March 2006 Archives
Can't go wrong now....
Posted by on March 31, 2006 7:02 AM
It's hard to have a bad day birding at the moment _ if you can dodge the rain, Spring migrants are pouring through.
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Fuzzy Pine Martens this time
Posted by on March 30, 2006 4:21 PM
Tech heads still trying to load my video of these beasties onto the blog...in the meantime here's a few blurred night time shots....
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At last....Spring has Sprung!
Posted by on March 29, 2006 10:43 AM
Plenty of birds on the move now that the temperatures have edged up and the wind has begun behaving itself.
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Quick visit to the marsh...
Posted by on March 26, 2006 7:38 PM
Whizzed around Marshside this morning prior to Mother's Day dinner etc etc.
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Fuzzy Waxwing gallery...
Posted by on March 25, 2006 9:26 PM
Okay, I can't resist it...here's a few more blurred Waxwings from Scotland.....
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I've been away for a little bit....
Posted by on March 25, 2006 8:34 PM
Just back from a week in FREEZING Speyside with Mrs D....
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Back home again after a busy week....
Posted by on March 24, 2006 9:41 AM
Apologies for blog-neglect .....normal service will be resumed tomorrow (I promise)!
My Daily Post column this week is on a great new book, plus Sprawks, Coltsfoot and Feral Pigeons eating earthworms.
Eyes to the skies everyone, eyes to the skies...
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Press release from DEFRA
Posted by on March 23, 2006 9:43 AM
DEFRA have released the following press release, entitled GREEN FARMERS HELP NORTH WEST BIRD POPULATION BEAT NATIONAL AVERAGE, which makes interesting reading.
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Mother's Day ideas.....
Posted by on March 22, 2006 9:40 AM
The RSPB contacted me with details of a few events they've got planned at Marshside.
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I need access information!
Posted by on March 20, 2006 9:39 AM
The ECHO carried a story last week about plans down at the docks to relax some of the "anti-terror" access rules that effectively made getting to Seaforth way too much hassle for normal mortals.
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New garden tick ....????
Posted by on March 17, 2006 7:02 PM
I've had loads of Grey Wagtails flying over Dempsey Towers, but this afternoon my first bird "on the deck" wandered up the garden path....
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More Redwings, not Wheatears....
Posted by on March 13, 2006 2:46 PM
Bill Merriman just e-mailed me from Childwall where he had five Redwings in his garden while clearing the snow yesterday _ winter doesn't want to make way for the Swallows just yet!
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Marshside gulag....
Posted by on March 12, 2006 2:15 PM
Freezing out on the marsh today, with loads of snow and a cruel easterly cutting thro' everything.
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Tropical at Taggs
Posted by on March 11, 2006 10:47 AM
Better late than never...."Tropical" Thomason had ELEVEN Jack Snipe at Taggs Island on Wednesday.
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Waiting for a Wheatear....
Posted by on March 10, 2006 12:25 PM
The rain continues to batter down as I bash this in, but all is not lost.
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Latest from Downholland....
Posted by on March 8, 2006 9:57 AM
Latest records from Downholland/Haskayne, courtesy of Derek Williams....
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Parkgate high tide extravaganza
Posted by on March 6, 2006 11:42 AM
"Just to let you know we had two fabulous days at Parkgate last week, on Wednesday and Thursday," Richard Smith told me _and he wasn't kidding!
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Avocets all asleep
Posted by on March 5, 2006 3:06 PM
Cold but sunny at Marshside today...4 Avocets - fast asleep for most of the time.
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Classical music, chimps and coots...
Posted by on March 4, 2006 2:48 PM
Busy few days _ off to the Philharmonic with the in-laws, bit of gull roosting and seawatching and lots of snow...(and even some work).
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This page contains an archive of all entries posted to BirdBlog in the March 2006. They are listed from oldest to newest.
February 2006 is the previous archive.April 2006 is the next archive.
Many more can be found on the home page or by looking through the archives.
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"Certainly a massive passage of Wheatears at presen..."
"No pain, no gain! 3 Dotterel on Pendle Hill today...."
"Hi I live in Prescot, Merseyside and I am not sure..."
"No Dotterel during a tour of Formby, Plex and Altc..."