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!

Denholme Clough & Doe Park

First Post, Raptors at Whetstone

That's definitely Bradford.

Sizing up the opposition.

Reminds me of a chicken, that buzzard.

Nice line of sight.

Why does each picture appear before the last one??

Dive!

Local buzzard, I bet it's the one that comes over our house.

There can be only one outcome really.

Hi, this is my first blog post anywhere, not just here, so I can only assume what this will look like...I'm winging it, and it's late. Apologies in advance.

-seems to compose upside down...

Holiday Devon more interesting birds

Now for some more interesting stuff:

Little Egret in Cockwood Harbour.

Buzzard in very dark woods hopping around the floor hunting something?

Didn't really bother with me, so I blasted some flash shots off!

Eventually came out into daylight & game me this, You following me look!

Tawny Owl around Newton Abbot.

Common Scoters around Torquay!

Cracking Kestrel that sat in fron of the hide at Berry Head.

Now the Target species:

Cirl Buntings at Berry Head.

They do quite well at this site.

Holiday Devon

I have been working away for 2 years, but I am back now & hopefully should be getting around Local Haunts again soon.

But as I havent posted for a while - I have a few shots from Devon you may enjoy!

Swallow sniffing flowers at Berry Head.

Wren from Brixham.

Couple of Turnstones in Brixham Harbour.

Redshanks from Torquay.

Oystercatcher at Dawlish Warren.

Chiffchaff at Occombe Farm - I saw these things

literally everywhere I went in large numbers.

Whitethroat at side of a Layby - Lots of these around too.

More goodies to follow.

Greenland Wheatear

This bird I originally photographed on wednesday the 14th and remarkable
it was still present in the same area yesterday Sunday 18th.

Doe Park Kestrel

Wheatear ( Greenland Race )

This bird was very confiding,at times moving to close to photograph,after approx half an hour it moved on up Nab Water Lane heading south.

Kingfisher at Leeming Res

A successful fishing expedition this afternoon.

Waders Galore

Eleven species of wader at Blacktoft Saturday 4th Sept