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May 2013


New sound recordings uploaded:

Common Redshank  Tringa totanus  (London, England)

Common Shelduck  Tadorna tadorna  (London, England)

Little Grebe  Tachybaptus rufocollis  (London, England)

Gadwall  Anas strepera  (Essex, England)

Common Pochard  Aythya ferina  (London, England)

Nightingale  Luscinia megarhynchos  (Essex, England)

Eurasian Reed Warbler  Acrocephalus scirpaceu  (London, England)

Lesser Black-backed Gull  Larus fuscus

Black-headed Gull  Larus ridibundus  (Essex, England)

Greenfinch   Carduelis chloris  (London, England)

Canada Goose  Branta canadensis  (London, England)

Sonogram of Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) hissing alarm calls

 

 

Apr 2013


New sound recordings uploaded:

White-eyed Vireo  Vireo griseus  (Florida Keys, US)

Pied Flycatcher  Ficedula hypoleuca   (Perthshire, Scotland)

House Sparrow  Passer domseticus  (Andalucia, Spain)

Greenfinch   Carduelis chloris  (Andalucia, Spain)

Collared Dove  Streptopelia decaocto  (Somerset, England)

Goldcrest  Regulus regulus  (Somerset, England)

 

New trip report for Zahara de los Atunes, Costa de la Luz, Andalucia, Spain uploaded:

Costa de la Luz trip report © Fraser Simpson

 

New sound recordings uploaded from Spain:

Cattle Egret  Bubulcus ibis

Little Egret  Egretta garzetta

Crested Tit  Lophophanes cristatus

Purple Swamphen  Porphyrio porphyrio

 

 

Mar 2013


 

Ayrshire Bird Report 2011

The 2011 edition of the Ayrshire Bird Report is now available priced at £5.00 Essential reading for anyone visiting the county, it contains the most important bird sightings recorded in 2011 as well as informative articles on Ayrshire's avifauna. It is published by the Ayrshire Branch of the SOC (Scottish Ornithologists' Club).

Details: 128 pages with 8 full-colour inner pages of photographs, plus 16 pieces of artwork and 14 b&w photos.

Please visit the Ayrshire Birding website for details of how to obtain your copy or e-mail me.

Fraser Simpson (Compiler & Editor)

 

Ayrshire Bird Report 2011 - front cover © Fraser Simpson   Ayrshire Bird Report 2011 - frontispiece © Fraser Simpson  Ayrshire Bird Report 2011 - example page © Fraser Simpson  Ayrshire Bird Report 2011 - example page © Fraser Simpson   Ayrshire Bird Report 2011 - rear cover © Fraser Simpson

 

 

Mar 2013


 

New drawings:

 

  

                          Kestrel drawing © Fraser Simpson                        Sanderling drawing © Fraser Simpson

 

 

       Wood Nuthatch drawing © Fraser Simpson                     Great Tit drawing © Fraser Simpson

 

 

 

Goldeneye drawing © Fraser Simpson                        House Sparrow drawing © Fraser Simpson

 

Great Cormorant drawing © Fraser Simpson                                       Mute Swan drawing © Fraser Simpson

 

 

Mallard drawing © Fraser Simpson                         Northern Lapwing drawing © Fraser Simpson

 

 

 

Jan 2013


 

Bearded Tits in central London!: 2 imm/ff in a tiny reedbed on the Serpentine by the Diana Princess of Wales memorial in Hyde Park.

 

Bearded Tit in Hyde Park © Fraser Simpson Bearded Tit in Hyde Park © Fraser Simpson

More photos at www.frasersimpson-birdphotography.com

 

 

 Oct 2012


 

Deer gallery added

Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) © Fraser Simpson

 

New trip report for Florida Keys (Sep 2012) uploaded

Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) © Fraser Simpson

 

 

Aug-Sep 2012


 

Photographs of Kagu from New Caledonia.

Kagu (Rhynochetos jubatus) © Fraser Simpson

 

New sound recordings uploaded from Thailand, Australia, and New Caledonia:

Kagu  Rhynochetos jubatus

New Caledonian Friarbird  Philemon diemenensis

New Caledonian Imperial-Pigeon  Ducula goliath

Silver Gull  Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae

White-rumped Shama  Copsychus malabaricus

Superb Lyrebird  Menura novaehollandiae

Pied Currawong Strepera graculina

Red Junglefowl  Gallus gallus

New Caledonian Crow  Corvus moneduloides

Long-tailed Triller  Lalage leucopyga montrosieri

Streaked Fantail  Rhipidura verreauxi verreauxi

Grey-eared Honeyeater  Lichmera incana

Barred Honeyeater  Glycifohia undulata

Common Myna  Acridotheres tristis

White-browed Scrubwren  Sericornis frontalis

Rainbow Lorikeet  Trichoglossus haematodus

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo  Cacatua galerita

Australian White Ibis  Threskiornis molucca

 

New sound recordings uploaded from Scotland:

Great Skua  Stercorarius skua

Rock Pipit  Anthus petrosus

Common Buzzard  Buteo buteo

Common Gull  Larus canus

House Martin  Delichon urbicum

Eurasian Sparrowhawk  Accipiter nisus

Eurasian Oystercatcher  Haemantopus ostralegus

 

New sound recordings uploaded from England:

House Sparrow  Passer domseticus

Egyptian Goose  Alopochen aegyptiaca

Common Coot  Fulica atra

 

Thailand slideshow

Thailand

 

  New Caledonia slideshow

New Caledonia

 

  A Light In The Sky slideshow

A Light In The Sky 

 

 June 2012


 

 Trip report for Kindrogan, Scotland uploaded

View of Strathardle from Creag na Cuinneige © Fraser Simpson

View of Strathardle from Creag na Cuinneige, Perthshire

 

 

May 2012


New sounds uploaded from Brent Reservoir, London: Carrion Crow sonogram © Fraser Simpson

Common Tern  Sterna hirundo

Great Crested Grebe  Podiceps cristatus

Mallard  Anas platyrhynchos

Common Moorhen  Gallinula chloropus

Ring-necked Parakeet  Psittacula krameri

Carrion Crow  Corvus corone

Common Starling  Sturnus vulgaris

 

 

April 2012


New trip report for Zahara de los Atunes, Costa de la Luz, Andalucia, Spain uploaded:

Costa de la Luz trip report © Fraser Simpson

 

New sounds uploaded from around Zahara de los Atunes, Andalucia, Spain:

Glossy Ibis  Plegadis falcinellus

Collared Pratincole  Glareola pratincola

Melodious Warbler  Hippolais polyglotta

Black-winged Stilt  Himantopus himantopus

Western Bonelli's Warbler  Phylloscopus bonelli

Firecrest  Regulus ignicapilla

Corn Bunting  Emberiza calandra

Subalpine Warbler  Sylvia cantillan

European Stonechat  Saxicola rubicola

Zitting Cisticola  Cisticola juncidis

Goldfinch  Carduelis carduelis

Great Tit  Parus major

Hawfinch  Coccothraustes coccothraustes

European Blue Tit  Cyanistes caeruleus

European Serin Serinus serinus

Short-toed Treecreeper  Certhia brachydactyla

 

 

March 2012


New sounds uploaded (click below to go to sound player & sonogram):

Blackbird songs & alarm calls

Blackbird recordings © Fraser Simpson

 

Warblers in Florida

 

Palm Warbler (Dendroica palmarum) sonogram © Fraser Simpson    Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  (Polioptila caerulea) sonogram © Fraser Simpson

 

 

The Ayrshire Bird Report 2010 is now available

 

 

 

 

Composite mix of late winter bird sounds recorded on Hampstead Heath, 25 February 2012

featuring Carrion Crow, Chaffinch, Nuthatch, Wren, Magpie, Great Tit and Robin.

Sennheiser microphone

 

    Late Winter Bird Sounds on Hampstead Heath

 

January-February 2012


New drawings uploaded (click to go to the gallery):

 

Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) © Fraser Simpson    Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) © Fraser Simpson     Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) © Fraser Simpson    Willow Tit (Poecile montana) © Fraser Simpson      

 

Cycling and Birding to Work in London: Latest species list

 

New trip report for Florida Keys uploaded:

 

New trip report for Caerlaverock & Dumfriesshire uploaded:

 

 

December 2011


New drawing uploaded (click to go to the gallery):

 

 Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) © Fraser Simpson      

 

 November 2011


New Gallery

 © Fraser Simpson

 

 

October 2011


 Photos of Ayrshire's first Pallid Harrier (Garnock Floods, 28.10.11 to 01.11.11) added to photography site.

Pallid Harrier (Circus macrourus) © 2011 Fraser Simpson

 

New drawings uploaded (click to go to the gallery):

 

 Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis) © Fraser Simpson      

 

 

September 2011


 New drawings uploaded (click to go to the gallery):

 

 Dunlin (Calidris alpina) © Fraser Simpson      Ring-necked Parakeet (Psittacula krameri) © Fraser Simpson

 

 

August 2011


 New Photo Galleries started:

 

Laboratory

Laboratory

  

miniWorld

miniWorld 

 

July 2011


 New Photo Galleries started:

 

Vegetation Analysis

 

People

 

 

June 2011


 Trip report for Kindrogan uploaded

Mill Loch, Cateran Trail © Fraser Simpson www.fssbirding.org.uk Strathardle © Fraser Simpson www.fssbirding.org.uk Kindrogan Library © Fraser Simpson www.fssbirding.org.uk Common Butterwort (Pinguicula vulgaris) © Fraser Simpson www.fssbirding.org.uk Kindrogan House © Fraser Simpson www.fssbirding.org.uk

 

  • New photo album:

[cycle_deconstruction]

Rockrider

 

April 2011


 

Sounds and sonograms uploaded for Iberian Water Frog, Sardinian WarblerIberian Chiffchaff,

Western Bonelli's Warbler, European Bee-eater, Common Rosefinch, Cetti's Warbler, Chaffinch, Willow Warbler,

Red-breasted Flycatcher, Pied Flycatcher, European Robin, Marsh Frog, Eurasian Reed Warbler,

 

Iberian Water Frog © Fraser Simpson www.fssbirding.org.uk  Iberian Water Frog sonogram © Fraser Simpson www.fssbirding.org.uk   Cetti's Warbler sonogram © Fraser Simpson www.fssbirding.org.uk

 

 

Sounds and sonograms uploaded for Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, NuthatchGreen Woodpecker, Bullfinch, Skylark & Eurasian Crane.

Great Spotted Woodpecker © Fraser Simpson Lesser Spotted Woodpecker sonogram © Fraser Simpson www.fssbirding.org.uk  Green Woodpecker sonogram © Fraser Simpson www.fssbirding.org.uk  Wood Nuthatch sonogram © Fraser Simpson www.fssbirding.org.uk

 

March 2011


 

Vocal mimicry in the Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra): mp3 files uploaded here.

 

Sounds and sonograms uploaded for White-crowned Sparrow, Red-backed Shrike, Redwing, American CrowYellowhammer, Tristram's Warbler, Alpine Chough, Red-billed Chough, House Bunting, African Chaffinch, Common Bulbul, Marsh Warbler, Savi's Warbler, Monk Parakeet, Gambel's Quail, Sandhill Crane, Coal Tit, Eurasian Wigeon, Whooper Swan, Reed Warbler, Dunnock, Wren, Nightingale, Grey Heron, Spotted Flycatcher, Blackcap, White Stork & Song Thrush.

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Gambel's Quail, New Mexico © Fraser Simpson www.fssbirding.org.uk  Gambel's Quail sonogram © Fraser Simpson www.fssbirding.org.uk Sennheiser microphone

    Gambel's Quail

 

February 2011


 

Morocco photo galleries

Morocco photo slideshows

 

Cycling and Birding to Work in London: Latest species list

 

 

January 2011


Bosque del Apache photo gallery

Bosque del Apache gallery to my bird photography site with photographs of Sandhill Cranes, Snow Geese and Ross's Geese.

 

 

 New Mexico photo gallery

New Mexico galleries added with photos from Bosque del Apache, White Sands, Three Rivers Petroglyphs, Taos Pueblo, Tent Rocks, Carlsbad Caverns, Roswell,  Rio Grande Gorge, San Francisco de Asis Church, Old San Miguel Mission, Socorro, Santa Fe, Albuquerque, Sandia Peak, El Malpais, Very Large Array, Plains of San Agustin, Owl Bar & Cafe, San Antonio, Valley of Fires, and Valles Caldera.

 

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