A big flock of Jackdaws that contained several contenders for Nordic types, one really stood out with an almost white collar, accompanied by another bird in the video that lacked any obvious collar but had a very pale … Continued
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Nordic Jackdaw, Lincs 16 Feb.
Black Brant, Ongar Hill: 13 Feb.
Stopped off to have a look/sound record what was about at this excellent site just west of King’s Lynn, found one of these lurking in the flock of Dark-bellied Brent Geese in the channel. Also Merlin and a male Hen … Continued
Xmas Stint ID competition
Here are some photos of Stints taken at Sippighat on South Andaman in November, in the overlap zone between wintering Little Stint and wintering Rufous-necked Stint. At the time I assumed they were the latter on range, but subsequently I … Continued
Western and Eastern
Right, firstly, pics of my latest trip – the Birdquest tour of Southern India and Sri Lanka with extension to the Andaman Islands – can be found here: http://shortwing.co.uk/gallery/south-india-and-the-andaman-islands/ Today I braved the cold and went to see the long-staying … Continued
OK OK I know I have been a bit slack, but….
OK OK so the juicy reports and pics of Andamans, South India and Sri Lanka may take a little time, meanwhile, here are some pics from the arctic extremes of Lincolnshire – a long way from the equatorial rain … Continued
Back on the VP
BIRD SURVEYS IN EASTERN ENGLAND After something of a drought for a few months, a bit of survey work popped up. Fair weather and south-easterly winds made for some nice outings, and all the usual suspects were recorded; Lapwings, Golden Plovers, Peregrine, Merlin, … Continued
Dirty drizzly twitching
DAURIAN SHRIKE, HORSEY GAP 25th October Stiff south-easterlies hitting a band of drizzly rain, surely there had to be some new arrivals along the coast. Apparently not, so a bit of dirty twitching for a Daurian Shrike at Horsey was … Continued
A good day to be out
Birding was busy today along the coast between Winterton and Sea Palling, between 8am and 3pm, in light south-easterlies after a day of rain. First thing, Fieldfares and Redwings were trickling in, the sea was calm and Thrushes and Blackbirds … Continued
Grus canadensis – on my British List!
Twitching Sandhill Crane Having spent Sunday afternoon ignoring the news about this (as I lay in the sun on the beach) we left Norwich at 5am and made our way to Boyton in Suffolk. … Continued
No birds, move along…
Despite motivated searching, the gorgeous weather put paid to any serious bird finding, in fact not one passerine migrant was seen in several hours spent around Covehithe. Waiting for the rain now..