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Pre 2010 Blog |
Jeff Blincow's Blog - pre 2010 Interesting records
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Namibia - August 2009 |
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Lion |
Steinbok |
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Black Korhaan |
Rüppell's Bustard |
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Peru - August 2008 Loads of lovely birds everywhere. We covered most of the classic areas apart from the Amazon. Nazca Lines and Machu Picchu were bonuses and Spatuletail was the best. |
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Machu Picchu |
Marvellous Spatuletail |
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Waved Albatross |
Inca Tern |
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Christmas Island - July 2007 The Golden Bosunbirds are a golden-coloured subspecies of White-tailed Tropicbird that only occur on Christmas Island. This pair was indulging in a mirror display for several minutes. All of the pairs displaying at Flying Fish Cove were golden. The white White-tailed Tropicbird on the island were elsewhere. |
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Golden Bosunbird |
Red-footed Booby - white-tailed brown morph |
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Christmas Island Blue Crab Discoplax celeste |
Christmas Island Frigatebird |
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Borneo - July 2007 | ||||||
Rafflesia |
Probosis Monkey |
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Kinabatangan River |
Tree Nymph |
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Asian Pied Hornbill | Leopard Cat | |||||
India - April 2007 A ten day trip looking for tigers. We visited Kanha and Bandhavgarh and were successful at both. |
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Tiger | Chital | |||||
Indian Roller | Nilgai | |||||
Brazil - August 2006 Pantanal and the Amazon. In the Pantanal the Jaguars were after the caiman and we were after them. |
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Giant Anteater |
Hyacinth Macaw |
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Harpy Eagle |
Jaguar |
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Sunbittern |
Brazilian Tapir |
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Tunisia - April 2006 A mammal trip covering most of the country. Rüppell's Fox, Addax and Oryx were the best mammals, Egyptian Nightjar was the avian highlight. A few dragonflies and butterflies finished off a rather fine trip quite nicely. |
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Wiegmann's Burrowing Lizard | Anthia sexmaculatum | |||||
Bir Soltaine | Julodis aequinoctialis | |||||
Egyptian Nightjar | Scimitar-horned Oryx | |||||
Selysiothemis nigra | West of Douz | |||||
Spain - April 2006 A week in Extremadura. Lots of lovely birds everywhere but Mole Cricket got top billing. |
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Chapman's Ringlet | Lesser Kestrel | |||||
Long-spurred Orchid | Spanish Festoon | |||||
Arizona - August 2005 This was a birding trip to all of the classic sites. All of the normal hummers showed up as did plenty of fungi. |
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Broad-tailed Hummingbird | Convergent Lady Beetle | |||||
Flame Skimmer | Frost's Bolete | |||||
Mojave Rattlesnake | Painted Redstart | |||||
Tarantula Hawk and Desert Tarantula |
Regal Horned Lizard | |||||
Greece - August 2005 Mostly I was in Northern Greece looking for Butterflies. Mount Phalakron and the Rhodopi Mountains were the main areas. Globe Skimmer and Predatory Bush-cricket were highlights. This was my 13th trip to Europe where I had looked for this Rock Partridge and finally success! It was almost a disappointment - what am I going to look for next? |
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Grecian Foxglove | European Souslik |
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Carpenter Bee | Balkan Marbled White | |||||
Predatory Bush-cricket | Rhodopi Mountains | |||||
Red-veined Darter | Rose Chafer | |||||
Scarlet Darter | Silver-washed Fritillary | |||||
Burren - May 2005 A bit early in the year for lots of flowers, but there was plenty to enjoy. A superb flying display watching the Fulmars at the Cliffs of Moher. |
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Early Purple Orchid |
Chough |
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Mountain Hare |
Common Guillemot |
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Poland - April 2005 Spring happened while we were there. This was a mammal trip with a few nice birds thrown in. Lynx, beaver and bison were rather special in one trip. I intend to visit one autumn for fungi. |
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Collared Flycatcher |
Eastern Hedgehog |
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Fomes pinicola |
Grass Snake |
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Map Butterfly |
Three-toed Woodpecker |
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New Zealand - July 1998 My second trip to NZ - one of the best places on the planet. The scenery, people and wildlife are unique. Tiritiri Matangi was a highlight and I would like to go back there. Seabirds were good on trips out of Kaikouri and Dunedin. Kea's rule! |
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Takahe |
Taiaroa Head |
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Kea |
Weta |
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Buller's albatross |
Wandering Albatross |
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Madagascar - August 1995 A month to explore this paradise of the unusual. Vangas, couas, ground-rollers and lemurs are widely distributed, so a full tour is necessary. We organised a visit to the Masoala Peninsula that had not been visited much before - this was made worthwhile by a sighting of Madagascar Serpent-eagle. Indrii made the ground shake. |
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Indrii |
Oustalet's Chameleon |
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Ring-tailed Mongoose |
Lowland Streaked Tenrec |
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Parson's Chameleon |
Tomato Frog |
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Bolivia - August 1994 An excellent four week trip talking in the high altiplano and Lake Titicaca, the Yungas, the Amazon and the Beni savanna. Blue-throated Macaw was a nice end to the trip. |
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Altiplano |
Altiplano Soda Lake |
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Blue-throated Macaw |
Andes |
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Jaguarundi |
Old Corioco Road |
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Australia - Sept 1991 I bought a Holden and did a tour of Australia. Seabirds were excellent as I got out on two fishing boats and five seabird trips. The interior was warm and dusty. |
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Inland Dotterel |
Red-necked Pademelon |
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Koala |
Large-tailed Nightjar |
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Agile Wallaby |
Regent Bowerbird |
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Galapagos - January 1991 I've done two trips to Galapagos which is a little over-doing it, however, it is the best of the best. I managed to organise a sail-by of Champion to get the mockingbird - must have been one of the first trips to do this. |
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Isla Bartolomé |
Blue-footed Booby |
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Galapagos Penguin |
Galapagos Giant Tortoise |
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Marine Iguana |
Land Iguana |
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Pacific Green Turtle |
Swallow-tailed Gull |
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