Monday 25 January 2010
Mandarin Willington 24 January
Tuesday 19 January 2010
Owls
Short Eared Owl Norfolk 17 January.
Finding this roosting Short Eared Owl, and, an obliging male Merlin, was a pleasant surprise. To come back to Bedford to have an extremely vocal Tawny Owl in the trees opposite the house the same evening made for a nice double act! The nearby street lights and the complete absence of any leaves on the trees made the Tawny very conspicuous as it called for over half an hour - before flying over the road and over my head, to disappear into the night. Not quite a Garden tick but an almost exact copy of the last time a calling Tawny interrupted the Television viewing - calling from the same trees, but, with the trees in leaf, only becoming visible when it too flew over my head and away over the houses.
S E OWL NORFOLK.mpg
A distant bird and not the most brilliant footage ever.Not easy birds to find, and this individual was an unexpected bonus find as I tracked a male Merlin that perched briefly in the same tree.
Saturday 9 January 2010
More garden Redwings
Redwing 9 January. perched in the Ivy covered apple tree near the house - seeming less wary than the Fieldfares that came into the trees at the bottom of the garden. Other visitors to the garden during the day included a male Blackcap, long-tail Tits and Goldfinches. A mid-week Kingfisher flashing along the edge of the main lake at priory CP was good to see given the continuing big freeze.
Monday 4 January 2010
Winter catch-up
Snow Buntings Snettisham Beach 5 December. Always good to see - with obliging flocks present at both holme and Snettisham