Thursday, February 19, 2015

Monday, February 09, 2015

Nuthatch and Great Tit

Two Scaup at Tallington, Lincs

The probably first-winter drake Scaup was found a couple of weeks ago by Josh Jones, who said to me at the time he wasn't sure if it was alone. Yesterday, I confirmed there was another present (what looks like a first-winter female to me). Initially, they seemed unaware of each other, each hanging out with its own group of Tufties; but eventually they started hanging out together, as here.

Monday, January 26, 2015

Three owls

Short-eared Owl, Eldernell, Cambridgeshire
Barn Owl, Eldernell, Cambridgeshire
Little Owl, Crowland, Lincolnshire

Friday, January 09, 2015

Tuesday, January 06, 2015

My favourite photos of 2014

January: Great Northern Diver, Maxey Pits, Cambs
January: Great Northern Diver wing-flap composite, Maxey Pits, Cambs
February: Kingfisher, Ferry Meadows CP, Cambs
February: Treecreeper singing, Ferry Meadows CP, Cambs
March: Corn Bunting, Blackbush, Cambs
April: Little Tern, Ferry Meadows CP, Cambs
April: Spotted Crake, King's Dyke NR, Cambs
May: Turtle Dove, Langtoft, Lincs
May: Wheatear, March Farmers, Cambs
June: Brilliant Emerald, Ashdown Forest, Sussex
June: Penduline Tit, Neusiedl Am See, Austria
July: Red-legged Partridge family, Baston, Lincs
July: Juvenile Cuckoo, Maxey Pits, Cambs August: Gannets, Bempton Cliffs RSPB, East Yorks
August: Wood Sandpiper, Titchwell Marsh RSPB, Norfolk
September: Little Egret, Frampton Marsh RSPB, Lincs
September: Weasel, Frampton Marsh RSPB, Lincs
October: Juvenile Marsh Harrier, Woodwalton Fen NNR, Cambs
October: Steppe Grey Shrike, Burnham Norton, Norfolk
November: Starlings, King's Dyke NR, Cambs
November: Wigeon, Ferry Meadows CP, Cambs
Devember: Stonechat, Ferry Meadows CP, Cambs
December: Redwing, Maxey, Cambs