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https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/1979/ birding never sleeps: 1979 still burning out ... birding never sleeps https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2018/12/two-yellow-legged-gulls-along-adur-15.html birding never sleeps: Two Yellow-legged Gulls along the Adur (15 December) Saturday 15th. Horrible weather hampered a tour of the local Shoreham sites. Seventy-two Dunlin, a Curlew and lots of gulls on the Adur by... birding never sleeps https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2025/09/lowestoft-19-26-september-2025.html birding never sleeps: Lowestoft (19-26 September 2025) Megan and I spent a week in Lowestoft with Otis, mostly travelling around by bus. An enjoyable time despite seeing virtually no birds. Place... birding never sleepslowestoftseptember https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2018/02/ birding never sleeps: February 2018 still burning out ... birding never sleepsfebruary https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2016/05/sunday-15th.html birding never sleeps: Knepp 15 May: Turtle Doves but for how much longer? Sunday 15th. An enjoyable walk around the southern section of the Knepp Estate where bird song was at a level rarely heard locally. Highlig... birding never sleeps https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2024/09/ birding never sleeps: September 2024 still burning out ... birding never sleepsseptember https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2002/04/ birding never sleeps: April 2002 still burning out ... birding never sleepsapril https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2019/12/west-dean-woods-to-scotney-28-november.html birding never sleeps: West Dean Woods to Scotney (28 November-2 December) Monday 2 December . An enjoyable cold, sunny day in the Rye area with Matt who I met at Glynde shortly after 05:45 (I was a few minutes late... birding never sleepswest dean https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2013/06/ birding never sleeps: June 2013 still burning out ... birding never sleepsjune https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2014/09/ birding never sleeps: September 2014 still burning out ... birding never sleepsseptember https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2019/12/mediterranean-gull-on-adur-27-31.html birding never sleeps: Mediterranean Gull on the Adur (27-31 December) The decade finished with a Mediterranean Gull on the River Adur. It had me thinking about when I'd seen my first during a seawatch at Portl... birding never sleepsmediterranean gullon the https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2025/07/galapagos-part-8-floreana-18-may-2025.html birding never sleeps: GALAPAGOS part 8: Floreana (18 May 2025) Sunday 18 May 2025 . FLOREANA. I was on deck at 06:15 to find we were anchored of Punta Cormorant having arrived overnight, little was movin... birding never sleepsgalapagospartfloreanamay https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2014/12/ecuador-august-1986-coca-falls-mindo.html birding never sleeps: ECUADOR August 1986: Coca Falls, Mindo & Cotopaxi Part two of a blog recounting a trip to Ecuador with Nick Preston. More unreliable memories and scanned degraded slides of poor quality to ... birding never sleepsecuadoraugustcocafalls https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/1989/06/ birding never sleeps: June 1989 still burning out ... birding never sleepsjune https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2014/01/madagascar-august-1995-part-3.html birding never sleeps: MADAGASCAR August 1995 (part 3) This is the final part of my blogged account of a trip to Madagascar with John Cooper, Nick Preston, Barry Stidolph and occasionally Terr... birding never sleepsmadagascaraugustpart https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2021/03/pleasant-birding-in-shoreham-area-24.html birding never sleeps: Pleasant birding in the Shoreham Area (24 February-01 March) Monday 01 March . I seawatched from Widewater in a light/moderate NE but saw very little. Birds might have been passing at distance, it was ... birding never sleeps https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2016/05/crowlink-birling-1-may.html birding never sleeps: Crowlink & Birling (1 May) Sunday 1 May. A bit more moving off Shoreham Harbour making it the best day this week, although still not much to write home about. Two adul... birding never sleepsbirlingmay https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/1999/08/ birding never sleeps: August 1999 still burning out ... birding never sleepsaugust https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2019/12/cuckmere-colour-ring-rainbow-15-december.html birding never sleeps: Cuckmere colour-ring rainbow (15 December) Monday 16 December . Megan and I took Cookie to Shoreham Fort and along the beach seeing 2 Purple Sandpipers , a calling Chiffchaff , 40 Hou... birding never sleepscolour ringrainbowdecember https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2019/08/west-sussex-and-squacco-heron-28-july.html birding never sleeps: West Sussex and Squacco Heron (28 July-06 August) Tuesday 06 August. I took Cookie up to Mill Hill and while there received a phonecall from JK asking if I fancied going to Pagham for the S... birding never sleepswest sussex https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/1996/ birding never sleeps: 1996 still burning out ... birding never sleeps https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2019/11/bishopstone-cuckmere-and-mill-hill-03.html birding never sleeps: Bishopstone, Cuckmere and Mill Hill (03-10 November) Sunday 10 November. DB and I went to Bishopstone looking for the released (by Wiltshire reintroduction programme) Great Bustard . A smart bi... birding never sleepsmill hillbishopstone https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2025/06/galapagos-part-2-rabida-south-isabella.html birding never sleeps: GALAPAGOS part 2: Rabida and South Isabela (08-09 May 2025) Thursday 08 May . CHINESE HAT and RABIDA. I was up and on deck soon after dawn (05:00) to find us anchored of the small island of Chinese Ha... birding never sleeps https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2017/05/ birding never sleeps: May 2017 still burning out ... birding never sleepsmay https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2021/04/ birding never sleeps: April 2021 still burning out ... birding never sleepsapril https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2019/11/widewater-2-november.html birding never sleeps: Widewater (2 November) Saturday 02 November. With very strong SW winds (gusting to 50 mph) I tried seawatching from Widewater. Hut 32 provided some shelter from t... birding never sleepsnovember https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2014/12/ecuador-julyaugust-1986-arrival-and-rio.html birding never sleeps: ECUADOR July/August 1986: Arrival and Rio Napo Introduction. In 1986 Nick Preston and I decided to visit Ecuador during the summer. We had previously been to Peru (1984) and Costa Ric... birding never sleepsjuly augustecuador https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2019/12/more-gulls-17-19-december.html birding never sleeps: More gulls (17-19 December) Thursday 19 December . A morning wander around Cissbury looking for the Great Grey Shrike sparked into action when DS found it in the SW co... birding never sleepsgullsdecember https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2019/11/strugling-with-cuckmere-gulls-24-26.html birding never sleeps: Strugling with Cuckmere gulls (24 & 26 November) Wednesday 27 November . Another grim looking day, I took Cookie to Brooklands where between showers an excellent Cetti's Warbler , Chiffch... birding never sleepsgullsnovember https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2016/06/norway-2016-oulu-to-varangerfjord-22-28.html birding never sleeps: NORWAY 2016: Oulu to Varangerfjord (22-28 May) This post covers the first part of a trip Megan and I made to Northern Norway and Finland. On Sunday 22 May we flew from Gatwick to Helsink... birding never sleepsnorway https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2021/12/ birding never sleeps: December 2021 still burning out ... birding never sleepsdecember https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2016/10/ birding never sleeps: October 2016 still burning out ... birding never sleepsoctober https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2016/01/ birding never sleeps: January 2016 still burning out ... birding never sleepsjanuary https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2018/09/august-in-sussex-ends-on-relative-high.html birding never sleeps: August in Sussex ends on a relative high Friday 31 August. Finally a day devoted to birding. DB took me to Seaford where we parked at the barn and spent several hours in Hope Gap b... birding never sleepson aaugust https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/1981/07/ birding never sleeps: July 1981 still burning out ... birding never sleepsjuly https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2026/04/ birding never sleeps: April 2026 still burning out ... birding never sleepsapril https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2019/11/dominican-republic-2001-13-22-april.html birding never sleeps: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 2001: 13-22 April This is part two of Nick Preston and my Puerto Rico and the Dominion Republic trip. It is based on very scant notebook entries and unreliabl... birding never sleepsdominican republicapril https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2021/01/ birding never sleeps: January 2021 still burning out ... birding never sleepsjanuary https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2012/05/ birding never sleeps: May 2012 still burning out ... birding never sleepsmay https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2025/07/galapagos-part-6-san-cristobel-16-may.html birding never sleeps: GALAPAGOS part 6: San Cristobal (16 May 2025) Friday 16 May 2025 . SAN CRISTOBAL. We woke off Cerro Brujo on the NW coast of San Cristobal with the impressive Kicker Rock further offshor... birding never sleepssan cristobalgalapagospart https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2018/11/ birding never sleeps: November 2018 still burning out ... birding never sleepsnovember https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2019/12/another-polish-black-headed-gull-5-10.html birding never sleeps: Another Polish Black-headed Gull (5-10 December) Tuesday 10 December . A visit to Shoreham Fort with Cookie just before high tide produced a roosting Purple Sandpiper , 7 Turnstones and a ... birding never sleepsblack headed gullanotherpolish https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2025/09/west-sussex-01-10-september-2025.html birding never sleeps: West Sussex (01-10 September 2025) Monday 01 September 2025 . Widewater 06:40-08:40, strong WSW, clear. Turnstone 4, Little Gull 1 juvenile W, Common Tern 1W, Gannet 19E a... birding never sleepswest sussexseptember https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2012/06/05-june-2012-demirkazik-to-birecik.html birding never sleeps: TURKEY 5 June 2012: Demirkazik to Birecik Coming down from the mountain yesterday in the rain Nick and I had unknowingly walked past several Finsch's Wheatears that were seen by Pau... birding never sleepsturkeyjunebirecik https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2014/02/thailand-january-1981.html birding never sleeps: THAILAND January 1981 (part 2) This is the concluding part of the blog of my visit to Thailand with Dick Filby, Richard Grimmett, Frank Lambert and Colin Winyard. ... birding never sleepsthailandjanuarypart https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/1978/12/ birding never sleeps: December 1978 still burning out ... birding never sleepsdecember https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2025/07/galapagos-part-4-santiago-bartolome.html birding never sleeps: GALAPAGOS part 4: Santiago, Bartolome, North Seymour and Santa Cruz (13-14... GALAPAGOS part 4: Santiago, Bartolome, North Seymour and Santa Cruz (13-14 May 2025) Tuesday 13 May 2025 . SANTIAGO. I was on deck at 05:55 ... https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2026/05/colombia-2026-part-1-bogota-eastern.html birding never sleeps: COLOMBIA 2026 part 1: Bogota, Eastern Andes and Magdalena Valley (19-23... COLOMBIA 2026 part 1: Bogota, Eastern Andes and Magdalena Valley (19-23 February) Introduction . I visited Colombia in 2014 (see here ). I... https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/ birding never sleeps still burning out ... birdingneversleeps https://birdingneversleeps.blogspot.com/2025/08/galapagos-part-11-santa-cruz-antisana.html birding never sleeps: GALAPAGOS part 11: Santa Cruz, Antisana and home (21-23 May 2025) Wednesday 21 May 2025 . SANTA CRUZ. We arrived at Black Turtle Cove on the north coast of Santa Cruz during the night and had an hour pre-br...