Gone Fishing

Gadwall brood

 

Not seen this brood before but it it likely they have orginated from the Gadsey Brook workings north of the river- seen here on Ouse at Willington.  The pan-shot was nice but flawed by two of the birds slightly angled away from me.

Bittern & Mallard have brood!

York NRM is hosting all six extant A4 pacifics this week including two shipped for the celebration, one each from US and Canada. A once in a lifetime event for those who like steam locomotives.

Life after Death

Why do Spotted Flycatchers love churchyards?  I rarely see them anywhere else these days.

New Jersey again

a selection of birds and other wildlife seen around the confines of my hotel in Princeton NJ.  Shame I missed migration but plenty of things to see all the same.

Farm Birds

Dusky Maiden

Female Dusky Thrush - Margate cemetery, Kent.  A great day out!

Yorks Gos

Highlight of a couple of days birding in Yorkshire was this obliging Goshawk.

Chance Encounter

A complete chance encounter whilst driving to Dereham on Monday to have my camera fixed at Norfolk Camera.
I'd stopped by the roadside to take a call and immediately saw two birds moving in an area of game strip, only for one to settle down as likely to be at the nest.  A quick fumble with the digiscope and V1 bagged me a distant record shot at a location I'd probably never find again if I tried! 
Schedule 1 breeding birds aren't things I try and find but in this case, the birds found me!

Distant Digispoon

testing the limitations of my new Nikon V1 connected to my Leica scope - Biggleswade's resident, and my first county Spoonbill at approx 100m

Spring at last

Selection of birds at Dunwich Heath on Saturday and Willington on Sunday.