Welcome to my birding diary....

... here you'll find a variety of pictures, local birdnews, Western Pal bits and bobs and a load of ranting about stuff I haven't seen :)

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Saturday, 3 April 2010

Post Israel blues



After birding one of the WPs hotspots and gathering 5 new ticks, the spring back home seems very sow arriving and birding can be a little hard work. It's been almost a month now and Cleveland's been quiet to say the least, though a Great White Egret on Dormans brightened up last weekend.





Then, with a bang, Cleveland strikes! A 1st winter Black-throated Thrush was found this morning by Chris Sharp and performed well for the crowd - even singing! This is a 1st record for Cleveland and only my second ever. Monster county tick :-)