tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054885544428581277.post8939455594038082715..comments2024-03-28T12:25:58.047+00:00Comments on Wanstead Birder: Pterodroma grippaJonathan Lethbridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12791327377479687655noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054885544428581277.post-55658803006059270672009-08-31T23:18:17.398+01:002009-08-31T23:18:17.398+01:00I've not seen a great many seabirds, due to no...I've not seen a great many seabirds, due to not having had the opportunities to sit on a suitable headland in a suitable season for a suitable length of time, so Fea's would have been quite the tick, yes. I'm still not certain whether abandoning the rest of the band for our first gig wouldn't have been worth it... :)<br /><br />Next year? <i>Definately.</i>Parushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13024262180635083005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054885544428581277.post-75812092749511497202009-08-31T22:35:59.523+01:002009-08-31T22:35:59.523+01:00I don't know what you've seen and what you...I don't know what you've seen and what you haven't, but I imagine that Fea's would have been a tick, as it was for me. As with the Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (which I inexcusably failed to mention in this post) this is a bird that none of my mates has seen, and therefore is excellent blog material. Citrine Wag was also new, and a tough one to get. I quadrupled, roughly, the number of Sooty Shears I have ever seen, added only my third Great Shearwater (probably), and critically got Storm Petrel from land. I detest boats and usually you need to go on one to see them. Add in a couple of Ravens, 3 Great Skua, an Arctic Skua, 150+ Manx Shearwater and a Puffin and you have a pretty damn good day by anybody's standards, especially my low ones. Next year?Jonathan Lethbridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12791327377479687655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054885544428581277.post-19381896134021564402009-08-31T21:57:34.969+01:002009-08-31T21:57:34.969+01:00Despite my fairly fucking awesome weekend, I now w...Despite my fairly fucking awesome weekend, I now wonder whether I should have taken you up on your previous offer and left everyone else high and dry... I reckon it might have been worth it!Parushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13024262180635083005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054885544428581277.post-10900394036306947932009-08-31T21:02:50.355+01:002009-08-31T21:02:50.355+01:00Very well done... I am suitably gripped! Is that a...Very well done... I am suitably gripped! Is that a Blogspot special extra-extra-large image you've chosen there?!Dbradnumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09621088921043358779noreply@blogger.com