A trip out to Oare Marshes in Kent for the Bonaparte’s Gull, presumably a returning bird as I have seen one there before. Lots of birds at this nice bird reserve in the Thames Estuary.
Black Tailed Godwits
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Chobham Common
An evening trip out to Chobham Common in Surrey to look for Nightjar. One or two were seen as well as a nice sunset. An interesting place, dissected by the M3 and not far off the flightpath to Heathrow Airport but good for wildlife.
Melodious Warbler
20/6/2015 Near Henley on Arden, Warwickshire. Often obscured but continuously singing in the rain.
Marsh warbler & Red Necked Phalarope
A trip to Norfolk today for the Marsh Warbler at Narborough which showed well. On the way back stopped off at Welney WWT for a Red Necked Phalarope.
Marsh Warbler
Red Necked Phalarope
** MEGA ** Hudsonian Whimbrel
23/10/2015 I had the afternoon off work to go to Pagham Harbour to see the Hudsonian Whimbrel that was found there the day before. I arrived there about 2 pm and was told the bird had flown across the harbour five minutes before. After a long wait I decided to go to Selsey to get something to eat. I got some chicken and chips and parked overlooking the sea. A soon as I started to eat I thought I had better check my pager in case there was any news, it had just been seen again at 7.40pm, so I immediately drove back and managed to see it in flight almost as soon as I arrived back on site. It was seen flying around harrassed by a gull and then rather distantly feeding on an island in the middle of the harbour. Then it was back to the car for some cold chicken and the journey home. Unfortunately I did not manage to get any pictures of the bird but here are some pictures of the harbour and the sea from the shingle ridge.
Honey Buzzard & Greater Yellowlegs
After a four hour wait best ever views of a Honey Buzzard. Goshawks were also seen frequently whilst waiting. I then went to Titchfield Haven to see the Greater Yellowlegs which has been there for a while.
Honey Buzzard
Goshawk
Greater Yellowlegs
Avocet chick
York and The National Railway Museum
A great weekend trip to York to see Danny. We saw a bird of prey display in a park, hired out a boat, went to some good pubs and finished with an Indian meal. Sunday morning we popped into the National Railway Museum.
Blacktoft Sands RSPB
Stopped off at Blacktoft Sands on the way to York to see Danny. The star birds here at the moment are a pair of Montagu’s Harrier which I was hoping to see. After a wait of about an hour and a quarter I spotted the pair over the reedbed although quite distant. They stayed on view for 10 minutes or more. The male was seen to mob a Marsh Harrier on a number of occasions. There were a lot of Marsh Harriers and Tree Sparrows around the reserve.
Montagu’s Harrier
Fox
Tree Sparrow
New Forest
A day out in the New Forest yesterday. I had hoped to see a Honey Buzzard but when I arrived at Acres Down the two people there had seen one displaying and overhead about 10 minutes before my arrival at 9am. There were frequent sightings of Goshawk during the next 3 hours but no further sign of any Honey Buzzard. I did manage to see a couple of Wood Warblers and a few Dartford Warblers at other sites.
Wood Warbler
A very rubbish, distant and heavily cropped shot of a Goshawk.
Norfolk
Best birds today in a trip to Norfolk were 12+ Dotterel near Choseley Drying Barns, Temminck’s Stint at Titchwell RSPB and Displaying Stone Curlew at Weeting Heath. Unfortunately they were not the best pictures I took as they were quite distant.
Dotterel
Temminick’s Stint
Stone Curlew
Little Tern
Swifts
Goldfinch
Reed Bunting
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