A Blyth’s Pipit was discovered in rough ground on an Industrial Estate near to Pugney’s Country Park, Wakefield, West Yorkshire on 8th December 2014. A most remarkable find of this medium sized pipit from Mongolia and adjacent regions. Blyth’s Pipit is a rare vagrant to Britain with most recent records being from the Isles of […]
Sunday 28th December 2014. A stunning early winter’s morning at one of the local patches close to home. Bright and sunny with superb blue skies, gave some great photographic opportunities. This posting and the attached photographs are dedicated to my dear Auntie Bees, who peacefully passed away late this morning after a short but severe
Despite the snow and pretty awful conditions, we set out for the fens of Cambridgeshire and Norfolk, in the pursuit of some Short-eared Owls. It was a long and careful drive through many untreated roads but we arrived at our Short-eared Owl site near Eldernell around eleven o’clock. We quickly encountered several birds hunting but
Well I’ve splashed out and purchased some new Camera Gear. The following images are the first results, taken with my new Canon Camera and Lens, over weekend of 20th & 21st December 2014. The weather over the weekend was not really conducive to photography, being very grey & cloudy with little in the way of
From the 6th to the 9th of December, Glyn, Richard, Mike and myself spent a few days birding in Southern Poland. Our aim was to photograph some of the Long-eared Owls that roost at several sites around the city of Krakow. Glyn made contact with our local guide, Felix Felger, who made all the arrangements with
14th December 2014 – A quiet weekend after Poland. I spent a few hours doing my local patch at Staunton Harold with the highlights being a large flock of around 40 Redpolls, amongst which I discovered at least 4 Mealies. A couple of drake Goldeneye still around, 5 Little Grebe, 9 Teal, 5 Wigeon and
I woke up this morning, opened the curtains and wondered what that bright light was in the sky. A stunning morning, with the first sight of blue sky and sunshine for well over a week. I decided to spend a few hours at my “Local Patch” at Staunton Harold Reservoir. A few little surprises were in
During the past week there have been many reports of Little Auk along the east coast of England. It has been many years since there has been a a so called “wreck” of Little Auk and I haven’t seen one of these enigmatic birds for many years. As these little Auks from the high Arctic
