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Lesvos April 2017
Lesvos is a brilliant birding destination! This is my 17th consecutive year here and I love it all, the weather, the scenery, the people and the wildlife. We hardly travelled any distance today and yet we saw nearly 100 species including some real goodies such as Baillon’s Crake, Kruper’s Nuthatch, Temminck’s Stint and quite a few ‘good’ island birds, Ferruginous Duck, Eurasian Spoonbill, Gull-billed Tern, Collared Pratincole and many more.
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ISLES OF SCILLY 2018 : Friday, September 28, 2018 - Friday, October 5, 2018
For me it was great to return to the Isles of Scilly after a 16-year break, they haven’t changed, they still retain their unique charm, beauty and tranquillity. The birding isn’t as good as the heady days of the past, but the...
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TARIFA - AUTUMN MIGRATION TOUR - 2018 TOUR 2 : Sunday, September 9, 2018 - Sunday, September 16, 2018
This was our second consecutive Autumn Migration Tour FOR 2018, it fell just short of the mark with regards to large raptor movements, we did see a few thousand birds but not en-masse as in the first week. Passerine migration was also po...
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DAY TOUR - 6TH AUGUST 2018 : Monday, August 6, 2018 - Monday, August 6, 2018
RIO GUADIARO AT ESTACION DE CORTES Dawn and I were joined by John McClure, our American friend and budding birder also from Gaucin, for an afternoon of birding by the river. We just sat under our favourite tree and whiled away t...
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