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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      

 

• 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.

.

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.

 

 

November 2010


• Ayrshire Bird Report 2009 going to the printers - available from December 2010 [more details]

 

• New sketches uploaded 

 

Starling sketch © Fraser Simpson       Great Crested Grebe sketch © Fraser Simpson

Shoveler sketch © Fraser Simpson    Tree Sparrow sketch © Fraser Simpson

 

 

September 2010


• Sonograms uploaded for Red-necked Grebe, White-backed Woodpecker, Wood Sandpiper, Great Bittern, Little Ringed Plover, Fieldfare, Icterine Warbler & Great Reed Warbler.

• Sonogram of territorial/displaying Red-necked Grebes © 2010 Fraser Simpson

 

 

• New photographs added to the Lightbox 150 gallery

Pendunculate Oak © 2010 Fraser Simpson Bird on beer bottle © 2010 Fraser Simpson

 

 

August 2010


• New sketches uploaded

 

Puffin sketch © Fraser Simpson  Whooper Swan sketch © Fraser Simpson     Tawny Owl sketch © Fraser Simpson

 

 

July 2010


• New photo gallery started - Lightbox 150

Lightbox 150 © Fraser Simpson 2010

 

• New gallery started - Excerpt 605

Excerpt 605 © Fraser Simpson 2010

 

• Trip report for Florida Keys uploaded

Click for the Florida Keys trip report

 

• Sonograms uploaded for Common Ground Dove, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Black-whiskered Vireo, Northern Mockingbird, Florida Prairie Warbler, Northern Cardinal, Red-winged Blackbird & Common Grackle.

 

 

 June 2010


• Trip report for Kindrogan uploaded

Trips reports for Estonia, Sweden and Spain to follow.

 

 

 May 2010


• New Eurasian Crane photographs from my recent trip to Hornborgasjφn, Sweden

Eurasian Crane photography © Fraser Simpson 2010 Eurasian Crane photography © Fraser Simpson 2010    

 

• New Whooper Swan photographs from my recent trip to Tysslingen, Sweden

Whooper Swan photography © Fraser Simpson 2010 Whooper Swan photography © Fraser Simpson 2010

 

 

March 2010


• New sketches uploaded

 

Ruddy Turnstone sketch © Fraser Simpson    Mandarin Duck sketch © Fraser Simpson

• Short report on the Ayrshire Winter Bird Race 2010

 

 

 

February 2010


• Lots of mp3 versions of sound recordings being added

• Below are samples from the Sounds & Sonograms page:

• Lesser Spotted Eagle  (Aquila pomarina) recorded in Krynica alder swamp, Bialowieza Forest, Poland

• Coraya Wren  (Thryothorus coraya) recorded on the Tarapoto-Urahuasha trail, San Martνn, Peru

    Lesser Spotted Eagle

    Coraya Wren

• New sketches uploaded

 

Grey Heron sketch © Fraser Simpson   

 

 

 January 2010


• Reporting bird sightings in Ayrshire in 2010 - casual online record for created

Send in your sightings for the Ayrshire Bird Report 2010

 

 

• New photo galleries being created

 

 

 

December 2009


• New sketches uploaded

 

Tufted Duck sketch © Fraser Simpson   Eurasian Wigeon sketch © Fraser Simpson Bohemian Waxwing sketch © Fraser Simpson Common Gull sketch © Fraser Simpson

 

 

 

August 2009


• I'm currently in Peru... please visit the blog for news Birding Blog

 

Peru 2009 © Fraser Simpson  

 

July 2009


• New trip report for Poland 26 June - 4 July 2009

 

Click here for the Poland 2009 report © Fraser Simpson

 

April 2009


 • New trip report for Costa de la Luz 15-25 April 2009

Click here for the Costa de la Luz trip 2009 report © Fraser Simpson

 

• New sonograms for Bonelli's Warbler, Woodchat Shrike, Iberian Chiffchaff, Firecrest, Hoopoe, Serin, Sardinian Warbler, Greenfinch and Zitting Cisticola uploaded.

 

• New Eurasian Crane photographs from my recent trip to Hornborgasjφn, Sweden

Eurasian Crane photography © Fraser Simpson 2009

 

January 2009


• Night Heron photographs from West Hythe, Kent uploaded to my bird photography site:

• www.frasersimpson-birdphotography.com/nightheron.htm

• Ayrshire Winter Bird Race report from The Drift Migrants team and the species logged on the day

 

 


December 2008


• Demoiselle Crane photographs of captive birds from London Wetland Centre

Demoiselle Crane 

 

November 2008


• United Arab Emirates 2008 trip report uploaded

   

 

 

• Turkey 2008 trip report uploaded

 

 

• Green Heron sketch uploaded

Green Heron © Fraser Simpson

 


October 2008


• Grey Heron sketch uploaded

          Grey Heron © Fraser Simpson

 

 


September 2008


• Ayrshire Bird & Butterfly Report 2007 now available

Front cover, ABBR 2007Rear cover, ABBR 2007Page 69, ABBR 2007

 

 

 


August 2008


• New Sketches page started

 

Sketches © Fraser Simpson

 

 

 

June 2008


• Trip Report for Kindrogan, Scotland uploaded

 

Kindrogan Field Centre, Perthshire  Chickweed Wintergreen (Trientalis europaea)  Kindrogan Hill trip point

 

• Sonograms uploaded for:

Woodcock  Scolopax rusticola

Cuckoo  Cuculus canorus

Tree Pipit  Anthus trivialis

Wren  Troglodytes troglodytes

Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs

 

May 2008


• Field Vole photos added

 

 

April 2008


 

• Trip Report for Hornborgasjφn, Sweden uploaded

 

Eurasian Crane  Grus grus  Trana

 

• Trip Report for Costa de la Luz, Spain uploaded

   

 

• Several sonograms uploaded including Blyth's Reed Warbler, Spotted Crake and Cirl Bunting

 


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