The RSPB reserve at Bempton Cliffs on the Yorkshire coast is a real sea bird city. However, by late July, Early August the majority of the auks (Puffins, Razorbills and Guillemots) have left their colonies, leaving just Gannets, Kittiwakes and a few Fulmars behind. This year has seen a new visitor to the sea bird […]
An American Elegant Tern was discovered at the tern colony at Cemlyn Bay, Anglesey during early July 2021. I had seen Elegant Tern before, at Church Norton, Pagham Harbour, West Sussex, back in June 2017. Views were very distant and brief, as the bird kept disappearing into thick vegetation. However, this bird was much more
A few photos of local birds around Staunton Harold and Willington Gravel Pits. Common Sandpiper; Common Tern; female Mallard & Duckling; Great White Egret & Little Egret; Reed Warbler; Common Sandpiper; Common Tern; Grey Heron & Little Egret.
“At length did cross an albatross, Through the fog it came; As if had been a Christian soul, We hailed it in God’s name” (16) A few words from the Ancient Mariner kind of summed up the experience of seeing a Black-browed Albatross sweeping across the cliffs at RSPB Bempton Cliffs in Yorkshire on
On the 6th June some stunning flowers at Staunton Harold – Ragged Robin; Southern Marsh-orchid; Common Spotted Orchid; Bush Vetch, Lesser Stitchwort and Common Vetch. Bird wise in recent days been very quiet. A Red Kite flew over the reservoir on 11th June and there was an obvious westerly movement of Common Swift with 40
A Great Reed Warbler was discovered singing at a Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust Reserve, near Besthorpe. The bird was faithful to a small reed bed that could be viewed from a public footpath running alongside it. It was discovered on the 30th May, so I decided I had better go and see it. I’ve seen 9
Spent the last couple of mornings photographing a few of the common flowers around the local meadows and one not so common orchid at a site near to where I live. I’ve been using my Canon 100-400m lens with my new Canon R5 mirrorless camera. This combination allows me to obtain my photographs without having
We decided to spend a few days away in North Norfolk, basing ourselves at Blakeney. The first three days were pretty dreadful, with heavy rain on and off and a very cold North Westerly wind. These conditions made photography and birding extremely difficult. Fortunately there were a few birds hanging on from the previous week
