Martin (not the BOURC one)
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Whitby Birding
Whitby Birding is now a historical site, I'm not intending to post here anymore. However, I still intend to continue blogging go to my Literate Herring blog, see below.
About Me
- Alastair
- Birder, moffer, general creepy-crawlyist, ex-educationalist; never grumpy.
My links
Garden and tetrad bird lists
Copies available from: Mr J. A. Newbould, Stonecroft, 3 Brookmead Close, Sutton Poyntz, Weymouth, Dorset, DT3 6RS at £10 + £2 p&p.
Redstart singing
End Hen Harrier persecution
Birding links
- BBRC rares list
- Bird Observatories
- BOU
- British List of Birds
- BTO
- BTO BirdTrack
- BTO new Atlas sign up
- Bubo lists
- Calderdale Birds
- Fair Isle Obs
- Fatbirder
- Interesting calls etc
- Martin Reid's id pages
- Nick Sly's moult guide
- Punkbirder
- RSPB
- S'Albufera Mallorca
- Seabird Group
- State of UK's Birds - reports
- YNU bird info
Blackcap singing
Birding blogs
- Bird North East
- Bitter Bonxie
- Blyth Birder
- Boulmer Birder
- Druridge Pools Blog
- Falklands birding
- George Bristow's Secret Freezer
- Kelling Heath
- Leicester Llama (language sensitivity)
- Loxia fantastica
- Menzie Birding
- NewtonStringer
- North Downs and beyond
- Northumbrian Birder
- Not quite Scilly
- Pittswood Birds
- Quicksilverbirds
- Visible Migration
North Sea birding websites
CURRENT MOON
Weather and tide links
Bird and wildlife photographs
Wildlife campaigns
General wildlife links
Local links (blogs)
Blog Archive
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- Atlas not Glasto
- Headbanger
- Stand Down Robert
- Walter
- Crepuscular activities 3
- Muxtape
- Badseawatcher Pages
- Black Kite
- Japan arrests Greenpeace activists
- Martin (not the BOURC one)
- Test drive
- Adult Long-eared Owl calling
- Fertile Scaling Dam
- Noisy owls
- Crepuscular activity 2
- Mad LRPs, more Rapper and lovely meadow
- Goosey goosey
- Sword dancing ban - petition to save ancient Engli...
- Black-headed Bunting
- Crepuscular activity
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8 comments:
He's looking a bit older than when we last saw him! (but then aren't we all!!)
He had a great if somewhat unsupported gig here in Whitby on Friday. I'll post the song he played where he got the sound man (who he'd never met before but who used to be a session player with a load of bands) to join him. Martin played for well over 2 hours, chatting, ribbing and telling off his audience. He's on great form and if you're able to get up to the Sage on 27th July don't miss the opportunity because live he's just a great performer (and a hugely underrated guitarist). The new album is pretty good - especially the 2nd half and the whole back catalogue is now available again - hurrah! (Yes, even the American recordings and Lilac Tree.) Google - Martin Stephenson - to get his MySpace pages with the current tour dates.
Off to Glasto next week, if you get a minute can you give the line up a once over (especially the lesser known stuff)and offer recommendations as to who not to miss. Cheers, time you came down to the festival and brought the girls!
We were just talking about this yesterday. Think we've decided to go to Musicport again this year, even though it is in Bridlington.
I've always fancied the Latitude Festival - great comedy line-up as well as music. Trouble with Glosto and Latitude - they're in ******* term time.
What dates are Musicport?
17th to 19th October at Bridlington Spa.
The Glastonbury recommendations are on my Badseawatcher pages, click the link near Martin's left knee (in the panel).
Cheers mate, might try to get over for some of it at least, plus some ace October east coast birding of course! Will digest your recommendations for Glasto but as you know I'll not be going anywhere near anything associated with the "D" word unless seriously inebriated.
A friend - who is considerably younger than myself - was musing on the "Will I ever dance again?" theme not so long ago. A worrying thought, never to make a complete ass of myself in public again .... I don't think so.
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