Kestrel

© Roy Norris
♀ Kestrel at Deeping High Bank.

Wildfowl at Holme Fen NNR

Goosander Mergus merganser


Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis, courting pair



Gadwall Anas strepera, pair

© Brian Stone Digiscoped with Canon Powershot A640 and Leica APO77 x32

Wren - Ferry Meadows

© Roy Norris

Little Egret

© Roy Norris
Observed at Drain Road (4 in total)

Cattle Egret, Fotheringhay

Brian Stone writes: First past my bedroom window in Elton then relocated near Fotheringhay. Golly!

Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis

© Brian Stone Digiscoped with Canon Powershot A640 and Leica APO77 x20



© Mike Weedon

Grey Heron

Peter Beesley

Grey Heron at Ferry Meadows

Red-crested Pochard

Peter Beesley

Red-crested Pochard at Langtoft & Baston Pits

Grey Wagtail

© Roy Norris
Brian's Grey Wagtail strikes again!!

Grey Heron

Peter Beesley

Grey Heron at Ferry Meadows

Goosander - Deeping High Bank

© Roy Norris
Poor light shots of a Goosander today North of the Water Tower

Stonechat Collage

© Roy Norris
Various points along Deeping High Bank today.

Recent Gulls

1st-winter Caspian Gull (with deformed bill), 10th Feb


Juvenile Glaucous Gull (the small, paler bird), 10th Feb


argentatus Herring Gull with retained juvenile plumage, 10th Feb


Adult Herring Gull with aberrant primary pattern and colouration, 11th Feb

Black-necked Grebe at Orton Brick Pit, 10.2.08

© Mike Weedon
Contrast between morning and evening light...
This bird was found a few weeks back by Dave Bradley

Iceland Gull at Dogsthorpe Tip, 9.2.08

© Mike Weedon
Perhaps the fourth first-winter Iceland Gull in the area this winter.

Little Grebe - Ferry Meadows

© Roy Norris
Dabchick observed today on small river East of Ham Bridge.

Grey Partridges at Newborough Fen

© Mike Weedon
Photographed on 3.2.08.

Little Owl

A very shy Little Owl at Deeping High Bank

Red-breasted Mergansers

Pair of Mergansers on the Welland,Deeping side of the Water Tower opposite Hide's Farm

Glaucous Gull, Tanholt Pits

This adult Glaucous Gull is the third (or fourth/fifth) to be recorded this winter in the PBC area - an excellent total. A very small individual (presumably a female), this bird was initially though to be an Iceland Gull but structure, bulk and short primary projection lean towards Glaucous. This bird is not much larger than a Herring Gull, and initially fooled the observer...

Barn Owl at Crowland

© Will Bowell

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Orton Brick Pit

Red Crested Pochards

Eugene

Brambling

© Roy Norris
♀ Brambling observed today in Rice Wood, Helpston area.