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Cyprus birding - Trip report Feb/Mar 2025
The Mediterranean island of Cyprus is a popular destination for birding with over 420 birds recorded here including some globally...
Martin Roper
Mar 1711 min read
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A year at Sprotbrough flash and the Don gorge 2024
(YWT) Sprotbrough flash is a Yorkshire Wildlife Trust nature reserve located in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. designated as a Site of...
Martin Roper
Jan 520 min read
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Crete Birding - trip report October 2024
Birding on the Island of Crete is a beautiful experience in Autumn with some truly breathtaking scenery, rugged and mostly uninhabited,...
Martin Roper
Nov 6, 202410 min read
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Catalonia birding - August 2024
The Catalan region of Northeastern Spain is a popular destination for birding with the Pyrenees mountains to the North, coastal marshes...
Martin Roper
Sep 1, 20249 min read
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Birds of Sprotbrough flash (Part 1)
A total of 194 bird species have been recorded at (YWT) Sprotbrough Flash since 1957 within a catchment area which comprises of the...
Martin Roper
Jul 13, 202413 min read
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Birds of Sprotbrough Flash (Part 2)
A total of 194 bird species have been recorded at (YWT) Sprotbrough Flash since 1957 within a catchment area which comprises of the...
Martin Roper
Jul 13, 202412 min read
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Lesvos birding - Trip report 2024
A Rüppell's warbler is singing on top of Genista bathed in early morning sunshine, its spring again and we're on the Greek Island of...
Martin Roper
Jul 1, 202420 min read
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Suffolk birding - April 2024
Staying at our usual place near the village of Saxmundham we arrived on the 12th of April for a week's long birding trip in Suffolk....
Martin Roper
Jun 18, 20243 min read
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Sprotbrough flash sightings
Sightings for March 2025. The month began with an early morning stroll along the stretch of Trans Pennine Trail at Sprotbrough flash...
Martin Roper
Apr 26, 20243 min read
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Sprotbrough Flash Archive
Sprotbrough flash a popular Yorkshire Wildlife Trust Nature Reserve (YWT) is located in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. A Site of Special...
Martin Roper
Mar 30, 20241 min read
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A year at Sprotbrough flash and the Don Gorge 2023
Sprotbrough flash a popular Yorkshire Wildlife Trust Nature Reserve (YWT) is located in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. A Site of Special...
Martin Roper
Dec 31, 202321 min read
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Kos Birding - October 23
Bathed in sunshine with golden beaches lapped by the warm Southern Aegean Sea, the Greek island of Kos has long been a popular...
Martin Roper
Oct 27, 20237 min read
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Cornwall birding - June 23
Steeped in history and entwined in Celtic mythology Cornwall has long been a great destination for birding. The Cornish chough proudly...
Martin Roper
Jul 16, 20235 min read
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Lesvos Birding - Trip report 2023
A European roller is sittings on giant Fennel in the early morning sunshine, its one of six perched in the field, some are on Fennel the...
Martin Roper
Jun 11, 202314 min read
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Lake Kerkini and Central Macedonia
Having visited several Greek islands birding we thought it was time to take a look at the mainland and where better than Lake Kerkini...
Martin Roper
Apr 9, 20238 min read
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Fuerteventura trip report February 2023
Fuerteventura is the second largest of the Canary Islands and is located in the Atlantic Ocean 100 km from the north coast of Africa....
Martin Roper
Mar 4, 20236 min read
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A year at Sprotbrough Flash and the Don Gorge 2022
Sprotbrough Flash is a popular Yorkshire Wildlife Trust (YWT) nature reserve and designated Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). A...
Martin Roper
Dec 31, 202217 min read
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Birding Highlights 2022
An early morning start and a several hour drive to find what sometimes feels like a needle in a haystack after reading about a possible...
Martin Roper
Dec 22, 20225 min read
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Cyprus birding - trip report November 2022
The third largest island in the Mediterranean, Cyprus is a hotspot for migratory birds in spring and autumn and has an enviable list of...
Martin Roper
Nov 20, 20227 min read
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Crete trip report September 2022
The distinctive call of a Hoopoe was followed by a brief sighting of a pair foraging in the nearby olive groves, heading for cover...
Martin Roper
Sep 29, 20225 min read
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