Beauty and the Beast

...at St. Ives feeders

Winter Warmers

Some of the nine Snow Buntings on Soil hill this morning, in typical Arctic conditions.

Incredible...India Part 2

More from South Goa.

Incredible...India Part 1

A selection of photos from South Goa.

Ready Steady Go!

Launch sequence of a Booted Eagle Spain

Images from Spain

These Raptors are winter visitors to S E Spain

Images from Spain

Bluethroats are a winter visitor to SE Spain

Images from Spain

Hedge Accentor

Images of the Dipper @ Shipley

These images are of the Dipper suspected to be of the Black-bellied race C.c.cinclus.

The bottom image shows pale tips and fringes on the wing coverts and tertials aging this bird as a first winter. All three images show a brown band below the white chest, though not chestnut, the presence of this band would probably prevent the bird being accepted by a rarities committee. Having viewed several images on the internet of Black-bellied Dippers they show the black belly meeting the white chest. Looking at literature the underparts of a Black-bellied Dipper are uniform dark which the above Dipper clearly doesn't show. Also both British races and the central european race can have a dark brown band below the white chest making the above bird difficult to racially identify.

Thanks to Stephen Lilley for the images.

M Doveston

"The" Dipper @ Shipley - A Tremethick

This footage was taken on Friday 28th October of the Dipper suspected by some to be of the Black-bellied race C.c.cinclus

Late Wheatear at Whetstone

A very confiding Northern Wheatear was at Whetstone Gate early this morning (22nd October), also a Red Kite.

More Kite Flying

The Kites were being very acrobatic- one was playing with a heather branch in the air.

Flying a Kite

4 Red Kites at Whetstone Gate Saturday afternoon
Birdfact!- Kites are called Kites because they fly together in a Kite formation...it's true, a bloke in a pub told me.

new residents

One of about 200 redwings settling around Staveley Rd. Nabwood.

Pectoral Sandpiper Pugneys

A cracking watch & shoot for hour or so.
Get over to Pugneys Country Park for this Beauty!

It seemed to like hanging round us human Photographers.

Coming so close I had to shoot a Portrait!

I had it within 18" of my feet at one point.

Fingers crossed for one in our area!