10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Counting the Birds I was in my teens when I undertook my first bird-survey: it was field work for the British Trust for Ornithology’s The Atlas of Breeding Birds in Britain and Ireland. The breeding and wintering birds of Britain and Ireland. The breeding and wintering birds of Britain and Ireland.

Ireland 227

Ireland Turtles Geese Farming 227

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OCTOBER 4, 2016

It also makes it a little intimidating to be doing a review of Britain’s Birds: An Identification Guide to the Birds of Britain and Ireland. Over 3,200 photographs have been used, most showing species in their habitats. So, how do you find the species account for Kestrel if falcons are not placed between woodpeckers and parakeet?

Ireland 148

Ireland Birds Groups Falcons 148

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 3, 2013

Fortunately, I had T he Crossley ID Guide: Britain & Ireland by Richard Crossley and Dominic Couzens on my desk. I knew I would not be seeing the bird in its rosy-breasted breeding plumage, but somehow seeing the bird in all its forms helped crystallize its appearance in my head. I studied it.

Ireland 172

Ireland 2013 Breeders Ducks 172

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DECEMBER 31, 2012

I even managed to shoot a video with hands trembling of excitement, probably a first of the species. Graham Clarke liked Dotterel , a bird he needed for Ireland. Dotterel are not exceptionally rare in Ireland occurring during both spring and autumn migration. It was a mythical bird I didn’t ever expect to see.

2012 133

2012 Ghana Ireland Birds 133

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The Crossley ID Guide: Waterfowl covers every residential, migrating, vagrant, exotic, and introduced swan, goose, dabbling and diving duck in North America (Canada and the United States): 62 Species Accounts on four swan species and one vagrant subspecies; 15 goose species; 46 duck species; plus accounts for hybrid geese, ducks and exotics.

Ducks 122

Ducks North America Geese Hunters 122