Thursday, 7 April 2011

GG Shrike & Migration - Wheatear etc.

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(Please click over photo to enlarge) Thr April 7th 2011 (0900hrs-1030hrs) Shrike was present in Dalton (deforested) side (see photo above)...
Wednesday, 6 April 2011

Yesterday was like searching for the Shrike in Fog

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Tuesday, 5 April 2011

The Sitting Swan Sketch - plus no Shrike today.

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(Please click over sketch or photos to enlarge and then click again if you need to supersize)..... 0500hrs reporting: Good to see our nearb...
Monday, 4 April 2011

GG Shrike & Willow Warbler Arrivals.

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(Please click on sketch to enlarge and then click again if required to supersize, also same applies to photos etc). Great Grey Shrike was ...
Sunday, 3 April 2011

This may well be the Swallow Week....

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(Please click over sketch to enlarge) Sunday April 3rd 2011 (0900hrs) Had a (new to me) Chiffchaff calling from opposite the Greenlands Fa...
Saturday, 2 April 2011

The Skylark versus the Merlin.... plus GGS

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(Please click over the sketch to enlarge) At 0700hrs this morning, I noticed two further "Chiffchaffs" had arrived during the nig...
Friday, 1 April 2011

Fantasy Flyover for vismiggers!!

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(Please click over sketch to enlarge) Been up at Trig from about 1400hrs to 1530hrs. And can confirm Great Grey Shrike is there. After alm...
Thursday, 31 March 2011

This is probably the best thing to do this morning!!

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Its now 0754 hours and I am thinking, that this is probably the best thing to do on a morning like this........... (maybe get out later in ...
Wednesday, 30 March 2011

GG Shrike and Vismig at Hutton Roof

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(This is a photo of the Shrikes favourite tree, which it is seen on most days - this is a view looking from the East side of the tree, but ...
Tuesday, 29 March 2011

GG Shrike & Vismig at Hutton Roof.

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I managed to get up there earlier today (0800hrs-1030hrs). (Click over photo to enlarge, and click again if you want to supersize) Whilst ...
Monday, 28 March 2011

Trig-happy Shrike and Chiffchaffs etc etc.

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0800hrs - 1230hrs (Please click over photos to enlarge, click again to supersize) Noticing this last few days the blossom has been out ...
Sunday, 27 March 2011

Hawfinch, Stonechat & Great Grey Shrike on Dalton

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Shrike showing well, again in Dalton (deforested areas) there up to me leaving at 1300hrs. Told earlier it had been scoped having caught a L...
Friday, 25 March 2011

Swallows at Hutton Roof and other Migration

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The day started well with a fresh "Chiffchaff" calling from "Thornleigh", Burton. Then from 0900hrs until about 114...
Thursday, 24 March 2011

GG Shrike & Migration at Hutton Roof 24th March 2011

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Good sightings of Great Grey Shrike on Dalton side in the main and occasionally on the Common below the Trig 0900hrs - 1130hrs. Checked out ...
Wednesday, 23 March 2011

GG Shrike & Migration at Hutton Roof 23rd March 2011

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0900hrs - 1130hrs. Today again the Shrike was showing up well in the Dalton deforested area (rotting woodpiles). It spent most of its time ...
Tuesday, 22 March 2011

GG Shrike with impaled prey on Hutton Roof - Tues 22nd March 2011

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(please click on photo to enlarge, then click again to supersize) Went up on Hutton Roof yesterday, looking for Great Grey Shrike but withou...
Friday, 18 March 2011

GG Shrike & Migration at Hutton Roof 18th March 2011

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0900 - 1030hrs. Today I watched the Great Grey Shrike for almost 90 minutes. During this time it visited several trees, all within the Dalt...
Thursday, 17 March 2011

No Shrike, but lots of movement with Pipits - 17th March 2011

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0900hrs - 1030hrs. Went in search of the Great Grey Shrike on Hutton Roof. But on reaching the Trig the weather turned bad with visability d...
Wednesday, 16 March 2011

Derwentwater - Keswick - Wed 16th March 2011

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(Photos: top - Ruskin Memorial Near to Friar's Crag 2nd: One of Keswick's Greylags 3rd: A breeding Frog at Great Wood. 4th: A small...
Monday, 14 March 2011

Photos GG Shrike at Dalton Crags/Hutton Roof etc.

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(Top two photos shows GG Shrike on trees on the Dalton (clearing side with woodpiles). The third photo down shows a general photo of the sa...
Sunday, 13 March 2011

Great Grey Shrike on Hutton Roof 13th March 2011

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Walk to Hutton Roof Trig point via Slape Lane, Burton Fell, Lancelot Clark Storth and return via Dalton Crags, Dalton (hamlet) and back down...
Friday, 11 March 2011

No Shrike on Hutton Roof yesterday or today

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I have been up on Hutton Roof both yesterday and again this morning between 0930hrs and 1030hrs. I have checked all areas but the Shrike was...
Tuesday, 8 March 2011

Great Grey Shrike on Hutton Roof again today..

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Please click on sketch above to enlarge. The bird was last seen from standing at the rear of the Trig point and then looking South towards C...
Monday, 7 March 2011

Great Grey Shrike back at Hutton Roof - 7th March 2011

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Today at 1430hrs I had the Great Grey Shrike on Hutton Roof. I was watching it for over one hour whilst it moved about more or less in the s...
Thursday, 3 March 2011

Cumswick & Scout Scar - Kendal 1st March 2011

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Please click over sketch or photo to enlarge. I seem to remember something about the "Kendal Racecourse" from when I was a young ...