Sunday, 29 December 2019

Scotland hols [RL Buzzard at Stainforth]

Trip up North, December - Jan.

24th: en route stopped at Stainforth/S.Yorkshire to see the Rough-legged buzzard.

26th: sea watch with my brother off Kinghorn/Fife included Long-tailed ducks.

28th: drake smew at Cameron Reservoir/Fife.

Also: decent numbers of goosanders, whoopers, crossbills etc. A dipper heard singing. And argentatus gulls.



Hatfield colliery tip South Yorkshire




 'Scandinavian' herring gull showing a darker mantle etc.

 Cameron reservoir Fife

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Wednesday, 25 December 2019



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Friday, 13 December 2019

December

Not much of note lately; plus various hindrances have precluded me from doing much, one of which was a computer dying on me. A Black red at Chale on a pleasant day recently.  



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