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Aug 9, 2010, 7:20 am
I’m afraid this is the end for Sheffield Wildlife! Don’t worry though, I’ve started a brand new blog over at Tumblr called Steel City Birding.
I decided it was time for a change, and to alter the focus from general wildlife musings, to a more bird-orientated blog, which it always really was a... Comment - Like
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Jul 20, 2010, 3:49 am
Whinchats are birds that are fairly easy to see around my neck of the woods, but I’ve been too lazy to go up and see them so far this year. Last night I remedied this with a visit to Broomhead Moor, with my mate Andy, a frequent wanderer of that area who managed to locate them for us pretty much t... Comment - Like
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Jul 17, 2010, 4:35 pm
It’s been one of those days where you feel you don’t really see much, but when you get back you realise you’ve seen plenty… one of the curses of keeping a birding year list is that you end up by this time of year, if you’re not careful, getting annoyed by the lack of new stuff coming your... Comment - Like
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Jul 16, 2010, 5:52 am
(Note – I didn’t take this picture! It’s by Roger Sanderson on Flickr, and used under the Creative Commons Licence.)
A few nights ago I had a walk up to White Lee Moor on a tip off where to find a reeling grasshopper warbler. Although I have heard one reeling once before, it’s probably the ... Comment - Like
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Jul 12, 2010, 7:37 am
North Cave Wetlands
On Saturday I had a trip out eastwards, starting at Thorne to finally pick up turtle dove, a species that has managed to elude me up to now, despite several attempts. After a few laps of the rhododendron path we finally heard one calling, and got brief views of two tiny doves, w... Comment - Like
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Jun 24, 2010, 6:45 am
OK, maybe spectacular’s the wrong word, but I had a good trip up to Wharncliffe Heath with my mate Andy the other night on my annual hunt for nightjars. It was a lovely evening weather-wise, but foolishly we picked the Longest Day, meaning the timescale between nightjars showing and the last bus f... Comment - Like
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Jun 20, 2010, 6:04 pm
Last Wednesday I took the morning off work to finish my BBS survey at Damflask. Not a lot to report, except loads of juv coal, blue and great tits around, and a family party of nuthatches. On the way back I stopped off in the Loxley Valley and came across a couple of grey partridges at Old Wheel Far... Comment - Like
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Jun 13, 2010, 2:54 pm
I’m being vague with location due to some sensitive species, but not a bad tally on a daytrip this weekend with grey partridge, yellow wagtail, corn bunting and common crane(!) added to the year list. I was hoping for woodlark and turtle dove in the area I was in, but the crane more than made up f... Comment - Like
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Jun 9, 2010, 1:50 pm
At the weekend Laura and I had our now annual trip to Northumberland. We started on Friday with pleasant, if a bit windy, weather, and pootled about Bamburgh for a bit, where we watched sandwich terns and eiders, as well as distant guillemots. After checking in at our B&B at Beadnell, we had a quick... Comment - Like
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Jun 3, 2010, 8:04 am
On Saturday I had a trip to Rutland Water to see the star attraction of the site’s breeding ospreys, and see what else was around. The reports from the week before had been quite tantalising, with red-necked phalarope, black tern, white-winged black tern and Temminck’s stint all seen in ... Comment - Like
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May 26, 2010, 4:54 am
Yesterday evening I looked out of the bedroom window and happened to see a thin reddish shape slinking around a field on the opposite hillside. A quick squint through binoculars revealed it to be a fox. Although I’ve found signs, it’s only the second live sighting I’ve had of fox i... Comment - Like
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May 24, 2010, 4:40 am
Finally managed to catch up with the local Montagu’s harrier on Saturday – a stunning bird, although it nearly led to an early divorce as my “five minute” look on the way to Manc to spend the wedding present vouchers spiralled into a harrier-hunting trek…
Unfortunatel... Comment - Like
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May 20, 2010, 8:03 am
Excuse me for my excitement here, but as it’s very hard to get rarities in land-locked Sheffield, I’m not used to the thrill of finding my own vagrant birds! The trumpeter finch I found on Capri last week, as mentioned in my previous post, appears to be a rather nice rarity after all. I... Comment - Like
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May 16, 2010, 4:38 am
Yes, I haven’t updated this blog for a month, but I haven’t died, and I haven’t given up blogging! Early this month I got married, and preparations for that (plus the honeymoon!) meant I didn’t have much time to get out and do nature-spotted stuff, and even less time to blog ... Comment - Like
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Apr 12, 2010, 8:03 am
Contrary to what everyone may be thinking, I’m not dead, I’ve just had a busy few weeks and either haven’t been out, or haven’t seen anything worth writing about when I have.
On Saturday I made up for this by actually managing to get out, on a glorious warm spring day. I sta... Comment - Like
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Mar 21, 2010, 4:36 pm
Yesterday I had a university field trip to Wharncliffe Heath. I had a rather drizzly walk round the Chase first, getting a few signs of spring including singing skylark, meadow pipit and reed bunting, and a couple of curlew. Elsewhere in one of the ponds some frogspawn, with a frog‘s head poki... Comment - Like
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Mar 15, 2010, 9:20 am
This weekend I waved goodbye to my twenties and hit the big three-zero. Much of it is, as a result, a bit of a haze, but I did manage a few trips out, and got one lifer for a birthday present!
On Friday, my actual birthday, Laura offered to drive to a bird-based place of my choice, and I decided on... Comment - Like
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