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Day 13 - Pelagic and The Ebro Delta
Today we drove a frantic and rapid hour north to find a port to find a boat and to find, more than a few local birders, to make a pelagic birding boat trip. But first we had to find a park.Okay - all...
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Day 14 - The final Day with Steve West - To Barcelona
this reserve is located adjacent to the Barcelona airportNorthern LapwingCommon PochardShelduckShelduckSpoonbill
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Day 15 - The group's final full day in Spain
Last day group!We started the day with a full breakfast buffet in our hotel and ended it with a three course meal in the same place with perhaps too many drinks.The theme of the last supper was Spain...
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First Full Day in England
Wood PigeonIt certainly seems strange to be back in the UK after a lazy 23 years away. Now I had a few jobs to do while all of the folks in the new group arrived; get some checklists printed, pick up...
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First Day on tour - to Wales
The plan was simple drive four hours west to western Wales from London, to Haverdfordwest to be precise. So it was decided to break the journey almost two hours west to begin our UK birding trip at the...
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Skomer Island, Wales aka a place to be obcessed about Puffins
Skomer does not suck!! What a fantastic day out.My first ever photo of a Puffin - taken before our briefing about the island began... Skomer Island is simply a great place for any naturalist to visit....
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Skomer Island continued
Skomer Island to the top right, from the mainland on WalesThis is what the Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales say about Skomer Island;On calm days the seas around Skomer are so glisteningly...
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Skomer Island continued continued
We were lucky to get across to Skomer Island as the day we arrived - our one day possible there was a huge crowd. I was told that the ticket office opened at 8-30am and that there were three boats...
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To the centre of Wales
We left the delightful town of Haverdfordwest after an English brekky in the upstairs cafe of Tesco. It was ok but the coffee was still poor. From there we headed towards an RSPB reserve bythe name of...
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To the centre of Wales continued
Today we went to a Welsh wildlife reserve; Gilfach Farm Reserve before travelling on to a legitimate wildlife spectacle at Gigrin Farm. And following that we visited a nice forested area where we got a...
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From Wales to Bath To Bournemouth
Bath Bridge - part of this World Heritage areaWe left a cold and wet Wales quite early in the morning after a lovely stay in our B&B and drove back to England; to Bath in fact. Bath was wet and...
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Bournemouth [and district] Birding
Blue Tits - obviously feeding timeToday we joined local birder, Nick, who with his wife Jackie run a small birding company, Two Owls Birding, for a birding trip around the New Forest.We had a great day...
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Weymouth and Portland Bill and Badgers
Badger Portrait - Dorset Badger WatchLighthouse at Portland BillBob of the FlowersToday we wnt birding. From our base in Bournemouth we eventually found the right road and drove east to Weymouth and...
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Driving Day - Dorset to Norfolk
StonehengeStonehenge is a prehistoric monument located in Wiltshire, England, about 2 miles (3 km) west of Amesbury and 8 miles (13 km) north of Salisbury. One of the most famous sites in the world,...
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Titchwell RSPB reserve etc
Choseley BarnsToday Titchwell RSPB was on the agenda and after a more-than-decent breakfast at our Hunstanton B&B we headed off in that direction.Red-legged PartridgeHowever before we got there we...
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To the Brecks
Marcus NashToday we had the pleasure of the company of a local - Marcus Nash. Marcus runs his own birding company - The Bird ID Company. His website is at http://www.birdtour.co.uk/He describes his...
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Cley etc
This post is entitled Cley etc. Cley is a famous name among birders generally and UK birders in particular. Now the etc part is important too. There is the first etc; which was a seal viewing boat trip...
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Minesmere RSPB
Tagged Adder - femalean elusive Green WoodpeckerGreen WoodpeckerBearded Tit - sorry Reedling but more correctly Parrotbillcute but noxious Grey SquirrelMinesmere RSPBBBC kit at Minesmere - part of...
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A Day in London
Pretty Vermin - Grey SquirrelWe had a day off today to recover, rest or explore. I chose....explore. It was time to head into the big city of London. It was a beautiful day, sunny but breezy and a...
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To Scotland
Common SealLeaving the hotel we hopped the Hoppa to Terminal Two at Heathrow for our morning flight to the northern Scottish city of Aberdeen. Here we would start our Scotland tour.We were met by our...
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