Archive for March, 2014

January 04, 2015 Birding contest

I saw some birds.

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January 07, 2015 Today in the garden

Just a quick entry to introduce the Location field.

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January 09, 2015 Around Town January 9

In horrible weather, I didn’t go birdwatching, but having missed out on my birdwatching challenge earlier in the week, I thought I’d claim my year tick for Pied Wagtail on the path though St Paul’s Square in Southport.

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January 12, 2015 Two trips to Marshside

A quick afternoon trip to Marshside to see what was going on.

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January 18, 2015 Owls at Lunt Meadows

A late afternoon at Lunt Meadows started with a chilly walk around the site, but at the point of giving up and going home we were rewarded with thrilling views of hunting owls.

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January 19, 2015 Marshside Barn Owl

Owls on three consecutive days! I popped in to Marshside for a quickie on my way home from business in town, and lo and behold there was a Barn Owl hunting in the area between Rainford’s Lagoon and Marshside Road.

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January 23, 2015 Adding photos to a Jekyll blog

One thing a birdwatcher’s blog often needs is photos, and that’s not something that Jekyll is particularly good at out of the box.

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January 23, 2015 Ainsdale / Birkdale shore

High tides in the middle of the day and still weather combined this week to make me think I would have another go at looking out to sea, but unfortunately said conditions also included drizzle and damp mists.

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January 24, 2015 Hesketh Out Marsh

A cold, windy day started with a trip to Banks to see the assembled Whooper and Bewick’s swans, nicely displayed close to the road.

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January 24, 2015 Marshside

Backdated post.

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January 25, 2015 Marshside

An afternoon visit saw Sutton’s Marsh almost completely empty – at least in front of the hide. Rimmer’s Marsh was covered in birds, however, and we saw lots of Golden Plover mixing with the Lapwings.

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January 28, 2015 First public release

This is the first “finished” bit of code in this project. It’s a snippet you can use to put a list of birds at the bottom of posts on your Jekyll blog.

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