Sunday 10th March, another bad decision day. News breaks of a Citril Finch in Norfolk. Here we go again!! Few phone calls made and consensus of opinion amongst the ranks, was long journey, (late in the morning when the news broke) and as bird was very elusive, at the time and at Holkham Dunes (vast area), it would be absolute mayhem. So I continued to try and photograph Common Whitethroat & Sedge Warbler at my local patch. Common Whitethroat – Above three images – Staunton Harold, Derbyshire – Tony Davison© Sedge Warbler – Above three images – Staunton Harold, Derbyshire […]

A great deal of Saturday the 2nd of May 2015 was spent at Whisby Nature Park in Lincolnshire, with the elusive Nightingale. This local nature reserve has become famous in recent years for one of our best songsters. Izaak Walton, a famous English writer, wrote about the song of the Nightingale – “breathes such sweet lowd music out of her littel instrumentall throat that it might make mankind to think miracles are not ceased”. How true. During the day we had at least 5 singing birds and two showed reasonably well. Also numerous warblers in song including several Lesser Whitethroat. […]