tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9776531794532077922024-02-06T18:28:03.901-08:00Hawkys BlogHawkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18274291525356505412noreply@blogger.comBlogger568125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977653179453207792.post-19707267902470384542016-07-25T13:15:00.002-07:002016-07-25T13:15:46.594-07:00Juv Yellow-Legged Gull, Creekmouth 23/7/16Had a look locally on the Thames for Yellow legs today, firstly at Rainham where several adult birds were on the foreshore. Had a couple of flyby juvenile birds fly east, but none hung around for any photo opportunities.<br />
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The afternoon proved more productive with this cracking juvenile first picked up on the tanks at Beckton sewage works before flying around almost checking me out along the creek.<br />
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<br />Hawkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18274291525356505412noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977653179453207792.post-5293645255424183492016-07-11T23:47:00.000-07:002016-07-11T23:47:19.484-07:00Ringing ActivitiesOver the last couple of weeks I've managed to add a couple of new species to my ringing activities. Have had some very smart Common Tern chicks, which nest every year on the "tern rafts" on seventy acres lake up in the lea valley. Just three birds were ringed on this visit with at least seven pairs still on eggs.<br />
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Black-headed gulls also breed on these rafts and we managed to colour ring 48 juveniles.<br />
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I also had the opportunity to ring two hand reared Swifts, you can read there remarkable story here:<br />
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<br />Hawkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18274291525356505412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977653179453207792.post-68847134663731262902016-06-30T12:29:00.000-07:002016-06-30T12:31:31.944-07:00More Raptor RingingHaving ringed Peregrines last month which was gonna be hard to top, I was very fortunate that PR had found the nest of a pair of Red Kites, nesting on our ringing site up in herts. Even better when PR emailed me to ask me was if i was interested in ringing the young!! <br />
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Three very docile birds were brought down and processed, absolutely amazing birds. Hopefully these birds will stick around for us to enjoy.Hawkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18274291525356505412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977653179453207792.post-69973015278983745082016-06-10T02:24:00.001-07:002016-06-10T02:24:15.670-07:00White Faced Capuchins The hotel grounds held good number of Howler Monkeys but my favourites were the group of White Faced Capuchins that could be seen in the nearby dry forest.<br />
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Hudsonian Whimbrel was seen on a couple of days very early in the morning and was a new species for me.<br />
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Magnificent Frigate birds are a constant feature along the beach.<br />
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<br />Hawkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18274291525356505412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977653179453207792.post-46487935407466569822016-05-30T08:12:00.000-07:002016-05-30T08:12:38.009-07:00PeregrinesI was lucky enough to be involved in ringing some young Peregrines last week at a private site that Dave Mo monitors. Three young birds were colour ringed, they were about two & a half weeks old and consisted of a male and two female birds.<br />
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Great news as last years attempt ended in failure.<br />
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<br />Hawkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18274291525356505412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977653179453207792.post-63233398740671707382016-05-16T22:10:00.000-07:002016-05-16T22:12:07.999-07:00Local Quality.Fantastic birding was to be had at the end of last week. Firstly on Thursday when a Great-White Egret graced the target pools at rainham, my third one at this site. Andy finds a late colour ringed Stone Curlew on wennington (again my third for site), and two Black Terns hawked over aveley pools. All birds viewable from the serin mound at once!<br />
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Saturday afternoon saw me venture a little further east along the A13 to nearbye Vange RSPB to see both Black-winged stilt (pair off), and a superb female Red-footed falcon. The latter my first for some years now since the seventy acres lake bird up in the lea valley.<br />
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This little fledgling was along the cycle path at the west end of Rainham, I thought it was all alone until mum pheasant came out and attacked me Capercaillie style!<br />
<br />Hawkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18274291525356505412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977653179453207792.post-11537323102003851752016-05-15T22:06:00.002-07:002016-05-15T22:06:31.019-07:00EgretsI was fortunate to ring some Little Egrets up in the lea valley last weekend, third year for me now, Always great to see these little chaps up close, six birds colour ringed in total on todays visit.<br />
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Seven egret nest's found this year, up one from last year's count at this site.<br />
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Patch year list: 121Hawkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18274291525356505412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977653179453207792.post-60570461190841939602016-04-27T12:17:00.001-07:002016-04-27T12:17:23.095-07:00Patch UpdateLots of new migrants added last week. Always nice going away in early spring and coming home to the sound of Whitethroat and Sedgies in full song.<br />
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Stone Curlew was a nice addition to the year list, having not seen one since 2008. The rest was bread and butter stuff.<br />
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Last Sunday was a bit of a red letter day. Overnight rain and a cool northerly, I arrived in Aveley bay just after 7am (yes i had a lay in!) It was obvious that there were a group waders on the low tide line, scope up and was amazed to see 23 Knot! 4 Bar-tailed godwit, 6 Dunlin, 4 Ringed plover and a single Sanderling!!<br />
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Just beyond the waders sat a pair of Mergansers. All in the same scope, Amazing sight.<br />
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Med Gull and a good number of Arctic Terns moved up river, Whinchat on aveley marsh and Gropper reeling along the seawall topped off a great couple of hours birding - all before breakfast.<br />
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The journey was a slow four hour minibus ride for our group of twenty. We went up 1600 metres above sea level on absolute terrible road surface, but this was broken up by a stop at a coffee plantation on route, which to be honest wasn't my cup of tea..... lol<br />
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A worth wile visit though as this gave my only opportunity to see Two-toed sloth. Two were seen not doing too much, hanging around proper sloth style.<br />
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Hawkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18274291525356505412noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977653179453207792.post-76335895586817942932016-04-23T12:21:00.001-07:002016-04-23T12:21:46.615-07:00Manakins and moreOne of the birds I was looking forward to seeing in the dry forest was the Long-tailed manakin! These were amazing little birds. Lek visits early morning proved my best views of this species, as males gathered to display over a nearby female. Upto six males was my highest count together.<br />
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Hawkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18274291525356505412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977653179453207792.post-91391904601273752062016-04-19T12:21:00.001-07:002016-04-19T12:21:50.267-07:00Costa Rican RaptorsAs previously mentioned both Black & Turkey vultures were in constant sight over the hotel. Walking along the beach the black vultures was their to mop up any rubbish that anyone had left behind.<br />
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A pair of Crested Caracara's seen daily were also muscling on in the act.<br />
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I got lucky one morning when I found a pair of Plumbeous kites moving north high over the hotel.<br />
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Common black-hawk were fairly regular, and I was treated to a flyover juv Great black-hawk.<br />
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Had two King Vultures late one evening. Apparently a scarce bird to see over the lowlands.<br />
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Osprey was seen on two days along the beach.<br />
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This Roadside Hawk showed well just metres away, and was unfazed by my presence.<br />
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Collard Forest-Falcon - Glimpsed this bird distantly through the forest on week one and bizarrely one appeared over my shoulder and landed just metres away whilst I was pishing out some vireo's!<br />
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<br />Hawkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18274291525356505412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977653179453207792.post-87203183350238235902016-04-17T12:24:00.004-07:002016-04-17T12:24:54.312-07:00Birding in the dry forest The valley that the hotel was situated in was amongst some classic Costa Rican dry forest, and soon become my birding patch for the next fortnight.<br />
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Many new species were added just birding the same transit, even adding new birds on the final days of my stay.<br />
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Got lucky one morning when a group of White-throated magpie jays disturbed a pair of Spectacled Owls........<br />
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Couldn't fault the hotel, fantastic food, great service and very clean and the best part for me - very birdy........<br />
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Will start my first post with the common birds seen around the hotel grounds before venturing in the nearby dry forest.<br />
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Our room had a garden view opposed to a sea view, this resulted in me getting the best out of the birding and quickly got my eye in to pick out the different species amongst the more regulars.<br />
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Great-tailed grackles are the obvious and common birds making plenty of noise around the gardens, followed by Melodious blackbirds, both Great Kiskadee and Tropical Kingbirds which are both busy flycatching as the morning warms up. Similar colour to the Kiskadee but a fair size smaller are the Social flycatchers which as there name suggests can be in small flocks of 3 or 4.<br />
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White-winged doves are very common as well as the smart Inca dove. Hummingbirds are constantly buzzing around but after the first few days ID ing them becomes easier!!<br />
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Hurrundines were abundant especially in my second week where there was a big push of birds heading north, mostly Barn Swallows but the eagle eyed will pick out Cliff, Mangrove, Tree swallow, gray-breasted and Purple martin + Bank swallow.<br />
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Yellow and Tennessee warblers were common, Hoffman's woodpecker, Black-headed Trogon and Turquoise-browed Motmots are regular on the south west side of the complex.<br />
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Rufous-napped wrens can be seen in small groups as are both Baltimore and Streak-backed orioles.<br />
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Black and Turkey Vultures are a constant sight above the hotel as are Magnificent Frigatebirds.<br />
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Unfortunately the weather was absolutely stunning, with hardly a cloud in the sky, Rainham was pretty much a migrant free zone! Apart from a steady passage of Buzzard and a missed red kite it was pretty standard stuff.<br />
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A flock of 9 Common Scoter were the only new addition to the year list.<br />
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Two Greater black backs, 130 Herring and 130 Black heads made for the rest of the catch. A few retraps included a dutch and belgian bird.<br />
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<br />Hawkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18274291525356505412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977653179453207792.post-22503051446534487162016-02-16T13:24:00.000-08:002016-02-16T13:24:30.879-08:00Rainham RSPB 16/2/16The plan was to catch up with the Brambling that has been present around the feeders in front of the centre for the last few days, arrived on site latter than planned around 07:40, freezing cold, all the duck were on the river due to the overnight freeze (coldest night of the winter so far?).<br />
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The Brambling didn't take long to show, sticking to cover though, managed a ropey record shot!<br />
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Further along the seawall a pair of Stonechat showed remarkably well, the male really looking smart now.<br />
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Hawkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18274291525356505412noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977653179453207792.post-18074670205519360592016-02-14T11:43:00.001-08:002016-02-14T11:43:42.782-08:00Valentines Day Surprise A change in the weather produced our first wild geese of the winter for myself and Mo on our survey site this morning.<br />
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A fairly stiff North Easterly brought our first flock of Whitefronts of the winter with thirteen birds muscled in with the regular Greylag flock. A few Brents and a single Barnacle were also amongst the feral flock and just goes to show that birds attract birds.<br />
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Several hundred Golden Plover and three Green Sandpipers were also noted and a good number of Skylark today.<br />
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Raptors were represented with two Buzzards and half a dozen Marsh Harrier, bearded tit and Stonechat also noted.<br />
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<tr><th scope="row" style="font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">Great Black-backed Gull</span></th><td style="font-size: 0.8em; padding: 0px; text-align: right;"><span style="background-color: white;">4</span></td><td style="font-size: 0.8em; padding: 0px; text-align: right;"><span style="background-color: white;">0</span></td><td style="font-size: 0.8em; padding: 0px; text-align: right;"><span style="background-color: white;">0</span></td><td style="font-size: 0.8em; padding: 0px; text-align: right;"><span style="background-color: white;">4</span></td></tr>
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Apart from the large Avocet flock which has only come from north of the river its pretty much a repeat of the previous visit, The Short-eared owl continues to perform and was out hunting late morning, Probably due to the amount of rain through the night making it unable to hunt successfully.<br />
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Hawkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18274291525356505412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977653179453207792.post-88701263923551160492016-01-09T08:20:00.000-08:002016-01-09T08:20:41.206-08:00Siberian Chiffchaff Rainham Marshes RSPB 9/1/16Started late this morning walking east from ferry lane against an increasing blowing south easterly, and that horrible drizzly rain that really gets you wet!<br />
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A couple of grey wags along the foreshore and two Green Sands was the best I could muster. Reaching aveley bay car park I headed towards the serin mound. I was stopped in my tracks by a familiar call that gave me flashbacks to being back on Shetland! Sib chiffy I said to myself.<br />
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The bird eventually played ball and showed really well and constantly calling, very unlike our own '<i>hweet' collybita </i>this was more of a '<i>heee' </i>almost reminding of a squeaky door or swing.<br />
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The bird had very pale underparts, grey/brown mantle, very black legs and the classic green wing panel, rump and tail, almost snow ball like appearance in dark cover, absolute cracking bird.<br />
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<br />Hawkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18274291525356505412noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977653179453207792.post-41718618790031604142016-01-03T06:32:00.001-08:002016-01-03T06:32:51.204-08:00North Kent 2/1/16Straight back into the North Kent survey yesterday in blustery conditions, though a touch milder than the last couple of days.<br />
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Small birds were fairly thin on the ground due to the strong south easterly blowing across the site, but a big increase in waders were noted. Especially Black-tailed Godwit and surprising Avocet. The latter normally arriving in March coming from East Tilbury. Were these just seeking protection from the wind or are they about to disperse for breeding? I hear of several east Anglian reserves that have them already.<br />
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The Peregrine pair were back on site having not seen them for some time, and even manage to watch the female take a kill with the tiercel flying alongside almost chaperoning the larger female.<br />
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The river was productive with five GREAT SKUA heading out east and a flock of eleven LITTLE GULL (all adults) west late morning.<br />
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No sign of any Merlin today but this Short-eared owl continues to show well, assuming this is the same bird we had back in November.<br />
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A stop of at Aveley Bay on the way home produced a flock of nine LITTLE GULL lingering in front of Erith yacht club, were some of these part of the flock from this morning?<br />
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Five Brent Geese on the reserve were also a good patch year tick.<br />
<br />Hawkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18274291525356505412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977653179453207792.post-43606420914800488922016-01-01T08:18:00.002-08:002016-01-01T08:18:29.233-08:00New Years Day, Patch List Begins.Always the most exciting day of the year on the patch, Started well just after 06:30am adding Barn Owl along the entrance track.<br />
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Before light broke many birds in song and a flyby Shortie bombs past.<br />
The river held Blackwit, Dunlin, Curlew, Redshank and a single Ringo.<br />
Egyptian Goose on wennington was a local mega and was probably the bird of the day.<br />
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A single Water Pipit from the butts hide and the over wintering Dartford Warbler was the best birds that the reserve had to offer, though a goldcrest in the woodland was a good tricky bird to connect with this early on.<br />
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