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Paul Matson's Birding Blog: Friday 27th February - Winter Surfing Excursion
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Paul Matson's Birding Blog. Harpy Eagle, Venezuela, April 2016. Friday, 27 February 2015. Friday 27th February - Winter Surfing Excursion. On finding the correct car park, with lots of birders on the beach (non of whom had yet entered the water), it was within seconds that the Surf Scoter. Was visible, with 2 Common Scoters. And best of all a large (presumably female) Goshawk. Seen on 3 occasions between 1.30pm and 2pm. 2 Ravens. Also flew over and in the garden a brief burst of song from a Firecrest.
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Paul Matson's Birding Blog: Vietnam March 2014
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Paul Matson's Birding Blog. Harpy Eagle, Venezuela, April 2016. The temperature in Saigon and the South reached the high to mid 30's in the afternoon and it was a dry heat. As we moved North not only did the temperature drop but we had a real mixture of rain, fog and some chilly weather. Some observations about Vietnam . Like other parts of South East Asia, the natural rainforest resources do not appear to have a cherished status of preservation despite some places obtaining the National Park label. ...
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Paul Matson's Birding Blog: Sunday 11th January - Muddy Legs
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Paul Matson's Birding Blog. Harpy Eagle, Venezuela, April 2016. Monday, 12 January 2015. Sunday 11th January - Muddy Legs. An unexpected ending to the day. I hadn't been for a walk from the house for a long while, so decided to do just that this morning, especially as the weather looked good for the first part of the day, a slight frost was on the ground as I climbed over the garden fence just after 8am and headed up to the lane. A Great Spotted Woodpecker. Was in the big arable field, several Siskin.
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Paul Matson's Birding Blog: Tuesday 6th January - Grey, grim, damp and Dusky
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Paul Matson's Birding Blog. Harpy Eagle, Venezuela, April 2016. Tuesday, 6 January 2015. Tuesday 6th January - Grey, grim, damp and Dusky. Chi gravel pits are a place I normally drive straight past without a look - a decent lake complex that has turned up good birds and at the very least holds an number of waterfowl, so I'm not sure what it is but I just find the place unappealing to walk around and I'm not sure that the grey damp start today endeared me to the place any more. After another 5 minutes wai...
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Paul Matson's Birding Blog: Friday 6th March - Winter Shrike
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Paul Matson's Birding Blog. Harpy Eagle, Venezuela, April 2016. Friday, 6 March 2015. Friday 6th March - Winter Shrike. Went for a walk on Iping Common this morning. A cool wind and grey skies suggested Winter isn't giving up easily. The Great Grey Shrike. A brief view of a Dartford Warbler. And Stonechat, a singing. And the distant calls of Woodlark. Were the only other activity. The Iping Great Grey Shrike. Cows employed to graze the heathland at Stedham. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Paul Matson's Birding Blog: Saturday 24th January - Winter in West Sussex
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Paul Matson's Birding Blog. Harpy Eagle, Venezuela, April 2016. Sunday, 1 February 2015. Saturday 24th January - Winter in West Sussex. With a cold bright day on the cards, Gary and I decided that we would visit a variety of sites in West Sussex with little to tempt us further afield. We started the day at East Head, West Wittering (twinned with Battersea Dogs Home) seeing an early Red Kite. Was the first bird seen on the marsh which quickly departed calling. We then found the 3 Spoonbill. We then drove ...
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Paul Matson's Birding Blog: Mongolia May 2014
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Paul Matson's Birding Blog. Harpy Eagle, Venezuela, April 2016. There has always been something about Mongolia which has fascinated me from childhood - whether it's the stories of the Mongol empire being the largest Empire ever in the world or the marauding hoards of Mongols led by Ghengis Khan causing havoc over the vast open plains, whatever had held my fascination encouraged me to choose this as a destination for this trip after Gary Howard and I discussed this last year and agreed we should go. Tempe...
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Paul Matson's Birding Blog: Ecuador August 2012
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Paul Matson's Birding Blog. Harpy Eagle, Venezuela, April 2016. Ecuador 1st - 18th August 2012. I'd wanted to go to South America for a long time. I had an aborted attempt in 2007 when a couple of weeks before a trip to the coastal rain forests of SE Brazil I had to cancel due to work commitments. So only 5 years later my chance at last. No particular reason to choose Ecuador other than it's famed number of birds and the dates seemed to work! Along with a, Rusty Flowerpiercer. Before heading out to try a...
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Paul Matson's Birding Blog: Wednesday 7th January - Iping
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Paul Matson's Birding Blog. Harpy Eagle, Venezuela, April 2016. Thursday, 8 January 2015. Wednesday 7th January - Iping. The weather remains grey and cold and there were some damp patches in the blustery, cloudy but mainly dry morning. Walking out from the car park 4 Lesser Redpoll. Flew over calling and a small group of 6 Reed Bunting. Were disturbed. As with many heather and gorse commons at this time of year there were virtually no birds, just dogwalkers. A Green Woodpecker. Then a pair of Stonechat.
