Friday, January 29, 2016

Some arty pics

Wheatear
Black-tailed Godwit
Barn Owl
Magpie-lark
Razorbill
Swinhoe's Pheasant
Magpie
Yellow Wagtail
Puffin

Monday, January 25, 2016

Great White Egret, Yaxley, Cambs 24.1.16

I took a bit of a hike of about 6 miles over fairly rough muddy terrain (I'm whinging) yesterday from Frgohall Birdge at the end of Conquest Drove, Farcet Fen, to the Yaxley side of the railway crossing over the Yaxley Lode (a wide ditch, a bit like a river). I Could have saved myself a walk if I had come in from the Yaxley end... However, that would have meant I would not have seen a couple of Short-eared Owls, three Peregrines, 50 Corn Buntings, 150 Stock Doves, 1,000 plus Lapwings, Kingfisher, 250 Golden Plovers and so on.
When I first saw the bird through the arch of the railway bridge, it was fishing in the ditch, but had moved up onto the back with some Mute Swans by the time I took the dangerous crossing, dodging 100mph trains. I got too close and it flushed and flew over to land near the Trundle Mere hide of the Holme Fen/Great Fen complex.

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

One(ish) per month(ish) 2015

January: Stonechat, Ferry Meadows CP, Peterborough
February, Red Fox, our garden, Peterborough
March: Palestine Sunbird, Dana, Jordan
April: Yellow Wagtail, Ferry Meadows CP, Peterborough
May: Osprey 3J, Ferry Meadows CP, Peterborough
June: Dark Green Fritillary, Ketton Quarry LWT, Lincolnshire
Adder, Serpentine BP, Peterborough
August: Red-footed Falcon, Willow Tree Fen, Lincolnshire
September: Common Terns, Ferry Meadows CP, Peterborough
October: Siberian Crane, Chingshui Wetland, Jinshan, Taiwan
Autumn: baby Adder, Serpentine BP, Peterborough
Short-eared Owl, Holme Fen (Great Fen)