tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16369617185260860922024-03-16T11:51:51.166-07:00Brian's birding blog"If you get out there you might just see something"
Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07377408779923670293noreply@blogger.comBlogger1338125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636961718526086092.post-61480264306097565242024-03-16T08:30:00.000-07:002024-03-16T08:30:25.516-07:00First Chiffchaffs of the yearTime has really been at a premium of late but I managed a brief walk along the sea wall at Rainham this week where I saw Spoonbill, Sparrowhawk and Marsh Harriers of note and then Thursday I had a quick walk over Sewardstone marsh where I found my first Chiffchaffs of the year and a single Cattle Egret before taking a walk out to the causeway and back at KGV where the only highlight was a drake Smew.<div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSCpc8eA71FgWzJhvVkGG8KqWjFITCXWV0i41DJOd5sJj71UflKiqDZYj7QgY6yZVGtWyxf_rDq9n3duYPyZmJiM3jnqYGuGgUbbvvQ-0h3TnnEVtbpvESoj1bwbzMH2w8dFT8r4WzoPLvbd-0Nu8IzCF9SRqOPp20KS3MB2OcR5Hg6KwGtXuYCZKSK7Mc/s3324/Cattle%20Egret%20KGV.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="3324" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSCpc8eA71FgWzJhvVkGG8KqWjFITCXWV0i41DJOd5sJj71UflKiqDZYj7QgY6yZVGtWyxf_rDq9n3duYPyZmJiM3jnqYGuGgUbbvvQ-0h3TnnEVtbpvESoj1bwbzMH2w8dFT8r4WzoPLvbd-0Nu8IzCF9SRqOPp20KS3MB2OcR5Hg6KwGtXuYCZKSK7Mc/w640-h378/Cattle%20Egret%20KGV.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cattle Egret</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW_Md7w9NmZFY6IyGG5Vj5DglweeW7Ab-pvS0ugR6aTki75CicnrnJ3etkDEnr8npgQzl0TeeMz8oSE96p-ycKo567ZV9Kdazua0mq9hyzACrX706bJvOxVe1fIlUbA5OffcEykgQZeByWmh1vcILeTmfkK0MhOEBuTdjqXGPoQaA2FnrVZ14Vei-AEusf/s2031/Smew.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2031" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW_Md7w9NmZFY6IyGG5Vj5DglweeW7Ab-pvS0ugR6aTki75CicnrnJ3etkDEnr8npgQzl0TeeMz8oSE96p-ycKo567ZV9Kdazua0mq9hyzACrX706bJvOxVe1fIlUbA5OffcEykgQZeByWmh1vcILeTmfkK0MhOEBuTdjqXGPoQaA2FnrVZ14Vei-AEusf/w640-h454/Smew.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Drake Smew with a pair of Goldeneye</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><i>year list now 170</i></div></div>Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07377408779923670293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636961718526086092.post-8423684724985085792024-03-10T03:24:00.000-07:002024-03-10T03:24:15.743-07:00Frampton RSPB<p>I've walked the foreshore at Rainham twice this week as I was collecting my grandson from school close by and on the second walk located a single Water Pipit for my trouble.</p><p>Following on from these short walks I visited Frampton today with Jim in the hope of adding another year tick or two in the limited time I now find for my hobby.</p><p>We arrived at 7.30 and found the Lesser Yellowlegs on the pool by the car park before it flew to the far corner of the marsh. Ruff and Redshank were present along with Pintail and Wigeon. A large herd of Whooper Swan flew over calling before we moved on down the track where we found the Green-winged Teal with surprising ease. Dunlin, Golden Plover, Lapwing, Oystercatchers, Ringed Plover, Avocet, Balckwit etc made up the bulk of the birds on the marsh but we did also find a few Med Gulls whilst searching in vain for Little Gulls to bring about a healthy day list total of 76 species.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5OWOpsOerdVsW9Wh5jmncPLURMp4EyGoRR7UAuas2RixfsnWT1E5zLZRHBTWkZ1fuNyVkxz7wUtPEYnPpvTQbrLSVGRozSGYxCW-jiJx5yLRxB1rUrh9T3KV5kZaVPbhvQSRhLFfgQQTLG8LKmyKmZaH_oMd_7vuk6y9dPP25sq934bZAPeZj-bk2-uig/s4208/Golden%20Plover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2536" data-original-width="4208" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5OWOpsOerdVsW9Wh5jmncPLURMp4EyGoRR7UAuas2RixfsnWT1E5zLZRHBTWkZ1fuNyVkxz7wUtPEYnPpvTQbrLSVGRozSGYxCW-jiJx5yLRxB1rUrh9T3KV5kZaVPbhvQSRhLFfgQQTLG8LKmyKmZaH_oMd_7vuk6y9dPP25sq934bZAPeZj-bk2-uig/w640-h386/Golden%20Plover.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Golden Plover</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiBrRW2PqlpFnLGTkBSCSwMyzqEd0133idHwtlngfcePOhSfcLvGKYUc-Z8-7UAB7WjJYN6EXEAGtMiIqrFCqhPDEYcAn14iuYtzAwMr9GgCl7WXCC-sfL2gOZ40nW2YNHQucYMZAGWQ9-3QuWWFG7J6oyT7Rq6pNhpvrldEIiPCCZ-wtAfB1kPlVbdYzY/s1204/Goldeneye%20b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="808" data-original-width="1204" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiBrRW2PqlpFnLGTkBSCSwMyzqEd0133idHwtlngfcePOhSfcLvGKYUc-Z8-7UAB7WjJYN6EXEAGtMiIqrFCqhPDEYcAn14iuYtzAwMr9GgCl7WXCC-sfL2gOZ40nW2YNHQucYMZAGWQ9-3QuWWFG7J6oyT7Rq6pNhpvrldEIiPCCZ-wtAfB1kPlVbdYzY/w640-h430/Goldeneye%20b.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Goldeneye</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqVsi6LIXAzykRicyCaMT4iiEt3eAYmmnlstvKoRFYVhPoua2OztwtEt__gxEhPuZhc7LzCn4EfambI_lBQZTDdrhgy7yLngo7Bxk3qgafigg71MjTL6Kf2cthZzz3zvjnkmrWERnMgg1Uhd_uJTopBYMSL0TrAxYigeguVzOEOCi0hwEYWOhV8xNNH3Qz/s1946/Lapwing%20d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1330" data-original-width="1946" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqVsi6LIXAzykRicyCaMT4iiEt3eAYmmnlstvKoRFYVhPoua2OztwtEt__gxEhPuZhc7LzCn4EfambI_lBQZTDdrhgy7yLngo7Bxk3qgafigg71MjTL6Kf2cthZzz3zvjnkmrWERnMgg1Uhd_uJTopBYMSL0TrAxYigeguVzOEOCi0hwEYWOhV8xNNH3Qz/w640-h438/Lapwing%20d.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lapwing</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmvB3NoaDnokEIG82G8e1WOrGUof5xm8BuBxqXRZQc1o3TuUy8IOj0sLz0IX6Bq8iJTuXl2CSqjoA3XSynxQ2lZyg3cgopXcFVn1fIrjUCUKqCMZee3Yaqj8WsUJRsuxiBZ0v5rD_CjAhxibetQxxNF8MtGjAmq2vYkc_sw49k2aKPAYSlhvc5uHPG34Q-/s1790/Lesser%20Yellowlegs%20b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1120" data-original-width="1790" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmvB3NoaDnokEIG82G8e1WOrGUof5xm8BuBxqXRZQc1o3TuUy8IOj0sLz0IX6Bq8iJTuXl2CSqjoA3XSynxQ2lZyg3cgopXcFVn1fIrjUCUKqCMZee3Yaqj8WsUJRsuxiBZ0v5rD_CjAhxibetQxxNF8MtGjAmq2vYkc_sw49k2aKPAYSlhvc5uHPG34Q-/w640-h400/Lesser%20Yellowlegs%20b.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lesser Yellowlegs</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcf7wzwgn3Gd_MMUEasw8hX4gMGuf9qLJwVzA6L8G2vWXBr6h3f2SAD9V7O5sj_FcDVAnOXXzC3frHpzR1Lefai-vqhDiDsM1VXrqpRVQZGb0KBU6L61Qy4684SXENOXodiE9C_ZXl6z7JoM4XfMKWG9ggf0EXWYAIJM1nDywK7sKNaxcceF3vYzcPTDM5/s1900/Lesser%20Yellowlegs%20c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1196" data-original-width="1900" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcf7wzwgn3Gd_MMUEasw8hX4gMGuf9qLJwVzA6L8G2vWXBr6h3f2SAD9V7O5sj_FcDVAnOXXzC3frHpzR1Lefai-vqhDiDsM1VXrqpRVQZGb0KBU6L61Qy4684SXENOXodiE9C_ZXl6z7JoM4XfMKWG9ggf0EXWYAIJM1nDywK7sKNaxcceF3vYzcPTDM5/w640-h402/Lesser%20Yellowlegs%20c.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lesser Yellowlegs</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIfh6b45yIb3e4ICBjKvb-Z6uXjWYc4Nw0p2k7uANFoyD7zQ3dKqdRx6ZMQzQZ905GcfOgzRyg48tS3ebwNCxpERm39WSL8lhetinHGQca41idWWI0-WIvH9qGRYD-Q69VGmUsYWbxbJUmdleDOFFquoDFGWaDrG0ohTE7C0mpwFbXklNOrpf29GEJFHQ-/s2424/Lesser%20Yellowlegs%20k.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1668" data-original-width="2424" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIfh6b45yIb3e4ICBjKvb-Z6uXjWYc4Nw0p2k7uANFoyD7zQ3dKqdRx6ZMQzQZ905GcfOgzRyg48tS3ebwNCxpERm39WSL8lhetinHGQca41idWWI0-WIvH9qGRYD-Q69VGmUsYWbxbJUmdleDOFFquoDFGWaDrG0ohTE7C0mpwFbXklNOrpf29GEJFHQ-/w640-h440/Lesser%20Yellowlegs%20k.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lesser Yellowlegs</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8BzhKwyFTP7Og38bCWaCeES5R4BhJjCmYcb1mOPYXlxhhlUiWXMds-vapkq4VeQ9szUMIoDo7W4TB_rap24QtcOYsp6XtYAhvk35D6xi4gKVBZl2SkuErszLNLV7sqlbHxliSSsguQIJ20j0KW7mtWGFKXPKNqyNuGunGmUFPbYr8D1KLiRpM7XjM9eR2/s1878/Ruff%20d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1198" data-original-width="1878" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8BzhKwyFTP7Og38bCWaCeES5R4BhJjCmYcb1mOPYXlxhhlUiWXMds-vapkq4VeQ9szUMIoDo7W4TB_rap24QtcOYsp6XtYAhvk35D6xi4gKVBZl2SkuErszLNLV7sqlbHxliSSsguQIJ20j0KW7mtWGFKXPKNqyNuGunGmUFPbYr8D1KLiRpM7XjM9eR2/w640-h408/Ruff%20d.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ruff</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0JRJV6JCitbM9FVzpmQwW2WifZXzI11Eh5-Lc2QyhvmYxCXAyyC8AhrNwQ3Qpk9GnlL6kMQvqKCgJhxSWIBSeVKhUPl8gjrNZDCfcQm_wrNGLnVDWQy_Mt0O9pArYyKJhO7lccq6ob7fHs9gwqR5lFVUqr61fdRPsJ7dyG3Sbp1ycscj2TfEolm2rnXQ1/s1608/Ruff%20i.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1058" data-original-width="1608" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0JRJV6JCitbM9FVzpmQwW2WifZXzI11Eh5-Lc2QyhvmYxCXAyyC8AhrNwQ3Qpk9GnlL6kMQvqKCgJhxSWIBSeVKhUPl8gjrNZDCfcQm_wrNGLnVDWQy_Mt0O9pArYyKJhO7lccq6ob7fHs9gwqR5lFVUqr61fdRPsJ7dyG3Sbp1ycscj2TfEolm2rnXQ1/w640-h422/Ruff%20i.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ruff</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLxx616IruoSqA5At4H0s051I_aNfv0KvqM-s84o40nf1f2bnCWBEqcWmQVLcuXpg1vVi3eGwJ1uYtu8qcpL3bAPT8ndaGOsjxbXg389h8Rj72g4oX5UhvaQut_ojCWQnrtiK1FF4xYE2z130sy80xnjQUYjIlpfasVjB5m8P3Sa68IjZ0osVtTy72SSF4/s1830/Ruff%20k.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1158" data-original-width="1830" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLxx616IruoSqA5At4H0s051I_aNfv0KvqM-s84o40nf1f2bnCWBEqcWmQVLcuXpg1vVi3eGwJ1uYtu8qcpL3bAPT8ndaGOsjxbXg389h8Rj72g4oX5UhvaQut_ojCWQnrtiK1FF4xYE2z130sy80xnjQUYjIlpfasVjB5m8P3Sa68IjZ0osVtTy72SSF4/w640-h404/Ruff%20k.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ruff</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji-JUi6Bv7hD9JX7oJkCFxE4sYhc-auuTu04T2Qb8rsZuB_QocoFFxrExD-MZuP80L84IHqg3Pvlwg2qBemcuj0asQXAQ1fGmJhjcQYnLWNhFC5X-dDub-brLeIBgIlE7BJsypndQa6HiUQIU6ZMpLragnUWKMupGZ3WUrtFKvVvCIAN6Br3XduE-Fw7hA/s6720/Whoopers%20b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4480" data-original-width="6720" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji-JUi6Bv7hD9JX7oJkCFxE4sYhc-auuTu04T2Qb8rsZuB_QocoFFxrExD-MZuP80L84IHqg3Pvlwg2qBemcuj0asQXAQ1fGmJhjcQYnLWNhFC5X-dDub-brLeIBgIlE7BJsypndQa6HiUQIU6ZMpLragnUWKMupGZ3WUrtFKvVvCIAN6Br3XduE-Fw7hA/w640-h426/Whoopers%20b.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Whooper Swans</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3396" data-original-width="5244" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIqmypuv9cjXhD3pj2o0EYfN3iDDmK5lQDa5iHrvjKfrfsG5V2ezIcbSIB0Z6SPdoSLylz9pmpeisPPRSOuWDbqUXsrioaaF_QvoqC5UZfC7gn0XBVfL238gsShnyuHLaczHXbMCOGW7cXmNhgfTqUrIEL2jfmFLilJGekS-LJK7S2DArt5wGzjCXfqOQi/w640-h414/Wigeon.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Year list now 169 as we await the spring arrivals to nudge the list along further.</p>Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07377408779923670293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636961718526086092.post-6226308045933798162024-03-04T08:37:00.000-08:002024-03-04T08:37:58.139-08:00More Waxwings<p>I returned to the Loughton Waxwings this morning, being only half a mile from home I just had to do it and enjoyed a couple of hours watching these cracking winter visitors and bumped into a few local birders to which is always good.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzXHid0G7qNlrMIvBi-o71zsgk3XqO9_Dc3nRYX-sju3EeftnEeAGAyMq5kxJRMBMVbYc0t5D0W85LtfgaRQSYzYORoNHLkNLnYivuEcFNCMWxx_IlWzg9YBzJuWgCel4yphKvA4AsoSEjtVG30Wbj5WLXOwXZJYAAw6Giu1TO_BUTJoWaoF2j1xfCsws2/s3748/Waxwing%20a4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Waxwings haven't been seen in Loughton or at least haven't been reported as seen since 2013 so when reports came through of some by Roding Valley School on 10th February I took a look but couldn't find them. Again on 24th February "a flock" was reported on Vere Road so again I took a look around with no joy and I was starting to think they could be just mis ID'd Starlings but when a report came out today of 22 by the Wickes store in Loughton less than a mile from home I couldn't help but pop out for a look and this time I did find the birds, 24 of them sat in a tree opposite the junction between Wickes and Toolstation. The birds dropped to feed on some Cotoneaster berries but were spooked by an alarming Blackbird and flew off high over the Wickes building. <div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwh3Y7baFO0u-tw3dTddNZ5YutqweEvFqkKSRsFjAPQXaBLd9GsAvTzh-m6SpeARsumvXUKQYfAmG8YSXdMt9LfJhv9sNGw-DO3aqC0PslBI3S5mVmTARcg4CYToV2bmWeTrFpKba0pxjH2gpTEFNJfyzAA2R3UzuCoiNxYmmiyzFU7kjJ6plApe9FrhR2/s2430/Waxwing%20blue%20ring.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1770" data-original-width="2430" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwh3Y7baFO0u-tw3dTddNZ5YutqweEvFqkKSRsFjAPQXaBLd9GsAvTzh-m6SpeARsumvXUKQYfAmG8YSXdMt9LfJhv9sNGw-DO3aqC0PslBI3S5mVmTARcg4CYToV2bmWeTrFpKba0pxjH2gpTEFNJfyzAA2R3UzuCoiNxYmmiyzFU7kjJ6plApe9FrhR2/w640-h466/Waxwing%20blue%20ring.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7v_MuiXvyvxe5jUajEFKCcUWVlDZ_sZtzd4rM3epJ590M3rqc6zHCuMoPBQabmeWbCwsZilZ1T05qhdsCDZX0iIsSS6O_-dP2ev6gJwurGxvDZw97KN380IVktoAq5d5jHutdmHU8ujbLWops37B8kpeyTWvJXh4OqfORkPa1SCLAb_eK8TjA7KOTfxPu/s2888/waxwing%20loughton.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2888" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7v_MuiXvyvxe5jUajEFKCcUWVlDZ_sZtzd4rM3epJ590M3rqc6zHCuMoPBQabmeWbCwsZilZ1T05qhdsCDZX0iIsSS6O_-dP2ev6gJwurGxvDZw97KN380IVktoAq5d5jHutdmHU8ujbLWops37B8kpeyTWvJXh4OqfORkPa1SCLAb_eK8TjA7KOTfxPu/w640-h454/waxwing%20loughton.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMprE11c9tP-T2TO0U2hUvrPU1oDe3e9rvOq07HQFXmdbySrIogVKu7FWCAtE2adNOQ4o-Z1sP_J9MHx2gHrZ6dQ5cZXPXBMH8nHT_jVIdwH8KfUTbR9FEv07Scc4Um27xFaZNhvC5dQvvP0KCruLTR5cWrRi9tBWN_fwNu7WVgGhkLIKmN605pbQOiz78/s2940/Waxwings%20loughton.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2940" data-original-width="2154" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMprE11c9tP-T2TO0U2hUvrPU1oDe3e9rvOq07HQFXmdbySrIogVKu7FWCAtE2adNOQ4o-Z1sP_J9MHx2gHrZ6dQ5cZXPXBMH8nHT_jVIdwH8KfUTbR9FEv07Scc4Um27xFaZNhvC5dQvvP0KCruLTR5cWrRi9tBWN_fwNu7WVgGhkLIKmN605pbQOiz78/w468-h640/Waxwings%20loughton.jpg" width="468" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Most of the birds reported in Loughton over the years are Waxwing. They account for 28 of the 36 reports on birdguides or almost 80% so we're not exactly on the mega highway here. The other reports for Loughton include possible Night Heron and possible Spoonbill along with Great Egret, Meally Redpoll, Red Kite and Hobby. Interestingly Hobby is now annual over my Loughton garden and Red Kite can now be seen almost daily.</div></div></div><div><br /></div><div>I might have another go if they hang around.</div>Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07377408779923670293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636961718526086092.post-44852893542494738982024-03-03T07:36:00.000-08:002024-03-03T07:36:38.001-08:00Great grey Shrike at Weeting<p>Having not been out birding since 16th February I decided yesterday that despite the horrible weather I'd give the wintering Great grey Shrike at Weeting a go and the Jims decided to join me. We arrived at Weeting late morning and parked up at ride 47 before walking into the forest for around half a mile or so to find the clearing that the Shrike has been favouring. It took a while to find the bird in the distant corner of the cleared triangle but I managed to get the other birders present onto it before leaving to walk the footpath to the east hoping the bird might eventually work its way closer and it did. It remained distant but came close enough for me to lift the camera for a record shot. Two Woodlark flushed from the footpath into the clearing and a Goshawk came up briefly with three Buzzard for company. Marsh Tit and Stonechat the only other birds of any note before the dark clouds delivered a heavy downpour that sent us and the Shrike heading for cover.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOx6twdsojWdT-wS50MXTh10q1SYty30IK_qVkOUjWFcWevZ6T6OrPMxaahzkBE7-CSOjRu7-A3jpjLR83EpSWWjgCUPp35okQ13IJv_ymNxjUyZaXIcuJHaMja4tZ9KZgd2eBPppAi3-JL7pFRcPAdZWmBKERQVn2LhuvZyLX4QAm8fr9da54MWGYDA5B/s5076/Great%20grey%20Shrike%20a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3150" data-original-width="5076" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOx6twdsojWdT-wS50MXTh10q1SYty30IK_qVkOUjWFcWevZ6T6OrPMxaahzkBE7-CSOjRu7-A3jpjLR83EpSWWjgCUPp35okQ13IJv_ymNxjUyZaXIcuJHaMja4tZ9KZgd2eBPppAi3-JL7pFRcPAdZWmBKERQVn2LhuvZyLX4QAm8fr9da54MWGYDA5B/w640-h398/Great%20grey%20Shrike%20a.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjahiYT4kWy2WGNRWn2hKH23Cmg2HZqByctSdz0t7aUsXLACCGBSYCBKKmwOmk2WdKxt76C1jYMTJiEXXaL5ErhYtT7uMJLJBWUIRm_52H1zsgyuPFl1R9zvGurLj3zvCcv3Xfd4ZRR-L1w0TXS3jITlquQIFGTDifwURImgF7ClX0T02F_IA9hqW9c1YJe/s4542/Great%20grey%20Shrike.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3354" data-original-width="4542" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjahiYT4kWy2WGNRWn2hKH23Cmg2HZqByctSdz0t7aUsXLACCGBSYCBKKmwOmk2WdKxt76C1jYMTJiEXXaL5ErhYtT7uMJLJBWUIRm_52H1zsgyuPFl1R9zvGurLj3zvCcv3Xfd4ZRR-L1w0TXS3jITlquQIFGTDifwURImgF7ClX0T02F_IA9hqW9c1YJe/w640-h472/Great%20grey%20Shrike.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>This is my first Great grey Shrike since January 2022 so having not seen one last year at all I was pleased to connect with this bird. They seem to be wintering locally in smaller numbers now which is sad as they're great birds to watch.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>year list now 167</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><br /></p>Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07377408779923670293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636961718526086092.post-45160509287456219202024-02-16T13:07:00.000-08:002024-02-18T08:08:07.072-08:00Black Scoter at HolkhamBlack Scoter isn't a particularly rare vagrant but it's a difficult one to catch up with. The first British record was 1987 in Lothian and there have been dozens since but until 2014 all had been around the Scottish and Welsh coasts save an exhausted bird picked up in Lancashire in 2007. 2014 Saw one found off the coast of Cleveland at Redcar before 2015 saw one found in Northumberland which proved popular returning each year until it's last accepted appearance in August 2022 although sightings continued through 2023.<div><br /></div><div>So my reluctance to travel too far to scan the seas for this bird has held me back until this year when one was found off the coast of Norfolk at Holkham. I travelled up on 29th January but failed to find the bird so with a free day today I arranged to pick Jim up and head up for a second go.</div><div><br /></div><div>We arrived at Holkham for 8am and put £6.50 in the car park machine in return for four hours of leaving my car in the road before walking out towards the gap. The marsh was flooded so we made the decision to stay on the west side of the flood. To get around the flooded channels was quite a walk but we soon had our scopes set up on the beach and starting scanning what looked like three main rafts of Scoter.</div><div><br /></div><div>A couple of Common Scoters got some interest showing good yellow on the bill but were quickly dismissed. We were joined by three other birders and a group of around fifteen sat in the dunes to the east of the gap. Mergansers and Grebes fed in front of the Scoter flocks and we noted Tufted duck, Scaup, Teal, Wigeon and Pochard on the sea before a surprise flock of c50 Eider flew east over the Scoters. A few Velvet Scoters were picked out but we struggled with the target until the sun came out and luckily so did the Black Scoter with its yellow/orange bill shining in the bright light and even visible in flight. The bird appeared a little bulkier in flight than the commons. I managed to get the other guys onto it and we all left happy with the three hours we'd invested into finding it today.</div><div><br /></div><div>Jim still needed Shorelark for a year tick so we walked west for about a mile and Jim found them feeding on the sand to get the year tick before we left to beat the parking time limit.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAUjCiBx5nXnHGTieshQNjk0ejpWmSIdqtfKpti0-1UmtC11ZAIDfRG47bHqvq__0a02L8jIX_QL6bGOwKfl8jTGir6ITBAmgZAkdE9nIyOGm1kJn5wZnCCc2RSklpHZEx5lMAumXCOAS8SyabMGUW54InLKP4WoaQKtDgdzZz1QErprlUHDtjQeYDX8tV/s2892/Sanderling%20g.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1741" data-original-width="2892" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAUjCiBx5nXnHGTieshQNjk0ejpWmSIdqtfKpti0-1UmtC11ZAIDfRG47bHqvq__0a02L8jIX_QL6bGOwKfl8jTGir6ITBAmgZAkdE9nIyOGm1kJn5wZnCCc2RSklpHZEx5lMAumXCOAS8SyabMGUW54InLKP4WoaQKtDgdzZz1QErprlUHDtjQeYDX8tV/w640-h386/Sanderling%20g.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sanderling</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ1lyVYgMIn2hyphenhyphenXzlLjGrkKDoYb2ye8_v-KT-SltKOQcU9lJe4ou85u_paUqC6v8Xr1zWdEp53xx_ElVc9X86XzJqJwVsNmz11-pnLUPDgBmAJOc5dU8c2NFZvbdU71Vch3xb7Mj26rfBo_lwEEb1gn7oibAP7Pwuss1J84RtSTOvtcniJu153yKpyhDym/s2022/Sanderling%20i.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1176" data-original-width="2022" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ1lyVYgMIn2hyphenhyphenXzlLjGrkKDoYb2ye8_v-KT-SltKOQcU9lJe4ou85u_paUqC6v8Xr1zWdEp53xx_ElVc9X86XzJqJwVsNmz11-pnLUPDgBmAJOc5dU8c2NFZvbdU71Vch3xb7Mj26rfBo_lwEEb1gn7oibAP7Pwuss1J84RtSTOvtcniJu153yKpyhDym/w640-h372/Sanderling%20i.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sanderling</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjshB_kS-XSCmvkD5Fqx7Xw7Ear1ILCH11g2qZpJ_rNrMF4DCSiuUEHpc0iOu914AEcmD5lzZsVUnIwDDufgBylkYYjfrD7gcUv-tinmTCGja9RKjQ9fYAD-PLbqfaoaJcmuCLGTbVTPmsIdkKsMrBchHDjaekBBF7Kt1UjdEMFJKMrklFjzWnR8ZjcoPOx/s1816/Sanderling%20j.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1148" data-original-width="1816" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjshB_kS-XSCmvkD5Fqx7Xw7Ear1ILCH11g2qZpJ_rNrMF4DCSiuUEHpc0iOu914AEcmD5lzZsVUnIwDDufgBylkYYjfrD7gcUv-tinmTCGja9RKjQ9fYAD-PLbqfaoaJcmuCLGTbVTPmsIdkKsMrBchHDjaekBBF7Kt1UjdEMFJKMrklFjzWnR8ZjcoPOx/w640-h404/Sanderling%20j.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sanderling</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXC_1fsZWTraO79gSHmeyMFMMAkG4OG_di1Tx8Zn1hN6lRRoohYL2o_2KAYXlh7dMLLqxLeiE7wpC2aMCQJuSgJh_kPEHmaYEmSRpWEamA762xUBIQiOrjAFbuJbv2cdoCuuySeQV2tlvL_Uc-cEv2fE279o3BWoUF6e_XS7XDk2B9OBDVbEbCTiTuweoJ/s1584/Shorelarks%20b.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1158" data-original-width="1584" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXC_1fsZWTraO79gSHmeyMFMMAkG4OG_di1Tx8Zn1hN6lRRoohYL2o_2KAYXlh7dMLLqxLeiE7wpC2aMCQJuSgJh_kPEHmaYEmSRpWEamA762xUBIQiOrjAFbuJbv2cdoCuuySeQV2tlvL_Uc-cEv2fE279o3BWoUF6e_XS7XDk2B9OBDVbEbCTiTuweoJ/w640-h468/Shorelarks%20b.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shorelark</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilPCBBziGaIw2OjofLubBd1ZwKz8P8lv7TrbEHxX-WAECN6nT95tydnui3O3Sdy8V-MTkz-mw8fKyody-u2-s_4VBmcD6psQldNlwQt9xOZ0B-EdaerugAJy9obqaB6t2BwsWwfXR8l4Ns7UpiFrkfZMdGGF8RZMXZwUqtHrHjNQ_9j8LR637s1rFWCP8y/s4656/Shorelarks%20d.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2862" data-original-width="4656" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilPCBBziGaIw2OjofLubBd1ZwKz8P8lv7TrbEHxX-WAECN6nT95tydnui3O3Sdy8V-MTkz-mw8fKyody-u2-s_4VBmcD6psQldNlwQt9xOZ0B-EdaerugAJy9obqaB6t2BwsWwfXR8l4Ns7UpiFrkfZMdGGF8RZMXZwUqtHrHjNQ_9j8LR637s1rFWCP8y/w640-h394/Shorelarks%20d.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shorelark</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Lysf09KrfhaEzyjtu1o7HLgnjbAGh7aTgrk6L3_UpbuSWxoWqCHdNo5VKjrWfykLtdzvTmqMGEnkPobwB9qRxU3FGTCDobaXja4qnJJ-J4HRteF9CKfRi4DdceTev-wDHxbY4BTG_vctngJwAIKX7rBlfK0RuhX2Gbn6DMRXEG69RwzINhG7NMFKPFYV/s1658/Shorelarks%20e.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1176" data-original-width="1658" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Lysf09KrfhaEzyjtu1o7HLgnjbAGh7aTgrk6L3_UpbuSWxoWqCHdNo5VKjrWfykLtdzvTmqMGEnkPobwB9qRxU3FGTCDobaXja4qnJJ-J4HRteF9CKfRi4DdceTev-wDHxbY4BTG_vctngJwAIKX7rBlfK0RuhX2Gbn6DMRXEG69RwzINhG7NMFKPFYV/w640-h454/Shorelarks%20e.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shorelark</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>On the way home we made a stop at Cockley Cley, Lynford and Santon Downham where we added just Woodlark to the year list.</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Black Scoter is my 448th British bird, my 165th this year and my 302nd for Norfolk</i></div><div><i>(Woodlark took the year list to 166)</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>This Scoter would have completed the Scoter set for the British list if they hadn't have just this week added Stejneger's Scoter to the official list so I still have one to find but with my reluctance to travel I think it could be a while before this set is now completed.</i></div>Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07377408779923670293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636961718526086092.post-76911495580333892552024-02-10T13:40:00.000-08:002024-02-10T13:40:21.905-08:00White-billed Diver at Southend pierA quick catch up blog post.<div><br /></div><div>Since my last post at the end of January I've mostly been busy looking after my wife, her father and the grandchildren but I have managed a few hours birding.</div><div><br /></div><div>2nd Feb. </div><div><br /></div><div>I drove solo up to Abberton after visiting my son in Hornchurch hoping to year tick the wintering Canvasback but the Pochard flock was too distant and I couldn't pick out the bird amongst them. I did manage to year tick Caspian Gull when Daryl R pointed out a first winter bird flying in which obliged by dropping into the Coot flock. Goosanders, Red-crested Pochard and a Black-necked Grebe the other highlights.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi97bbpuobXXJ9MmtCDbgriNBbYbZDChCmHh3EXPXFG4-_V2mA4_R78FGQbm-JsT9Qy8LMW84RFv5MQvuZDTyU0nc_bUrFkaZaOrNmwXzpOMspzh4ggwdmkSq5FFnJ-UgCqbn4TUfut0ZSEGKCobveJQCV6pAUZepsYU5tmKEl4bmTcLawHSSwS0dsT9FtL/s1755/Goosander%206.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1755" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi97bbpuobXXJ9MmtCDbgriNBbYbZDChCmHh3EXPXFG4-_V2mA4_R78FGQbm-JsT9Qy8LMW84RFv5MQvuZDTyU0nc_bUrFkaZaOrNmwXzpOMspzh4ggwdmkSq5FFnJ-UgCqbn4TUfut0ZSEGKCobveJQCV6pAUZepsYU5tmKEl4bmTcLawHSSwS0dsT9FtL/w548-h640/Goosander%206.jpg" width="548" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Goosander</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRP3ErPpBYYTokx_-lmg54qdZNHYFCLbUXjWySyvDosejEvXfbwOXklUh8AmI1QoBY3ZaAUcoJ6sZ2e9cotPQlfQ8jQouv11ipwJsHCocVKns0HOxAfOdzlFHnObFk-7n9184dCI_C1w3FKqKpgVTg7H1vP8gqnZ8KIcQxWLE7-49FnVd6d2A84fVdlG0J/s1570/Goosander%208.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="970" data-original-width="1570" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRP3ErPpBYYTokx_-lmg54qdZNHYFCLbUXjWySyvDosejEvXfbwOXklUh8AmI1QoBY3ZaAUcoJ6sZ2e9cotPQlfQ8jQouv11ipwJsHCocVKns0HOxAfOdzlFHnObFk-7n9184dCI_C1w3FKqKpgVTg7H1vP8gqnZ8KIcQxWLE7-49FnVd6d2A84fVdlG0J/w640-h396/Goosander%208.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Goosander</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlWQdWETO4Qn1muieVpu8jF6psHZo3ixXDuidrqQnCbNIoQVB23AqYljz5umnkiK_mrMq53nrBb2CfRGTNftBqe9ZSN_bmV6FZxoqQZN4y0jAKpvFhK4F3YEXbhDFAaLo1EWz83G4yt3U7xqPEijOsXrA3AliYx845WI8XEt4d7xEz0kDYbPjHi7KQwUuC/s2694/Goosander%20%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1713" data-original-width="2694" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlWQdWETO4Qn1muieVpu8jF6psHZo3ixXDuidrqQnCbNIoQVB23AqYljz5umnkiK_mrMq53nrBb2CfRGTNftBqe9ZSN_bmV6FZxoqQZN4y0jAKpvFhK4F3YEXbhDFAaLo1EWz83G4yt3U7xqPEijOsXrA3AliYx845WI8XEt4d7xEz0kDYbPjHi7KQwUuC/w640-h406/Goosander%20%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Goosander</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG7ZkOSUZtxZL0UOMpAUbSkswaH2y8zZeaJA9mL6omAjW6geacZq-ncAgEEzH2-B9uFq0294tcUrRVzPAi-uSjE2ZkRxbw0x0RMdhW_TZIm16PhE4zD_cpi0UnJ2Ju1rjC6nO8aEz298HP0m4MXLQbB_C7My9e7nD1Vpw9f9dJJUFHdpwrhzRM-vuaw22i/s1168/Goosanders%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1168" data-original-width="1006" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG7ZkOSUZtxZL0UOMpAUbSkswaH2y8zZeaJA9mL6omAjW6geacZq-ncAgEEzH2-B9uFq0294tcUrRVzPAi-uSjE2ZkRxbw0x0RMdhW_TZIm16PhE4zD_cpi0UnJ2Ju1rjC6nO8aEz298HP0m4MXLQbB_C7My9e7nD1Vpw9f9dJJUFHdpwrhzRM-vuaw22i/w552-h640/Goosanders%202.jpg" width="552" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Goosander</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibMFp6_e2-iOtlUDBliCngiSAs_nIf8eWXYdG-qoo47gTV4QE80Ry0FcircEqBVroS15fsShLrsMXdVlpWi6kIZ1CgRQ1jVuCHKf61LyaiGMegK3Jd6PWTMaFC5oMvvn9XK5tld-FReNtO19tHPRrRhbjHnp4zRp0duKkUmPlGKvpTh9T3aUqW34LD7QNj/s1752/Pied%20Wag.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1752" data-original-width="1458" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibMFp6_e2-iOtlUDBliCngiSAs_nIf8eWXYdG-qoo47gTV4QE80Ry0FcircEqBVroS15fsShLrsMXdVlpWi6kIZ1CgRQ1jVuCHKf61LyaiGMegK3Jd6PWTMaFC5oMvvn9XK5tld-FReNtO19tHPRrRhbjHnp4zRp0duKkUmPlGKvpTh9T3aUqW34LD7QNj/w532-h640/Pied%20Wag.jpg" width="532" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pied Wagtail</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>5th Feb </div><div><br /></div><div>A trip to Abberton again with the Jims to search for Lesser Scaup which we found between Wigborough bay and the screen at Billets farm. These five birds have wintered in Devon and taken the strange route north east via Abberton and doubled the amount of Lesser Scaup I've ever seen having seen five single birds previously. A Raven as we drove up the A12 was unexpected and the big surprise was only one Pochard being seen across the whole reservoir. Smew, Goosander and Goldeneye the best of the rest.</div><div><br /></div><div>8th Feb</div><div><br /></div><div>I had a short window between school drop off and pick up so headed down to Southend again. It was raining and the trains weren't running but regardless I had the free time so I walked out to the pier end with just me and one other non birder on the pier I searched in vain. Red-throated and Gt northern Divers were seen along with Razorbill and Guillemot with the Great-crested Grebes. A single Med Gull and lot's of Turnstone the only other birds of note in a miserable venture.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1UzX9yf1ejHgeie48d1PKp2t4-_N8FIsiQ6fd1vr3v4cAZuZhq7fYrVuYh48zimuswCp0f3QjJMREHpLFVY9JoMbnITT-BCDoo227pl_OPmNHCmnBzc_ujmX5-ofYaL0gvFkOCpd4qj7B4L4ta9GhcWsfIeVOoT9YKq8g_R-_Vms3QQvhmoP_LIvGxk7t/s3084/me%20on%20the%20pier.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3084" data-original-width="1734" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1UzX9yf1ejHgeie48d1PKp2t4-_N8FIsiQ6fd1vr3v4cAZuZhq7fYrVuYh48zimuswCp0f3QjJMREHpLFVY9JoMbnITT-BCDoo227pl_OPmNHCmnBzc_ujmX5-ofYaL0gvFkOCpd4qj7B4L4ta9GhcWsfIeVOoT9YKq8g_R-_Vms3QQvhmoP_LIvGxk7t/w360-h640/me%20on%20the%20pier.jpg" width="360" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A long wet walk down the longest pleasure pier in the world</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhci4nMzGMDSsn7FQKUvUbxMQO4KVgtIi71ZYZhNmQxKOwMjd3cQy-t9vTWb5Eb85Bl2OuLDOq-2Tm4LmDkoJ0DXXDzLiAJvgOyvcorTwbRYjg8_tRe9s-72uR8xXnuwfi0cU1jSP0e41ztm1FGqHKOugrumgvMozs32XkJwjQOt5xwcy4xquFXyadhrGIj/s2116/PIER%20A.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2116" data-original-width="1486" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhci4nMzGMDSsn7FQKUvUbxMQO4KVgtIi71ZYZhNmQxKOwMjd3cQy-t9vTWb5Eb85Bl2OuLDOq-2Tm4LmDkoJ0DXXDzLiAJvgOyvcorTwbRYjg8_tRe9s-72uR8xXnuwfi0cU1jSP0e41ztm1FGqHKOugrumgvMozs32XkJwjQOt5xwcy4xquFXyadhrGIj/w450-h640/PIER%20A.jpg" width="450" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1.33miles of Soouthend Pier</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGG3bbT8DDBbeIbLiiEp_9HJZZ8zwLfsDjc8JynkjI9H4xvXPR-y4bPzxPNa1uLlIpJCk7Lq1UNxFzLVMidbDQk1NvER_NL7BiY2e7YyZn920K6x2JfpmyfxJWhI5bxVqPFjcz5wHjxxNqaa4vEWssOi7RtX9QjQD86B6gJYJ-8OwrQ5Qt1dxJrbv7Y9aU/s1823/PIER.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1823" data-original-width="1125" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGG3bbT8DDBbeIbLiiEp_9HJZZ8zwLfsDjc8JynkjI9H4xvXPR-y4bPzxPNa1uLlIpJCk7Lq1UNxFzLVMidbDQk1NvER_NL7BiY2e7YyZn920K6x2JfpmyfxJWhI5bxVqPFjcz5wHjxxNqaa4vEWssOi7RtX9QjQD86B6gJYJ-8OwrQ5Qt1dxJrbv7Y9aU/w394-h640/PIER.jpg" width="394" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The pier beyond the pleasure park</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>10th Feb</div><div><br /></div><div>Back down to Southend today with Jim and this time we did pick out the White-billed Diver which despite giving great scope views at 50x it didn't come close enough to attract the attention of my camera. Three Gt northern and several Red-throated divers were seen along with a few auks, an Eider and a couple of Shag. Med Gulls were present in good numbers and a roost of well over a hundred Turnstones was good to see. The Diver is the first twitchable record for Essex and brings my modest Essex list to 279.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipLOJ3q827VYyuSTLgGLUpo-G3E2m2wSfV5HIC3Ohhptv0FXC5xQtIuSrAsMohXKw_226EKA-BFDNUQVTTElmRAfrX50QdIepSRDwrkedu_0wnyPJEbtYr8-_ZnvxxZyIQGWsGjBK7CbRGSPTnBPfkwjULINBOr2L3dCjDQVysIFJhkTGXPzfchtgbevwD/s2048/PIER%20B.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipLOJ3q827VYyuSTLgGLUpo-G3E2m2wSfV5HIC3Ohhptv0FXC5xQtIuSrAsMohXKw_226EKA-BFDNUQVTTElmRAfrX50QdIepSRDwrkedu_0wnyPJEbtYr8-_ZnvxxZyIQGWsGjBK7CbRGSPTnBPfkwjULINBOr2L3dCjDQVysIFJhkTGXPzfchtgbevwD/w480-h640/PIER%20B.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The White-billed Diver admirers</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhor2__-J1RZrgodFNcGMPPJro9Jyv8eAe1ycU73TnTq3AWGlN1f4I2KYg6sZk0Rb9Aub2ibHn4w7Ez36-dALliS1CSv1KUOWJkEEKDkRw0L9kTjBP0_ht4E2odu8ieVDt2PcQp3Twwm66MkS57ACGaSpl1VcqEgonmtOhQVkLNpPb-ubStzTmx9Thqz3jz/s2048/PIER%20C.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhor2__-J1RZrgodFNcGMPPJro9Jyv8eAe1ycU73TnTq3AWGlN1f4I2KYg6sZk0Rb9Aub2ibHn4w7Ez36-dALliS1CSv1KUOWJkEEKDkRw0L9kTjBP0_ht4E2odu8ieVDt2PcQp3Twwm66MkS57ACGaSpl1VcqEgonmtOhQVkLNpPb-ubStzTmx9Thqz3jz/w480-h640/PIER%20C.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The end of the pier</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHxutWPG0VXIt6ot-GAbo0T0Lvnd4FLpSB1fgd90LrxIGHRmxHJPf3b6AktjPiGyFISdx7iTnpyPDh29oxrid30AhgQqvwgmCD-CHX29PdKYT5LLTt5YbLSJiZB4dU9ifeyEchiOfNFXRyZWaGID1hEGkPZro52_7rEY_cObFcWAFaTNso2IXWQzDSN7Iy/s2048/PIER%20D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHxutWPG0VXIt6ot-GAbo0T0Lvnd4FLpSB1fgd90LrxIGHRmxHJPf3b6AktjPiGyFISdx7iTnpyPDh29oxrid30AhgQqvwgmCD-CHX29PdKYT5LLTt5YbLSJiZB4dU9ifeyEchiOfNFXRyZWaGID1hEGkPZro52_7rEY_cObFcWAFaTNso2IXWQzDSN7Iy/w480-h640/PIER%20D.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the bird was about half a mile off the end of the pier today.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Year list now 164</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07377408779923670293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636961718526086092.post-20687654923083006342024-01-31T11:40:00.000-08:002024-01-31T11:40:12.521-08:00Five grebes in an hourBetween changing the dressing on my father in laws head, shopping for him, getting his meds and lunch I managed an hour to visit KGV with the Jims. On arrival at north basin we quickly found the Slavonian Grebe close in with a group of Tufted Ducks and then scanned the basin for the Red-necked Grebe which we eventually found in the far north west corner. Lot's of Great-crested and Little Grebes were present as they generally are here making it four species of Grebe which has us thinking could we make it five so we set off to scan the Girling across the road and sure enough there was a Black-necked Grebe amongst a group of Tufted Ducks on the far side along with two Brent Geese which I think is a new bird for me at the local reservoirs.<div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDUCOpcV4vgEa_mgSxQ7lqMGW7ViDWtKm8xwY5Z5ZWVyFl123RDWSfL2H7huUuP96ptEFkTaMy4vQc2PWjdo94vvk0JIU6hNu6sZfKW0O0xdZKG_mOLgXE35VvMAbhoDZQMUY30ta0M2JGpsb9es8janKSgRziCs4XezPRL0MbZme1jnBFex1_NiHT1zgT/s2460/Slav.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1671" data-original-width="2460" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDUCOpcV4vgEa_mgSxQ7lqMGW7ViDWtKm8xwY5Z5ZWVyFl123RDWSfL2H7huUuP96ptEFkTaMy4vQc2PWjdo94vvk0JIU6hNu6sZfKW0O0xdZKG_mOLgXE35VvMAbhoDZQMUY30ta0M2JGpsb9es8janKSgRziCs4XezPRL0MbZme1jnBFex1_NiHT1zgT/w640-h434/Slav.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Slavonian Grebe</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><i>The year list now sits at 160</i></div></div>Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07377408779923670293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636961718526086092.post-28826722669772901852024-01-29T11:48:00.000-08:002024-01-30T11:07:21.316-08:00Dipping the Black Scoter at HolkhamLast year we managed a life tick on Jims birthday with a Cackling Goose in Norfolk so this year we thought we'd try again and set off early in search of the Black Scoter at Holkham.<div><br /></div><div>We arrived at 8am and parked up scanning quickly for the reported Green-winged Teal but couldn't find it in the time allocated although with lot's of Ruff out on the marsh we added our first year tick of the day. As we walked out towards the dunes we realised the high tide was really high and had cut off our route to the dunes although I managed to find a way through wading in the foot deep waters leaving the Jims behind to wait for the tide to retreat which took about half an hour.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Scoter flock/raft was distant but massive with estimates of between five and six thousand birds and being distant in gloomy light we knew something would have to change if we were to find the Black Scoter amongst them. We picked out several Velvet Scoters both in flight and on the water before Jim found two drake Long-tailed ducks for our second year tick of the day. Other ducks seen on the sea were Tufted, Wigeon, Teal, Pintail and Shelduck along with Mergansers and a couple of Red-throated Divers.</div><div><br /></div><div>We scanned for almost three hours with no joy and the car park time expiry was looming so we set off along the beach in search of Shorelark but again the tide made it difficult without wellingtons. I crossed whilst the Jims walked back towards the carpark. As I walked back I saw Shorelark for another year tick and a call to the Jims was met with a reluctance to join me out on the marsh again having just negotiated their return around the marsh. Back at the car park the Jims had found the Green-winged Teal and quickly put me on it for another year tick. (At least until it's lumped in October)</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidE2HyVbkYhxA6JrkfZI4zELXUY_a-UBBVtvUMPdC1Ajh_wFNkXOr0faI84gBSFndEzx2bDN2P3EUdD3RT_hWghWB3r-ECLJzxJTFsB57p22cTcCyMGxc3IU_qSx0E2_69S-jbIVV6Rb19CmQCB_nAruKazJRCuNWpOdq4-TjhDRfM1ecJRH8kYS2iFEog/s1794/GW%20Teal%20a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1122" data-original-width="1794" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidE2HyVbkYhxA6JrkfZI4zELXUY_a-UBBVtvUMPdC1Ajh_wFNkXOr0faI84gBSFndEzx2bDN2P3EUdD3RT_hWghWB3r-ECLJzxJTFsB57p22cTcCyMGxc3IU_qSx0E2_69S-jbIVV6Rb19CmQCB_nAruKazJRCuNWpOdq4-TjhDRfM1ecJRH8kYS2iFEog/w640-h400/GW%20Teal%20a.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFTs_iSWRVVOfn42syqMK3p8PAev00HEimLoGJ_wBeQ1JWUg_5bNC2OhytFUKOI3pWp3Xm1FSCCdZMfKoHzQjeTP3yji4DMVR0Oeh3qaHUbTlMP6_PYoTrjW9d03gPLyMQkqdoCeWCrnbK3R2FBgGHGFKp-vSsfQ8n9Sfgsjp6dv84h3lXsrXAp1fQ654C/s3304/GW%20Teal.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1848" data-original-width="3304" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFTs_iSWRVVOfn42syqMK3p8PAev00HEimLoGJ_wBeQ1JWUg_5bNC2OhytFUKOI3pWp3Xm1FSCCdZMfKoHzQjeTP3yji4DMVR0Oeh3qaHUbTlMP6_PYoTrjW9d03gPLyMQkqdoCeWCrnbK3R2FBgGHGFKp-vSsfQ8n9Sfgsjp6dv84h3lXsrXAp1fQ654C/w640-h358/GW%20Teal.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Green winged Teal in with the European Teal at Holkham</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>We set off to Cley next pulling up at the west bank where we surprisingly and very quickly located the flock of thirty plus Twite and then moved on to Sheringham to search out another year tick with this being a regular location for us to find Purple Sandpiper. We walked along the shore searching the rocks finding just Turnstones for our trouble and again the car park limit had us returning early but one last look out to the rocks from the car park area delivered a single Purple Sandpiper which we all got on before it flew towards the shelter and the rocks beyond.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM7ghxkZk9XQdqzjQZIXCgIB4-1dyihKGHqx7xHGxavIVUr1jk4kpg041fFwngZs6wT2ckqZfJojRyp9wN1ZEYhlVAEtinvXCv9ymh1YvQ25IqxepmJ-eVjZbsWwCtB9xki_4-M1f3t4mmxvVaWELLK3piIl2LZZYUD8Q1V2PSFDSU32qeHk29ambacihJ/s3192/Turnstone%20at%20Sheringham%20a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3192" data-original-width="2454" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM7ghxkZk9XQdqzjQZIXCgIB4-1dyihKGHqx7xHGxavIVUr1jk4kpg041fFwngZs6wT2ckqZfJojRyp9wN1ZEYhlVAEtinvXCv9ymh1YvQ25IqxepmJ-eVjZbsWwCtB9xki_4-M1f3t4mmxvVaWELLK3piIl2LZZYUD8Q1V2PSFDSU32qeHk29ambacihJ/w492-h640/Turnstone%20at%20Sheringham%20a.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirqgFdLVd49wlPZMEkskjPEJq5VNx7Ht2kYwZl3AghPH_2ntOWZqOmKsVwxyIx10Rr7IWr5K94kfOth7u9LecleIBixsPKyiHbtZVHinD9Khpy4smkmZvnRUCDTpoU0wIV81b5fTbfwo3pPuTS2RPWiUae04EZ4MR6LrTUx1uvS1-WZ71jWZw4BG2CNf_l/s4218/Turnstone%20at%20Sheringham.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="4218" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirqgFdLVd49wlPZMEkskjPEJq5VNx7Ht2kYwZl3AghPH_2ntOWZqOmKsVwxyIx10Rr7IWr5K94kfOth7u9LecleIBixsPKyiHbtZVHinD9Khpy4smkmZvnRUCDTpoU0wIV81b5fTbfwo3pPuTS2RPWiUae04EZ4MR6LrTUx1uvS1-WZ71jWZw4BG2CNf_l/w640-h436/Turnstone%20at%20Sheringham.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Turnstone at Sheringham</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>A decent return for our time even it it did fail to deliver the life tick we all wanted today.</div><div>Year list now 159</div><div><br /></div><div>Black Scoter did make one of my lists.......the DIPPED list!</div>Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07377408779923670293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636961718526086092.post-29105481901938921742024-01-26T13:06:00.000-08:002024-01-26T13:06:34.112-08:00In search of an Essex tickI was on full blown grandad duty yesterday when news arrived of the second ever White-billed Diver for Essex. With the first being a fly by and this second one showing well fishing close in to the pier at Southend I knew it would be popular and most of the Essex listers managed to get down yesterday and not only see it but get some gripping images of it. I had more grandad duties planned for today but after some discussion managed to arrange some time off allowing me to try the twitch so picked up the Jims and headed down the A127.<div><br /></div><div>We arrived at Wallasea island at 8am as the pier at Sounthend didn't open until 10.15. In an hour just scannung from the entrance track we had Buzzard, Kestrel, Marsh Harrier, Hen Harrier, Merlin and Short-eared Owl along with Corn Bunting, Skylark, Stonechat, Fielfare and many waders.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUpQ1AU_pBhMGUOfLf09yjpH-ypuxADFTA6Bm6LgPVZEWNJwEQ7Y3T14aT96cKAtxQv4kuUkN0s0uXqNE4cg79nzrj1Gb-pcUzaI93Z8TRpMSbiJjVTDe6SfnWT8WZIFCJdc4-BFBcqkl0UbcMdP0NgX0GgZV6Fqy9TTyY-LJXDxXRJksleCIcCoimG6Q2/s3504/Fieldfare%20b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2312" data-original-width="3504" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUpQ1AU_pBhMGUOfLf09yjpH-ypuxADFTA6Bm6LgPVZEWNJwEQ7Y3T14aT96cKAtxQv4kuUkN0s0uXqNE4cg79nzrj1Gb-pcUzaI93Z8TRpMSbiJjVTDe6SfnWT8WZIFCJdc4-BFBcqkl0UbcMdP0NgX0GgZV6Fqy9TTyY-LJXDxXRJksleCIcCoimG6Q2/w640-h422/Fieldfare%20b.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fieldfare</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju9ORM9nh3xw3nTsabESYb5CaCOtwOmsBgWKTlZVRapZJ-B5AKzoeaGt4dmYbmADWj1P9kn7CJkiVySlQ8FECutkbOf3NNfmGp0N01qovCHn0wcPLv8ZpOAGYPIL46rlBeRnAGJ-mgws8lmaQ71Vgp-1KTCejWPj9GZ6k5wbSWZgebNBn0rMagPgy7XZtE/s2300/Kestrel%20c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2300" data-original-width="1856" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju9ORM9nh3xw3nTsabESYb5CaCOtwOmsBgWKTlZVRapZJ-B5AKzoeaGt4dmYbmADWj1P9kn7CJkiVySlQ8FECutkbOf3NNfmGp0N01qovCHn0wcPLv8ZpOAGYPIL46rlBeRnAGJ-mgws8lmaQ71Vgp-1KTCejWPj9GZ6k5wbSWZgebNBn0rMagPgy7XZtE/w516-h640/Kestrel%20c.jpg" width="516" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kestrel</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFiMF80xY2cRuqCBv4LrV6nY-Gl8PtfCxVb5Wsp5s0qYtTGXJkttOulRtvaMAjU-bXJ_39hZTd3yWf4MIq6oDLm7pbfOlLqw4cUKUhQDilrwkZQblztJ-zoqx1VdztTtPSZXryuFk_ImMX7axx3tBJFPX5zI0Xf9HVudxU2FhiOYzhw3z3I9p5xQtVYh3B/s2658/Kestrel%20f.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1698" data-original-width="2658" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFiMF80xY2cRuqCBv4LrV6nY-Gl8PtfCxVb5Wsp5s0qYtTGXJkttOulRtvaMAjU-bXJ_39hZTd3yWf4MIq6oDLm7pbfOlLqw4cUKUhQDilrwkZQblztJ-zoqx1VdztTtPSZXryuFk_ImMX7axx3tBJFPX5zI0Xf9HVudxU2FhiOYzhw3z3I9p5xQtVYh3B/w640-h408/Kestrel%20f.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4dLRcfz9av3i9WtIuD8PtzexlSkYGpuGjaQS2nsRLlz8CFRuY4qhFu1MRB7I_UmlmjvhFZq6cAMsldwmQGOz3Yrs1YMzk_FONBp2Ujarje_S1Y09JziHa1ok9q5TDhixo137KIKKqPaLgeaWZcuDFLH6lkmde5a1ZVh0mBVDlZqG3hQtmNtBTjQr0Pfke/s3120/Kestrel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2076" data-original-width="3120" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4dLRcfz9av3i9WtIuD8PtzexlSkYGpuGjaQS2nsRLlz8CFRuY4qhFu1MRB7I_UmlmjvhFZq6cAMsldwmQGOz3Yrs1YMzk_FONBp2Ujarje_S1Y09JziHa1ok9q5TDhixo137KIKKqPaLgeaWZcuDFLH6lkmde5a1ZVh0mBVDlZqG3hQtmNtBTjQr0Pfke/w640-h426/Kestrel.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>We then drove to the pier at Southend and parked up outside for the fee of £8.30 for three hours parking.</div><div>After paying we boarded the 10.30 train and headed out to the end of the pier (the pier is 1.25miles long)</div><div>At the pier end we found good numbers of Med Gulls and Turnstones and started to scan the sea along with those gathered, some like us hoping for an Essex tick whilst others wanted the year tick and a few searched for a Life tick. Geoff K, Roy W, Mike o'H, Simon W et al all joined in the scanning and we picked out lot's of distant Red-throated Divers and a couple of Gt-Northern Divers along with Razorbill, Guillemot and Gt-crested Grebes. A close in Gt-northern Diver caused some debate but was quickly correctly Id'd. Common Seals popped up around the pier at times and Roy had both Shag and Long-tailed Duck both of which would have been year ticks if I'd seen them.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVLVEia6ZWO5PNyP-ppTGjLX-vvBljhXJsrUcpnRHa5sJ4NvmVMqW3Pz6_oOz45VjcSwKFUTFc3cONnAvTU1zlwWYTSioADpxqH5dFpi2ru4acFIPMvy8iGajJu0GX-cXQMAGHL9A54eMQ3Vrg_GzVDDc9YDpzhlBZ50zFohR_ayIDf9T5Hpk_byPF2K5G/s1124/Med%20Gull%20da.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1124" data-original-width="878" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVLVEia6ZWO5PNyP-ppTGjLX-vvBljhXJsrUcpnRHa5sJ4NvmVMqW3Pz6_oOz45VjcSwKFUTFc3cONnAvTU1zlwWYTSioADpxqH5dFpi2ru4acFIPMvy8iGajJu0GX-cXQMAGHL9A54eMQ3Vrg_GzVDDc9YDpzhlBZ50zFohR_ayIDf9T5Hpk_byPF2K5G/w500-h640/Med%20Gull%20da.jpg" width="500" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Med Gull</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS53Rr9__wmyXTobOzDN0E8YWuPd3cCSwWzcXDSbta-B-K0ueuUNyBMUwTctlQIDUFVojZvhGtJXIrtXEnIiLukCD7KvhzdxfW6GkPbpouHp2OzGZCGsUs4HG9_WMNlV-MEh07Bdxy6qwds8Dza646_1MCkBl8K9OIT5_VhN-5cCW1L1_ZgNBWa3iQ1uJb/s1852/Med%20Gull%20f.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1136" data-original-width="1852" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS53Rr9__wmyXTobOzDN0E8YWuPd3cCSwWzcXDSbta-B-K0ueuUNyBMUwTctlQIDUFVojZvhGtJXIrtXEnIiLukCD7KvhzdxfW6GkPbpouHp2OzGZCGsUs4HG9_WMNlV-MEh07Bdxy6qwds8Dza646_1MCkBl8K9OIT5_VhN-5cCW1L1_ZgNBWa3iQ1uJb/w640-h392/Med%20Gull%20f.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1OlVltW68NGWBJwUmR-4bWYFWMdGUUPr06O94x-54KsQjH0wtOfZqZ9bpMxnB6IZVhbbQgled2PNoTfx7s7PdYDxTiGrJxwbh9g-qesHwvN71FjF_Gwk6z1uhQJtk2ELf5_aAtvwG9TXinl8un7zb0m6i64wCvysm1Cz6k4jqGG1Ut2hOF6pCEhfQ7xEh/s3684/Med%20Gull%20g.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3684" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1OlVltW68NGWBJwUmR-4bWYFWMdGUUPr06O94x-54KsQjH0wtOfZqZ9bpMxnB6IZVhbbQgled2PNoTfx7s7PdYDxTiGrJxwbh9g-qesHwvN71FjF_Gwk6z1uhQJtk2ELf5_aAtvwG9TXinl8un7zb0m6i64wCvysm1Cz6k4jqGG1Ut2hOF6pCEhfQ7xEh/w526-h640/Med%20Gull%20g.jpg" width="526" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcufAjRJ1ugWk3plLdDJEb9SFwZ-lqrcyHvQG_mb0jXuze8LWtvhxCtbt60URI1AGxo4sfAjFk7ftRrG8KquNqAZvsiyTjCseNKt4L851UlAyx5gddFqqx31AksIvXYk5g4eD8nnuGPtNSbtniUuRKGB-AaIDNgjTMyyCTi-KabNzghc_7MNgzOyZqg6vC/s4624/Med%20Gull%20h.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2848" data-original-width="4624" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcufAjRJ1ugWk3plLdDJEb9SFwZ-lqrcyHvQG_mb0jXuze8LWtvhxCtbt60URI1AGxo4sfAjFk7ftRrG8KquNqAZvsiyTjCseNKt4L851UlAyx5gddFqqx31AksIvXYk5g4eD8nnuGPtNSbtniUuRKGB-AaIDNgjTMyyCTi-KabNzghc_7MNgzOyZqg6vC/w640-h394/Med%20Gull%20h.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ringed in France 2020</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>After our three hours was up we headed back to the car via the train having walked a couple of miles up and down the pier in our search for the target. As we arrived home the bird news services reported that the White-billed Diver was seen close to the pier again at 4.15 today which left us wondering if it was the bird or the Gt-northern that had caused others confusion today. I guess time will tell if the bird is still out in the bay somewhere but I would like another go at it if possible.</div><div><br /></div><div>Just the small matter of changing my father-in-laws wound dressing when I got near home and then a rest before tomorrow chasing the grandchildren around again.</div><div><br /></div><div>Year list now 152</div>Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07377408779923670293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636961718526086092.post-66171724321337252792024-01-20T10:21:00.000-08:002024-01-20T10:21:42.163-08:00Ferruginous duck at Eagle pond Snaresbrook<p>I headed over to take care of my father in law this morning via Eagle pond in Snaresbrook where a Ferruginous duck had been spotted yesterday. On arrival I found four birders and they told me the duck was asleep under the willows overhanging the small island in the western corner but after a while it moved out into the open waters and gave some photographic opportunity. At first it showed little interest in the bread being offered to the Swans as all the other ducks took an interest so did the Fudge duck eventually.</p><p>It had been diving quite a bit and being fully winged and un-ringed looked good but the fact that it came to the bread worried me with regards to it's true wild status. Regardless of it's credentials the bird is a great looking duck and worthy of the time I gave it to capture the images today. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzh6YeyaA3RyAbWI__PlaTwGcnqGcmUQAaG-2PTBeSph7CzVWN1POdcoaqB0wLAhBRm3c8skBJnbheimwZaiyyfUFLO8BzHT3DE88c74LpiRZ6_t626qb0gj6pZ-lqZK_uMuDoR7QFw8Ba655t3EiPEK50LG2CP1skom2fma6kzt5wwdFGriFFqk8Idf6l/s3654/Fudge%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3654" data-original-width="3546" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzh6YeyaA3RyAbWI__PlaTwGcnqGcmUQAaG-2PTBeSph7CzVWN1POdcoaqB0wLAhBRm3c8skBJnbheimwZaiyyfUFLO8BzHT3DE88c74LpiRZ6_t626qb0gj6pZ-lqZK_uMuDoR7QFw8Ba655t3EiPEK50LG2CP1skom2fma6kzt5wwdFGriFFqk8Idf6l/w622-h640/Fudge%201.jpg" width="622" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdx9NyuELrOUH5HiLWA5dWLjRWcCC-ZnWQ4I46LG2bAW5LsKAzLoEeoO2b5TlIH0s2CbnijLJoAf5ZPSP7OX4yU0VWYCOzbv_Yci5tkfEheElod3G15IK24_7rtzfZuOhfcLHPbxy1xEEP3c6Hbj_KRIFK8iHUpph2_VP6N4m0syYx5XLiYt9oAIEFqfZo/s5214/Fudge%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I started the day at Lemsford hoping yesterdays Jack Snipe would put in another appearance but with news that it was flushed by somebody walking in front of the hide I left having given it enough of my valuable free time today. The bird wasn't seen at all today so I guess it was right to move on early and leave this year tick for another day.</p><p>A quick stop at the road from Baldock to Wallington gave us two year ticks with Corn Bunting and Grey Partridge. A Merlin sat in a distant field and a Red Kite sat on the telegraph pole whilst Fieldfares fed in the hedge by the road.</p><p>Our last stop was the park in Watford where we'd previously seen Little Owl. We scanned the birds favoured trees and eventually found it roosting high up hidden in amongst the trees bark. As we watched it was bothered first by a fly then a Squirrel and eventually woke and flew lower down the tree and then lower again before finally chosing its roost branch at eye level. It looked around at the three of us and settled down to sleep. A real treat and an experience I won't forget in a long time.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9zdGsPPjfef6qCXG9GIYmaAA2DH0KbRSyxroE4u4XQ5d_FJiYU1BUUXgO3a-xpyzS55_f2N8De28a8VeXkqiBHJENX6lwokw-pjvmIn7Ek1XF6ZPd049oOfxRAoCU2Yu_uviDIlDrbC5fgNoFkvHQkIYCf1Iz4_sXcUpf0ormyLL2aUOuRgZUHGi-0r5j/s4080/Little%20Owl%205.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2284" data-original-width="4080" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9zdGsPPjfef6qCXG9GIYmaAA2DH0KbRSyxroE4u4XQ5d_FJiYU1BUUXgO3a-xpyzS55_f2N8De28a8VeXkqiBHJENX6lwokw-pjvmIn7Ek1XF6ZPd049oOfxRAoCU2Yu_uviDIlDrbC5fgNoFkvHQkIYCf1Iz4_sXcUpf0ormyLL2aUOuRgZUHGi-0r5j/w640-h358/Little%20Owl%205.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfqIMv6pW9maMrf6GVTHfqti83LGrWn_sWKcdqbsQixvsz6flg1inh684aA7gca3WWUcCcIgY7H3K6jwjuZiSuRkYQzyKmT5xffXlyCzJmjNvVUUXT1C-MKDXd2pcIKA1dhehLnc6mWyfRAQTZzQpBe8J5spOOe9VP7u8F_4r_vPMavDvwePfVO4tCZ1A7/s2556/Little%20Owl%206.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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With a few people already on site but no Hawfinch in the churchyard I headed off alone to the fields beyond the church where I found three Hawfinch with a large flock of Greenfinch and Yellowhammers. As I got the Jims and a couple of other birders to come down the birds flew off but before long I'd found a single bird for them all to enjoy. Later a Bullfinch joined the flock giving great views in the bins. Back in the churchyard I spotted a female Brambling in a small group of Chaffinch and what looked very much like a Goshawk over the distant woods. <div><br /></div><div>We moved on to Lemsford Springs just six miles away but found no keys at the wardens house so waited for about thirty minutes when the warden returned home. He offered to go down to the hide and get a key for us but didn't return but we managed to enter the reserve as a large group returned. In the hide we enjoyed views of at least six Green Sandpiper and four Snipe along with Teal, Grey Wagtail, Siskin and Little Egret. We had hoped for Jack Snipe as the temperature had dropped but couldn't find any in the limited time we had. We dropped a couple of coins in the brown envelope at the wardens house and left for home. </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWAYnHK-Y34t_f0uEjXxxxLAQpO5dhC3UsSMoGZxFn5NF3fo40jV_kYpXiSZMEFK7hQDewZXm7COP7ZsuBuXwe_yjbyE4ThVUiPPWgnT2tTUXAdXWIuym2PIjpaaGDlYjVeF3BWJ7mqbA_ymjnp2IKbN_MyI204Rpak6merAwdHfWS_7Fg7gXjXVE0j2zX/s1920/Green%20Sandpiper%20c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1073" data-original-width="1920" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWAYnHK-Y34t_f0uEjXxxxLAQpO5dhC3UsSMoGZxFn5NF3fo40jV_kYpXiSZMEFK7hQDewZXm7COP7ZsuBuXwe_yjbyE4ThVUiPPWgnT2tTUXAdXWIuym2PIjpaaGDlYjVeF3BWJ7mqbA_ymjnp2IKbN_MyI204Rpak6merAwdHfWS_7Fg7gXjXVE0j2zX/w640-h358/Green%20Sandpiper%20c.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Green Sandpiper</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4jSzRpkS0xBVr7fa4jVjCo0dwz9prf6D03ILvbl-DTn8xcYzFo6K2N8ILD-5oSAsFX7CrbOg0OAmubVQTBrl-DNbe6BA3RsEjU_rUZG6XDsu6j7dEp_IrmEdill9XEL5e5g9l0jOclRAK7NkWb37DHl8NhLrOjIy2IHlVkPB9jYU-wr9B52RJN9oyUoYu/s1714/Green%20Sandpiper.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1136" data-original-width="1714" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4jSzRpkS0xBVr7fa4jVjCo0dwz9prf6D03ILvbl-DTn8xcYzFo6K2N8ILD-5oSAsFX7CrbOg0OAmubVQTBrl-DNbe6BA3RsEjU_rUZG6XDsu6j7dEp_IrmEdill9XEL5e5g9l0jOclRAK7NkWb37DHl8NhLrOjIy2IHlVkPB9jYU-wr9B52RJN9oyUoYu/w640-h424/Green%20Sandpiper.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Green Sandpiper</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIfUb8WXbBs7hxqvhyphenhyphen859r1PIHjVrardwPngXixt_Gltuz_WMhykIV4fHqihmtZJ6HC2IK3oWBK8wTECW3RtqzNjt8xUkK3N7QMaCGulqtt30FWY4WagLZbg6NzlAJDiqzvAsDA_WW-ItK__LKZPW7r7aNd1nmXlLfTb52-sfba3KK98IXrGZw-5xL-4zj/s1938/Little%20Egret%20b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1188" data-original-width="1938" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIfUb8WXbBs7hxqvhyphenhyphen859r1PIHjVrardwPngXixt_Gltuz_WMhykIV4fHqihmtZJ6HC2IK3oWBK8wTECW3RtqzNjt8xUkK3N7QMaCGulqtt30FWY4WagLZbg6NzlAJDiqzvAsDA_WW-ItK__LKZPW7r7aNd1nmXlLfTb52-sfba3KK98IXrGZw-5xL-4zj/w640-h392/Little%20Egret%20b.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Little Egret</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH1CpK5et9hU53p4N38P0zFONopalPK3yQYzO2mT_5312YBYCo-0uqDXslsxN1kXXIjcE40CzJSBUga5b04RlTLCWnuw8OSCBQtmOWx70-BoHFxe_e5PxD34bHqJMSiBSF_BbXNyvyosUUVaBQGoBSwXt74ZIRZyhrv3OvFxL0t_hdQ1rugv7SyAzpeBIT/s1862/Snipe%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1196" data-original-width="1862" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH1CpK5et9hU53p4N38P0zFONopalPK3yQYzO2mT_5312YBYCo-0uqDXslsxN1kXXIjcE40CzJSBUga5b04RlTLCWnuw8OSCBQtmOWx70-BoHFxe_e5PxD34bHqJMSiBSF_BbXNyvyosUUVaBQGoBSwXt74ZIRZyhrv3OvFxL0t_hdQ1rugv7SyAzpeBIT/w640-h412/Snipe%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Snipe</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpAKPJmyjXQy5cFKpkvsz3mfUP5QO392i7Di2mKpokmF9CS9MYqbpmx62FzYNtjOMPFoXR5fqdF9S_Iu8AoT65t9ZkTr9mUgobHce8YZkKHC0udfbQDGjOjZ5CvWAKuKIDHG_ck2UAu0aA9G6_XMiM_RMHsT8mLq5JsxBCfcE7oMPHCk71UFSDxBbD5TJE/s1736/Snipe%2013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1156" data-original-width="1736" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpAKPJmyjXQy5cFKpkvsz3mfUP5QO392i7Di2mKpokmF9CS9MYqbpmx62FzYNtjOMPFoXR5fqdF9S_Iu8AoT65t9ZkTr9mUgobHce8YZkKHC0udfbQDGjOjZ5CvWAKuKIDHG_ck2UAu0aA9G6_XMiM_RMHsT8mLq5JsxBCfcE7oMPHCk71UFSDxBbD5TJE/w640-h426/Snipe%2013.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Snipe</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>On the way home I decided St.Albans was worth a visit as we were so close and as we walked up to the cathedral we saw three birders near the picnic area looking skyward. As we approached it was clear they had the Black Redstart in the tree so I joined them and managed a couple of record shots before walking down to the lake where I had fantastic views of a Kingfisher to wrap up a tremendous morning in Hertfordshire.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidoWEQlK_r2AKV3suy9ohXcUqfHQX6C7_0zumtwa_UVbbQhz17QveUVyklFe5XmroB4OFuMGsl1mUYKSHBHItHRqIWKtPCtCz7MZI5M1R3ZND8-UajmDtzIphrLk2j6rhPZD8q6qIRoxDq09wwl4NCVVCNnuC6C72c3lAYFSz7OrfG-lMku_z9dMbRRZaV/s1906/Black%20Redstart%20b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1150" data-original-width="1906" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidoWEQlK_r2AKV3suy9ohXcUqfHQX6C7_0zumtwa_UVbbQhz17QveUVyklFe5XmroB4OFuMGsl1mUYKSHBHItHRqIWKtPCtCz7MZI5M1R3ZND8-UajmDtzIphrLk2j6rhPZD8q6qIRoxDq09wwl4NCVVCNnuC6C72c3lAYFSz7OrfG-lMku_z9dMbRRZaV/w640-h386/Black%20Redstart%20b.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Black Redstart</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjML7M31ipR6G8WkNlrdE0MYHff0sjI9w43Lh9pLkIJxPnBn8mfEQwiQPwmQ9MLt7CnZ6ijFwvjjXkJSdiis8OUFYbAq-L-fYynZFlyUYVSNWeAjJ29RpeDGq6jUxyP5Q8D3emMbYFo5puGYo5Ihe0NFkRVTdqaJUcpB9q4Q6M-iz4dUjj5RdfirYgh7uCy/s1642/Black%20Redstart.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1136" data-original-width="1642" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjML7M31ipR6G8WkNlrdE0MYHff0sjI9w43Lh9pLkIJxPnBn8mfEQwiQPwmQ9MLt7CnZ6ijFwvjjXkJSdiis8OUFYbAq-L-fYynZFlyUYVSNWeAjJ29RpeDGq6jUxyP5Q8D3emMbYFo5puGYo5Ihe0NFkRVTdqaJUcpB9q4Q6M-iz4dUjj5RdfirYgh7uCy/w640-h442/Black%20Redstart.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Black Redstart</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihKSyQdxdZQ_pwZWksbHar0SdZU-pHu_kUNYSRMdjuJopyTHi2HFmyK6eCYbPndVix3LZpxRv4g8QdsI5PX2UWgUbBumgptFgtMorIzyBBqtOIkL3rGXq9hIQEjQRtPna49FlbLnqDar_4-CR5wxpOx3aRcywV38MYmfAMwI8cx_bTcsg2a5PLHLvkUNr3/s2403/Kingfisher%205.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2403" data-original-width="1782" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihKSyQdxdZQ_pwZWksbHar0SdZU-pHu_kUNYSRMdjuJopyTHi2HFmyK6eCYbPndVix3LZpxRv4g8QdsI5PX2UWgUbBumgptFgtMorIzyBBqtOIkL3rGXq9hIQEjQRtPna49FlbLnqDar_4-CR5wxpOx3aRcywV38MYmfAMwI8cx_bTcsg2a5PLHLvkUNr3/w474-h640/Kingfisher%205.jpg" width="474" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCUpOhpHuxlvVJTAo1yzkde8QpX4M3UNLi2nfXdT9eNVDkiBmZ_X672Z5P78sIZCJRNxXtBK0gXPF7ZxJy4roNXt8ZfTLvOPqWiFfHLNL7vjrtQHsXJqb8EZU0FG0zvKW7uKXVsLurmClUI2y8-TPrZu6USZjstXOHcl8LNK2YVYw1aVPzpKLvsGN7mgRS/s2374/Kingfisher%2016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1494" data-original-width="2374" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCUpOhpHuxlvVJTAo1yzkde8QpX4M3UNLi2nfXdT9eNVDkiBmZ_X672Z5P78sIZCJRNxXtBK0gXPF7ZxJy4roNXt8ZfTLvOPqWiFfHLNL7vjrtQHsXJqb8EZU0FG0zvKW7uKXVsLurmClUI2y8-TPrZu6USZjstXOHcl8LNK2YVYw1aVPzpKLvsGN7mgRS/w640-h402/Kingfisher%2016.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kingfisher</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUoWGKllVVm7hXYhzXF07e6tCT4oR6qIm2TN35Ii_IkkBsatAC2MdDwMaMuRbeFD6OqFu27mkqyDoOxtjFBLo0be8djTvfHDaJpit4CrR9mb16UZu1twPZ8DEp1bHCkpfPwYKyO1C207ruxcaPBraYGaN1y8edN7IBQH3YoMM47C9RGbuRMXmr6L3hvqyb/s1512/Kingfisher%20a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1126" data-original-width="1512" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUoWGKllVVm7hXYhzXF07e6tCT4oR6qIm2TN35Ii_IkkBsatAC2MdDwMaMuRbeFD6OqFu27mkqyDoOxtjFBLo0be8djTvfHDaJpit4CrR9mb16UZu1twPZ8DEp1bHCkpfPwYKyO1C207ruxcaPBraYGaN1y8edN7IBQH3YoMM47C9RGbuRMXmr6L3hvqyb/w640-h476/Kingfisher%20a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kingfisher</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Year list now 146.</div>Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07377408779923670293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636961718526086092.post-73142645127805809782024-01-13T13:05:00.000-08:002024-01-13T13:05:00.241-08:00Dungeness and Oare marsh<p>We headed down the M20 into Kent this morning arriving at Walland marsh first thing where we quickly found the two Tundra Bean Geese that were reported yesterday. They were in the company of a few Mute Swans but as we watched nineteen Bewick's Swans dropped in calling and a Great Egret flew from a nearby ditch. As we explored the marsh we found a large flock of birds feeding on the seed crop and this contained by far the largest flock of Tree Sparrow I've ever encountered feeding with large numbers of Yellowhammer plus Reed Bunting and Linnets. A Merlin flew across the field as did Sparrowhawk and Kestrel. Green woodpecker gave me a year tick whilst Stock Dove and Mistle Thrush moved the Jims closer to my total.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ThZXpXNaIqtJntjwYWySwLqsUAAhOlcAHRAzTGo2KV71w8Zt417u11GhH91aW0pPAtjCD_NKOU1KLEwXG2aAdQ2JO0cjT-Z_Z8a4vapZPPanEmGBW37YnOi7s1ZZHuhvdsxh7elBvNzFHl5ymn4-RXYcdGGZ8dE7wy3aPwAGzOAJOqRVIIQnbSfUcwGe/s3324/Tundra%20Beans.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2384" data-original-width="3324" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ThZXpXNaIqtJntjwYWySwLqsUAAhOlcAHRAzTGo2KV71w8Zt417u11GhH91aW0pPAtjCD_NKOU1KLEwXG2aAdQ2JO0cjT-Z_Z8a4vapZPPanEmGBW37YnOi7s1ZZHuhvdsxh7elBvNzFHl5ymn4-RXYcdGGZ8dE7wy3aPwAGzOAJOqRVIIQnbSfUcwGe/w640-h460/Tundra%20Beans.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tundra Bean Geese and Bewick's Swan</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Our next stop was the farm on the reserve where we enjoyed a few more day ticks before a brief sea watch where Red-throated Divers were moving through in large numbers and we picked up three year ticks with Gannet, Guillemot and Razorbill. A Cattle Egret in the sheep field along Dengemarsh road was a nice find too. Two Peregrines on the pylons by the power station were scoped but we failed to find any Black Redstart.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQUU-mr9Q_MZjqRficX2Jdf3a1jbI3e4KpeQ2qp1pHM-o2dV6OVuyK-JK5-cbss6xbZBLjOHjKejOR4FrJLe57aCggNP6rzpnv_zxEG00dQXhhzU3dgEdCHByvw5_pjCIsyXFmV-0qcH-E5z23d0bosTGuFjOftcRhKZzX7xi8mj150cxXDyblDZl-0D6W/s3116/Cattle%20Egret%206-DeNoiseAI-denoise.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2008" data-original-width="3116" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQUU-mr9Q_MZjqRficX2Jdf3a1jbI3e4KpeQ2qp1pHM-o2dV6OVuyK-JK5-cbss6xbZBLjOHjKejOR4FrJLe57aCggNP6rzpnv_zxEG00dQXhhzU3dgEdCHByvw5_pjCIsyXFmV-0qcH-E5z23d0bosTGuFjOftcRhKZzX7xi8mj150cxXDyblDZl-0D6W/w640-h412/Cattle%20Egret%206-DeNoiseAI-denoise.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cattle Egret</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUqFJdAOdlOnciP8AHPxDGoJanJRyJ3iy2xhRDDtBqpulaAE8jCkwQOKszsJvZbEX0vNszG5Vq2Cg0aV_HoXgcDnYQBzbU-rYmfHXYKiQBzRN9RnMztiKEEWUCFCneG0bPYLn6zh7MR2apZvlS4ryE8a2WYs9F2MKyQroAyDGHnrytAxpssgVntI2gwNR0/s6720/Dungeness.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4480" data-original-width="6720" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUqFJdAOdlOnciP8AHPxDGoJanJRyJ3iy2xhRDDtBqpulaAE8jCkwQOKszsJvZbEX0vNszG5Vq2Cg0aV_HoXgcDnYQBzbU-rYmfHXYKiQBzRN9RnMztiKEEWUCFCneG0bPYLn6zh7MR2apZvlS4ryE8a2WYs9F2MKyQroAyDGHnrytAxpssgVntI2gwNR0/w640-h426/Dungeness.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Bouy at Dunge</td></tr></tbody></table><p>As we headed home we stopped at Oare Marsh where we saw a Spoonbill asleep on the island which was later joined by a second bird. With it being high tide the flood was full of waders mostly Avocet and Blackwits with smaller numbers of Dunlin and Redshank. A Water Rail was feeding on a dead fish close to the first view point and a Kingfisher flew close along the channel a few times. Another Gt Egret was out on the flood and a Bittern flew from east to west flood which I think is my first for Oare marsh. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIoqg7llPNGu6S2pKWYaNiCn5SLScszKXyUlMwkh7rUdQlwyue92HAU8GPSWboKlfWmVn4EYVlVgJFWF0OS3RKyqCMZijkWeor9XK4WBako0BDPD_RSINNwBuc5Z36Exad9d3b7RIj-QlcWgFCe1-hmqDjHh-LdG0BNI_QpkFFsubRlqdLOcSYEuqBNrZq/s2460/Spoonbill%202%20-%20Copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1734" data-original-width="2460" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIoqg7llPNGu6S2pKWYaNiCn5SLScszKXyUlMwkh7rUdQlwyue92HAU8GPSWboKlfWmVn4EYVlVgJFWF0OS3RKyqCMZijkWeor9XK4WBako0BDPD_RSINNwBuc5Z36Exad9d3b7RIj-QlcWgFCe1-hmqDjHh-LdG0BNI_QpkFFsubRlqdLOcSYEuqBNrZq/w640-h452/Spoonbill%202%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spoonbill</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Yxv3jXRKosoG9V8mD4WK5Lfy7wQmyPZfpfrye2pP9WEIQ0jm1KVSlk7PRPN1sj9ayKf1WClJcllZhIlU0VlZKr1yQq_M-S5LiF3c0TrgZtBqVqYuRoaUbgCyYceW-EGUI_DbEXCVA6hNCx6Ky6cR1auwF5XEoSAcKwwq4W9mfTB-POM1wWW0u2dCd-Ee/s2226/Spoonbill%20m%20-%20Copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1443" data-original-width="2226" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Yxv3jXRKosoG9V8mD4WK5Lfy7wQmyPZfpfrye2pP9WEIQ0jm1KVSlk7PRPN1sj9ayKf1WClJcllZhIlU0VlZKr1yQq_M-S5LiF3c0TrgZtBqVqYuRoaUbgCyYceW-EGUI_DbEXCVA6hNCx6Ky6cR1auwF5XEoSAcKwwq4W9mfTB-POM1wWW0u2dCd-Ee/w640-h414/Spoonbill%20m%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spoonbill</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeUasCAdjJKKdiBClPIXktq5Om4Cthj5o3Iw24zCWgRHwOds4YWGBxJAfcWo0REN_gtizXwgEewASrnSBOSQzuwB5UmW0jxf0nutRicDM2mOGW7FM3WeeskSv-f7KbR7vb3TbN5-LyBLKGUHBGb_a1H2UYTgCxzn8byOOAvummOXHmB6u4kARPBfmlpKY2/s2595/Spoonbill%20n-DeNoiseAI-denoise%20-%20Copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1716" data-original-width="2595" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeUasCAdjJKKdiBClPIXktq5Om4Cthj5o3Iw24zCWgRHwOds4YWGBxJAfcWo0REN_gtizXwgEewASrnSBOSQzuwB5UmW0jxf0nutRicDM2mOGW7FM3WeeskSv-f7KbR7vb3TbN5-LyBLKGUHBGb_a1H2UYTgCxzn8byOOAvummOXHmB6u4kARPBfmlpKY2/w640-h424/Spoonbill%20n-DeNoiseAI-denoise%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spoonbill</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigOPkuEGPCGWDdepV5hfTJ6mW4pbbcScqDW0SNfJTFwOWZ4hope-X5-52P7pfltAs9Yy9aRrMb4jkCa1mhDpL-FdaJQ7324IRIEs8C-WWa6pI36rjk-yMjh_jIon6H5_Xj5u7-VbkR8W9wK8g5BENmG3hIzwVprO7XXV0uoDS9Jcvv1mpE0FzOT_B6yWK8/s5802/Turnstone%20-%20Copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3570" data-original-width="5802" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigOPkuEGPCGWDdepV5hfTJ6mW4pbbcScqDW0SNfJTFwOWZ4hope-X5-52P7pfltAs9Yy9aRrMb4jkCa1mhDpL-FdaJQ7324IRIEs8C-WWa6pI36rjk-yMjh_jIon6H5_Xj5u7-VbkR8W9wK8g5BENmG3hIzwVprO7XXV0uoDS9Jcvv1mpE0FzOT_B6yWK8/w640-h394/Turnstone%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Turnstone</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p>The trip list totalled 86 and moved the year list to 142 with 11 new birds today.</p><p><br /></p>Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07377408779923670293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636961718526086092.post-65139934994851609192024-01-11T07:52:00.000-08:002024-01-11T07:52:15.014-08:00Lynford ArboretumI hatched a plan to take the Jims up to Lynford yesterday but woke to find that the pot hole I hit two days earlier had taken a slow impact on my tyres health so it ended up with Dad taking his car and me as a rare passenger on this trip.<div><br /></div><div>At Lynford we found a Treecreeper in trees close to the cafe for our first year tick of the day followed by Marsh Tit from the gate. At the bridge we were surprised to find eleven Crossbill especially as we hadn't seen any for over a year. Marsh Tits visited the feeding station as did our first Nuthatch of the year. There were hundreds of Siskin around but it took a while to pick out a couple of Lesser Redpoll. Goldcrest and Great-spotted Woodpecker provided another two year ticks and a Raven flew over kronking its way across the paddock which on this visit didn't provide any views of the Hawfinch we usually see here in winter. </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuA3eBfmDl_tnic3zbCbKrvL5IgYBw53K46iJaaTGrDjVx266-K3l94xFESOv20-R2nqSVv3Uu0eLVUbGhwHcL4H_Rkwnxw6P0fV89RE-IuqhDwq7gztIpGIMUwaD5uRpEmyUTBSNg4mgGGT5kTErcT2emdMejOysCWhxnUPRHLKTKZthdkrYJtLIUpt66/s3720/Gadwall%20b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2392" data-original-width="3720" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuA3eBfmDl_tnic3zbCbKrvL5IgYBw53K46iJaaTGrDjVx266-K3l94xFESOv20-R2nqSVv3Uu0eLVUbGhwHcL4H_Rkwnxw6P0fV89RE-IuqhDwq7gztIpGIMUwaD5uRpEmyUTBSNg4mgGGT5kTErcT2emdMejOysCWhxnUPRHLKTKZthdkrYJtLIUpt66/w640-h412/Gadwall%20b.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gadwall</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9mFTLZxYPBUkKCWtIbC-CW-Xo4RyZ2OgsSJGhwOJTRTTa-3OrP8FoS5piTL70Hn6w45CRIM4EvS5SS0BuRLVBlbBsQXDU84vZzphWkPOMxqLKITG2c4IuxCc3Cfvc88k2yg9X0kYnRkTI6-2ig45po8r0i_6w_rWT03IhKNJKbCEx0Jr2yWjYCZQGu5CV/s2727/Marsh%20Tit%20e.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1794" data-original-width="2727" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9mFTLZxYPBUkKCWtIbC-CW-Xo4RyZ2OgsSJGhwOJTRTTa-3OrP8FoS5piTL70Hn6w45CRIM4EvS5SS0BuRLVBlbBsQXDU84vZzphWkPOMxqLKITG2c4IuxCc3Cfvc88k2yg9X0kYnRkTI6-2ig45po8r0i_6w_rWT03IhKNJKbCEx0Jr2yWjYCZQGu5CV/w640-h422/Marsh%20Tit%20e.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marsh Tit</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHNlBhfHxUsGHoEKdZCh4VhL_RJ4agJQOpx3t0Kky7zNYDKiYcllYSJiHJD6FLAK1_KeBftu1T3_tQ5oxiwl_tpeaYx0rlOM_WIPfeWRWf3a96YAeKCG38yE2K8gqtFXhsOqbcWNZ9gcFsn6LH4uMQdLFvvxdgi4hCF__Iav7NI33FgErweyuO-VH2-DFj/s1936/Treecreeper.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="1228" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHNlBhfHxUsGHoEKdZCh4VhL_RJ4agJQOpx3t0Kky7zNYDKiYcllYSJiHJD6FLAK1_KeBftu1T3_tQ5oxiwl_tpeaYx0rlOM_WIPfeWRWf3a96YAeKCG38yE2K8gqtFXhsOqbcWNZ9gcFsn6LH4uMQdLFvvxdgi4hCF__Iav7NI33FgErweyuO-VH2-DFj/w406-h640/Treecreeper.jpg" width="406" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Treecreeper</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div>Back at the gate we had our first Brambling of the year and dad year ticked one of the three Yellowhammers present. </div><div><br /></div><div>Despite it being early January we decided the weather may be good enough to bring out a Goshawk or two so headed further up into Norfolk and as we pulled into the layby another birder asked if we wanted to look through his scope which is always a nice welcome. Great views of a perched Gos in the very same tree we had one sitting in last year was great and I even managed another in flight too for good measure.</div><div>A quick stop at Santon Downham gave views of another Lesser Redpoll and a large flock of around fifty or so Brambling to end a very pleasant day in the Brecks.</div><div><br /></div><div>Today tho I was mostly changing the tyre on the car and doing my care duties. Tomorrow I hope to pinch another couple of hours for myself before the care duties take over again for the day.</div><div><br /></div><div>Year list is now 131</div>Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07377408779923670293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636961718526086092.post-46959572099986579042024-01-06T12:45:00.000-08:002024-01-06T12:45:30.441-08:00Day 5 and Day 6<p>Having seen the Waterthrush Thursday whilst Dad was otherwise occupied I volunteered to take him on Friday arriving at first light he gave it a good slog for a couple of hours before the cold and the boredom got the better of him. Jim and I had watched the twitch from a distance to make more room for those that still wanted to see the bird.</p><p>We drove around to Abberton and ticked the Velvet Scoters from the church viewpoint having dipped them in the week. The Canvasback eluded us again but with news of the Waterthrush showing again we rushed Dad back and this time he managed to see the bird and we left for home having enjoyed conversation with many locals including Simon Wood who found the bird in his garden on Wednesday.</p><p>Saturday saw us walk the local reservoir to add a few more year ticks.</p><p>At least 11 Little Grebes were on south Basin with at least three more on the north. A Greater Scaup and Slavonian Grebe were eventually found on South basin and a pair of Peregrine added another year tick. A large flock of Goldfinch included a single Greenfinch for my fifth tick of the day and I picked out a Siskin in the scope for Jim to add that to his total for the year too. Walking back we flushed what looked like a Black Redstart but it flew over the fence and away before we got on it properly.</p><p>Lot's of Redwing and Fieldfare were seen in the paddocks along with a few Song Thrush. A Red Kite flew over and two Foxes hunted along the causeway. The reservoirs held good numbers of Coot and Tufted Duck along with several Goldeneye, Pochard, Wigeon, Mallard and Gadwall. Two Grey Wagtails were the only other birds of note before we left. A quick scan of William Girling reservoir from Mansfield Park gave good scope views of three Great Northern Divers.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5w3vvLW_pRuVlJoipgLmXyEmei1dOP0SKOYddS47jZ_Ym_qO_XVDX1FTEOK72TvmIh4LhbAHZh6UDuNlxvOP6kw4mec-7GYnKRTipz7w3trLNYKySqibIrKtvnrJdSvtQYI84GEcKo6ERvS1QjSj0Vq1Giz-HiF5vM5F0cXO0xE5qr7MWM6QyFrB1FeYg/s1920/william%20girling.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5w3vvLW_pRuVlJoipgLmXyEmei1dOP0SKOYddS47jZ_Ym_qO_XVDX1FTEOK72TvmIh4LhbAHZh6UDuNlxvOP6kw4mec-7GYnKRTipz7w3trLNYKySqibIrKtvnrJdSvtQYI84GEcKo6ERvS1QjSj0Vq1Giz-HiF5vM5F0cXO0xE5qr7MWM6QyFrB1FeYg/w640-h480/william%20girling.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The view from Mansfield park over the Girling</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p>Year list now 122</p>Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07377408779923670293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636961718526086092.post-42580501185947450002024-01-04T12:06:00.000-08:002024-01-13T13:11:37.037-08:00Northern Waterthrush at Heybridge in Essex<p>We got home from Abberton yesterday to find news that Simon Woods had seen and photographed a Northern Waterthrush in his Heybridge garden but that it had vanished within seconds. This news was followed by a second brief sighting at dusk and then the news services kicked into gear and put out a cryptic message saying park at the car park in Heybridge basin and walk. It didn't say where to walk just that the bird had been seen in the garden of a house between the creek and the river which I suppose narrowed it down a bit. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhATYLTgq0qUJi2xwz5-7aS37GQ40OeZdmUuXX_o-jp2A26_gLB8_K6VnCXHman_PoJ2-pjt4FGioRhTWSID8SbUnlcuPBlEnZViN_06rkgjsprWC5bPV16cv6euTIGFEnsv_XMm3Ny8YMSoEjpaNlbqoKx4GUsPZcZzsFXmz0OjQt-hj4QjrPzSXR29Ah/s2172/WATERTHRUSH%20NEWS.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2172" data-original-width="1125" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhATYLTgq0qUJi2xwz5-7aS37GQ40OeZdmUuXX_o-jp2A26_gLB8_K6VnCXHman_PoJ2-pjt4FGioRhTWSID8SbUnlcuPBlEnZViN_06rkgjsprWC5bPV16cv6euTIGFEnsv_XMm3Ny8YMSoEjpaNlbqoKx4GUsPZcZzsFXmz0OjQt-hj4QjrPzSXR29Ah/w332-h640/WATERTHRUSH%20NEWS.png" width="332" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The original vague directions "use car park and walk"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>I decided to head up the A12 for first light on the chance that the news would be clearer this morning should the bird still be there and as I arrived at Layer Breton causeway to search for the Canvasback dipped yesterday Jim told me of the news from Heybridge so before I'd pulled over we were doing a U-turn and heading back to Heybridge. On arrival about twenty other birders had gathered and it now looked likely that we had the right place with news on site that the Waterthrush had shown three times briefly but had flown towards the houses two minutes before our arrival at around 8.30am. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvwmaHMy1m5OON5fhZ6DuDz3XhdKwpMBoT39h70m1wPCOuxbAePw9XzoYdgQs4tp10uzJMZxs6jSfDywtW3CUQAItuUVjP0ULOLcbhu6RD1GsCdvRZQEUkvR5AdebmiEYELeWENTe8kssyaawOE3PcOgt_bvLIWBLjkvFpBGbYeO3MM6M0cWpbLaZwOI8d/s2100/WATERTHRUSH%20PIN.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2100" data-original-width="1125" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvwmaHMy1m5OON5fhZ6DuDz3XhdKwpMBoT39h70m1wPCOuxbAePw9XzoYdgQs4tp10uzJMZxs6jSfDywtW3CUQAItuUVjP0ULOLcbhu6RD1GsCdvRZQEUkvR5AdebmiEYELeWENTe8kssyaawOE3PcOgt_bvLIWBLjkvFpBGbYeO3MM6M0cWpbLaZwOI8d/w342-h640/WATERTHRUSH%20PIN.jpg" width="342" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The pin showing the actual place of the twitch</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>We decided to hold out and after about half an hour the bird flew back in calling before giving a couple of brief views over the next hour or so. After two hours we were starting to think that the presence of the local Sparrowhawk was keeping the Warbler down and then it flew up and sat in a small dead tree for a few minutes before dropping to feed in the creek for a minute or so. The crowd that now numbered a hundred or so was more than satisfied with this appearance and some fine images will surely follow I even managed a few record shots myself.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja7hMoyjc5jhI_RycvWNKzcyR69u0Ty2UU0ncXVr-_La9G2lWNluyXWo3EGb94p-s4SSDoPMBdguK9tEdWNir6hjZLgVGIlnj_bfjD84kuhR6mpzKv8ojttCTZnpbFQBZhJfRTcSUp-oRmNbpZWNeYfog88fttWeWd7s78qD6KcnSPaWrJBWTnon8Z83Rh/s500/Heybridge%20twitch.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="344" data-original-width="500" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja7hMoyjc5jhI_RycvWNKzcyR69u0Ty2UU0ncXVr-_La9G2lWNluyXWo3EGb94p-s4SSDoPMBdguK9tEdWNir6hjZLgVGIlnj_bfjD84kuhR6mpzKv8ojttCTZnpbFQBZhJfRTcSUp-oRmNbpZWNeYfog88fttWeWd7s78qD6KcnSPaWrJBWTnon8Z83Rh/w640-h440/Heybridge%20twitch.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The twitch viewable from Hall Road</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6W0gDWJT4Q-7Q2lL1s2dA8YT4vcahnLBrF_gYp_C64oIso9VM0FqFj0D5T1XQDhuhPxRRgJEkNryj94X_jFFKHcR3UNpprE2IrQbyFWPcRuvMhwGhduGy_cGL5clS1ad3ffnBBuSNoLRwWkl-vuOCHP1sh1Mw_qSo52scn61Wa93k5EsnJNp5HB42OjEg/s1970/Waterthrush.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1196" data-original-width="1970" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6W0gDWJT4Q-7Q2lL1s2dA8YT4vcahnLBrF_gYp_C64oIso9VM0FqFj0D5T1XQDhuhPxRRgJEkNryj94X_jFFKHcR3UNpprE2IrQbyFWPcRuvMhwGhduGy_cGL5clS1ad3ffnBBuSNoLRwWkl-vuOCHP1sh1Mw_qSo52scn61Wa93k5EsnJNp5HB42OjEg/w640-h388/Waterthrush.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>The bird is the eight record for the UK, only the third ever on the mainland and the first ever in Essex. Most records are October which suggests this bird may have been around a few months before yesterdays discovery perhaps moved by the recent weather patterns and heavy rainfall.</p><p>It is a Thrush in name only and is actually a New World Warbler about the size of a Chaffinch. The call is distinctive and helps with an early warning of it's presence and it's tail flicking is also helpful in spotting it. This is a new bird for me and moved the BOU life list to 447 and just three short of this years 450 target.</p><p>It was also a new bird for my Essex list which now stands at 278 and the year list moved to 112 with the addition of Fieldfare and Grey Wagtail along with the Waterthrush.</p><p>What a start to 2024. </p>Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07377408779923670293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636961718526086092.post-76865825024639866312024-01-03T10:25:00.000-08:002024-01-03T10:25:03.789-08:00Day 3 Abberton and ColchesterI had booked the morning off again today so we headed up the A12 to start our day at Abberton on the Layer Breton causeway. A large raft of Pochard were present but we failed to find the Canvasback amongst them. A pair of Smew were found distantly by the reed bed and then two pairs of Red-crested Pochard dropped in for my first new bird of the year.<div><br /></div><div>We drove around to Layer-de-le-Haye causeway and scanned the Pochard there which were rafting behind hundreds of Coot but again failed to pick out the Canvasback. We left pretty confident we hadn't missed it but disappointed not to have seen it today. A Rock pipit was on the causeway and several Goosander gave me a couple more year ticks. Goldeneye and Great crested Grebes made up most of the other birds on the reservoir.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsKE_qyK3Lunigs0yWax1QJUsxG98Jr-odjvvyWJ3taAxQKTXUu-E8sHHMBwsI3b-WsLBFl59mKMlpBj4yuGFtUFy3eJ30h2oFQ39-pxzncfhgXB3xPLNzWqeXk5RJfDF4WP_sxRD7XEJ9h8AhFXYgInD2afpMVrLu9KH1BnA9CElW7zCyhXlDxDtMxIr1/s1804/Goosander%20c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1070" data-original-width="1804" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsKE_qyK3Lunigs0yWax1QJUsxG98Jr-odjvvyWJ3taAxQKTXUu-E8sHHMBwsI3b-WsLBFl59mKMlpBj4yuGFtUFy3eJ30h2oFQ39-pxzncfhgXB3xPLNzWqeXk5RJfDF4WP_sxRD7XEJ9h8AhFXYgInD2afpMVrLu9KH1BnA9CElW7zCyhXlDxDtMxIr1/w640-h380/Goosander%20c.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Goosander</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXSbP1ZqA62XNNz69MlX_JIig8ib6GgBD4gHwJhg4CYAr2cJeons645PePgx4vi6v379lWBNeasvzYgpxAya6CYHuDujGXbEetrxaHZc9rrMkyoDF-9f28dtxGlDLFP7vCHy_7qVZOnED9ybcelCjMZxuXqvYXdlKJKzXspMQfTlRdaFo50IcO-V_2p4FG/s1642/Goosander%20e.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1074" data-original-width="1642" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXSbP1ZqA62XNNz69MlX_JIig8ib6GgBD4gHwJhg4CYAr2cJeons645PePgx4vi6v379lWBNeasvzYgpxAya6CYHuDujGXbEetrxaHZc9rrMkyoDF-9f28dtxGlDLFP7vCHy_7qVZOnED9ybcelCjMZxuXqvYXdlKJKzXspMQfTlRdaFo50IcO-V_2p4FG/w640-h418/Goosander%20e.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Goosander</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-aOOqqmwA9x7MSRAKFiUOB3MrXzeU3iC__Q0nkJ3fmScFM5MfhIQ5lVliCPV16S_2-d9_h1zx7g_6S-BBbuHI4efuP3Fn8-AZUeR4-yPuUHu-3f4H218mE794Va4JMQsnmp6OtYJowgumX8Blms9yjkSBXCvZqVhq4CWu5H47Iq-oc270N3MlaYMwOVvT/s2430/Rock%20Pipit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1581" data-original-width="2430" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-aOOqqmwA9x7MSRAKFiUOB3MrXzeU3iC__Q0nkJ3fmScFM5MfhIQ5lVliCPV16S_2-d9_h1zx7g_6S-BBbuHI4efuP3Fn8-AZUeR4-yPuUHu-3f4H218mE794Va4JMQsnmp6OtYJowgumX8Blms9yjkSBXCvZqVhq4CWu5H47Iq-oc270N3MlaYMwOVvT/w640-h416/Rock%20Pipit.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rock Pipit</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>We left Abberton on news that the Waxwings had been found in Colchester but returned after enjoying watching them for a while. A drive around to Abberton Church and a very muddy wet walk down to the viewing screen where we found Wigeon and Goldeneye making up the numbers but failed to locate the Velvet Scoters despite them being reported as still viewable from the exact place we were standing, nobody else was present so I have no idea who reported them but guess they're there somewhere. The rain picked up so we left for one more drive around the causeways which failed again to locate the Canvasback. A quick drive down Warren Lane delivered two pairs of Mandarin on the silt lagoon at Stanway but we gave up on searching for the reported Glauc due to the access restrictions to the site.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFpGpMmfyjG6ZSGY0RWltHoGnyOQjQCLQKeFIo_tdGKlyCUakdtHsedT5Lnbfebw4ID4EaiUcs7kBYuPUJDwMaNGteYBnYzo3v0VWbQyJvb-XNxjDnRes4ADLpes62IplDPEdNX_YaV6t9O4uxzLyooULnIGlcIDkavG7wtwiIi1ky0Ar32QzswXyHPb-a/s1764/Elvis.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1202" data-original-width="1764" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFpGpMmfyjG6ZSGY0RWltHoGnyOQjQCLQKeFIo_tdGKlyCUakdtHsedT5Lnbfebw4ID4EaiUcs7kBYuPUJDwMaNGteYBnYzo3v0VWbQyJvb-XNxjDnRes4ADLpes62IplDPEdNX_YaV6t9O4uxzLyooULnIGlcIDkavG7wtwiIi1ky0Ar32QzswXyHPb-a/w640-h436/Elvis.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Waxwing</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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From the platform I ticked Canada Goose and a single Barnacle gave me another (wild or not I've stopped worrying with these now).</div><div>Pochard and Great crested Grebe were expected and bagged before I moved onto the Bittern hide where the Bittern showed really well in this mornings rain. Water Rail is almost always present here and just as I was starting to consider a walk around the lake in the rain for Smew it did the right thing and swam across with a couple of drake Goldeneye, a nice year tick for me and a life tick for the lady sharing the hide with me.</div><div><br /></div><div>On the walk back I had three Redwing over and a Jay in the farm fields as I drove out was a nice surprise.</div><div>Back home I ticked House Sparrow in the garden to bring the two day list to 105.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzdPdK8enFYYPB51HXII7CcMNCt6-PNZBiEftWEmMkBEEv0nqn4fU-JrPnTzxMo5eXeZ2eFtIAJAbEtNShWoXVMSXXA9UqlMUPXfPq69lgGGylhI5RFHsBTz2WE45fkLT5ol-lGzIhik2zy6Jz4wTaUEF-DbrlaFP2qTnuhk41LwJpTtfFp1eK5dcMmUMK/s4069/Bittern%2017-DeNoiseAI-denoise.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4069" data-original-width="3236" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzdPdK8enFYYPB51HXII7CcMNCt6-PNZBiEftWEmMkBEEv0nqn4fU-JrPnTzxMo5eXeZ2eFtIAJAbEtNShWoXVMSXXA9UqlMUPXfPq69lgGGylhI5RFHsBTz2WE45fkLT5ol-lGzIhik2zy6Jz4wTaUEF-DbrlaFP2qTnuhk41LwJpTtfFp1eK5dcMmUMK/w508-h640/Bittern%2017-DeNoiseAI-denoise.jpg" width="508" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Robin the first bird soon followed by Song Thrush and then four Barn Owls on the drive up started the day well. A Hunstanton we added Fulmar and Black-headed Gull before arriving at Titchwell were the highlights included a Spotted Redshank and a pair of Mergansers on Tidal Pool before a sea watch gave views of Red-throated Diver, four drake Eider and a group of Common Scoter. At Choseley I added Yellowhammer, Red Kite, Red-legged Partridge and Stock Dove.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicIDjhTE_7aQSrLHs7Eo71rUTHiNbG951tNWhiCyQxTQi5FjhLmLoRk7tSSXxHQj41x0dBlxEi78bSFwA7LVGuZ6MIieavlMm2MvH8sFOlFtX7vzfvQLRKQXuaevMr-zZKxEEP4kNG3jRp0kezRtpiT86C8SiopANf8KAR9OdesZLbBScycB3I2IepURZ4/s2118/Mergansers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1425" data-original-width="2118" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicIDjhTE_7aQSrLHs7Eo71rUTHiNbG951tNWhiCyQxTQi5FjhLmLoRk7tSSXxHQj41x0dBlxEi78bSFwA7LVGuZ6MIieavlMm2MvH8sFOlFtX7vzfvQLRKQXuaevMr-zZKxEEP4kNG3jRp0kezRtpiT86C8SiopANf8KAR9OdesZLbBScycB3I2IepURZ4/w640-h430/Mergansers.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">record shot of the Mergansers on Tidal pool</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>Next stop was Brancaster where we ticked Bar-tailed Godwit to add to the decent wader list from Titchwell and found a Red-throated Diver close in too. We moved on ticking four Cattle Egrets in Burnham Market before stopping at Holkham where we added White-fronted Goose to the days list along with a couple of easier ticks.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr10hvXNKE6HT_R4tLK3b_aeY6IGks6rT2igUzNYv304UEbKHMUMc54qNy9CzoTx6F-7L-tmB36wH62JRlDt_IOrYWz1T0RyG4Awj5eRK865j1PycFt0xTiaqcYqKTP_zSILM7WdGwvtk0nInep2SPVIvxhCTz6bndEy8O7CzodTM3qJD6SCi-1QImayjm/s3444/Cattle%20Egret.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2312" data-original-width="3444" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr10hvXNKE6HT_R4tLK3b_aeY6IGks6rT2igUzNYv304UEbKHMUMc54qNy9CzoTx6F-7L-tmB36wH62JRlDt_IOrYWz1T0RyG4Awj5eRK865j1PycFt0xTiaqcYqKTP_zSILM7WdGwvtk0nInep2SPVIvxhCTz6bndEy8O7CzodTM3qJD6SCi-1QImayjm/w640-h430/Cattle%20Egret.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cattle Egret at Burnham Market</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>A stop at the Red Lion in Stiffkey allowed views of the Glossy Ibis before we moved on to Cley to find the Red-breasted Goose showing well from beach road and picked up a bonus Stonechat. On the way back down the A149 we stopped to scope the Black-throated Diver on the pool as we approached Kings Lynn.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3hSllof0wAoeDTGJCCZjQNFZJITvi9mFfZW5IE63RIJyFrYYMHDYEgtS5WDeaM8So0fLZ1kbalXBFG1l0B-6gGWy1uQhu7IR90kuaxnFJRAfNaD0b9brSaXe6c8bA1mZ1JAHQhVU8KSVZeEBmCObEpgH3rWpmSxGlLNZ1UWg-siB6y4wkackr7NH2HcdU/s1576/RBG%20C.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1114" data-original-width="1576" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3hSllof0wAoeDTGJCCZjQNFZJITvi9mFfZW5IE63RIJyFrYYMHDYEgtS5WDeaM8So0fLZ1kbalXBFG1l0B-6gGWy1uQhu7IR90kuaxnFJRAfNaD0b9brSaXe6c8bA1mZ1JAHQhVU8KSVZeEBmCObEpgH3rWpmSxGlLNZ1UWg-siB6y4wkackr7NH2HcdU/w640-h452/RBG%20C.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Red-breasted Goose</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9xuZV_sl7iXRkJDZz724gJ9qimuUcaGPYLghnwIA88z8p3MwZdGkwFaysADr1FnwPUYvSXaAgkHvyUemtEH1DY8Ox5vrSYFdyiQw7p6OtUsPLvhcSqLpxl0TKA87VAKBpMtlhPyln4YNISnpaj_jMIzgjwJCP4G9-SVS-hBO89zrVHsWZxVZp2iX1gSsg/s2072/RBG%20IA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1156" data-original-width="2072" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9xuZV_sl7iXRkJDZz724gJ9qimuUcaGPYLghnwIA88z8p3MwZdGkwFaysADr1FnwPUYvSXaAgkHvyUemtEH1DY8Ox5vrSYFdyiQw7p6OtUsPLvhcSqLpxl0TKA87VAKBpMtlhPyln4YNISnpaj_jMIzgjwJCP4G9-SVS-hBO89zrVHsWZxVZp2iX1gSsg/w640-h358/RBG%20IA.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Red-breasted and Brent Geese</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7VvZEapYaHqQfoSQbXEUecrgAzY35cVS0GhFFdN-RJOa9eqi1gzD9n0Zxm6fXSwzhgVdOL4X4abOcD2pmiyFUp6pwlHZyeeQvJPqz5MOSKhNGkcUyTF0WwU8172E12Y_TrXUbWTwQr_aXVVbvK73q-xLI6q5_xjB7ek1pDB5BqbNEdTUoT4ChMC0Ib6uq/s3333/RBG%20K.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1827" data-original-width="3333" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7VvZEapYaHqQfoSQbXEUecrgAzY35cVS0GhFFdN-RJOa9eqi1gzD9n0Zxm6fXSwzhgVdOL4X4abOcD2pmiyFUp6pwlHZyeeQvJPqz5MOSKhNGkcUyTF0WwU8172E12Y_TrXUbWTwQr_aXVVbvK73q-xLI6q5_xjB7ek1pDB5BqbNEdTUoT4ChMC0Ib6uq/w640-h350/RBG%20K.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Our last stop was at Eldernell where we found three Crane, four Great White Egret, a Barn Owl, Long -eared Owl roosting, Tawny Owl roosting and a Short-eared Owl hunting at dusk. 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSCW3Pn1SQZaOayxornzeD8XtfAofNLvT9eyjYeA9UFKjq6FUylf0RJQ5qCwOWvAXZgjZw4FhSVywJ1GmLtoax7K34qoOVcobY6zzRFhjyYb1jVJMdnHi1fwZIUG2TvyNPTUT_UmyWRq81KOJiIFUZWuyRPspFjr6gSF3ndY8xGXIff0fwk_alypl2zYcp/s3522/Bittern%20October%209.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3522" data-original-width="2874" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSCW3Pn1SQZaOayxornzeD8XtfAofNLvT9eyjYeA9UFKjq6FUylf0RJQ5qCwOWvAXZgjZw4FhSVywJ1GmLtoax7K34qoOVcobY6zzRFhjyYb1jVJMdnHi1fwZIUG2TvyNPTUT_UmyWRq81KOJiIFUZWuyRPspFjr6gSF3ndY8xGXIff0fwk_alypl2zYcp/w522-h640/Bittern%20October%209.jpg" width="522" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bittern at Fishers Green</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p>Favourite image of the year was difficult to chose but if pushed I'd probably say the below image of the local Osprey was quite pleasing and it was bird 156 for the Lee Valley patch list.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDkunMRTVHaEqCQPD9pwWWiy52xdef-QaSYynl2grhjvjAsrE0BkCzUXrR0_EE7qlmlFS4ppSzRLzgAk9B-_ghpQxXo_qz3bM6U14yTQwytJN1lOjQEXwyUlT4T0FVaJQ6UmFTyLKpvxm9iPJaA4FAajRyIjrrdRuBlPFm0MB3SQ9KiVgrgrX7tInSmP0A/s1278/Osprey%20rra.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="944" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDkunMRTVHaEqCQPD9pwWWiy52xdef-QaSYynl2grhjvjAsrE0BkCzUXrR0_EE7qlmlFS4ppSzRLzgAk9B-_ghpQxXo_qz3bM6U14yTQwytJN1lOjQEXwyUlT4T0FVaJQ6UmFTyLKpvxm9iPJaA4FAajRyIjrrdRuBlPFm0MB3SQ9KiVgrgrX7tInSmP0A/w472-h640/Osprey%20rra.jpg" width="472" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Lee Valley Osprey (new bird for the patch)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p>Two new birds for my Essex (277) list with the Montague's Harrier at South Fambridge and the Canvasback at Abberton. I actually managed four Harrier species in Essex this year with the Pallid at Wallasea and the usual Hen and Marsh encounters. Dotteral my new top target for Essex now.</p><p>My Norfolk (301) list reached 300 with the Long-billed Dowitcher at Holkham and then 301 with the Cackling Goose. The Suffolk (277) list didn't move at all but my Kent (271) list had two additions with the Cliff Swallow and Solitary Sandpiper. I had nothing new for Herts (182) but moved the London (233) list along with Night Heron at Thorndon and Lesser Scaup at Staines both within the recording area.</p><p>so that's it for 2023 now roll on 2024 when it all starts again.</p><p>Year list 234</p><p>Life list 446 </p><p>oh and a very happy new year to anyone that still reads my ramblings on this diary blog.</p>Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07377408779923670293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636961718526086092.post-9699014125087520742023-12-31T06:12:00.000-08:002023-12-31T06:12:26.942-08:00Best pics of 2023<p>As I've said I didn't get out anywhere near as much as I'd have liked this year but I did manage a few trips and those trips produced a few decent images and I've posted a few here as a reminder of those trips.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiny13flIhgaExqS1c1wXUAoKdRUviMkEtOq7K4Y_NLb7SnvoBeuhrwchiT3Z8GAqgtGjrCJgiQB4M_x1b3GHNHJFZbi_IGogfaDga1w8EpCubfq1RqAXiIzYugH7GW6iVRfBRNcOBNmX7Gie7ZQ7XPZJWl8Lv5Z7S4S5jbXWr8Q4glBrMvHNyGejv_29Lf/s1920/Aquatic%20Warbler%20h.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1659" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiny13flIhgaExqS1c1wXUAoKdRUviMkEtOq7K4Y_NLb7SnvoBeuhrwchiT3Z8GAqgtGjrCJgiQB4M_x1b3GHNHJFZbi_IGogfaDga1w8EpCubfq1RqAXiIzYugH7GW6iVRfBRNcOBNmX7Gie7ZQ7XPZJWl8Lv5Z7S4S5jbXWr8Q4glBrMvHNyGejv_29Lf/w554-h640/Aquatic%20Warbler%20h.jpg" width="554" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aquatic Warbler</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGKkFIENMtZ7iv_s65lC0lBHYOVT0pdHFrG1AqQ091URBLvCwAsKixEjNlD6akQe8mNp8refbd7m2qIQPkCQvpVpgATb0H0AB4CzfEwx77FTbUwLbz3jFdvdMqwhiOA1OgEY0ZllFoKSeQ0XE_HCMsWOftxPFexa0Aopr7x2vxzhAx4xnlhvO5k6SttMIj/s1818/Arctic%20Tern%20i.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1818" data-original-width="1542" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGKkFIENMtZ7iv_s65lC0lBHYOVT0pdHFrG1AqQ091URBLvCwAsKixEjNlD6akQe8mNp8refbd7m2qIQPkCQvpVpgATb0H0AB4CzfEwx77FTbUwLbz3jFdvdMqwhiOA1OgEY0ZllFoKSeQ0XE_HCMsWOftxPFexa0Aopr7x2vxzhAx4xnlhvO5k6SttMIj/w542-h640/Arctic%20Tern%20i.jpg" width="542" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arctic Tern</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3VLSI2RbytBwZav7TDh7cMGAvjqA-9ip3eRAnVtGtSQbfP4696L_C6HrGfFNd3yKzByEYMIt_OdG2lGOJd5AS0Cs54e5Fw0WkgUXrucDecc7ZHAMLXGmzzsGAyOQmvcko_YNifl1k7Rdly7qWLVSM27qP7mNiYut5Zjy2x4Mz4Oh_VIU9mshsaWbFfzRW/s3720/Bittern%20B1T.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3720" data-original-width="3102" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3VLSI2RbytBwZav7TDh7cMGAvjqA-9ip3eRAnVtGtSQbfP4696L_C6HrGfFNd3yKzByEYMIt_OdG2lGOJd5AS0Cs54e5Fw0WkgUXrucDecc7ZHAMLXGmzzsGAyOQmvcko_YNifl1k7Rdly7qWLVSM27qP7mNiYut5Zjy2x4Mz4Oh_VIU9mshsaWbFfzRW/w534-h640/Bittern%20B1T.jpg" width="534" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bittern</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXYq99roipSFQZBhf8o2S2YPO3AVZEV25PC5W65UwyWTQ79rJyI9lnVXZPK1jRFDqA-eqjgZc3BLw9zZQy45q5KTqW8tuo3yRCib89XXhOZqR_epQXlhGqEZ6GlyCwWvH815OhjdBjfF_A7Q78dB4f9q3Do6WgH0eiIWxFWTKnXbdTxFDFD2voRgBVOxC_/s2126/Bittern%20c4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1462" data-original-width="2126" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXYq99roipSFQZBhf8o2S2YPO3AVZEV25PC5W65UwyWTQ79rJyI9lnVXZPK1jRFDqA-eqjgZc3BLw9zZQy45q5KTqW8tuo3yRCib89XXhOZqR_epQXlhGqEZ6GlyCwWvH815OhjdBjfF_A7Q78dB4f9q3Do6WgH0eiIWxFWTKnXbdTxFDFD2voRgBVOxC_/w640-h440/Bittern%20c4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bittern</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5IsXekVpFyDyYoBu4VRE4bwb-i9vsdjab-WQzjMk2HPMjtbJiyEmGmhQ9t-VXp5IXVxN-m3iAj2k-_c5BFdGej6Ph03FZ_7gvS3dLxN9vv1-60Ke2yKXX5HE8Mwx27spyhS81ab7V0ZNiUikGeGLQJjs_ZzV85L44cBuObq2x8_kfiJVlJpOsJMQDC7oH/s2760/corn%20bunting%204.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2760" data-original-width="2464" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5IsXekVpFyDyYoBu4VRE4bwb-i9vsdjab-WQzjMk2HPMjtbJiyEmGmhQ9t-VXp5IXVxN-m3iAj2k-_c5BFdGej6Ph03FZ_7gvS3dLxN9vv1-60Ke2yKXX5HE8Mwx27spyhS81ab7V0ZNiUikGeGLQJjs_ZzV85L44cBuObq2x8_kfiJVlJpOsJMQDC7oH/w572-h640/corn%20bunting%204.jpg" width="572" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Corn Bunting</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Ot20bnnezLFhlhBgGi1-tZcl30rB7fizNMSvsmd8_gWnCtGS17AecMme7fTGwqeVC_iVn7MhOlfe1teBwZT3mt4cq7UDFekmwiaLpHsVhX5psisBFQs1MD5HPo_hBX7jKbEWoRBQnlXNM9II9SkmRkN0xxf-7RkuWUc8O6U874bJS_QBS_p7FvL0zhvP/s2901/Goldcrest%20c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1989" data-original-width="2901" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Ot20bnnezLFhlhBgGi1-tZcl30rB7fizNMSvsmd8_gWnCtGS17AecMme7fTGwqeVC_iVn7MhOlfe1teBwZT3mt4cq7UDFekmwiaLpHsVhX5psisBFQs1MD5HPo_hBX7jKbEWoRBQnlXNM9II9SkmRkN0xxf-7RkuWUc8O6U874bJS_QBS_p7FvL0zhvP/w640-h438/Goldcrest%20c.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Goldcrest</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7x_ht286fyjUvEhS9-SLzz-whVekQ9oYPCOGEJkc0e_6v3YpP-0bF-bp3GNWZVWFNWJt-3VskFZnLsygkfY8c87p_L7knqF9GeRFkuj-zrU7KqkNR_TkBlZ5CRMghPpqjbDivrEXL0ZVaIzii3kPnsUM9fE_jG9hDb_bNN7sskvUpZu90jVjgWKslJ3xe/s2466/Grey%20Phalarope%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2466" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7x_ht286fyjUvEhS9-SLzz-whVekQ9oYPCOGEJkc0e_6v3YpP-0bF-bp3GNWZVWFNWJt-3VskFZnLsygkfY8c87p_L7knqF9GeRFkuj-zrU7KqkNR_TkBlZ5CRMghPpqjbDivrEXL0ZVaIzii3kPnsUM9fE_jG9hDb_bNN7sskvUpZu90jVjgWKslJ3xe/w640-h442/Grey%20Phalarope%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grey Phalarope</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaLcxaCgefI4SGu5mH1olS4fAdaMP9wpTFAxuUsbB2qHtN_magd17pH-nEcdoDQ3d9YZBgLb3Xbhb_YlHa_6NlsZ1zore2LHbaBxjAw1DqGqjJ8woe6hWXmALWC_UoYP1RlaBHeyQStifvvdlt5Zdyqmr98p9vYuSLDSPQuTvDx0ijsvPTTQ5jjlPYQQuo/s3952/GWE%20Stodmarsh%20a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3952" data-original-width="2968" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaLcxaCgefI4SGu5mH1olS4fAdaMP9wpTFAxuUsbB2qHtN_magd17pH-nEcdoDQ3d9YZBgLb3Xbhb_YlHa_6NlsZ1zore2LHbaBxjAw1DqGqjJ8woe6hWXmALWC_UoYP1RlaBHeyQStifvvdlt5Zdyqmr98p9vYuSLDSPQuTvDx0ijsvPTTQ5jjlPYQQuo/w480-h640/GWE%20Stodmarsh%20a.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Great Egret</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCp6taO-sjIgRKrkCX4vELZFA3eSig1RAiUBKHbf2nxAgvG0r5Ndot7YaFrvYwZvCqBsPunHnn62QcaOHTTP3DM4EOmctW1T1290-O1qmS_1GVc_V6BiTil6mLWTfXan1GfDvuPeVrtnoOUtm21AIZEnOiD6oInQvZpSbTFdYUqIngH-feUDNdyxtGAw4O/s2205/House%20Sparrow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1515" data-original-width="2205" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCp6taO-sjIgRKrkCX4vELZFA3eSig1RAiUBKHbf2nxAgvG0r5Ndot7YaFrvYwZvCqBsPunHnn62QcaOHTTP3DM4EOmctW1T1290-O1qmS_1GVc_V6BiTil6mLWTfXan1GfDvuPeVrtnoOUtm21AIZEnOiD6oInQvZpSbTFdYUqIngH-feUDNdyxtGAw4O/w640-h440/House%20Sparrow.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">House Sparrow</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZov_x-mYbXjyek7Rk8bpXwK179m0QaH5BYScmx5jp3t4OPAQKbDvEAwSOAvJa_zIF2we3R2pla7ojXGlpgrc_FcATh4kK_YwdOFXrOsUGYD1C2Tq0axdPCkWweuV-dZCOUxydryN-gMaFM8yOa1C3UzaX4f_Lln18-dtUX9IgRmZ-ung_dUYTFU0RyCID/s1628/Jack%20Snipe.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1142" data-original-width="1628" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZov_x-mYbXjyek7Rk8bpXwK179m0QaH5BYScmx5jp3t4OPAQKbDvEAwSOAvJa_zIF2we3R2pla7ojXGlpgrc_FcATh4kK_YwdOFXrOsUGYD1C2Tq0axdPCkWweuV-dZCOUxydryN-gMaFM8yOa1C3UzaX4f_Lln18-dtUX9IgRmZ-ung_dUYTFU0RyCID/w640-h448/Jack%20Snipe.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jack Snipe</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8tnvpTWQO5lI00pjpnFf4-TYTpBZrtYFSIupwhwX5qVCtWrDq60VjTDRY3BZ0yWnclNzhqI_TCgXV9Z155xt6-DSVU0awxBLMAHLEPaaKwTb-myxNSzWfRwI-2IOsrDuo8Um1gAxGTOAYB9ZQV83plLKJVHW-yROXGnq7nGIx0QPN9cs3AxZR3u-3Bo4z/s2388/Kingfisher%20Stodmarsh%20d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2388" data-original-width="2004" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8tnvpTWQO5lI00pjpnFf4-TYTpBZrtYFSIupwhwX5qVCtWrDq60VjTDRY3BZ0yWnclNzhqI_TCgXV9Z155xt6-DSVU0awxBLMAHLEPaaKwTb-myxNSzWfRwI-2IOsrDuo8Um1gAxGTOAYB9ZQV83plLKJVHW-yROXGnq7nGIx0QPN9cs3AxZR3u-3Bo4z/w538-h640/Kingfisher%20Stodmarsh%20d.jpg" width="538" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kingfisher</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSq24vAmfyBKSWE6zy_LjD_SHmHYaAz7GcDp00N3Wupfanjyng8F384vcX8-FKs4Az2LWXIfrkU8wyYHKAOKt7__Tg0YTQqhM8w44PcOk5Whr09HMJT3SHbJCzz7jVYlORj406FD-cJMW346-HN2e8eAq7m4QdjH-BzzoPgq528UnHRuQLkwB5foHpQ_Ig/s2199/LBD%20D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1545" data-original-width="2199" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSq24vAmfyBKSWE6zy_LjD_SHmHYaAz7GcDp00N3Wupfanjyng8F384vcX8-FKs4Az2LWXIfrkU8wyYHKAOKt7__Tg0YTQqhM8w44PcOk5Whr09HMJT3SHbJCzz7jVYlORj406FD-cJMW346-HN2e8eAq7m4QdjH-BzzoPgq528UnHRuQLkwB5foHpQ_Ig/w640-h450/LBD%20D.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Long-billed Dowitcher</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrsxswCMjvogYy1QO2IjUITQG4C8aseLvNIkJZZHiP8L7g_YK8QJpCc1dUyXaOU5fHeATDGzxXfZuTmRXIvdYgXEMhR_HFSdpm1P5hRrGaQpal9vWKVYJAqZLi2DKbMqrA8h8RNPHa66Fx3ALGfYa1x7L5ZBVc9qeYWofElOLha_oNEelXgVEhhTgaMJQ4/s1754/Magnolia%20Warbler.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1110" data-original-width="1754" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrsxswCMjvogYy1QO2IjUITQG4C8aseLvNIkJZZHiP8L7g_YK8QJpCc1dUyXaOU5fHeATDGzxXfZuTmRXIvdYgXEMhR_HFSdpm1P5hRrGaQpal9vWKVYJAqZLi2DKbMqrA8h8RNPHa66Fx3ALGfYa1x7L5ZBVc9qeYWofElOLha_oNEelXgVEhhTgaMJQ4/w640-h406/Magnolia%20Warbler.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Magnolia Warbler</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbpni5IiLUbtE5coaEIRa-geckubNHcXuvocsb87e0uOC11Pd0yp34o3sezvZu225w2rHZ6hRf5Howitk3zgKTFU-J4Kj4K13_i_sAHTGTx5tUCf_V1cz3qDYoBUm9SsnvaxbvUmIErj7-qz4rqAFnLFOTYpeXaTv-FoIJFkJ9hsulau4aK-Zemq59bLuw/s1278/Osprey%20rra.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="944" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbpni5IiLUbtE5coaEIRa-geckubNHcXuvocsb87e0uOC11Pd0yp34o3sezvZu225w2rHZ6hRf5Howitk3zgKTFU-J4Kj4K13_i_sAHTGTx5tUCf_V1cz3qDYoBUm9SsnvaxbvUmIErj7-qz4rqAFnLFOTYpeXaTv-FoIJFkJ9hsulau4aK-Zemq59bLuw/w472-h640/Osprey%20rra.jpg" width="472" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Osprey</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyoWt5b3Aywu-RAreYHYGaaZrRqBQSlF5Ct95t2EfPxQeXWViLDZVCTqNcRMgmW6UDivEHHs6AMsmoM2u3MkVN5kXNEi52-F01vPatgLbMZhQ7EgUI16_vQ-mt0vD5CQdpNBh8cieyWsUgJm5Q1zqJ24pJ3lSqn5hdKCLvIPkMmwYJRAR1d0Zek02ejOrQ/s2547/Palid%20Harrier%20bbb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1578" data-original-width="2547" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyoWt5b3Aywu-RAreYHYGaaZrRqBQSlF5Ct95t2EfPxQeXWViLDZVCTqNcRMgmW6UDivEHHs6AMsmoM2u3MkVN5kXNEi52-F01vPatgLbMZhQ7EgUI16_vQ-mt0vD5CQdpNBh8cieyWsUgJm5Q1zqJ24pJ3lSqn5hdKCLvIPkMmwYJRAR1d0Zek02ejOrQ/w640-h396/Palid%20Harrier%20bbb.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pallid Harrier</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix-JSOCybbE_BiLVmOJQh0c1xQyOdYO7C0QuVxBZIyvjsFO-GVraO3ye70C4z92S3yUWfsXIoCDs1qgve4weLyaol71qc5ty5Pk_QSEi33bTMNB8T6zQX0KtfZx9JSQHBmzBmpUGh2DYBbtrKROP8U1vwChj0_bvA1VtGJY54duMFLnP5xix8dEh_U2Keh/s4192/Parakeet%2014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="4192" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix-JSOCybbE_BiLVmOJQh0c1xQyOdYO7C0QuVxBZIyvjsFO-GVraO3ye70C4z92S3yUWfsXIoCDs1qgve4weLyaol71qc5ty5Pk_QSEi33bTMNB8T6zQX0KtfZx9JSQHBmzBmpUGh2DYBbtrKROP8U1vwChj0_bvA1VtGJY54duMFLnP5xix8dEh_U2Keh/w640-h466/Parakeet%2014.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ring-necked Parakeet</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixk7VInH28kJwUK_fl-WE5g-q90V5T3QwiVd4U_NezREq27K5LGgNyZ2jg66IzAsrnchPXnQ67fEAlfRIM2wd9dMWIIE7ClY0Ax4d2WQqDcpd19aLzHW-SOSGCOC5lp2pnjJG6BjYfUFHo0DsPMMgCx0KD9Nyezbhun1F3FOoF9kQLIIp1oRZBNFqMCGCa/s2292/Parakeet%20k.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1755" data-original-width="2292" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixk7VInH28kJwUK_fl-WE5g-q90V5T3QwiVd4U_NezREq27K5LGgNyZ2jg66IzAsrnchPXnQ67fEAlfRIM2wd9dMWIIE7ClY0Ax4d2WQqDcpd19aLzHW-SOSGCOC5lp2pnjJG6BjYfUFHo0DsPMMgCx0KD9Nyezbhun1F3FOoF9kQLIIp1oRZBNFqMCGCa/w640-h490/Parakeet%20k.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Parakeet</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-6QJeipFfXpNqkjphU2Bj5YjU1Qrh76x868nDGZa9eKVwa38ASjQQnpa-miBFRtjzG-dQNgfA1no1nBvubngFPeiovXO0HM9lZy6YTYVtckF8xvIAMzNmdfRMrnoCYmSxcVyO3cGNsuZ1atcTb_AHgIm__IkKziFCbqufyC3pxpbgWFPJH2mkwv9j7zxR/s1184/RBS%20G.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1184" data-original-width="924" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-6QJeipFfXpNqkjphU2Bj5YjU1Qrh76x868nDGZa9eKVwa38ASjQQnpa-miBFRtjzG-dQNgfA1no1nBvubngFPeiovXO0HM9lZy6YTYVtckF8xvIAMzNmdfRMrnoCYmSxcVyO3cGNsuZ1atcTb_AHgIm__IkKziFCbqufyC3pxpbgWFPJH2mkwv9j7zxR/w500-h640/RBS%20G.jpg" width="500" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Red-backed Shrike</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfvKJsIJEloSEvIVUYvdZmok1w-VW22BNHr_HuXca9YnNQdAicnnK-RnghOzhE0tPQyD36B9_jj-aV4s__TXYUzVyjWlgf4hTPZTRAjrl6C5vwnHf-ozhxFtFeCrkE2TbqUrcNmaCtvPUe3kNiq-WgSDqi6WxveVospQqb25GCEg6goQK2StN2c2ib8s-5/s1953/sedge%20warbler%20b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1953" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfvKJsIJEloSEvIVUYvdZmok1w-VW22BNHr_HuXca9YnNQdAicnnK-RnghOzhE0tPQyD36B9_jj-aV4s__TXYUzVyjWlgf4hTPZTRAjrl6C5vwnHf-ozhxFtFeCrkE2TbqUrcNmaCtvPUe3kNiq-WgSDqi6WxveVospQqb25GCEg6goQK2StN2c2ib8s-5/w640-h442/sedge%20warbler%20b.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sedge Warbler</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjPQzcIaVUr9uEMXHtSdm9XQzTlLzNbjfynBgIeIttPbvFDTljAr1DyAUta9BL-KMSCHCbOCpBK6KkZDw2JPpLG-_BdxxxPDKLhU7G5eAJPj5lbjGrgYILc25OTrOQJCYqia26elXi9NkelqPNjWHnf-OvxlwN79diMDyzfOE-vGCYbwnOr3GLMRdPZHAM/s1750/Short-eared%20Owl%20d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1176" data-original-width="1750" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjPQzcIaVUr9uEMXHtSdm9XQzTlLzNbjfynBgIeIttPbvFDTljAr1DyAUta9BL-KMSCHCbOCpBK6KkZDw2JPpLG-_BdxxxPDKLhU7G5eAJPj5lbjGrgYILc25OTrOQJCYqia26elXi9NkelqPNjWHnf-OvxlwN79diMDyzfOE-vGCYbwnOr3GLMRdPZHAM/w640-h430/Short-eared%20Owl%20d.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Short-eared Owl</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRb-ttyLB8wR6In1Yycj46bon2zjCZkaVN8wDusfyRJrIgjouiqe4Tew7qhn3hRJIe25Jft41jyu5NkbtlJcNIBkvMv6sBeMlDjDOpaXkoi4HzuMShmoCILThnxYX37zy3dQBMkywM7Ez96OzqqSPLSTeDmYHLJov1Hrb4Z_8nXhwhtjOlGK9hyphenhyphen4tij6gu/s1772/skylark.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1188" data-original-width="1772" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRb-ttyLB8wR6In1Yycj46bon2zjCZkaVN8wDusfyRJrIgjouiqe4Tew7qhn3hRJIe25Jft41jyu5NkbtlJcNIBkvMv6sBeMlDjDOpaXkoi4HzuMShmoCILThnxYX37zy3dQBMkywM7Ez96OzqqSPLSTeDmYHLJov1Hrb4Z_8nXhwhtjOlGK9hyphenhyphen4tij6gu/w640-h430/skylark.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Skylark</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxfLk6f5LSTiPBLvxNbsHFc0pZZQGPYV2vSSYwLPAfpxTnaM_iTLILBU3RI5DWTs8cTUHLWLLT1hDrIfh2CiTFcfJxzSYQwCqkcyQDNfFOxZxqdFF_dO7j6pZxSpHfhTFUv76qoe4mb8TOScHvnxf1MOt8MS43RUf7mWnJBP4ew-IbHnIt1KxZeQOfV6IT/s3760/Water%20Rail%207.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3760" data-original-width="2880" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxfLk6f5LSTiPBLvxNbsHFc0pZZQGPYV2vSSYwLPAfpxTnaM_iTLILBU3RI5DWTs8cTUHLWLLT1hDrIfh2CiTFcfJxzSYQwCqkcyQDNfFOxZxqdFF_dO7j6pZxSpHfhTFUv76qoe4mb8TOScHvnxf1MOt8MS43RUf7mWnJBP4ew-IbHnIt1KxZeQOfV6IT/w490-h640/Water%20Rail%207.jpg" width="490" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Water Rail</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfoL1OXVZyXP1NzIdcCnSK7sEZp1KMMKY28y6xbhyphenhyphenN8cO1PBEhwEsF5Is56XQycXIZlDkkTlqDmBKx-_ETgvOm8D8Qv4JQwOYjb8MO9YLbDKtmf5kp6TMtyOWKhyphenhyphenawEcuHDbeKwbCPnPT3nWwC8fxIOzGbjXubgJwgZgjRxlyiTyDCzppGGlQOh5-OYlcJ/s3688/Waxwing%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2192" data-original-width="3688" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfoL1OXVZyXP1NzIdcCnSK7sEZp1KMMKY28y6xbhyphenhyphenN8cO1PBEhwEsF5Is56XQycXIZlDkkTlqDmBKx-_ETgvOm8D8Qv4JQwOYjb8MO9YLbDKtmf5kp6TMtyOWKhyphenhyphenawEcuHDbeKwbCPnPT3nWwC8fxIOzGbjXubgJwgZgjRxlyiTyDCzppGGlQOh5-OYlcJ/w640-h380/Waxwing%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Waxwing</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqZdI8jGAtPAbmBgBwWk3PbuMy7QxKYFxYCDT3hHKigz41g6QasqNF9oPIcCBS_eqRX32KB23xjkrq4rlAB_TJ3rzbelOR1J5sNLfh7ICIOBGJ0pESGFmvmmWdMEj-6e6poW4RlADpMTI-JdXECB4ndofIFZ8Blc0wOAs2nypv9kXHAHujGIbG1BAR8Edw/s2388/waxwing%20beds%20a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2388" data-original-width="1996" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqZdI8jGAtPAbmBgBwWk3PbuMy7QxKYFxYCDT3hHKigz41g6QasqNF9oPIcCBS_eqRX32KB23xjkrq4rlAB_TJ3rzbelOR1J5sNLfh7ICIOBGJ0pESGFmvmmWdMEj-6e6poW4RlADpMTI-JdXECB4ndofIFZ8Blc0wOAs2nypv9kXHAHujGIbG1BAR8Edw/w534-h640/waxwing%20beds%20a.jpg" width="534" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Waxwing</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><p><br /></p>Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07377408779923670293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636961718526086092.post-91968259349724432592023-12-29T12:28:00.000-08:002023-12-29T12:28:36.608-08:00Missed opportunities in 2023<p>I've taken a nerdy look at all the missed opportunities in 2023. </p><p>I've listed here all the birds that have been recorded in Britain this year that would have been new to me along with a brief <strike>reason</strike> / ''excuse'' for why I didn't connect. It should be borne in mind that at this point I still don't do the islands so anything on Scilly, the Scottish islands or Lundy etc are out of bounds and generally this helps me feel less twitchy when these difficult and often expensive birds turn up. I've underlined the ones I had half a chance of getting as they were mainland and hung around long enough for me if I'd managed to find the time and or motivation to go.</p><div><b><u>MAINLAND OPPORTUNITES</u></b></div><div><br /></div><div><b>LITTLE SWIFT</b>: Seen for about thirty minutes in Eastbourne, East Sussex on 2nd January and not twitchable unless you could got there in just a few minutes. This was followed by another report from Alkborough Flats in Lincs on 29th June but this bird was only seen for five minutes and a "probable" was reported on 15th July at Kenny Hill in Suffolk.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><u>BLACK SCOTER</u></b>: <b>The Black Scoter that winters off the Northumberland coast was first seen on 8th January and remained until 29th March being reported from Holy Island, Stag Rocks Bamburgh and Cocklawburn beach in this time. This is a bird I should make more effort to see so maybe I'll plan a long weekend if it returns this winter. The bird was seen again at Goswick, Northumberland on 11th October but not reported since.</b></div><div><br /></div><div><b>GYR FALCON</b>: 2023 saw many escaped birds reported from 22nd January onwards in Norfolk, Staffordshire, Lincolnshire, East Yorkshire, Cornwall, West Yorkshire, Northumberland and on 11th May possibly the years only wild bird was reported at Cove in the Highlands. With the escapes and a active release programme I feel this is to be a difficult tick having to rule out the "of unkown origin" bracket.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>BLACK-FACED BUNTING</b>: There was a single report of this species in 2023 and it was a suppressed bird, trapped and ringed at an undisclosed location in Shropshire, reported as seen in recent days on 14th February but obviously not a twitchable bird. (7 previous records last one in 2018)</div><div><br /></div><div><b><u>SHORT-TOED TREECREEPER</u>: One was seen for around an hour on 7th April at South Foreland in Kent but before I could get interested in twitching it the bird was lost and never refound. On the 8th April another bird was seen at St.Margarets at Cliffe in Kent but was only viewable for around ten minutes. On 5th May one was found at Dungeness and was seen until 8pm at night presumed gone to roost. I dipped this bird at first light on 6th May. Dungeness had another reported on 16th October which again moved on quickly.</b></div><div><br /></div><div><b>TAWNY PIPIT</b>: One spent a few weeks on St Mary's Scilly from 9th April until 20th April but with my lack of desire to "do the islands" this bird was untwitchable to me. A probable at Flamborough on 24th April and another probable at Culver Down on the Isle of Wight on 7th July were never refound and never twitchable.<br /><p><b><u>STEJNEGER'S SCOTER</u>: The bird first found as a <u>first for Britain</u> in 2022 returned to Lower Lago on 28th April 2023 and remained until 13th May. It returned to Musselburgh Lothian on 12th August so may yet be twitchable over the winter should I find myself in the area. </b></p><p><b><u>GREY HEADED LAPWING</u>: This <u>first for Britain</u> arrived at Low Newton, Northumberland on 1st May and although it relocated to Long Nanny in remained until 8th May giving anybody that wanted to the chance to see it. I hoped the bird would move south and give me a chance to see it without the twelve hour round trip but after leaving Long Nanny it moved north being seen on 10th May in Fife, 13th May in Lossiemouth and then it moved west to the islands spending three days on North Uist between 26th and 29th May before moving on and not being seen again. This is my biggest regret of the year assuming that it does indeed get accepted onto the British list as a wild bird.</b></p><p><b>MOLTONI'S WARBLER</b>: One was trapped at Portland on 12th May but was only seen 10.57 and 12.46. A possible was also trapped on Fair Isle Shetland on 22nd May </p><p><b>WILSON'S PETREL</b>: These birds were seen almost daily from mainland sea watch sites along the Cornish coast and the Scilly pelagics recorded daily totals peeking at 18 birds. This is tickable from the mainland but almost guaranteed on these pelagics from Scilly and they're even getting them now from Penzance pelagics. Sightings occurred between 25th June and 20th September this year.</p><p><b>BAROLO 'type' SHEARWATER</b>: One was seen from Porthgwarra on 12th August and 15th, 16th and 18th July. Another was reported from Porthgwarra on 12th August and another from Peninnis head Scilly on 16th August. <b>A Barolo Shearwater</b> was reported from the Scillonian crossing on 18th September.</p><p><b><u>BRIDLED TERN</u>: One roosted at Afon Wen in Gwynedd on the rocks at Hafan-y-Mor from the 6th August until 9th August. Another regret as it gave me three days to see it but the 12 hour return drive delayed my thinking and like the Lapwing I missed the opportunity.</b></p><p><b><u>SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER</u>: One spent a day on the Isle of Man on 14th August. Another was found in Dundee & Angus on 10th September proving elusive it moved on after two days. This same bird was relocated at Blacktoft Sands on 25th September and left two days later. It was seen very early both on 26th and 27th but went missing all day after the first sightings each day.</b></p><p><b><u>UPLAND SANDPIPER:</u> One in flight over Spurn point on 16th September but not re-found and only seen/heard by a few lucky observers on the point. This was a first for Spurn. Another bird then was reported as a fly over in Cornwall on 9th October and again on 10th before being found feeding in a field at Sennen on 23rd October where it remained until 29th. The distance and the fact that the bird was being reported as elusive delayed my interest in going until the bird had moved on and it was too late.</b></p><p><b><u>NORTHERN HARRIER</u>: A mobile bird was seen in Cornwall between 28th September and 16th October. I regret not trying for this bird.</b></p><p><b><u>TWO-BARRED WARBLER</u>: One at Flamborough between 27th and 30th October.</b></p><p><b>SCOPS OWL:</b> One at a private ringing site in Cornwall on 4th April with two others reported as heard only on Scilly 18th June and in Norfolk 24th June.</p><p><b>TRINDADE PETREL:</b> One flew past Pendeen in Cornwall on 11th December</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u><i>SCILLY ISLES.................................11 LIFE TICKS AVAILABLE OVER THE YEAR.</i></u></b></p><p><b>LESSER KESTREL</b>: An adult male bird was on St Mary's Scilly from 23rd March until 27th March and was twitchable for those that do the islands. A possible female was reported as flying over the lighthouse at North Foreland Kent on 6th May but was never refound.</p><p><b>SCOPOLI'S SHEARWATER</b>: Its been a bumper year for this rarity, first recorded from Porthgwarra on 15th July they were reported several times from Scilly Pelagics where at least three birds were reported on one occasion. Pendeen had a couple of probables as did birders on the Scillonian crossing. They were still being seen well into August with a total of 28 birds photographed in Scilly waters this year.</p><p><b>RED-FOOTED BOOBY</b>: First seen from the Scilly pelagic on 7th August it was relocated roosting on the Bishop Rock Lighthouse on 14th August were it pleased hundreds of twitchers and was last seen on 22nd October when the last pelagic of the season made a trip around the Bishop rock. This bird got me as close to twitching Scilly as any have. (Only one previous record from 2016)</p><p><b>FEA'S/DESERTA'S TYPE SHEARWATER</b>: One was seen and photographed from the Scillonian crossing on 15th August.</p><p><b>SOUTH POLAR SKUA: </b>Three have been seen this autumn on Scilly pelagics but of course only available for those lucky enough to be on the Saphire when the birds were spotted on 1st, 25th and 30th August. Another bird was seen flying past St.Ives in Cornwall on 19th October. (At the time of writing only three previous accepted records with the last one dating back to 2002)</p><p><b>BOBOLINK: </b>One on Skokholm on 21st September was not twitchable but two on Scilly between 25th September and 7th October proved popular with those that do the islands. There was a report of another in Glamorgan on 23rd September but it was seen in flight by a single observer.</p><p><b>NORTHERN PARULA:</b> One was seen on Scilly on 23rd September and re-found on 25th. It remained until 26th.</p><p><b>YELLOW THROATED VIREO:</b> Scilly 26th September (remained only a probable) (Just a single previous record from Cornwall in 1990)</p><p><b>WILSON'S SNIPE:</b> Scilly had a probable between 19th September and 18th October.</p><p><b>GREY CHEEKED THRUSH:</b> One was on Scilly between 29th October and 4th November</p><p><b>CAPE MAY WARBLER: </b>Scilly from 10th November to 4th December on Bryher was twitchable to those inclined to do so but difficult and expensive in equal measure. Involving the drive to Cornwall, trip to Scilly by plane or boat or a mix of both then the ferry from St.Mary's to Bryher and the risk at this time of year of the weather preventing any of the four crossings.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><i><u>SCOTTISH ISLES.........................................17 LIFE TICKS AVAILABLE OVER THE YEAR</u></i></b></p><p><b>SONG SPARROW</b>: One was found on a ship in the Orkney area on 26th April and of course was never on my radar and then another was found on Bardsey Island, Gwynedd on 9th May where it was seen into the evening but had moved on when people arrived the following morning to look for it. </p><p><b>EASTERN SUBALPINE WARBLER</b>: Four of these have been reported this year. The first male bird on Lerwick Shetland from 13th to 21st May. Another male was found on Bardsey Island on 30th May. On 2nd June another male was seen at Sumburgh on Shetland and another at Boulby Cleveland on 6th June. None apart from the Lerwick bird were twitchable and another autumn bird on Shetland between 2nd and 7th October. </p><p><b>COLLARED FLYCATCHER</b>: A female at North Ronaldsay Orkney on 7th and 8th June was out of my range as was the male on Fair Isle on 9th June.</p><p><b>BLUE-CHEEKED BEE-EATER</b>: One was seen very briefly on Foula, Shetland on 10th June.</p><p><b>HUDSONIAN GODWIT</b>: One was found at Grutness Shetland on 30th July and remained until 20th August. (only six previous records with the last one being in 2020)</p><p><b>YELLOW WARBLER: </b>A real stunner but on Foula and well outside my twitch area requiring a drive to Aberdeen an overnight 12 hour ferry to Shetland followed by a far less than routine 2 hour ferry to Foula which only runs a couple of days a week and requires an overnight stay. Of course you could also fly if you had the funds. Only a handful made the twitch outside of those on Shetland and I'm told this involves flights, special boat charters, arrival back at the Aberdeen when the cars were left in Inverness etc so although this is a stunning bird I 'll lose little sleep for not being able to twitch it on my budget of time and money.This bird was seen between 5th and 11th September and remarkably another was on Tiree on 3rd October and yet another on Hoswick, Shetland between 12th and 23rd October.</p><p><b>TENNESSEE WARBLER</b>: One on St Kilda from 15th September until 18th but well outside my budget and another on Barra from 21st to 23rd September with a third on Fetlar, Shetland on 29th September.(Only six previous records with the last being 2020)</p><p><b>OVEN BIRD:</b> One on Rum on 23rd September in a private research area. (Only six previous records with the last being 2013)</p><p><b>PHILADELPHIA VIREO:</b> One on Barra in the Outer Hebrides on 23rd September wasn't twitchable. It was seen briefly again on 1st October. (One previous record back in 1987)</p><p><b>BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER</b>: Shetland 26th September was a one day bird (Only three previous records plus the Scilly bird from last year that will make four)</p><p><b>WESTERN OLIVACEOUS WARBLER: </b><u><b>A first for Britain</b></u> was found on Whalsay Shetland on 20th October but departed on 21st before the twitch could be arranged by those with the time and money to try. I'm told some were at the airport waiting for news on 22nd.</p><p><b>VEERY: </b>One was at Lunna, Shetland between 29th September until 3rd October and pleased many of those staying on Shetland at the time. (Just nine previous records with the last one being 2015)</p><p><b>EYEBROWED THRUSH: </b>One on Orkney on 7th October was seen very briefly.</p><p><b>SIBERIAN RUBYTHROAT: </b>A female on Foula, Shetland on 31st October wasn't reported the following day.</p><p><b>WHITE'S THRUSH:</b> One on Bressay, Shetland between 4th and 10th October and another on Papa Westray, Orkney on 18th October.</p><p><b>LANCEOLATED WARBLER:</b> One was seen on Fair Isle between 18th September and 9th October with North Ronaldsay having sightings on 18th September and 8th October.</p><p><b>SWAINSON'S THRUSH:</b> One on Barra Outer Hebrides between 9th and 10th October.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><i><u>English and Welsh Islands......................................4 TICKS AVAILABLE OVER THE YEAR</u></i></b></p><p><b>BAY BREASTED WARBLER:</b> One on Ramsey Island Wales from 21st September through 26th was twitched by 120 or so lucky enough to book the boat crossing with landing numbers restricted. (Only the second for Britain and the first twitchable bird.)</p><p><b>BLACK AND WHITE WARBLER: </b>Two birds were trapped and ringed on Bardsey Island on 21st and 23rd September.</p><p><b>ALDER FLYCATCHER:</b> One was on Skokholm Island from 20th September to 29th was twitched by a lucky few. (Just two previous records with the last one in 2010)</p><p><b>YELLOW-BREASTED BUNTING:</b> One found on Lundy on 25th September but wasn't found when the twitchers arrived on 26th to look for it.</p><p>In summary the birds I've missed as twitchable mainland birds are Two-barred Warbler, Grey Headed lapwing, Bridled Tern, Black and Stejnegers Scoter, the Short-toed Treecreeper that I dipped at Dungeness, Upland Sandpiper, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper and Northern Harrier. So nine true missed opportunities to increase the life list and see these quality birds.</p><p>On the islands several birds were gettable namely the Yellow Warbler, Tennessee Warbler, Veery, Red-footed Booby, Hudsonian Godwit, Eastern Subalpine Warbler, Tawny Pipit, Grey-cheeked Thrush, Bobolink, Bay-breasted Warbler, Lanceolated Warbler, White's Thrush, Lesser Kestrel ans Cape May Warbler. Any trip for the Booby was likely to have given me a chance of Scopolis' Shearwater and Wilson's Petrel.</p></div><div><br /><div>Here's hoping that some of these missed opportunities present themselves again in 2024 and that I get to take advantage.</div></div>Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07377408779923670293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636961718526086092.post-49503448167067433182023-12-23T02:03:00.000-08:002023-12-23T02:03:03.018-08:00New birds for 2023 <p>2023 delivered nine new birds for my British mainland list. Cackling Goose at Brancaster in Norfolk on 29th January replacing the Cley bird that I'd previously seen but removed when it wasn't accepted by BBRC as a wild bird. I managed to see the White-crowned Sparrow at Seaford although it took two visits to connect with it but I was happy to remove this one from my dipped list. In August I connected with the Black-winged Kite in Norfolk, again after two visits and in September I finally added Aquatic Warbler to my UK mainland list with the bird seen on 11th September in West Sussex. Later in September we saw the record breaking fall of American vagrants and I managed to catch up with two on my trip to Pembrokeshire with Magnolia Warbler and Canada Warbler. October saw me travel to Flamborough head in East Yorkshire to tick the Red-headed Bunting which will be left on the list as "pending" hoping it gets accepted since DNA has proved it to indeed be a Red-head. I also picked up a more local lifer with the Solitary Sandpiper down at Stodmarsh in Kent and my last tick of the year was the local Canvasback at Abberton and these nine moved the life list to 446 so I now expect or at least hope to move through 450 next year. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFePln5cSUBxcNRHtumKAtT5x3E3GXcLmMWQ2b2f9wLk7zkbPkffiQBq6vpANhjRPEsx5wLbH-_-6CZzUJ47iIbVT8njJaOb_ThPEJsJtx9TGEmW8WqrnjXPhHMi14zCWtx069r7noBYXuQ9SSvOb-L5qRSYz3Rcs9565Xg_7vVrdQyUOS_5uTN9MHj0Xm/s1754/Magnolia%20Warbler-DeNoiseAI-denoise.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1110" data-original-width="1754" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFePln5cSUBxcNRHtumKAtT5x3E3GXcLmMWQ2b2f9wLk7zkbPkffiQBq6vpANhjRPEsx5wLbH-_-6CZzUJ47iIbVT8njJaOb_ThPEJsJtx9TGEmW8WqrnjXPhHMi14zCWtx069r7noBYXuQ9SSvOb-L5qRSYz3Rcs9565Xg_7vVrdQyUOS_5uTN9MHj0Xm/w640-h406/Magnolia%20Warbler-DeNoiseAI-denoise.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Magnolia Warbler at St.Govan's Head Pembrokeshire</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLeNrnr-YhBUOSsHY_tYGpX_PKtjoyXyF9_Di8HMSRdvEbaNdj8D58G2M-NBWemgIz4u3Kboi67ZdquJEdMWMSJuS76CZZ0sS3VoVR_9_qkfRRN4WCnq1xD1_15et3jSG61iJwAOXIQiUppeUhai68cV6ft7K0vkr1ivLMPRrJW1RMCiG95MZ0RCkK_t9P/s1668/Aquatic%20Warbler%20a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1150" data-original-width="1668" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLeNrnr-YhBUOSsHY_tYGpX_PKtjoyXyF9_Di8HMSRdvEbaNdj8D58G2M-NBWemgIz4u3Kboi67ZdquJEdMWMSJuS76CZZ0sS3VoVR_9_qkfRRN4WCnq1xD1_15et3jSG61iJwAOXIQiUppeUhai68cV6ft7K0vkr1ivLMPRrJW1RMCiG95MZ0RCkK_t9P/w640-h442/Aquatic%20Warbler%20a.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aquatic Warbler at Upper Beeding West Sussex</td></tr></tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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Having said that my top targets for life ticks according to Bubo are........</div><div><br /></div><div>Tawny Pipit</div><div>Ivory Gull</div><div>Terek Sandpiper</div><div>Bufflehead</div><div>Black Scoter</div><div>Sora</div><div>Sociable Plover</div><div>Wilsons's Petrel</div><div>Sharp-tailed Sandpiper</div><div>Oriental Pratincole</div><div><br /></div><div>Will any of these fall in 2024 or will the new birds be from further down the target list or even new birds for the UK like the Canada Warbler, Red-headed Bunting and Black-winged Kite from this year.</div>Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07377408779923670293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636961718526086092.post-17150697462839661322023-12-09T23:39:00.000-08:002023-12-09T23:39:32.221-08:00Ring necked Duck at Priory CP BedfordshireA brief visit to Jim yesterday morning in the pouring rain where I mentioned there was a Ring-necked Duck at Priory CP in Bedfordshire which was only an hour from home met a surprisingly positive response from Jim so with me having time we jumped in the car and set off around the 25 and up the A1.<div>As luck would have it the rain had stopped as we pulled up at the park and it remained dry for the rest of the afternoon.</div><div><br /></div><div>A very short walk from the car park to Fingers lake next to the main lake and we were watching the drake Ring-necked Duck straight away as it swam around with a small group of Tufted ducks. After enjoying the duck for about an hour we decided to try for the Black-throated Diver at Staines as it was only about twenty miles further around the 25. Although it was bright and sunny at Staines it was also windy and very cold. 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