Stainby tip 30/07/2013 To use a Dean Nicholson-ism,there was some ‘gullage’ at Stainby.I reckon there were at least six yellow-legged gulls this afternoon.The ones I managed to id were adults or near adults.As usual here the viewing is poor,the birds being very distant.I had a word with the site staff to see if I could get in close, but the chap made it quite clear I’d have more chance of getting pregnant than getting in there.It was a case of waiting for the birds to get up and then trying to id them in flight,occasionally they would settle in view.I think there … Continue reading Stainby landfill.

Got round to a sailing trip on my brother’s boat,setting sail from Gib,early Fri.26th.We slept on the boat Thurs. night,moored in the Steeping river.Hardly slept a wink.At 4.20 am a couple of greenshanks called and then fed in the mud right outside my window,just feet away,in the half light.I could have sworn one had a little notebook tucked under it’s wing,probably making a list of all the boat names it saw.Several common sandpipers flew up and down river. We left on the high tide with another three boats in our flotilla.Pete negotiated the river across the flooded saltmarsh while I enjoyed the swarms of knots,dunlins … Continue reading Gib to Winteringham(on board gymno)

What with work being very busy at the moment, travelling the length and breadth of our fair isle and holidays I have not really had the chance to go out birding at all. Today was another of those days of being at home after working in Leeds yesterday. So I was kicking around the garden and as usual my camera was available in case anything interesting came into view and also I wanted to see if I could get a shot or two of the nesting Dunnocks we currently have in our Forsythia in the garden. So below are only … Continue reading Not much birding lately!

A field trip to Red Hill SSSI with Mark Schofield of the Lincs WT on a very hot day produced a good selection of flowers and Butterflies: Kidney Vetch Wild Marjoram Agrimony Tufted Vtech Six Spot Burnet Pyramidal Orchid Yellow Wort Mallow Red Bartsia Clary Greater Knapweed Black Medic (greatly magnified) Self Heal l Common Knapweed Meadow Brown Large Skipper Marbled White Small Heath Betony Harebell   All taken with Olympus E-M5 and 60mm f2.8 Macro David Continue reading Red Hill SSSI