A long weekend on this Hebridean island with Planky and The Hemulin produced lots of great wildlife. Photographs: » Mull, August 2009 Herring GullHooded CrowOtterRainbowScotch ArgusSilver-ySmall CopperSmall Tortoiseshell
Nov
01
Flamborough, East Yorkshire – 1 November 2008
The rare bird information services were showing that good numbers of migrant birds were starting to appear on the East Yorkshire coast. So the five of us squeezed into Binner’s car and set out for a days birding at Flamborough Head. During the day we noted a variety of common and scarce migrant birds, highlights [...]
Dec
28
Scarborough, North Yorkshire – 28 December 2007
After poor weather forced us to cancel a trip to Dumfries and Galloway, South Western Scotland, Binner, GH and myself made a last minute decision to take another trip to the Scarborough area to see the Desert Wheatear. The Wheatear showed well from almost the moment we arrived, however very strong winds made getting any [...]
Oct
04
North East China, 21 September – 2 October 2007
After a 25 hour journey we arrived in the beach resort of Beidaihe on the north east coast of China, our aim to see some of the thousands of birds that migrate through this area each autumn. Our first afternoon was spent touring the grounds of our hotel, where we noted various warblers including Dusky, [...]