My wife and I have recently returned from a second visit to Fuertaventura, one of the Canary Islands. We first visited the island last year (2022), and I had a very successful day, bird-watching around the Tindaya Plain and various other locations. Managing to see virtually all of the local speciality species, with the exception […]
Just goes to show if you keep watching your local patch, birds will turn up. This morning I wasn’t expecting to find a smart drake Common Scoter at Staunton Harold Reservoir. Another nice find though, along with a flyover Curlew, calling as it headed northwards. I also noted a few ducks had arrived, so maybe
Another trip to Attenborough this morning paid off. I managed to get a few shots of the Pallas’s Warbler which I’m fairly happy with. The bird spent all morning in the hedgerow at the west side of the sailing pit, and by the railway line. It was very difficult trying to pick it up amongst
Some amazing news came out on the birding network on Thursday 23rd February, that a Pallas’s Warbler had been discovered at the Nottinghamshire Attenborough Reserve. It was favouring hedgerows, gardens and the Bushes in the Hotel grounds along Barton Lane. An amazing find, especially this far inland, and at this time of the year. Also
We spent our Christmas in North Norfolk, such a wonderful place to be at this time of the year. A relaxing few days away and my luck was in, as there were one or two good birds still around to top up the year list. A Hume’s Warbler, at Brancaster, put on a good showing.
13th December – I decide to pay a visit to my local Pond in the hope of some photographs of the wildfowl that gather there during mid-winter. I was surprised to see a decent flock of Redwings had invaded one of the large Yew Trees, and were busy stripping it of berries, along with a
A female Ring-necked Duck was found on a small pool close to Loughborough, Leicestershire. Only a few miles from home so worth a visit, especially as most inland Ring-necked Ducks seem to be drakes. It was the first time I had visited Dishley Pool.
PART THREE – TRELEW, PORTO TOMBO & PENINSULAR VALDES – 30th October – 1st November The final part of our trip covered The Lagoons and Salt Lakes around Trelew, Porto Tombo, the Patagonian Steppe and finally Peninsula Valdes. We encountered a pod of hunting Orcas at Peninsula Valdes, probably a once in a lifetime experience.
