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On the Bird Trail: A Garden Bonanza
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On the Bird Trail. Thursday, 14 January 2010. Mostly a garden update this one. All this snow and slipping down in the street has seemed worth it with the feathered visitors we've been getting. The Fieldfare. Has taken up residency for now, a. Nd the very wee cotoneaster and pyracantha we planted in the front garden last year have scored us a Redwing. Or two. The growing Reed Bunting. Attendance has peaked with around 15 birds at a time, and I pause to type here because a Mistle Thrush. In other news, rec...
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On the Bird Trail: November 2010
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On the Bird Trail. Wednesday, 24 November 2010. So I've been at Carsington a bit more often than normal, more Date With Nature days mainly. We're currently trying to make sure everyone has the opportunity to sign up to our Letter to the Future. Campaign, and let the politicians who can do so much to provide a healthy environment for future generations know just how much we all care about this stuff. If you haven't done it yet, follow this link which tells you all about it. But the Great Northern Diver.
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On the Bird Trail: A Birdwatch to Remember
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On the Bird Trail. Tuesday, 10 November 2009. A Birdwatch to Remember. Big day at Carsington this weekend. It began with a report of a Black Redstart. Video above), by the end of it Great Northern Diver. Mostly summer plumage), female Scaup. And a Ring-billed Gull. To add to the impressive cast earlier in the week we had a Garganey. Of debatable age and even gender during the RSPB's A Date With Nature. Also had good numbers of Pink-footed Geese. Overflying the few days. Nice to be under their direct ...
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On the Bird Trail: May 2009
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On the Bird Trail. Tuesday, 26 May 2009. Did Budby Common at the weekend, had promised the girlfriend a Cuckoo. Plenty heard of them and one of the two calling males gave a couple of fleeting views. We've done better there before, but these are always skittish birds. The usual suspects were also around, loads of Tree Pipit. Although surprisingly saw only one Woodlark. Painted lady. butterfly. Wednesday, 13 May 2009. Reterns and what's that Stint? Were a charming addition too. The Garden Warbler. And ther...
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On the Bird Trail: Rutters
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On the Bird Trail. Tuesday, 17 November 2009. 224) by the path to one of the hides. Heard them plenty in Sherwood Forest, the squeaky gate call of the chicks around dusk, first time seeing one though. The other lifer was a Slavonian Grebe. 225), a full winter plumage bird easy to ID, and actually a nice comparison with a few Black-necked Grebes. Around. Winter ducks aplenty, some nice Golden Plover. Video comes from Rutland, watch out for a Hitchcokian cameo from a Shoveler. 20 February 2014 at 22:23.
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On the Bird Trail: March 2009
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On the Bird Trail. Saturday, 28 March 2009. Picture courtesy of the girlfriend). Inspired by some epic photographs on Birdguides. We finally took the trip down the A38 to Foremark Reservoir, a bit south of Derby, to catch this long staying Red-necked Grebe. Also picked up my first Wheatear. Of '09, hopefully to be met with again in July if all plans for a week on the Isle of Mull come together. What's missing from this entry? Oh yes, the dodgy digi-video-scope effort. Wednesday, 25 March 2009. A shot of ...
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On the Bird Trail: June 2009
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On the Bird Trail. Tuesday, 9 June 2009. Check out the picture, if it looks like a glove with a tissue pegged to it you're only partially right. What you actually see is our successful Nightjar mimic. Well, this we tried last night not long after sunset, this time just the girlfriend and me there, and WOW. With the glove sat on a fence post in came the male, we had it circling within 10 feet of us, 10 feet! Well there is an apparent conflict between local expertise on how the National Nature Reserve shou...
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On the Bird Trail: September 2009
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On the Bird Trail. Monday, 28 September 2009. Did Carsington last week, first event I've done for months, so long ago they've even changed the name of it - A Date With Nature - sounds like a date worth keeping. Fairly quiet there, the best bird news is the Kingfisher. Is becoming quite tame and posing very neatly in front of the hides and Wildlife Centre. If it sticks around better photographs should follow, I was busy going wow with the visitors on the day when the birds was super close. At Kings Mill R...
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On the Bird Trail: The Bleak Midwinter
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On the Bird Trail. Wednesday, 6 January 2010. Haven't posted for a while so I'll quickly round up the last month. Bagged two lifers in that time, the first came with the dozens of Common Crossbill. At Broomhead Reservoir near Sheffield. Just wasn't getting any luck with well known local sites like Sherwood Pines or Matlock Forest, and learnt about Broomhead on Birdforum. Brilliant places, loads of Crossbills - saw a dozen or so and heard more - mixed in with Goldf. In the layby where we parked the car.
