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After an overnight at Luton airport on Thursday night we arrived in Varna mid-afternon on Friday and collected some supplies, including Dylan and a new strimmer for the week. 
We have then spent the last two days working on the plot, building up the bank of the pond, strimming the meadow and fixing up the caravan. 
I managed to get in a bit of plot birding this morning...

I'm a bit behind with uploading published papers from this year so have added our note to Research Gate on the Paddyfield Pipit, a first for Oman that was published in the last issue of Dutch Birding. 
Full text can be read or downloaded 

Vagrants and scarce migrants are bombarding the east coast with Black-faced Bunting, Isabelline Wheatear, Red-flanked Bluetail and loads more at Spurn yesterday and other vagrants elsewhere along the North sea coastline.
Meanwhile round here it's a long way from the action. There have been tens of thousands of Redwings on the move across the country (including along the eas...

Unfortunately since I got back from Scilly I've been stuck working but I did manage to do a couple of hours vis-migging in the garden today HERE. It was actually pretty good with the first significant Woodpigeon movement of the year, plus good numbers of Stock Doves moving and a sing...