY LOCAL RESERVOIR (SUTTON BINGHAM) SO TODAY I WENT TO LOOK FOR THEM - THAT'S THE TWITCH PART.

THE DIP PART WAS WHEN I GOT THERE AND BOTH THE BIRDS HAD DISAPPEARED.

last night a thousand gulls roosted on Sutton Bingham reservoir and one of them was an ICELAND GULL and today when I turned up to watch the roosting gulls come in - ONLY 3 TURNED UP! marvellous!

For the last 6 days a YELLOW BROWED WARBLER has been sighted at the same reservoir right by the car park, when I got there this morning at first light, in the rain - the bird had gone!

Whilst looking for the gull during my second visit this afternoon at 4pm a guy came up to me and said "I have just been watching the YELLOW BROWED WARBLER, just over there by the car park"  .........I threw him in the reservoir and went home....dipped twice!

HOWEVER.........in between my twitching events I had  a nice hour watching my bird feeders in the garden at Hooke. A new species went on the garden list....Eurasian Nuthatch.

You know I travel a lot to see exotic looking species but when it comes down to good old English Garden Birds they take some beating, have a look at these pictures.....who needs Costa Rica, Gambia, Guyana etc etc.........

Greenfinch

Coal Tit

Marsh Tit
Eurasian Nuthatch


Long-tailed tits (11 arrived and 'canned' 8 of them - just count the tails)


The mis-named Great Spotted Woodpecker (female) - where are its spots?


hate them or hate them - the Common Starling is gorgeous in winter - this one is losing its spots already!

love them or hate them - the Wood Pigeon is a beautiful bird





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