Despite Barred this and Greenish that today, two hours of patch dedication yielded Willow Tit at Bassington NR (seen and heard) (along the east edge and then off NE and into the wood to the north of the derelict factory on the east side of Bassington Drive) and five Common Buzzards in the same tree at Wessie H.
Hardly 'stop the presses', but nice to come across.
Sunday, 26 August 2012
Wednesday, 22 August 2012
Broad Minded
News and a few shots of a Broad-billed Sandpiper at Seaton Snook (is that a real place? Like Atlantis!) yesterday had me to-ing and fro-ing about whether to travel today or not, and if so, when. After seeing it on BirdGuides this morning, I was minded to go for the evening high tide, and then I thought, 'Bollocks, just do it!' so it was a 1:30 arrival and after 30 minutes of plodging in my wellies across soft sand with optics and cameras and a fleece on, I was kapput.
BirdGuides came up trumps yet again, with a new location at Seal Sands. Like Robinson Crusoe pulling himself by his fingernails across the sand, I slowly manoeuvred my wrecked self back to the car and off south.
And then to the hide, and some patience from one within in terms of, 'Do you see the X? Well look left and past the Y. Then look down and to your left and where the Z is, it's there.'
And after what seemed like a lifetime, a Lifer.
Very distant, requiring the 60x zoom, and frequent focussing and refocussing, but a Broad-billed Sand nonetheless.
Nice!
BirdGuides came up trumps yet again, with a new location at Seal Sands. Like Robinson Crusoe pulling himself by his fingernails across the sand, I slowly manoeuvred my wrecked self back to the car and off south.
And then to the hide, and some patience from one within in terms of, 'Do you see the X? Well look left and past the Y. Then look down and to your left and where the Z is, it's there.'
And after what seemed like a lifetime, a Lifer.
Very distant, requiring the 60x zoom, and frequent focussing and refocussing, but a Broad-billed Sand nonetheless.
Nice!
Tuesday, 21 August 2012
Bassington NR
No sign of the Green Woodpecker this afternoon, but a nice Kestrel v Sprawk 'dogfight' over the wooded area was a good start.
Plenty of Odonata, many paired up, all over the place. The west end had at least three Black Darters and their Common (note: thanks, Brian (again)) cousins:
And in the throes of procreation (is nothing sacred?):
Plenty of Odonata, many paired up, all over the place. The west end had at least three Black Darters and their Common (note: thanks, Brian (again)) cousins:
And in the throes of procreation (is nothing sacred?):
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