icterine warbler

Another first very obliging bird after a near disaster when my battery went flat. Car charger saved the day

Always nice finding migrants that have travelled so far without the expensive airfare that we have to pay!

Headed to Norfolk today as there were a few bits around. Dipped on the UK lifer, but was rewarded for a 7 mile hike on shingle out to Blakeney Point with cracking views of this icterine warbler.

Icterine Warbler showing off its bling after being trapped at Landguard yesterday.

I heard a funny noise from a bush while I was taking photos of a buterfly. I knew it had to be a young bird and was able to take this nice photo of the little fellow. Experts told me it's a young Icterine Warbler. Do you agree?

The Icterine at Burnham Overy was ridiculously confiding, happily strutting in the sand about 10 feet for us. I didn't even feel the need to throw a locust.

tripod; 0.00 EV; 1/500s; f/8; ISO 400 Many passerines are in these days on their way back to their winter quarters, I love this time of the year :) ...This species is a regular migrant in my area, yet it has proved to be quite hard to photograph so far, given its habits of keeping high on...

A Scarce Drift Migrant in Shetland

Another shot from my study window

I had many sightings of this Warbler but photographing them was a bit difficult either wrong light or foliage in the way just managed a few reasnoble shots

Taken at Sumburgh Lighthouse Shetland Islands

I spent three days trying to Photograph this bird in the grounds of Sumburgh Hotel finaly after watching it's movments I saw that after being disturbed from it's favoured cover it often settled in a bush next to the car park I just sat in the car and waited for some visitors to walk round the...

Another rarity from the Shetland Islands this was the first time I had saw this Species so getting a photo was a bonus