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Birds

Water Rail at midday

February 11, 2017 by Redgannet 3 Comments

Each time I see a rail, it confounds the conventional wisdom that these are secretive, crepuscular birds. During a recent walk, I brought along...

Birding, Birds

The Collaborative List 2017 – January.

February 4, 2017 by Redgannet 1 Comment

Protests were organised, banners were waved, petitions were signed and 6 of the beats have been banned from entering their data. Nevertheless, The Management...

Birding

Counting birds that count on us.

January 28, 2017 by Redgannet No Comments

The World’s biggest citizen science wildlife count takes place this weekend. It is a very simple and accessible event which requires each observer to sit...

Birding

Tokyo Port Wild Bird Park.

January 14, 2017 by Redgannet No Comments

A quick search of the 10,000 Birds archives turned over very little in the way of Japanese birding and since I have just returned...

Birding

Combined Beats’ List – 2016 – The Total

January 7, 2017 by Redgannet 3 Comments

As the title suggests, we asked the beats to share their sightings into a joint account to see how many birds we might be...

Blogging

Mortgage-free light

December 31, 2016 by Redgannet 2 Comments

Since I am already living the fantasy of travelling the world, looking at birds and getting paid whilst doing it (notice whilst not for,...

Birding

Liberal or literal?

December 17, 2016 by Redgannet 3 Comments

This week brings the quandary of whether suspect provenance should disqualify a bird from my life-list. The bird in question is possibly the best...

Birding

Combined Beats’ List – November

December 3, 2016 by Redgannet No Comments

This month’s list has been collated backwards from most recent sightings instead of taxanomical order to improve the list lusting experience. Note also that...

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