Sunday 28 October 2012

Missed the Red Breasted Flycatcher, But

Eddie and I went for Red Breasted Flycatcher that had been seen at Alton Water at 0730am this morning, all we got was WET!! You can't win them all.
After lunch went down the East Lane and on salt water lagoon found a RED BREASTED MERGANSER and a COMMON SCOTER (female).
(Light was very poor !!!)
RED BREASTED MERGANSER

Common Scoter (female)

Saturday 27 October 2012

Winter arrived today

Winter arrived today, but so did the birds.
At East Lane I spotted a Little Auk flying off the sea with a flock of Starlings
and also a flock of 15 Bramblings  flew in from the sea.
At Shingle Street 20+ Waxwings flew in from the sea and flew towards Hollesley
and the Barn Owl appeared at 1700hrs over the fields near Oxley Diary flying back towards Martello.
The only photo's today are yet more Goldcrest, they were everywhere again today.
 
GOLDCREST'S AT SHINGLE STREET
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Friday 26 October 2012

Great Day at Minsmere

Went to Minsmere today on this very cold day, the little birds soon warmed me up!!!
 
First Snow Buntings of this Autumn
 
 
 
 
 
Goldcrest were every where
 
 
 
 
 
This one in North Bushes
 
 
Stonechat in Sluice bushes
 
 
 
A smart looking Wren
 
 
Goldfinch on North wall
 
 
 
 
 

Thursday 25 October 2012

Day at Landguard Reserve

Spent the day at LBO today, when I left they had ringed over 75 birds today.
 
Firecrest
 
 
 
 
Earlier in the Trees
he was very hard to photograph would not sit still.
Then he caught a fly
(then he dropped it!!)
 


(Butter fingers!!!)
 
Brambling
 
 
 


she was ringed also
 
 
Lesser Redpoll on heath
not a great shot but first this autumn for me
 
 
Meadow Pipit
 
 
 
 
Linnet in the compound
 
 
 Eddie Marsh carefully extracting a bird from the nets

 
 
 

Wednesday 24 October 2012

Brambling and Goldcrest

Bramblings at Bawdsey
(poor light and 90 yds away)
 
 
 
 
 
Goldcrests at East Lane