I must confess - Warblers are probably my favourite 'tribe'. This migrant Wood Warbler was singing between the thundery showers and eventually posed well for the camera.
24 April, 2008
Wood Warbler @ MVCP
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23 April, 2008
Sandwich Tern @ Stewartby Lake
After twenty years of birding in Bedfordshire I finally connected with a Sandwich Tern found by mjgbirder at Stewartby Lake !
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Norfolk Day Trip
At Titchwell, a Siskin awaits its turn to use the feeders.
Along the Meadow trail, a few Cetti's Warbler played hide and seek from the camera and a male Chaffinch posed in the blossom.
Down in the Brecks, a Woodlark in song flight.
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Labels: Cetti's Warbler, Chaffinch, Siskin, Woodlark
18 April, 2008
Black-tailed Godwit & Common Redstart
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17 April, 2008
Dunstable STW
17th Apr:
A Barn Swallow takes a rest from feeding in the keen easterly wind - the hirundines were keeping very low above the water taking advantage of the insects on the leeward side of the plantation.
16th Apr:
The first Sedge Warbler of the Year for the site was keeping low at the front of the lagoon.
A pair of Blue Tit were foraging in the dead stuff above the Sedge Warbler.
A small 'charm' of Goldfinch fed alongside a pair of Linnet.
A Green Sandpiper was, suprisingly, the first this year at the site. The Whooper Swan 'on patrol' chases off a Canada Goose.
A pair of Grey Wagtail wait to feed - the male showing a black throat patch.
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Labels: Barn Swallow, Blue Tit, Canada Goose, Goldfinch, Green Sandpiper, Grey Wagtail, Sedge Warbler, Whooper Swan
13 April, 2008
Early Cuckoo
At Dunstable STW my earliest UK Common Cuckoo was a suprise but brief find. They were also reported from Pulloxhill and at Woodwalton Fen, Cambridgshire. The local Tufted Duck were clocking up some 'airmiles'. A partial leucistic Common Moorhen was found - one of last year's progeny.
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Labels: Common Cuckoo, Moorhen, Tufted Duck
09 April, 2008
Garganey
This super male Garganey was found late afternoon at Dunstable STW. It was feeding continuously with the local Teal. This was the first record here for over twenty years !
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08 April, 2008
Dunstable STW Migrants
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Labels: Barn Swallow, Grey Partridge, Little-ringed Plover, Redshank, Willow Warbler
07 April, 2008
Blow's Downs, Dunstable: Ring Ouzel
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03 April, 2008
Dunstable STW: Mink
A first for me - American Mink. An alien specie which has a cosmopolitan taste and will eat pretty much anything ! Here it has a dead Rabbit.
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02 April, 2008
Dunstable STW: Black Redstart
Included is this very blurred shot showing the tail colour...
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