Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe, female
Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava flavissima
© Brian Stone Digiscoped with Canon Powershot A640 and Leica APO77 x32
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Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Monday, April 28, 2008
Wheatear at RSPB Central Drove
Digiscoped in windy conditions; that's my excuse anyway! It's good to see so many of these birds this year.
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Whimbrels at Maxey pits, 27.4.08
© Mike Weedon
Four of seven birds that rested and preened in the morning before flying out at 7.30am.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Dotterel, Blackbush
This beauty was with 3 Golden Plover on a cracking pea field at the south end. This is the same field that has attracted them in the past and should attract more in the coming weeks.
Dotterel Charadrius morinellus
© Brian Stone Digiscoped with Canon Powershot A640 and Leica APO77 x20
Dotterel Charadrius morinellus
© Brian Stone Digiscoped with Canon Powershot A640 and Leica APO77 x20
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
It's those terns again
More Arctic Tern action.
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
© Brian Stone Digiscoped with Canon Powershot A640 and Leica APO77 x20
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
© Brian Stone Digiscoped with Canon Powershot A640 and Leica APO77 x20
Sedge Warbler, Orton BP
Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
© Brian Stone Digiscoped with Canon Powershot A640 and Leica APO77 x20
© Brian Stone Digiscoped with Canon Powershot A640 and Leica APO77 x20
Monday, April 21, 2008
Arctic Tern at Ferry Meadows, 21.4.08
© Mike Weedon© Will Bowell
Single bird on Gunwade Lake, where there were also plenty of Common Terns.
Note the very short legs, the deep-red (not black-tipped) bill, 'clean'-looking pale wings, with neat black trailing edge on underwing, and the tail streamers projecting beyond wings.
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Single bird on Gunwade Lake, where there were also plenty of Common Terns.
Note the very short legs, the deep-red (not black-tipped) bill, 'clean'-looking pale wings, with neat black trailing edge on underwing, and the tail streamers projecting beyond wings.
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Sunday, April 20, 2008
Little Gulls at Maxey GP
© Will Bowell
The top photo is of a group of five which briefly settled on the pits mid-morning, whilst the bottom two photos are of one of the four which were present briefly in the late afternoon. All in all, Maxey had a good day with 4 Bar-tailed Godwits, 1 Greenshank and Whimbrel moving in and out during the day.
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The top photo is of a group of five which briefly settled on the pits mid-morning, whilst the bottom two photos are of one of the four which were present briefly in the late afternoon. All in all, Maxey had a good day with 4 Bar-tailed Godwits, 1 Greenshank and Whimbrel moving in and out during the day.
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Common Scoters at Deeping Highbank
© Will Bowell
© Mike Weedon
See also this video:
© Mike Weedon
This morning's conditions produced many a good bird in the Deepings area, including these fabulous Scoters, which were still present at dusk. A rather rare bird in the area- especially away from Ferry Meadows where most records seem to come from!
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© Mike Weedon
See also this video:
© Mike Weedon
This morning's conditions produced many a good bird in the Deepings area, including these fabulous Scoters, which were still present at dusk. A rather rare bird in the area- especially away from Ferry Meadows where most records seem to come from!
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Friday, April 18, 2008
Ring Ouzels, Folksworth
© Josh Jones
A case of third time lucky for the photographer, which was rewarded in the finding of a second bird. The newer bird is slightly duller than the original, so is probably a second-calender year male. The original bird can be recognised by limited white flecking on the nape.
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Redstart, Nene Park 17.4.08
© Mike Weedon
This glorious spring male lingered for a second day, and indeed was still present on 18.4.08
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Thursday, April 17, 2008
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Redstart, Ferry Meadows
Monday, April 14, 2008
Common Crane at Eldernell
© Will Bowell
This individual has been hanging around the Nene Washes this weekend and showed very well this morning at Eldernell.
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This individual has been hanging around the Nene Washes this weekend and showed very well this morning at Eldernell.
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Thursday, April 10, 2008
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
Thursday, April 03, 2008
Reed Bunting, Nene Washes
Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
© Brian Stone. Digiscoped with Canon Powershot A640 and Leica APO77 x20
© Brian Stone. Digiscoped with Canon Powershot A640 and Leica APO77 x20
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
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