Southern Hawker with solitary bee snack

Another Redstart

Ferry Meadows birds

Left to right: Dunnock, Wren, Redstart, three Spotted Flycatchers

Chiffchaff

Redstart and Chiffchaff

Treecreeper

Spotted Flycatcher.
All at Heron Meadows, 10.9.08, all DSLR

Southern Hawker

We were delighted to see this Southern Hawker laying eggs in dead wood around our pond today (Top two Canon PowerShot A640, others DSLR).

Whinchat at Maxey

BT

Barnacle

More Black Tern shots

This time from 3.9.08 (DSLR)

Little Egret

This Little Egret was working its way along the west edge of Lynch Lake, Ferry Meadows, this morning ((3.9.08). When it was flushed by the a couple of the park keepers, it flew off, revealing that it had a rather dodgy, dangling leg. (DSLR)

Black Tern

One of five BTs at Ferry Meadows over the last couple of days, this blotchy adult was just outside the Watersports Cafe with Common Terns and Black-headed Gulls (2.9.08; DSLR)

Wheatears

Digiscoped at Maxey Pits, Cambs, 30.8.08

Turnstone nibbling a crab

This juvenile was scoffing this dead crab as the tide came in at Hunstanton, Norfolk, today (28.8.08). Digiscoped

Maxey chats

Whinchat (juvenile)

Wheatear

Both digiscoped, 25.8.08

Shag

Shag, Gunwade Lake, Ferry Meadows, 19.8.08 (DSLR)

Marsh

Juvenile Mediterranean Gull

Maxey Pits, 9.8.08

Double bill

Thanks to the skills of persistent local birdfinders Matt Webb and Brian Stone (respectively), I was able to tick Spoonbill at Ferry Meadows (5.8.08) and Crossbill at Southey Woods (6.8.08) for my PBC year list this week. This 'double bill' has brought my local year list to 180 – only the third time I have reached this total (the others being in 2003 and 2006) – and it's still only the first half of August!

Watch out, Steve Dudley, Brian and I are after your PBC year list record of 185 species!

ps for pics of the Spoonbill and Crossbills, see here or here or here

Young Wheatear at Maxey

Snow Goose at Maxey

Marble

Chalk