Tag: Brede Valley
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May 2024 birding roundup
Another month of two halves, the first characterised by fine conditions and the second more unsettled with stronger winds from the SW and N. Birding was exciting and varied, with a number of scarcities augmenting the continued arrival of summer visitors. The first big surprise came early in the month, with a Golden Oriole at…
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Winter 2023-24 birding roundup
A lamentable absence of blog posts this winter, more due to a lack of time than a lack of good birds seen. In fact, it’s been a great winter for birding locally and in this post I’ll do a highlights roundup of birding Hastings and area from December 2023 through to end of February 2024.…
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September 2023 birding roundup
A busy month with a bit of time away meant less time for birding, but nonetheless there was some great variety and highlights in the best birding month of the year. Particularly exciting has been the increase in visible migration (aka vismig) of many diurnal migrant species, most notably House Martin, Meadow Pipit and Siskin.…
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June 2023 birding roundup
With Twitter seemingly in steady decline, it feels like the right time to try out a new format for sharing bird sightings and notes (with the added bonus of freedom from word counts). Better late than never, I thought I’d start with a recap of June 2023 birding my Hastings 10k. Dominated by fine and…