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Re: Recent birds.. Wednesday 23/02/011
By: George Date: February 23, 2011, 12:07 am
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This gale o wind is seriously effecting my sleep pattern wae da
noise .. still it will sharpen my thoughts on planning my day
out .. first i'll check out the R.L.Buzzard, then later in the
afternoon i'll see if the sparrowhawk or its mate is still about
up north, I did get a tip-off late last night about where its
roost is .. its been roosting from 1600 hours for the past week,
then it had a fight wae another Hawk at the roost ..
I'll edit this post later.. if I spot either .
Well, no sign of the R.L.Buzzard which does'nt surprize me, F8
to 9 gale force winds and driving rain. it was probably
sheltering somewhere .. I spent three and a half hours looking
for it ..
The Sparrowhawk i've still to check, so if I spot it, i'll
up-date this post ..
george ..
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Re: Recent birds.. Thursday 24/02/011..
By: George Date: February 24, 2011, 9:28 am
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I'm really happy to report that the Rough Legged Buzzard is
still at Toft..
This morning I set off in the most miserable weather, got to my
favorite spot and scoured the hills looking for the buzzard ..
I took me an hour searching with my binoculars, then i thought I
had seen a movement on the hill ..
At last, I had found it, As it was about a quarter mile from me
I decided to swop my binos for my scope, glad I did, for it kept
turning its head looking all round, I just wish I had taken my
digi-camera with me as it seemed to be grounded with the driving
rain.. I watched it for about an hour and a half ..
My images [two] are not very good, as visibility was poor with
the driving rain..
Spot the buzzard ..
[IMG]
HTML http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/zz193/georgeg_photo2/BIRDS/RLBuzzard-d-1.jpg[/img]
Still poor, but heavily cropped..
[IMG]
HTML http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/zz193/georgeg_photo2/BIRDS/RLBuzzard-b-1.jpg[/img]
I'll check on it tomorrow, but the forecast is heavy rain, so
might not see it ..
george ..
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Re: Recent birds.. Friday 25/02/011
By: George Date: February 25, 2011, 4:01 pm
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No sightings of the R.L.Buzzard today ..
I was there for 3 hours this morning ..
I'll show a picture of where I spot it the most, to get a
picture, you'll need a 400mm lens or longer..
Where i watch ..
[IMG]
HTML http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/zz193/georgeg_photo2/BIRDS/Watching-2.jpg[/img]
And if you look at the other pic. you'll notice a ruin on the
right. beyond the ruin is a fence, to check if the Buzzard is
roosting on it, I check with my camera.. all pics were taken
from the gate..
[IMG]
HTML http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/zz193/georgeg_photo2/BIRDS/Watching-3.jpg[/img]
The only other birds I saw was a Merlin being bothered by a
Hoodie crow
I'll be there in the morning from 1030 ..
george ..
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Re: Recent birds.. Saturday 26/02.011..
By: George Date: February 26, 2011, 11:24 am
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The R.L.Buzzard is still at Toft..
I was there early this morning, I spotted it on top of a pylon
at ten am, I watched it for a wee while, then I noticed Austin
driving his car towards my location ..
Suddenly it swooped down and I lost sight of it ..
I introduced myself to Austin and explained where I most often
see it, then I phoned Mark the county recorder to report it ..
but Mark was watching it from the cattle grid and seen it swoop
down, I was a bit surprized as I did'nt know Mark was about ..
After a while, Mark phoned me to tell me it was at his location,
so I told Austin who made his way towards Mark ..
I did see it in the scope at the top of the hill near Mark ..
I then left and went to Toft pier..
Later I met Mark and he told me that it started to spiral
upwards, till it was just a spot in the sky, and seemed to be
drifting towards Yell Island ..
He thinks that its going back to where it came from ..
But i'll still have a look tomorrow, although I think its
finally gone ..
Only one image from this morning ..
[IMG]
HTML http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/zz193/georgeg_photo2/BIRDS/RLBuzzard-b_filtered-2.jpg[/img]
george ..
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Re: Recent birds
By: benjiesmum Date: February 27, 2011, 1:29 am
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Awww! Have a safe journey RL buzzard, wherever you may be
going. :D
#Post#: 512--------------------------------------------------
Re: Recent birds
By: George Date: February 27, 2011, 6:56 am
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Hi. Lynne.. If its really gone, then it will go back to Northern
Norway/ Finland and Russia .. but it may still be on Yell or
Unst ..
george ..
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Re: Recent birds.. Monday 28/02/011
By: George Date: February 28, 2011, 11:48 am
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I think the Rough Legged Buzzard is gone home ..
I did check this morning for one hour and no sightings ..
Then I went to Lerwick there I got two firsts for me ..
An Iceland gull and Long tailed duck ..
Also got a mute swan and black guillemot ..
[IMG]
HTML http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/zz193/georgeg_photo2/BIRDS/Black-gullimot-1_filtered.jpg[/img]
Eider ..
[IMG]
HTML http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/zz193/georgeg_photo2/BIRDS/Eider-1_filtered.jpg[/img]
Iceland gull four pics..
[IMG]
HTML http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/zz193/georgeg_photo2/BIRDS/Iceland-gull-1_filtered.jpg[/img]
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HTML http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/zz193/georgeg_photo2/BIRDS/Iceland-gull-3_filtered.jpg[/img]
[IMG]
HTML http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/zz193/georgeg_photo2/BIRDS/Iceland-gull-4_filtered.jpg[/img]
[IMG]
HTML http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/zz193/georgeg_photo2/BIRDS/Iceland-gull-6_filtered.jpg[/img]
Long tailed duck .. three pics ..
[IMG]
HTML http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/zz193/georgeg_photo2/BIRDS/Long-tailed-duck-1_filtered.jpg[/img]
[IMG]
HTML http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/zz193/georgeg_photo2/BIRDS/Long-tailed-duck-2_filtered.jpg[/img]
[IMG]
HTML http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/zz193/georgeg_photo2/BIRDS/Long-tailed-duck-3_filtered.jpg[/img]
Mute swan at Strand ..
[IMG]
HTML http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/zz193/georgeg_photo2/BIRDS/Mute-swan-1_filtered.jpg[/img]
george ..
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Re: Recent birds
By: benjiesmum Date: February 28, 2011, 12:07 pm
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Lovely piccies George. That black one is quite a stunner!
Looks like you had a lovely day weather wise too! :)
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Re: Recent birds.. Tuesday 1/03/011
By: George Date: March 1, 2011, 9:56 am
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The R.L.Buzzard is still at Toft ..
I saw it this morning at 1100 then I saw it again at 12 noon, it
was riding the thermals, then it swooped down into the next
valley ..
george ..
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Re: Recent birds.. Wednesday 02/03/011
By: George Date: March 3, 2011, 2:03 am
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No sign of the R.L.Buzzard yesterday
I'm not really surprized considering the amount of heavy rain we
had, myself and two other birdwatchers spent three hours looking
for it, but gave up because of the heavy rainfall..
So, i'll look again this morning ..
george ..
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