Friday, January 08, 2010

North Bank Sewage Works

This site is often good during cold weather and today held 10 Redshank, 5 Snipe and 3 Green Sandpipers as well as a wintering Chiffchaff and a female Sparrowhawk.

Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita


Snipe Gallinago gallinago


Redshank Tringa totanus


Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus


© Brian Stone Digiscoped with Canon Powershot A640 and Leica APO77x20

Monday, January 04, 2010

Red-crested Pochard at Ferry Meadows

3 males and a female were on the ice-free part of Gunwade Lake.

Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina, males

© Brian Stone Digiscoped with Canon Powershot A640 and Leica APO77x20

Friday, January 01, 2010

Redwing




© Roy Norris
Castor & Ailsworth area