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http://www.rafos.org.uk 18-11-2013 19:44:45
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Intrepid @RAFOSbirding group off to Northern Scotland this Friday for coastal bird surveys from John O’Groats to Loch Carron via Cape Wrath. Using 3 teams we’ll cover well over 200 Wetland Bird Survey sectors. Hoping for good weather – stay tuned for updates from the usual gang of tweeters
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Islay Mist The next RAFOS visit to Islay is planned for 8 to 15 May 2021, staying at the usual cottages. If you fancy some good gentle birding in beautiful scenery then contact Dick and Jan Knight at [email protected]. Our deadline for booking is 8 February 2021.
RAFOS Birding folk heading north to conduct Wetland Bird Survey surveys across Northern Scotland next week. Map shows our extensive coverage which has grown during the 20 years we've been doing this expedition that we call WINTER DUCK.
RAFOS Birding Team 1's day on Wetland Bird Survey surveying in NW Scotland started at Loch Ewe. Our first Slavonian Grebes and good numbers of Divers today.
Day 2 (31/1) of RAFOS Birding survey NW Scotland 🏴 in Sutherland, Wester Ross. Survey of divers (sp), off the west coast; headlands, open beaches, sea lochs, & dubh lochans. Wetland Bird Survey Highlights; pair of Whooper Swan, Glaucous Gull. Odd and interesting record; 5 Chiff’s
Sporting survey work in 50 knot gusts in lee of ‘queen of Scottish mountains’, Ben Loyal. Couple of goldeneye on loch RAFOS Birding Wetland Bird Survey BTO Scotland Dawn Balmer Teresa Frost Neil Calbrade
Somtimes its just not possible to survey RAFOS Birding Wetland Bird Survey Despite weather lovely to see 50+ Barnie's drop into nearby croft. No sign of the Chiff's today . No surprise, its wild ! 😁
Some good records/sightings for Wetland Bird Survey despite best efforts of Storms Malik & Corrie. Divers driven in close seeking shelter, white-wing gulls blown in from N Atlantic? RAFOS Birding Teresa Frost Neil Calbrade BTO Scotland Dawn Balmer British Trust for Ornithology in Cornwall 〓〓
RAFOS Birding T2, (1/2/22). Amazing 52 ‘Barnie’ Geese yesterday in some horrific weather Wetland Bird Survey colleague Maggie Sheddan managed this short video from location. So a BirdTrack day only possible #StormCorrie #StormMalik #birding against all odds Jimmy Rachel Lennard
Todays birding fun on Wetland Bird Survey by RAFOS Birding BirdTrack for Dawn Balmer Neil Calbrade Teresa Frost are ex-RAF; Jim Bryden, Mark Hollis, myself Maggie Sheddan: of Scottish Seabird Centre so far today: 2 (Glauc’) gull 8 BTD, 39 Eider 4 Com Scoter, 1(Ad) WTSeaE 2RBM Jimmy Rachel Lennard
Todays weather has again curtailed some sites getting full and proper coverage thus (**) on visibility for the database-&-report when published RAFOS Birding survey for Wetland Bird Survey Dawn Balmer today: 2 Golden Eagles, WTSEagle GND, 2 RBM at 1st site info Rachel Lennard Jimmy
Always inspiring and humbling to see the incredible efforts of the RAFOS Birding team visiting some of the most inaccessible Scottish coastlines to help with Wetland Bird Survey. Huge thanks from us for all that you do. Challenging weather this year, too! Please pass on our thanks to all.
This is the driving skill challenge part of RAFOS Birding winter duck expedition for Wetland Bird Survey in The Highlands at Bealach-na-bah (pass of the cattle) to Applecross. First Snow Bunt seen, for a few trips. First Eiders today Dawn Balmer Nina_OHanlon Rachel Lennard
Exped Islay Mist off to a sunny start…cuckoo, mipit, whitethroat, raven & chough for company up top RAFOS Birding John N Wells 🇬🇧🏴🇺🇦🍐 Martin Routledge Jerry Knights Maggie Sheddan James Bryden BRIAN lyon
