© Roy Norris
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Monday, March 17, 2008
Monday, March 10, 2008
Two members of the Thrush Family
Robin
Female BlackbirdPeter Beesley
Both taken in a Peterborough Garden
Friday, March 07, 2008
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
Monday, March 03, 2008
Black-tailed Godwits, Nene Washes
These birds were in one of a few flocks rising from the washes yesterday (viewed from Throney Dyke), on 2.3.08. I have put coloured spots on each godwit (grouped in 50s), and reckon there are about 3,000 birds visible in this flock. Add together another couple of flocks, and I think you could comfortably reach 5,000...
Sunday, March 02, 2008
Reed Bunting, Elton
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
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
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
Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis, courting pair
Gadwall Anas strepera, pair
© Brian Stone Digiscoped with Canon Powershot A640 and Leica APO77 x32
Monday, February 25, 2008
Saturday, February 23, 2008
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
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
© Brian Stone Digiscoped with Canon Powershot A640 and Leica APO77 x20
© Mike Weedon
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Goosander - Deeping High Bank
© Roy Norris
Poor light shots of a Goosander today North of the Water Tower
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Monday, February 11, 2008
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
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
Monday, February 04, 2008
Sunday, February 03, 2008
Red-breasted Mergansers
Pair of Mergansers on the Welland,Deeping side of the Water Tower opposite Hide's Farm
Saturday, February 02, 2008
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...
Friday, February 01, 2008
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