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Out east today
4 Feb 2012 | 5:31 am
We had a particularly fine afternoon birding in bright and still weather. A blast out east to see the local celeb birds seemed in order. First off Alfie and I…
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Moon tonight
2 Feb 2012 | 11:13 am
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Weather Europe, Satellite Weather Europe, Weather Forecast, Rainfall, Clouds, Sun in Europe - Source: SAT24.com
1 Feb 2012 | 5:41 am
Weather Europe, Satellite Weather Europe, Weather Forecast, Rainfall, Clouds, Sun in Europe - Source: SAT24.com
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Impending solar storm 24th 25th
23 Jan 2012 | 3:35 pm
This from earthsky today......Sunspot 1402 has spawned an M9 eruption on the sun at 03:59 UTC on January 23. It is now sending a stream of charged particles toward Earth…
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Aurora
22 Jan 2012 | 4:10 pm
There is a good aurora tonight and there is still an hour or hour and a half untill maximum. The computer is so full that i cant squeeze another photo…
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Sun spotting
22 Jan 2012 | 8:05 am
A while ago I saw a make your own sun filter advertised on ebay. In the past I have photographed eclipses with whatever I could find to use for a…
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Sunspot activity
22 Jan 2012 | 6:13 am
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20 Jan 2012 | 4:48 pm
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20 Jan 2012 | 4:45 pm
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6th February
6 Feb 2012 | 1:46 pm
After a couple of days without any Iceland Gull sightings at least 3 were seen today, the most interesting of which was an immature that was either a very dark individual or a 'Kumlien's'…
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4th and 5th February
5 Feb 2012 | 10:23 am
With horrendous weather on 4th the entire day was spent indoors, but a return to calmer conditions the next day meant there were a few things to report. Presumably the same lingering 2 immature…
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2nd and 3rd February
3 Feb 2012 | 11:42 am
A wander around the Island on 2nd found 60 European White-fronted Geese to still be present near the School while the regular 2nd winter Glaucous Gull was still at Gretchen, but a 1st winter Iceland Gull…
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1st February
1 Feb 2012 | 11:34 am
Sightings were limited and confined to the Twingness area as the day was spent working through various jobs in and around the Observatory. The ever present 2nd winter Glaucous Gull…
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31st January
31 Jan 2012 | 1:32 pm
The final day of the month was the coldest of the year so far with a brisk south-easterly wind blowing all day. A single Greenland White-fronted Goose was a new arrival accompanying 62 European…
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30th January
30 Jan 2012 | 11:47 am
A Black-throated Diver on the sea off Torness in the afternoon was an unexpected highlight today. Also off the more sheltered west coast were 4 Red-throated Divers, 2 Great Northern…
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Rain, tens of white-winged gulls, more rain
3:41 (GMT) - 29.01.2012
I got to Skaill a little later than ideal and the tide was falling, High tide would be best probably. However, at the loch birds were still flying in, so…
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More ice in a hooley
3:38 (GMT) - 29.01.2012
Iceland Gull in a storm
Went out to Marwick briefly today. Almost impossible to go birding, even from the car it was pretty tricky due to the wind…
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Awesome sky
3:37 (GMT) - 29.01.2012
Having dipped severely on the aurora the other night, saw the glow in the sky and didn't bother to check it properly, dow! Then having two evenings when we thought…
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Kumlien's?
3:36 (GMT) - 29.01.2012
I'm reliably informed that the criteria for Kumlien's Gull has changed and that some birds are now being called, "brown winged" Iceland. These are the individuals with the venetian blind…
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American Herring Gull-maybe
11:58 (GMT) - 21.01.2012
New photographs taken today, as the bird was refound, are much more convincing. I will request permission to post them here. The bird now does look chunky and "aggressive" enough…
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Gull videos
10:11 (GMT) - 21.01.2012
Videos from Sand Geo, Marwick, West Mainland.
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