With the prospects of a mild night on the 12th October, this presented an ideal opportunity to put the moth trap on. With lots of migrant moths being discovered in Southern England, the South West & Isles of Scilly, I chanced a good moth. You can imagine my excitement when I checked the trap at […]
An American Black Tern – Chlidonias surinamensis, had been frequenting Covenham Reservoir for some time and having just got back from Shetland and the bird still around, it was worth the trip to this reservoir in Lincolnshire. American Black Tern looks very similar to our Black Tern with the exception of some very subtle plumage
We set off for Aberdeen on 23rd September in anticipation of seeing the Sandhill Crane that had been discovered at St. Combs, Aberdeen. We managed to see the Crane along with a few Lapland Buntings before we caught the Ferry to Lerwick, Shetland. My second Sandhill Crane in the UK. (Photo1- Sandhill Crane –
For the past few days now the UK has been battered by the remnants of the USA Hurricane Katrina. Inevitably numerous seabirds have arrived on inland waters. One of the pick of the crop is a juvenile Sabine’s Gull that arrived at Belvide Reservoir in Staffordshire several days ago and still present this weekend. An
My wife & I spent last week in Dorset. One of our favourite holiday locations is the area of Studland & Swanage. The tail end of Hurricane Katria began to affect the coastal area on the 5th September and there were several hundred Mediterranean Gulls in the Studland Bay area. Also 3
It really is hard work birding in South Derbyshire. I take my hat off to the group of locals that do Willington day in & day out. Having said this, it wasn’t too bad this morning. We had a fly through Little Stint, the juvenile Spotted Redshank still present; 5 Greenshank; 3 Green
The prolonged drought has given rise to Incredibly low levels of water at Carsington Reservoir. The above photo should show the public sailing club with water up to the grass on the left handside!! Not much about bird wise, best bird of note was a drake Red-Crested Pochard. At Willington Gravel Pits, the
The traditional visit, to a superb Chalkland Hillside reserve, brings the butterfly year to a close. Aston Rowant is simply superb, despite the M40! We had good numbers of Silver-spotted Skipper, these little jewels were darting about everywhere even though the weather was not perfect. Also good numbers of Chalkhill Blue and surprise of the
