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Birders

shenmue

(38,506 posts) Sun Mar 1, 2015, 05:02 PM Mar 2015

Shetland Islands: record for bird species observations

Squee here

From the article:

Now the Shetland island of Fair Isle is celebrating its best ever year for the number of species spotted, smashing a milestone that has stood for nearly a quarter of a century.

Good story and photos at link.

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Shetland Islands: record for bird species observations (Original Post) shenmue Mar 2015 OP

The British birders are serious about their birding cpwm17 Mar 2015 #1

cpwm17

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1. The British birders are serious about their birding

Reply to shenmue (Original post)

Mon Mar 2, 2015, 10:21 PM

Mar 2015

Great Britain doesn't have a lot of normal birds but they do get a lot of out of range birds from the US or elsewhere in Eurasia. Birding is male dominated there, unlike the US where many women are also birders.

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