Army Birding

I notice with interest that among your sightings are a few good rarities.
I may be wrong but I dont recall seeing any of these on any of the rare bird alert sights, sich as Birdguides.
Do you know if they conciously leave Northern Ireland off ?

I think most of us were aware of this

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25433008

Not sure what pressure our societies could apply, if any ?

Your thoughts ?

Were there any photos ? edit: No problem I found them on Birdguides
http://www.birdguides.com/species/species.asp?sp=136094

Chris The wagtail mentioned above is indeed a sub-species of White Wag, it can be easily identified with a grey back and a clear demarcation, crossing the eye between the white upper head and the black face, neck and chest. A non breeder will show a white throat. Found this on the net, maybe some he...

Gents

Ref the previous comment, there is a link to the article about the Amur Falcon in 1984 on my website.

A shameless plug I know but this is a work in progress, I am hoping to do more work when i return to the UK.

http://www.portsbirds.streamlinenettrial.co.uk/News.htm

Mark C

Rich I must say the list of waders sounds exciting and I am definately looking forward to my day there on the way home. If nothing else I should get dawn and dusk at the RSOI site. I am interested in the sightings of House Sparrow, I have looked through the groups around the compound and can only ev...