9/8/2014 A day trip to Isle of Wight to see the Bee-Eaters that are breeding near Niton. Unfortunately I did not get any good photos as they were always quite distant. I saw 3 adults but there are apparently 4 adults present with an unknown number of young in the nest.
A trip out to Minsmere RSPB to see a Collared Pratincole. We also went to Southwold, Blythburgh and Harwich.
A very proud day for us when Danny graduated from Hull University with a Degree of Bachelor of Science with Honours First Class in Computer Science. The graduation ceremony was at Hull Town Hall.
It is always great to visit the Farne Islands to see the thousands of breeding seabirds.
Arctic Terns
Sandwich Tern
Guillemot
Puffin
Roseate Tern
Shag
I failed to see this bird last year, so I decided to try again. I booked Friday off work and had an early start for the 300 mile journey to Seahouses where you get the boat to Inner Farne. We had an hour on Inner Farne. There was no sign of the Bridled Tern until the hour was up and our boat was about to return. The Bridled Tern then flew in and landed on the rocks quite distantly. It was lucky that I saw it on Friday as it was not seen on Saturday when we spent over 4 hours on a boat offshore. We were not allowed to get out on Inner Farne on the Saturday as bad rain storm over night had caused a lot of damage to the breeding birds resulting in heavy losses of chicks.
White-shouldered House Moth
Common Emerald
Riband Wave
Old Lady
Least Carpet
I visited this reserve near Clophill, Bedfordshire for the first time today. I saw a Little Owl, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel and Cuckoo as well as a variety of other species. Definately worth further visits.
Little Owl
Buzzard
Sedge Warbler
Banded Demoiselle
Scoparia ambigualis
Light Brown Apple Moth
Common Marbled Carpet
Broad-barred White
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