White-spotted Bluethroat – Hook-with-Warsash, Hampshire
On the Thursday I had a workshop at Portland Bill in the late afternoon. I took my scope, bins and sketchbook along and left a bit earlier than normal as there had been a Wryneck […]
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Wryneck – Farlington Marshes, Hampshire
Wrynecks were starting to be found at migration hot spots and in mist nets up and down the country and at 10:40am on bank holiday Monday Bird Guides reported that a Wryneck had been found […]
Dipper – St John’s Chapel, Weardale
At the end of our first day up north Clifford and I had walked down to the River Wear in St John’s Chapel, along the bank to the bridge in Daddry Shield and then back […]
Wood Sandpiper – Titchfield Haven, Hampshire
There had been a large influx of Wood Sandpipers mainly on the east coast including a count of 110 (!!!) at Cley Marshes in Norfolk. The nearest individuals to me were single birds at Langford Lakes in Wiltshire, Pulborough Brooks in West Sussex and Titchfield Haven in Hampshire […]
Osprey – Fishlake Meadows, Hampshire
I headed to Romsey to look for the first returning Osprey of the autumn which had spent the last few days at Fishlake Meadows en-route to its wintering grounds in West Africa. In the past […]
Great White Egret – Fishlake Meadows, Hampshire
While waiting for an Osprey to appear I spent an hour or so sketching a Great White Egret which had landed directly out from the main viewing screen. There was hardly a second when the […]
Roseate Tern – Titchfield Haven, Hampshire
Martin, Mark, Dad and I were due to go out birding and as there wasn’t anything obvious to go for and the weather forecast was excellent we decided we would head to Acres Down to try for Honey Buzzard […]
