Had an impromptu visit to the Willow tree fen Bluethroat yesterday morning, altho it was nice and bright when I arrived it soon clouded over, got windier and colder ! So not ideal conditions….only a handful of birders were on … Continue reading Bluethroat

Still havn’t been able to get any decent photos of this bird but these video stills in better light give a good indication of the colours. The upperparts have no grey tones at-all, looking sandy or warm brown in the … Continue reading Marston lesserthroat

Not many words needed in this post  I will let the images I got of that Willow Tree Fen bird speak for themselves. Am posting a set images from different angles so all round plumage can be seen by those … Continue reading Bluethroat

I discovered this little beaut with a tit flock at the works the other day, it’s almost certainly of an Eastern form. It promptly flew to the private area, strictly no access but I did get temporary permission. Its an … Continue reading Marston lesser whitethroat

Sifting through the greylags at Marston revealed a couple of pink-footed geese, one Canada (unusual here), PZB the neck-collared Windermere greylag and some greylags with orange legs. This isn’t unusual, in fact about fifteen percent of the flock had a … Continue reading Legs..

The south Lincolnshire area continues it’s recent good form. This first winter male was spotted (pardon the pun) on Friday. It is more than likely of the red-spotted form, from Scandinavia/Northern Europe. Close views show a very small reddish area, above … Continue reading Bluethroat, Willow Tree Fen

Cotham landfill. Superb gull action at the moment, thousands of gulls coming and going. Again I found the three first winter glaucus gulls that were here yesterday. (Presumably the same ones). Also seen were a couple of very interesting birds … Continue reading More white-wingers

Visited Cotham landfill, just over the border, in Notts. this morning, the tip here has been producing some good gulls lately. There were thousands of gulls to look through. If you can put up with the methane gas filling your … Continue reading Glaucous gulls

Been far too long that I had been out birding with mate Dave R and so a day came free this Saturday (Feb 4th) and it looked like being a nice day as well – bonus! The plan was to … Continue reading Dave & Nezzy do South Lincs

From January 1st to date (February 5th) 2017 I have managed to see the wonder that is Bohemian Waxing in 4 separate places, Loughborough, Derby, Harworth and finally today (February 5th) Grantham my home town, over 4 counties in fact … Continue reading Waxwing Lyrical