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PLODDINGBIRDER: A few birds and Moths!
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Sunday, 9 August 2015. A few birds and Moths! Dingy Footman(f.stramineola) in the Plodland trap. Scarce Chocholate-tip in the R.S.P.B. trap. Gem in the R.S.P.B.trap. The sea has been very quiet this weekend with 2 Pomarine Skuas (AJG) the highlights. Couldn't resist putting up another pic of this super bird. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Late August in Sussex. Lade - *warm, misty, light airs - 0600hrs - With dew on the plants we headed straight for the ponds, a notable local sun trap where any grou...
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PLODDINGBIRDER: Quiet Days!
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Wednesday, 5 August 2015. Herring Gull with Whiting at the fishing boats. Juvenile Yellow-legged Gull at the fishing boats. Mute Swan from the sea watch hide not often seen on sea watches! There was a just a handful of birds caught in the nets today, of note the first Garden Warbler I have seen in Britain this year. Garden Warbler at the observatory. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Late August in Sussex. Birding the day away! Caspian Gull Juv/1st.W Dungeness, Kent - 29.08.16. Calm South East winds 5/...
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David Featherbe Wildlife Photography: Links
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David Featherbe Wildlife Photography. Stock Photography by David Featherbe at Alamy. Wwwalamy.com/stock-photography/940F0AB9-05EE-4F39-A4BA-CF052BD38E5C/David Featherbe.html. More of my images can be found on my 500px page http:/ 500px.com/davidfeatherbe. Celebrating the biodiversity of Planet Earth http:/ focusingonwildlife.com/news/. Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust. Http:/ www.wwt.org.uk. Northshots - Images from Northern Nature. Http:/ www.northshots.com. Birding - Folkestone and Hythe.
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Greenie in the wild: October 2014
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An account of the wildlife I come across and hopefully pictures to bring the account closer. Tuesday, 28 October 2014. Monday 27th. October 2014. With October almost over , I made a visit to Knole Park at Sevenoaks to see if the deer had got into rutting mood . Arriving at the back of the park , I was surprised to find eight Sika Deer , feeding just inside the gate , two adult and a juvenile buck and five does . The dominant buck with a fine set of. Blackening Wax Cap / H.nigrescens ,. In the same area ,...
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Greenie in the wild: December 2014
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An account of the wildlife I come across and hopefully pictures to bring the account closer. Thursday, 25 December 2014. Thursday 25th. December 2014. When Carol told me yesterday morning that she didn't need any help with the final shopping for the festivities , I was gutted! Was a Great White Egret that flew in from the other side of the pit , and it wasn't long before it struck. Into it's breakfast . At almost the same moment , a female Marsh Harrier rose from it's roost in the. Some people spent thei...
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Greenie in the wild: August 2015
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An account of the wildlife I come across and hopefully pictures to bring the account closer. Monday, 24 August 2015. Monday 24th. August 2015. Stuck indoors today with a temperature only half of what it was Saturday and pouring with rain , so a chance to look back on a couple of recent visits . The slope below Biggin Hill airport produced a 50-50 split male to female Chalkhill Blues , 5 Brown. On a log pile , no. Slow Worms didn't . Females right and centre and a male , with blue spots , bottom left ...
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Greenie in the wild: Monday 20th. July 2015
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An account of the wildlife I come across and hopefully pictures to bring the account closer. Monday, 20 July 2015. Monday 20th. July 2015. This Yellow and Black Longhorn Beetle / Rutpela maculate has been in very short supply this year , usually they are swarming all over the Bramble flowers , but very few seen . Also on grass seed heads , lots of these tiny Mirid or Capsid bugs , with their 'goulish , smiling face' markings . A few other finds at High Elms included ;. Towards the end of the week , an ex...
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Robs Birding Blog: Titchfield Haven NNR .....Greater Yellowlegs
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Tuesday, 19 May 2015. Titchfield Haven NNR .Greater Yellowlegs. Plans were put in place Sunday with Richard to go to Titchfield Haven in Hampshire on Monday 18th May to try and see the Greater Yellowlegs . A quick dash into the visitor centre to get our permits for the reserve passing a couple of birders on route , when we came out we saw the same two birders intently looking at something near the road , as we approached them they informed us they had got the Greater Yellowlegs. Some of the flock appeare...
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Robs Birding Blog: April 2015
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Saturday, 25 April 2015. Great Blue Heron . On Scilly. Yesterday the 24th April i teamed up with Kevin and our destination was the Isles of Scilly and our target bird was the Great Blue Heron. On Bryher which was only the 2nd record of this species in the UK . Kevin picks up the story from here , i will add photos of the Great Blue Heron. As the story unfolds :. Following a whole two days spent dipping the Heron on 15th and 16th April ( note the bird reappeared once we landed back at Land's End! No one o...
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Robs Birding Blog: February 2015
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Friday, 27 February 2015. Black Scoter and Waxwing Up North. On Wednesday 25th February i teamed up with Richard in the very early hours and headed to Northumberland in the hope of seeing the adult drake Black Scoter. Which would be a lifer for both of us , Richard made great time getting us there and we pulled into the car park at Cheswick at approx 8am . We walked through the sand dunes and started scanning the sea for any Scoters. There were lots of Long Tailed Ducks. And Red Breasted Mergansers.