EXTREME URBAN BIRDING

Sky-watching from a skycraper! Brilliant idea, mastered by David Lindo. We saw bugger all but I loved it!

First day bad luck here:
http://urbanitybirder.blogspot.com/2010/04/leicester-not-forget.html

Tower 42 Bird Study Group Blog here:
http://t42bsg.blogspot.com/
Something else:
http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/GTG-IYn1-Q-/Ornithologists+Study+London+Bird+Life+Top

TOWER 42

Click on the arrow. No visible migration today in a northwest wind and rain but what a view! Can't wait to see some raptors from here.

DOT BIRDING

Marsh Harrier (top shot) and Common Buzzard with Carrion Crow from the obs today. This is the kind of views we get of high migrating raptors some days. I am up on Tower 42 tomorrow looking for visible migration over central London with David Lindo's project. The forecast looks like overnight south winds changing to north winds by mid-day- that could be interesting! A change like that could 'catch out' migrants.

HOT SPRING MIGRATION- BEDDINGTON FARMLANDS

A very nice visible migration day with birds moving in all directions. An Osprey (top pic) flew north, a Common Buzzard was flying in different directions, 2 Curlew went south-west, 2 Pintail flew south-east and there were about 10 Swallows heading north. Other migrants around also included a female White Wagtail on the lake, 2 Willow Warblers and one Water Pipit.

Great photos by Roger Browne and more here: http://dodge007.blogspot.com/

Azorean Gull

Bird forum thread here:
http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=167311

More here:
http://peteralfrey.blogspot.com/

THEE BRYANS- FREE CD

If you would like a free cd of our music/art project than send an email to theebryans@googlemail.com with your name and address.
This music project is a small part of the creation of a sustainable pro-environmental community where I live.
Videos here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFKD-2L9Z6g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ySPUhfDW60&feature=related

AZOREAN GULL

There have been a few interesting claims in the past couple of years of Azorean Gulls occurring in the UK- which would be great to prove.

I have been studying the large white-headed gull populations of the Azores since 2001
and am now attempting to fill in some gaps in knowledge. More on this here: http://peteralfrey.blogspot.com/