Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th March and opportunities presented themselves to clean up on a few good birds. First of all a trip up to the north of the county for Dipper, Grey Wagtail, Goshawk and Hawfinch. Unfortunately Hawfinch proved difficult and there was no show. Then a trip into Leicestershire, to Rutland Water for a […]
On Sunday 6th March, I spent a pleasurable hour at my nearby National Trust Country Park at Calke Abbey, Ticknall. During the winter there has been plenty of activity at one of the bird feeding stations in the park. Having recently returned from a hectic business trip to Hong Kong, I can’t think of a
Barrie, RichardJ and I had made plans to make our first visit to Norfolk for 2016 this weekend and despite the poor weather forecast for Saturday, we decide to go. Another weekend and more cold grey weather making photography very difficult. At least it remained dry, which gave us a great chance to catch-up with some
Sunday morning and I was up early to meet up with RichardP. We had decided to try and photograph some Brambling and Siskin at a local South Derbyshire country park. We were not disappointed and in glorious sunshine, there was plenty of activity. We had around half a dozen Brambling, including several moulting males. Only
Saturday 13th February, we decided to head off to Hornsea Mere to try and get some pictures of a long staying drake Long-tailed Duck. Hornsea Mere is a large natural lake, covering around 580 acres, with around 300 acres of open water and after searching for four hours, we simply couldn’t find the “Old Squaw”.
On Sunday 7th February 2016, saw a break in some recent atrocious weather. It seems we have had nothing but grey skies, storm after storm and continuous rain for days now. Glyn Richard and I decided to head off into Yorkshire in the hope of seeing a Greenland White-fronted Goose (flavirostris). Before we did, there
Saturday 30th January 2016 and Glyn, Richard and I made a visit to Cleethorpes Country Park in Lincolnshire, to see 2 species of grebe that are scarce winter visitors. To see them both on one small lake was exceptional, especially as they were very confiding individuals. A Red-necked Grebe and two Slavonian Grebe performed very well
Glyn, Richard and myself visited Hartlepool, Teeside on 16th January 2016, to photograph the Juvenile Glaucous Gull that had been frequenting the Marina at Jackson’s Landing. The bird had been showing very well and so it was a good opportunity to see one of these “High Arctic” Gulls at close quarters. One of the first
