Flighty Snow Buntings at Soil Hill this morning.
Friday, 6 January 2012
Wednesday, 28 December 2011
Monday, 12 December 2011
Winter Warmers
Some of the nine Snow Buntings on Soil hill this morning, in typical Arctic conditions.
Monday, 28 November 2011
Wednesday, 23 November 2011
Thursday, 17 November 2011
Sunday, 6 November 2011
Sunday, 30 October 2011
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
Saturday, 22 October 2011
Late Wheatear at Whetstone
A very confiding Northern Wheatear was at Whetstone Gate early this morning (22nd October), also a Red Kite.Sunday, 16 October 2011
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.
Birdfact!- Kites are called Kites because they fly together in a Kite formation...it's true, a bloke in a pub told me.
Thursday, 13 October 2011
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