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A recent article written by keen birder Frank McClintock..... You may not have heard but unfortunately, the Portuguese government has just given the go-ahead for development totaling 359 hectares all around Salgados (or Pera Marsh as it's known to some), down in the Algarve, an area just as valuable...

A few more shots from Bempton Cliffs on Saturday - before I start on today's photos from the other coast (Conwy, in Wales to be precise!). One of my favourite kittiwake shots: Coming in to land...: Difficult to catch a guillemot in flight - they're so fast! This was my best...

Had a fantastic day out at Bempton Cliffs today with some very good friends. Without a doubt, this little chap was the star of the day: [Click to enlarge]

Though not in the Farne Islands league Bempton Cliffs can yield pretty good photo opportunities. Here's one of mine from years before digital photography reached the twinkle in the eye stage. It was an icy cold spring morning and I had to rise at stupid o'clock to get it. The rising sun gave...

Hi, I met a birder at the coast one day with an exhausted puffin in their jacket top pocket. A dozen other birders walked past us as we chatted and only one of them noticed the puffin! S

Hi guys, 5...4...3....2...1.... Seymour Birds are Go! A few years ago after a northerly gale I was returning to base in BirdMobile 2 when I saw a black and white bird sitting on a large open lawn which I thought was a guillemot. I landed the Birdmobile nearby and approached the danger zone. I recognised...