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08/12/2013 18:40
07:30 this morning in the compound.
Malachite Kingfisher on the washing line above the drinking tap.Also drinking on the ground around the drippin tap 5 Red Biled Firefinches,3 Red Cheeked Cordon -Bleu,West African Thrush,ans 5 Common Bulbul.. 2 Senegal Coucal are in the Orange Trees awaiting for...
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07/12/2013 15:50
The first 2 hours in the compound from 07:30 a little quieter than yesterday.A lot more cloud this morning with very little wind.
A single Malachite Kingfisher was again visiting the dripping tap in the first half hour which was allready occupied by 4 Firefinches and 5 Common Bulbuls.3 pairs...
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04/12/2013 14:42
After a late flight into Banjul arriving at 21:00 the previouse night and a fairly restless sleep due to the heat.The morning was better spent in my compound where to my surprise there was a dripping tap left overnight.
The first bird I spotted in my compound in Lamin was surprise surprise a...
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14/11/2013 07:34
Bushtrackbirder will be in the Gambia over the next 2 weeks.Any sightings will be published from the gambia as they happen.Watch this website for updates from the Gambia.
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05/11/2013 03:16
A Jack Snipe was flushed from the path adjacent to the central old sewage beds at 15:20 this afternoon.The bird flushed and landed immediately into the centre of the main central bed.There where 170 jackdaws on Dewsbury Sewage Works yesterday afternoon with around 42 Carrion Crows.
2 Common...
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24/10/2013 17:56
2 Common Buzzards where showing well localy this afternoon.A rather pale bird was circling the field adjacent to the bottom of Healy Road Ossett at 13:35.Another much darker bird was high above Earlsheaton at around 15:20 and was slowly moving south.2 Water rails where in good voice at...
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22/10/2013 20:15
With the River Calder higher than normal most of its inhabitants took to the Sewage Works today.
88 Teal 36 Mallard,10 Shoveller,3 Wigeon where the duck contribution on the works.No mud meant there was no Snipe present today nor was there any sign of the long staying Green Sandpiper.The long...
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18/10/2013 16:52
A party of 73 Pink Footed Geese flew over Healy Road Ossett at 15:10 today.The birds where heading North West and where calling very persistantly.Otherwise rather quiet in my area apart from 3 Red Head Goosanders on River Calder near Earlsheatopn and a Little Owl on the North side of Kerries...
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16/10/2013 13:34
With misty conditions,Heavy cloud and moderate South Easterly Winds this was an ideal morning for birds arriving from the east.
130 Redwings flew South in the first Hour from 09:00 hours over Kerries Reserve Ossett this morning.Also there was 12 Mistle Thrushes in the Staff Carpark at Kerries Foods...
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15/10/2013 17:17
26 Redwings were on Kerries Reserve today at 14:10.All the birds when flushed flew off to the South East.Also in our area today.62 Teal on Dewsbury Sewage Works this morning with 28 Mallard,4 Shoveller and single Tufted Duck.Also on Dewsbury Sewage works
24 Common Snipe and 18 Moorhen.Small birds...
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