The Hide at its Best. The UK has many great birds and the Hide today had many visitors to watch. The Male Brambling made 3 to 4 visits. Male Siskin, Male Reed Bunting, Redpoll, Greenfinch Woodpecker all showing well. Plus many more.
Tawny Owl Photography. I am now in my 4th year with the Tawny Owl project. My first Box went up 3 years ago. Before buying the Van at Goodenbergh i had onlt seen one Tawny Owl in the daylight hours. Through lots of hours of dedication and patience i can now go and see the… Read more »
Me and Ruth went down to the Hide and planted 3 more Fruit Trees, that makes 6 in total 2 Apple 2 Plum 1 Pear and one i cant read the label of. Changed around the Logs and Stumps and put the feeders in different places so anyone who likes to photograph the birds gets… Read more »
walking back to the van tonight i decided to go past the tree where i spotted the Tawny Owl last night. And yet agin it was sitting in the same tree a little bit higher.
Today i spotted this Blackbird with a white feather on the left hand side of its body. When is a Blackbird not a Blackbird… | BTO – British Trust for Ornithology Across the country, householders have been seeing Blackbirds with strange white markings. The condition, typically referred to as ‘leucism’, is one of a… Read more »
Reed Bunting. Amber Alert Status Seen today in the Hide. Sparrow-sized but slim and with a long, deeply notched tail, the male has a black head, white collar and a drooping moustache. Females and winter males have a streaked head. In flight the tail looks black with broad, white edges.
Green Status Alert A delightful small, long-tailed and rather sprightly black and white bird. When not standing and frantically wagging its tail up and down it can be seen dashing about over lawns or car parks in search of food. It frequently calls when in its undulating flight and often gathers at dusk to… Read more »
The Bird Count. I posted a couple of weeks ago that I had recorded 35 Bird Species, so this is just to update the sightings. 36. Chiffchaff 37. Woodcock/ On Site then hiding amongst the grass near hide. 38. Oystercatcher 39.Jay 40. Collard Dove 41.Dunnock / Also Known as Hedge Sparrow. 42. Wood… Read more »
How much better will it get. Just when i thought it was quiet on the Owl front i come across a Tawny Owl tonight when i was out looking for the Fox and Deer. When i found her she was about 10 feet off the ground so i walked past twice really slow. When i… Read more »
Carved Funny Mushrooms/ Fungi. Over the winter Colin cut many trees down and with all the timber just sitting and rotting I thought I would start a new line in Fungi. If you see any you like drop me a line or call at 30 BW.
Great day weather brilliant. Filled the feeders up this morning a caught site of a Sparrow Hawk waiting just inside the Hide area. The Jay came in for some nuts, I love the colours and there great to photograph. The picture of the Jay facing down was a capture when it dropped straight down it… Read more »
Approaching the Hide late this evening I flushed out a Roe Deer and anticipated where it come out so started to press the shutter on High Speed. It was some distance away but happy with the results after a small amount of cropping. First one is slightly out of focus but I just wanted to… Read more »
Erly morning at the Hide re arranging the tree stumps, drizzle and damp but the birds came to feed as soon as i had finished filling the feeders up. A pair of Woodpeckers were chasing each other which i have seen but never close up.
2 New Bird sightings at the Hide and on site. A Chiffchaff was sighted on Friday 24th March but had to send picture off to get it ID. And up near the stables today a Pied Wagtail is showing well, as it does every year, picture to follow when I get a good enough image.
Another evening late to catch the Wildlife that ventures out as the light goes. And again i was lucky again to watch 3 Brown Hare’s playing a short distance from where i was. One was very relaxed and cleaned its back feet for a minute.
Nice Tree Sparrow sitting near nest box at the back of our van, not sure if its nesting in the nest box but keeps making visits and sitting inside it.
Red fox making its first out at the hide late this evening.
I have never seen so many Tree creepers about on site and with the great light today i managed to get my best shots to date.You can see the feather detail on the second photo.
