Saturday 5th August 2017 and the morning was spent at the Wykeham Forest Raptor Viewpoint, in Yorkshire. Several Honey Buzzard and Goshawk had been on view during recent days and we were not disappointed. We visited this site a few weeks ago and had brief and distant views of Honey Buzzard. On Saturday, the weather […]
A trap at Kings Newton on 26th-27th July produced a Eulamprotes atrella, which maybe a new micro moth for Derbyshire. In addition a variety of Macro moths including Dusky Thorn, Pebble Prominent, Knot Grass, Sallow Kitten, Maple Pug, Angle Shades, Magpie Moth and Drinker. Also Puss Moth caterpillars were coming along nicely. Eulamprotes atrella – Kings
A 1st summer Sabine’s Gull had been frequenting the gravel pit complex at Nosterfield Quarry, in North Yorkshire, for nearly three weeks. It seems that early summer is becoming a regular time of the year to connect with one of these tri-coloured wanderers. After last years full summer adults in Alaska, then a 1st summer,
A few hours were spent this am at Willington Gravel Pits, in the hope of year ticking a “Gropper”, I missed them again. Still singing apparently, but not to me. Reed Warbler and Common Tern seem to be doing OK here and a family party of Raven flew over. Other wise fairly quiet apart from
A rather belated BLOG Post, due to the length of time it has taken me to process my images from a recent trip to Iceland. First discovered around the middle of June 2017, a total of 7 Bee-eaters were found at a small quarry near East Leake in Nottinghamshire. Remarkably and so very soon after
A colour ringed Elegant Tern was discovered in the tern colony at Church Norton, West Sussex on the 10th June, staying until at least the 18th June, when I saw it. It was first discovered at Hayling Island on the 7th June. The bird was identified as BIrd C, one that had been colour ringed
A few more images to follow from my recent 4 day birding trip to Iceland in June 2017. The landscapes were stunning especially during the first 2 days when we had beautiful sunshine and blue skies. Many of the mountain tops were in full view. With 24 hours of day light, photography is best early
When Glyn and Richard asked me if I would like to join them on a short break to Iceland, during the 11th – 16th June 2017, I couldn’t resist the chance to visit this fascinating island and to see the special birds that can be found there in late spring. We flew from Manchester to
