by Dominic | Sep 28, 2011 | News
I am planning a birding trip to Belarus next spring, from 19th-27th April 2012. It is with my usual friends at Ecotours Wildlife Holidays with myself and Balazs Szigeti as guides, as previously. The timing of the tour is to maximise the chances of seeing owls,...
by Dominic | Sep 28, 2011 | Longham Lakes
Wednesday 28th September Siskins have been in the news recently, with record numbers being seen on visible migration watches in Scotland and elsewhere, even from late August. Well, these small finches have now reached Longham Lakes, with a flock of 20 this morning in...
by Dominic | Sep 28, 2011 | Longham Lakes
Monday 26th September 2011 It would be hard not to describe today’s short visit to Longham as astonishing. It began well at 2pm, when I heard the familiar croak of a Raven over Hampreston Fields and looked up to find it mobbing an Osprey high above, my second of...
by Dominic | Sep 27, 2011 | Longham Lakes
Coot are not always the most talked-about birds on local patches. Very common, dull in colour and presenting no identification challenge, it is very easy to ignore them. So let’s hear it, just for once, for a record-breaking Coot count on Tuesday 20th September....
by Dominic | Sep 19, 2011 | Longham Lakes
Ringing at Longham on Thursday morning (September 15th) was superb, both in numbers and variety. The scarcest bird was probably a single Garden Warbler, but there were also no less than 27 Chiffchaffs, 22 Blackcaps and 14 Meadow Pipits among the 78 birds ringed during...
