There is some disagreement within the mechanics of the Laptop
as to which 'number' Post this actually is?
On the one hand Overview is telling us 2004 while
Stats suggests 2000, we would consider the latter more accurate in this instance.
Their Satanic Majesties Request
Whichever, it is a significant Post today from the Bagsy Blog, for 2 reasons, one as our 2000th to be published and secondly what might have been our last had it not been for an unknown number of our dedicated and much valued Readers. It would appear that someone (or plural) among you did heed the plea, posted some days ago, and took the time and trouble in disseminating our Link to Families and Friends. There has been something like a 20% rise in 'hits' since that time.as to which 'number' Post this actually is?
On the one hand Overview is telling us 2004 while
Stats suggests 2000, we would consider the latter more accurate in this instance.
Their Satanic Majesties Request
SINATRA WOULDN'T WARBLE TO AN AUDIENCE OF 25!
THANKS TO THOSE WHO MADE THE EFFORT
A few other Statistics also show that we have
Been in Existence for 2476 Days, since 14/08/2009
Totalled 567,644 Hits (approx)
Attracted Readers from 178 Different Countries
and have 92 Members/Followers
while this was the very first image published
WANDERING ALBATROSS - New Zealand
THANKS TO THOSE WHO MADE THE EFFORT
A few other Statistics also show that we have
Been in Existence for 2476 Days, since 14/08/2009
Totalled 567,644 Hits (approx)
Attracted Readers from 178 Different Countries
and have 92 Members/Followers
while this was the very first image published
To mark, what we consider to be an auspicious occasion, we are going to
show some of our 'finest hours' from our personal
World of Birds.
show some of our 'finest hours' from our personal
World of Birds.
We hope you enjoy this brief sleigh-ride and then maybe
PASS THE LINK TO YOUR FRIENDS and FAMILIES - PLEASE!
PASS THE LINK TO YOUR FRIENDS and FAMILIES - PLEASE!
something of a 'recluse', that we will ever top this our
Number One Spot.
This
RED-NECKED STINT
RED-NECKED STINT
was found on the foreshore at Ferry Bridge, Portland on 27/08/2010.
Text Messages were sent to all my 'then' associates giving a description of a "most unusual and tiny red Wader which warrants further investigated", but not as to a specific identification, as still unknown at the time. Unfortunately, no one turned up before it flew off 30 minutes later, never to be seen again.
Having not clapped eyes on a Red-necked Stint before, after the
event a good number were seen on a 3rd trip north on the
Alaska Highway
and onward to the State's most northerly town, Barrow.
event a good number were seen on a 3rd trip north on the
Alaska Highway
and onward to the State's most northerly town, Barrow.
Monday 15 May 2000
doesn't go down in the annuls as a particularly sparkling day for
Migrant Birds, despite it being the height of the season.
doesn't go down in the annuls as a particularly sparkling day for
Migrant Birds, despite it being the height of the season.
Having completed what was my 'usual' rounds in those days, walking from home, a couple of circuits of Radipole NR, walk Weymouth sea-front to circumnavigate Lodmoor then, as The Bus Pass Birder, took public transport over to Portland. Only one other person, Alan Bull, was at the Portland Bird Observatory with the Warden and both very busy with other duties including running a series of mist nets. After a chat and a coffee it was time to head home, but at the main gate for reasons unknown a left was taken rather than the right back to Weymouth. Stood on a rock outside of what was then known as The Pulpit Inn, and taking in the sun, an unfamiliar 'zitting' sound met my ears and raising the binoculars in the general direction, immediately lock-on to what could easily have been a Bumblebee. Tightening the grip i an effort to keep on what had now manifested itself as a 'BIRD', the little darling landed in the bushes right beside me. Taking in all that was needed to convince myself as to what it was, I raced (whoops, plausible up until now) back to the Obs to report the finding. With the mist nets unfurled Martin Cade (the Warden) decided to stay while Alan Bull followed me back to where Great Britain's 'THIRD' and my
Number Two Spot
FAN-TAILED WARBLER
or more correctly
ZITTING CISTICOLA
or more correctly
ZITTING CISTICOLA
was last seen. The bird was relocated, the news sent Nation Wide with 'hundreds', if not 'thousands' of fellow birder getting to see it. A strange sequel was that it was seen again only briefly the next day (16th), but followed on the 20th to the 31st by another, distinctly different, individual which was initially found at Hengistbury Head but later moved on to Stanpit Marsh, both also in Dorset.
(the 2 images above were taken by myself in Cypress)
Spot Number Three
should really be in part attributed to my 'dear friend' and erstwhile
Drinking Partner of the Celebrated
Oliver Reed and Alan Bates
Lorne (Bowie) Edwards.
On Sunday 19th May 2 years later he, his wife Sheila and myself were enjoying an early morning coffee when right out of the blue Bowie suggested we bomb off to Frensham Little Pond, Surrey in hopes of seeing a 'fairly long-staying' Great Reed Warbler. Sheila had other things to do and having seen a number of these before we left her to it, but this could be a 'Lifer' for me. On arrival this Skylark sized skulking bird was located almost immediately by its raucous and continuous chatter, but seeing it was quite a different and difficult matter. On view a dozen times or more during that couple of hours stay, it was not the sight of this rather nondescript bird that would stay with me, but its seemingly endless and distinctive, guttural reeling song. Early next morning, standing at the northern shelter I had dubbed Edwards' Folly (as it was Bowie who built it) the sound of that bird just wouldn't leave my head, sounding as if it was once again right next to me. Blinking Heck, it was, right there in the reed-bed next to me and only recognised by the experiences of 'Yesterday Once More'.
GREAT REED WARBLER
Radipole Lake, Weymouth.
© Martin Cade.
ON THE 'WORLD WIDE' SCALE
the experiences have been blinding and numerous, simple far to
many to mention on a single Post! Just to touch on a few, while leaving the
VERY BEST UNTIL LAST.
At the time of visiting Colombia at the end of 2009
the incredibly beautiful and dainty endemic
the incredibly beautiful and dainty endemic
DUSKY STARFRONTLET
was only known to exist in one small acreage in the whole country.
What a privilege then to be part of a group which found others in
a totally new location.
During that same trip a
was only known to exist in one small acreage in the whole country.
What a privilege then to be part of a group which found others in
a totally new location.
During that same trip a
FORSTER'S TERN
was found which was the 'first ever' for Colombia!
The following year on a solo trip in Salinas, Ecuador what is claimed to be a
was found which was the 'first ever' for Colombia!
The following year on a solo trip in Salinas, Ecuador what is claimed to be a
GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL
was found on a local beach.
was found on a local beach.
While all the relevant and necessary information has been submitted
to the correct authority, and follow-up enquiries made, this record still
has not been ratified or accepted as likely not only the 'first of the species'
but also the 'first white-winged' Gull record on the sub-Continent.
to the correct authority, and follow-up enquiries made, this record still
has not been ratified or accepted as likely not only the 'first of the species'
but also the 'first white-winged' Gull record on the sub-Continent.
The most exhausting and wide ranging Mass Twitch, if you like, was recording all
54 recognised (at the time and as far as is known still today)
Species of Gull in the World.
The idea only dawned after the realisation that half of that number had been seen
some years before, with all but 3 being captured on camera. These,
Ivory Gull, Ross's Gull and Relict Gull, are illustrated in this Post
by images 'borrowed' from Wikipedia and noted *.
54 recognised (at the time and as far as is known still today)
Species of Gull in the World.
The idea only dawned after the realisation that half of that number had been seen
some years before, with all but 3 being captured on camera. These,
Ivory Gull, Ross's Gull and Relict Gull, are illustrated in this Post
by images 'borrowed' from Wikipedia and noted *.
PACIFIC GULL
the largest of all the Worlds Gulls and definitely the biggest bill.
KELP GULL
is wide spread across all of the Southern Hemisphere with this particular image taken in
New Zealand
and this in
Antarctica.
Other images are held from as far afield as South Africa
(where it is known as Cape Gull), Australia,
the Falkland Islands, Peru, South Georgia, Argentina etc.
BLACK-TAILED GULL
Incheon, South Korea
WESTERN GULL
Los Angeles, California, USA
YELLOW-FOOTED GULL
Baja California, Mexico
SLATY-BACKED GULL
Busan, South Korea
CALIFORNIA GULL
Oregon State, USA
YELLOW-LEGGED GULL
La Coruna, Spain
AMERICAN HERRING GULL
Cape May, New Jersey, USA
CASPIAN GULL
Weymouth, Dorset
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
England
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
England
England
and
Mercedes, California, USA
(we have never been lucky enough to track down an adult)
Oregon State, USA
Native of the USA but seen on a number of occasions in England
England
Whitehorse, Yukon Territory (YT), Canada
at home on the ground
Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Burwash Landing, Mile 1093, Alaska Highway, YT
as they are on the ground
Beaver Creek, YT
a circumpolar species with this individual being a little off course at
Portland Bill, Dorset.
Another wanderer from the north
GLAUCOUS GULL
again in Dorset, this time taken at Swanage.
ICELAND GULL
another of the 'white-winged' group photographed at
Ullapool, Scotland.
Having only ever seen
IVORY GULL*
twice in my life,
Chesil Beach, Portland, Dorset in 1980 and the Montrose Basis, Scotland in 2002
it is thought a great pity that a camera wasn't 'picked up' earlier in my wanderings.
Both were juvenile birds but by way of compensation, when Hugh returned
from a trip to Spitsbergen, he had one of his images of an adult transposed
onto a coffee mug for me!
BLACK-HEADED GULL
This young bird was saved from certain death on the
Buchan Alpha Floating Oil Platform, North Sea.
BONAPARTE'S GULL
Toad River, British Columbia, Canada.
LITTLE GULL
Christchurch Harbour, Dorset.
LAUGHING GULL
Progreso, Mexico.
FRANKLIN'S GULL
Salinas, Ecuador.
GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL
Wakkenai, Northern Japan.
BLACK-BILLED GULL
Kaikoura, South Island, New Zealand
SILVER GULL
Perth, Western Australia.
RED-BILLED GULL
North Island, New Zealand
and said, by some authorities, to be the same species as that above.
HARTLAUB'S GULL
Cape Town, South Africa.
GREY-HOODED (Headed) GULL
The Gambia.
SWALLOW-TAILED GULL
Portland Bill, Dorset.
Another wanderer from the north
again in Dorset, this time taken at Swanage.
another of the 'white-winged' group photographed at
Ullapool, Scotland.
IVORY GULL*
twice in my life,
Chesil Beach, Portland, Dorset in 1980 and the Montrose Basis, Scotland in 2002
it is thought a great pity that a camera wasn't 'picked up' earlier in my wanderings.
Both were juvenile birds but by way of compensation, when Hugh returned
from a trip to Spitsbergen, he had one of his images of an adult transposed
onto a coffee mug for me!
BLACK-HEADED GULL
This young bird was saved from certain death on the
Buchan Alpha Floating Oil Platform, North Sea.
Toad River, British Columbia, Canada.
Christchurch Harbour, Dorset.
Progreso, Mexico.
Salinas, Ecuador.
Wakkenai, Northern Japan.
Kaikoura, South Island, New Zealand
Perth, Western Australia.
North Island, New Zealand
and said, by some authorities, to be the same species as that above.
Isla Santa Fé,
Galápagos.
It is the only fully nocturnal Gull and/or Seabird in the World.
It also qualifies as my outstanding favourite of them all.
LAVA GULL
Isla Seymour Norte, Galápagos.
ANDEAN GULL
Parque Nacional Lauca, High Andes, Chile.
GREY GULL
It also qualifies as my outstanding favourite of them all.
Isla Seymour Norte, Galápagos.
Haucho, Peru.
Similar in every way to
OLROG'S GULL
which was once a sub-species of the above, only 'split' in relatively recent years.
Mar del Plata, Argentina.
While Belcher's is confined to the Pacific Coastline, Olrog's is resident
on parts of the Atlantic Seaboard of South America.
Another South American Beauty is the
Ushuaia, capital
of Tierra del Fuego,
Antártida e Islas
del Atlántico Sur Province, Argentina.
full album of shots of this fine little Gull.
the final species to be added to the Gulls of the World List after a merry chase!
3 visits to China, it was only on a second trip to South Korea that we
finally caught up with this almost mythical Gull.
These images were sent to me by Svetlana Ashby with © attributed to her friend.
It was on that first trip to South Korea that we encountered the diminutive
(Chinese Black-headed Gull)
while the others were secured on Taiwan.
Ferry Bridge, Portland, Dorset.
A most welcome colonist to our shores.
Sharm el Sheikh
and
Essaouira, Morocco
with (Common) Kittiwake
Pribilof Islands, Bering Sea.
The only one ever seen was on the River Ply estuary,
Plymouth, Devon on 17/03/1988.
This 'fine' painting has been 'borrowed' from Wikipedia, if we are
about to be sued, let's do it in style!
RED = Counties Not Visited Personally
Bold = Not included in Countries total
Num
|
Perc.
|
Country Name
| |||
107002
|
71.78%
|
United Kingdom = 4 Countries
| |||
11376
|
7.63%
|
United States
| |||
2403
|
1.61%
|
Canada
| |||
2039
|
1.37%
|
Estonia
| |||
1596
|
1.07%
|
Australia
| |||
1482
|
0.99%
|
Germany
| |||
1384
|
0.93%
|
France
| |||
1291
|
0.87%
|
Netherlands
| |||
1140
|
0.76%
|
Japan
| |||
1006
|
0.67%
|
Italy
| |||
979
|
0.66%
|
India
| |||
967
|
0.65%
|
New Zealand
| |||
892
|
0.60%
|
Spain
| |||
826
|
0.55%
|
Philippines
| |||
649
|
0.44%
|
Brazil
| |||
595
|
0.40%
|
Taiwan
| |||
565
|
0.38%
|
Sweden
| |||
547
|
0.37%
|
Korea, Republic Of
| |||
538
|
0.36%
|
Switzerland
| |||
524
|
0.35%
|
Poland
| |||
494
|
0.33%
|
Thailand
| |||
469
|
0.31%
|
Belgium
| |||
388
|
0.26%
|
Norway
| |||
386
|
0.26%
|
Russian Federation
| |||
352
|
0.24%
|
South Africa
| |||
333
|
0.22%
|
Mexico
| |||
315
|
0.21%
|
Ireland
| |||
303
|
0.20%
|
Turkey
| |||
297
|
0.20%
|
Romania
| |||
290
|
0.19%
|
Finland
| |||
285
|
0.19%
|
Malaysia
| |||
284
|
0.19%
|
Peru
| |||
281
|
0.19%
|
Indonesia
| |||
256
|
0.17%
|
Greece
| |||
238
|
0.16%
|
Portugal
| |||
224
|
0.15%
|
Denmark
| |||
211
|
0.14%
|
Czech Republic
| |||
211
|
0.14%
|
Hungary
| |||
210
|
0.14%
|
Colombia
| |||
203
|
0.14%
|
Argentina
| |||
186
|
0.12%
|
Singapore
| |||
|
|
183
|
0.12%
|
Pakistan
| ||
|
|
181
|
0.12%
|
Israel
| ||
180
|
0.12%
|
Hong Kong
| |||
176
|
0.12%
|
Sri Lanka
| |||
175
|
0.12%
|
United Arab Emirates
| |||
171
|
0.11%
|
Ukraine
| |||
166
|
0.11%
|
Saudi Arabia
| |||
133
|
0.09%
|
Panama
| |||
129
|
0.09%
|
Bulgaria
| |||
125
|
0.08%
|
Chile
| |||
124
|
0.08%
|
Vietnam
| |||
120
|
0.08%
|
Venezuela
| |||
116
|
0.08%
|
Slovakia
| |||
113
|
0.08%
|
Croatia
| |||
110
|
0.07%
|
Austria
| |||
109
|
0.07%
|
French Guiana
| |||
100
|
0.07%
|
Serbia
| |||
99
|
0.07%
|
Costa Rica
| |||
96
|
0.06%
|
Oman
| |||
88
|
0.06%
|
Suriname
| |||
|
|
86
|
0.06%
|
Europe
| ||
86
|
0.06%
|
El Salvador
| |||
80
|
0.05%
|
Malta
| |||
|
|
79
|
0.05%
|
Anonymous Proxy
| ||
|
|
78
|
0.05%
|
Bangladesh
| ||
70
|
0.05%
|
Lithuania
| |||
69
|
0.05%
|
Guyana
| |||
69
|
0.05%
|
Egypt
| |||
67
|
0.04%
|
Qatar
| |||
64
|
0.04%
|
Ecuador
| |||
63
|
0.04%
|
Madagascar
| |||
53
|
0.04%
|
Morocco
| |||
|
|
41
|
0.03%
|
Palestinian Territory - MORE'S the PITY
| ||
41
|
0.03%
|
Guatemala
| |||
39
|
0.03%
|
Asia/pacific Region
| |||
38
|
0.03%
|
Slovenia
| |||
38
|
0.03%
|
Trinidad And Tobago
| |||
|
|
37
|
0.02%
|
Iraq
| ||
37
|
0.02%
|
Luxembourg
| |||
|
|
37
|
0.02%
| |||
36
|
0.02%
|
Georgia
| |||
36
|
0.02%
|
Dominican Republic
| |||
35
|
0.02%
|
Guernsey
| |||
35
|
0.02%
|
Mongolia
| |||
34
|
0.02%
|
Latvia
| |||
31
|
0.02%
|
Macedonia
| |||
30
|
0.02%
|
Jamaica
| |||
|
|
30
|
0.02%
|
Lebanon
| ||
29
|
0.02%
|
Haiti
| |||
28
|
0.02%
|
Yemen
| |||
27
|
0.02%
|
Cyprus
| |||
26
|
0.02%
|
Satellite Provider
| |||
26
|
0.02%
|
Kenya
| |||
26
|
0.02%
|
Cambodia
| |||
26
|
0.02%
|
Netherlands Antilles
| |||
25
|
0.02%
|
Belarus
| |||
24
|
0.02%
|
Kuwait
| |||
23
|
0.02%
|
Jersey
| |||
23
|
0.02%
|
Jordan
| |||
|
|
23
|
0.02%
|
Namibia
| ||
23
|
0.02%
|
Saint Kitts And Nevis
| |||
|
|
22
|
0.01%
|
Algeria
| ||
20
|
0.01%
|
Lao People's Democratic Republic
| |||
19
|
0.01%
|
Bahrain
| |||
19
|
0.01%
|
Isle Of Man
| |||
|
|
19
|
0.01%
|
Nepal
| ||
18
|
0.01%
|
Puerto Rico
| |||
18
|
0.01%
|
Gibraltar
| |||
17
|
0.01%
|
Belize
| |||
16
|
0.01%
|
Uruguay
| |||
|
|
15
|
0.01%
|
Maldives
| ||
14
|
0.01%
|
Albania
| |||
14
|
0.01%
|
Moldova, Republic Of
| |||
|
|
14
|
0.01%
|
Nigeria
| ||
|
|
14
|
0.01%
|
Mauritius
| ||
14
|
0.01%
|
Barbados
| |||
13
|
0.01%
|
Bermuda
| |||
13
|
0.01%
|
Armenia
| |||
13
|
0.01%
|
Honduras
| |||
|
|
12
|
0.01%
|
Tunisia
| ||
12
|
0.01%
|
Brunei Darussalam
| |||
|
|
12
|
0.01%
|
Sudan
| ||
|
|
11
|
0.01%
|
Azerbaijan
| ||
|
|
11
|
0.01%
|
Reunion
| ||
11
|
0.01%
|
Montenegro
| |||
10
|
0.01%
|
Bosnia And Herzegovina
| |||
10
|
0.01%
|
Iceland
| |||
9
|
0.01%
|
China
| |||
9
|
0.01%
|
Tanzania, United Republic Of
| |||
|
|
9
|
0.01%
|
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
| ||
9
|
0.01%
|
Virgin Island, U.s.
| |||
8
|
0.01%
|
Zimbabwe
| |||
8
|
0.01%
|
Aruba
| |||
8
|
0.01%
|
Bahamas
| |||
8
|
0.01%
|
Antigua And Barbuda
| |||
7
|
0.00%
|
Martinique
| |||
|
|
7
|
0.00%
|
Kazakhstan
| ||
6
|
0.00%
|
Eritea
| |||
6
|
0.00%
|
Seychelles
| |||
|
|
6
|
0.00%
|
New Caledonia
| ||
|
|
6
|
0.00%
|
Bhutan
| ||
6
|
0.00%
|
Faroe Islands
| |||
|
|
6
|
0.00%
|
Uganda
| ||
|
|
5
|
0.00%
|
Guam
| ||
4
|
0.00%
|
Zambia
| |||
4
|
0.00%
|
Saint Lucia
| |||
4
|
0.00%
|
Virgin Islands, British
| |||
4
|
0.00%
|
Bolivia
| |||
4
|
0.00%
|
Cayman Islands
| |||
|
|
4
|
0.00%
|
Syrian Arab Republic
| ||
|
|
4
|
0.00%
|
Ghana
| ||
|
|
4
|
0.00%
|
Iran, Islamic Republic Of
| ||
|
|
3
|
0.00%
|
Fiji
| ||
3
|
0.00%
|
Botswana
| |||
3
|
0.00%
|
Paraguay
| |||
3
|
0.00%
|
Dominica
| |||
|
|
3
|
0.00%
|
Myanmar
| ||
3
|
0.00%
|
Guadeloupe
| |||
3
|
0.00%
|
Gambia
| |||
|
|
3
|
0.00%
|
Cameroon
| ||
|
|
2
|
0.00%
|
Cote D'ivoire
| ||
2
|
0.00%
|
Falkland Islands (malvinas)
| |||
2
|
0.00%
|
Macao
| |||
2
|
0.00%
|
Andorra
| |||
|
|
2
|
0.00%
|
Gabon
| ||
2
|
0.00%
|
Grenada
| |||
|
|
1
|
0.00%
|
Malawi
| ||
1
|
0.00%
|
Anguilla
| |||
|
|
1
|
0.00%
|
Afghanistan
| ||
|
|
1
|
0.00%
|
French Polynesia
| ||
|
|
1
|
0.00%
|
Uzbekistan
| ||
|
|
1
|
0.00%
|
Vanuatu
| ||
1
|
0.00%
|
Swaziland
| |||
1
|
0.00%
|
Monaco
| |||
1
|
0.00%
|
Turks And Caicos Islands
| |||
|
|
1
|
0.00%
|
Rwanda
| ||
|
|
1
|
0.00%
|
Northern Mariana Islands
| ||
|
|
1
|
0.00%
|
Senegal
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| Entry | Pageviews |
|---|---|
United States
|
481
|
United Kingdom
|
333
|
Germany
|
194
|
Russia
|
57
|
China
|
31
|
Estonia
|
30
|
Poland
|
19
|
Brazil
|
18
|
Canada
|
11
|
France
|
8
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