by Dominic | Dec 1, 2012 | Longham Lakes
1st December 2012 Not content with finding Longham Lakes’s first Kittiwake this week, Lorne Bissell has triumped with the discovery of a much rarer bird, a White-rumped Sandpiper. This is the second American vagrant on the site after last year’s...
by Dominic | Dec 1, 2012 | News
1st December 2012 Lorne Bissell has, remarkably, found a second new bird in a week for Longham Lakes. This time it’s a real rarity, a White-rumped Sandpiper, from the USA. Could anyone visiting Longham Lakes today please park at the Bridge House Hotel or Haskins...
by Dominic | Nov 28, 2012 | Longham Lakes
27th November 2012 It’s always a red letter day when something drops in that is new to Longham. Today Lorne Bissell found this splendid adult Kittiwake in mid-morning, on Longham Reservoir South. It didn’t stay around long enough for the other regulars to...
by Dominic | Nov 21, 2012 | News
Radipole Lake, Dorset, 21st November 2012 Gulls in sunshine – who can resist them? Well, it turns out, a lot of people can. The girl in the Visitor Centre said “Gulls are awesome…but difficult.” And that is the crux of their unpopularity, at...
by Dominic | Nov 19, 2012 | Longham Lakes
Winter is coming gradually to Longham Lakes. Here’s what has been seen in the last week or two, beginning with today: 19th November George Green reports: 1 Goldeneye female, 1 Mediterranean Gull and 1 Lesser Redpoll heard overhead. Wildfowl increasing. 18th...
