Sunday 16 December 2012

Dungeness

A fairly quick visit to Dungeness this morning. Started at the RSPB Reserve, where we saw a couple of female Goosander, female Smew (2), a single male and five female Goldeneye, Goldcrest (1) and at least six Tree Sparrow feeding on the well stocked feeders near the visitors centre.

The weather was warm and bright as we made our way to view the 'New Diggings' pit from the road causeway. Here we quickly connected with the already reported single Black-throated Diver and three Great White Egrets as well as a single Little Egret.

We then drove round the coast road and managed to locate the third-winter Glaucous Gull in among a few Great Black-backed Gulls. Walking up to the coastal shingle from the road, we had a look on the sea over a ten minute period and recorded: Gannet (1), Common Scoter (6), Red-throated Diver (6), Guillemot (8), Razorbill (3) and Kittiwake (3).

To complete our visit, we stopped in on the ARC pit where we found another Great White Egret and saw a further three female Smew and a single Marsh Harrier.

Smew
Great White Egret



Monday 12 November 2012

Medway Estuary

Try as we might, both Brenda and I are truly struggling to find time to get out much at the moment. We both had work to do this Sunday, but after all the horrid weather yesterday, we ensured that we managed a couple of hours close to home looking at birds of the Medway Estuary from Motney Hill. I've visited this site many times over the years; but still find myself being amazed at both the numbers and diversity of birds present despite the hoards of dog walkers, cyclists and ramblers!

View along the creek

Little Egret

Little Egret

Little Egret

Black-headed Gull

Black-headed Gull

Teal

Pintail

Saturday 20 October 2012

Seasalter

An afternoon stroll out from Seasalter to see the Red-breasted Goose.

Red-breasted Goose

Red-breasted Goose


Grey Plover


Saturday 26 May 2012

Stodmarsh & Oare Marshes


White-winged Black Tern (Stodmarsh)

Avocet (Oare Marshes)
Common Sandpiper (Oare Marshes)

Saturday 5 May 2012

Titchwell & Cley (Norfolk)

Blackcap
Blackcap
Grey Plover
Lapwing
Little Gull

Little Gull

Little Gull

Little Gull
Full Moon

Sunday 15 April 2012

Oare Marshes

Ring Ouzel

Ring Ouzel

Ring Ouzel

Ring Ouzel

Wednesday 11 April 2012

Dungeness Ring-necked Duck [Record Shots]

Ring-necked Duck


Ring-necked Duck


Ring-necked Duck


Ring-necked Duck

Black Redstart

Black Redstart

Black Redstart

Marsh Harrier

Chaffinch

Friday 6 April 2012

Mallorca, Albufereta, Bocquer Valley & Formentor Peninsular

Pied Flycatcher

Serin

Stone Curlews


Stone Curlew

Woodchat Shrike

Woodchat Shrike

Purple Heron

Purple Heron

Booted Eagle

Booted Eagle

Thursday 5 April 2012

Mallorca, S'Albufera & Albufereta

Little Egret

Purple Heron

Greenshank

Purple Swamphen

Spotted Redshank

Sardinian Warbler

Marbled Duck

Black-winged Stilt

Black-headed Gull

Blue-headed Wagtail

Garganey