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Through the looking glass
... or window.Failed raid by the Sparrowhawk this afternoon...ISO1250, 700mm handheld.
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The boy is back in town
Been a while....On the left hand pic look closer and you'll see...
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Nice day for it
Headed north west this morning for some raptor viewing - 2 - 3 Goshawk were appreciated - with one closer than the others. Popped into Capheaton - one lone Whooper Swan with the Mutes on a distinctly...
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Potterings mid day - no sign of the Iceland gull at QEII, a smart great created grebe though. Cresswell - a hastily retreating LRP and no northern pool dowitcher as a lady with no field craft but a...
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Unexpected
Digital zoom on an iPhone isn't the best...Female black redstart wasn't expected in the garden on Sunday - and by the time I'd grabbed the first recording device, the iPhone, she'd flown across the...
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Spring Ice
The Iceland Gull remains at QEII, and was perhaps more apt given the cold conditions today. Otherwise, new birds for the year included Blackcap, House Martin, Swift (including an aberrant bird at DBCP...
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Flat...
A week away with work saw me cavorting around Derwent Water - so bonus birds in the form of Osprey, Tawny Owl, Tree Pipit, Common Sandpiper and Redstart were appreciated.Today I ventured north to...
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Drop outs
Druridge provided the entertainment with a great white egret, little egrets, ruff and these two drop in glossy ibis, while the beach at Cresswell was Bonaparte'sless.
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Viewings
Potter out this morning provides further viewings / Great white egret, garganey, little egret, Bonaparte's Gull...
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Wet Weekends
Busy weekend, travelling about the county in search of whatever was available... Red-necked Phalarope, Bonaparte's Gull, Wood Warbler, Pied Flycatcher, Roseate and Little Tern, Lesser Whitethroat ,...
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Dot more apt than Spot
Nice to catch up with a spotty Spotted Sandpiper at Hauxley today. Bit distant for the camera, one for digi-scopers.
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After lasts weeks Spotted Sand, waders continued to feature today in Druridge Bay, with several Little Stint, loads of Ruff, Curlew Sand, Greenshank, Wood Sand etc pottering in front of the optics....
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Perils of birding
Back to Amble late morning on news of a potential county tick - Yellow-legged Gull. Alas no sign, but a catch up with the Caspian - third year in a row for me now. Departed with a slight delay...
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Purple patch
Messed up with Minsmere plans last month, so a bit of luck with a second chance twitch - so sandwiched between a family party and an impending night shift, Lincs was on the agenda for this morning -...
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Thrush rush
iPhone- scopedNice venture to Holy Island on a sunny Sunday - after a week of work prevented any catch up with goodies, dividends in the form of a full UK tick - Thrush Nightingale. Great views upon...
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A 'Centor of attention...
The problem with digital photography is that you can just snap away - until the amount of images to review / edit becomes an unfavourable task... more images here later...
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From Dusk till...
"Made do" with a Dusky Warbler at Tynemouth this morning, albeit in heavy rain - no images, so some more from yesterday... the bizarre "influx" continues, with another, yet another closer to...
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Once bittern
Tales of the unexpected continue, with nightshift and tides preventing the opportunity to head to Holy Island for the UKs' 5th Siberian Accentor (!) and Isabelline Shrike, a Brucie-bonus in the form of...
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