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Semipalmated Sandpiper, Apparently

Chew Valley’s little stint from November 10 to 20 has been re-identified as this North American peep. [...]

2009: New Zealand Plovers, Miranda

So it was that tuturiwhatu became my next lifer but not before tuturiwhatu had joined the trip list. You read that right. [...]

Dundee & Broughty Ferry, 2004

It was a redpoll. Apart from the oddness of the urban location there are no conifers for miles. [...]

Top 10 British Birding Sites

Not the plain old best but, as a rabid lister, the locations to deliver the most varied bag of species. [...]

2009: Little Penguins, Tasmania

A breeze picked up at Eaglehawk Neck, enough that I started shivering. I hoped the main attraction wouldn’t be long. [...]

Local Ringed Plovers

While seawatching from Battery Point, Portishead. Hey, it’s the environmental option too: I walked. [...]

Turnstones & Sanderlings, New Passage

This is the productive end of Severn Beach, between the two bridges. [...]

A Pembrokeshire Day

I could park right on Strumble Head, for that top Pembrokeshire seawatching site was my goal. [...]