Camargue, March 2010
I had a couple of days in the Camargue early last week before going on to a conference in Marseille (European Capital of Culture 2013). I was yomping about more than digiscoping but got a few frames, including some ok video of Slender-billed Gulls and Black Kites.
Lifers for me included Great Spotted Eagle, Kentish Plover, Dartford Warbler, Tawny Pipit, the Slender-billed Gulls, Moustached Warbler, and a Blue-headed Wagtail flava (even if it’s still lumped in as a Yellow Wag). Other great birds included Greater Flamingo, Temmincks and Little Stints, Bonelli’s Eagle, Sub-Alpine Warbler …
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This blog originally had a grand purpose for birding around Marshside and beyond. The map and info Pages section is still useful for that, but for rolling news of sightings and general discussion that purpose has perhaps been overtaken by the ease of use of other web developments, and I’d particularly recommend taking a look at the Ribble Estuary Nature Facebook Group.
These pages are now a repository for me to share photos and videos of my birding in and around Merseyside and occasionally further afield, and to provide me with an outlet for the occasional rant. You’ll find digiscoped photos and videos with a bit of reportage as the main posts; some useful birding info and resources are in the static Pages section.
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For other, more regular, blogs I recommend that everyone keeps a daily eye on John Dempsey’s Birdblog – probably the best online birding journal in the world (Theakston’s Best please, John …) as well as other local blogs of which there are links below. Of these, Colin Bushell’s Ribble to Amazon is currently the most regularly and enthusiatically updated and carries most useful information.
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- Another Place ~ Pete Kinsella
- Bill Aspin ~ Brockholes
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- Colin Bushell’s Blog
- Dave Bickerton’s Blog
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- Hilbre Island Blog
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