Recent pics:
1. Double Pot Of Gold!
2. Common Snipe
3. Common Snipe
Rob
Recent pics:
1. Double Pot Of Gold!
2. Common Snipe
3. Common Snipe
Rob
Great pics.......love the 2nd Snipe one and the rainbow is awesome......sure I can see Zippy on one of the Islands....
Keith
Well done Mary.How many people have walked past that post(myself included) and not noticed "growths" like these.:t:
Rob if you find the gold i`ll be your best mate.
Love the back view of the Snipe. Shows their markings well.
Chris
The shot of the snipe dropping into the 'juncus' patch, captures the ambience of what has now become the snipe capital of upton warren. This year it appears that the wintering flock of jack and common snipe have now relocated to this area of the reserve. The more you look at this picture the more it conjures up the whole snipe island event of the winter 2012-2013 - brilliant mate:t:John
ps I hope Peter E can put into words what I am actually trying to say
Only report today is from Dave J ; at Flashes Avocet 14, chiffchaff and an adult common gull.
Thanks John & I don't think Peter needs to rewrite what you summed up well. :t:
Rob
Next Saturday I am going to do an 'all-dayer'... so I will be on the reserve from dawn till dusk and beyond... if anyone wants to avoid me I suggest you don't go next Saturday8-P
read this about 10 times and can't figure it out... should I have read all the above article to get it?Article about urban birdwatching, focusing on London. I've seen the Ring Necked Parakeets along the Thames, very strange!
http://http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/outdoors/outdoor-activities/9937825/Urban-birdwatching-is-taking-off.html
I saw into the teens of bird species in Digbeth on Sunday morning, no parakeets though.
read this about 10 times and can't figure it out... should I have read all the above article to get it?
Cheers
Keith :t:
Article about urban birdwatching, focusing on London. I've seen the Ring Necked Parakeets along the Thames, very strange!
http://http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/outdoors/outdoor-activities/9937825/Urban-birdwatching-is-taking-off.html
I saw into the teens of bird species in Digbeth on Sunday morning, no parakeets though.
I walked along the southern shore of the sailing pool, to be greeted by a grey wag on the jetty and a singing goldcrest next to the spruce trees. Just past the bridge a little owl called it must have been perched up in the hen pool silver birches, it then called from the edge of the sailing pool - yet another year tick for me. The Flashes echoed to a raucous cacophony of squabbling BHG's, with a massive roost for the spring, of 1500 birds, but no other species amongst them.
Unfortunately there were no lapwings, which is worrying as they should be displaying by now.
species count for the Flashes:
Shelduck pr, mallard 20, greylag 2, coot 10, curlew 20, avocet 15, oystercatcher pr, BHG 1500, buzzard, little owl, stock dove, redwing 5,