always good at Dungeness.sat 30th jan

Pick up for the coach at 7.45am,  bus stop at A12 gubbins Lane junction,  plenty of parking space nearby.   £17 for the trip with the Havering local RSPB group;  cheap at the price.  Don't have to worry about driving,  so we just sit back and relax.    We stopped at the power station first where the Observatory guy gave us the lowdown on what was about,  so for an hour some went off to see the Glaucous Gull while others went to the shingle mound to watch for seabirds.   Plenty of Razorbills,  Guillimots,  Divers and Gulls to see.   After that we were back on the coach and drove back round to the RSPB entrance where some of the guys alighted to start from ARC pits and the rest of us carried on to the visiter centre.   Straight away opposite the centre  were the 2 Long-Eared Owls with one sitting out all day long giving good views.   From then on we saw up to 4 Great White Egrets,  Marsh Harriers,  Hen Harrier,  Buzzard, Slav Grebe, half a dozen Red Head Smews,  1 m 2 f Goosanders, at least 2 Dartford Warblers and plenty more.  At great day out in the company of Russ,  Ron Colson, Steve and Steve,  Mike Hughes and George,  Malcom,  Rita and all the others.  Arrived home 6.30pm.

No one could do anything about the twigs

Didn't matter

Sea Eagles, Isle of Skye, David McGough Junior.

Now that Son David has established himself on Skye he is now going on bird surveys with a neighbour who has been doing them for some time,  he seems to be enjoying himself   learning where different species hang out,  can't wait to get there.     Photo's by David McGough Junior.     (Skye Birds).

Sea Eagle, Oronsay Loch Bracadale.

Sea Eagle, Oronsay, Skye.

Sea Otter.

1st January 2016 Ingrebourne Valley

Combined  number of birds recorded was 67 ,  this is without a number of birds missing that were seen up to the day before,  such as 2 Pintail, 2 Shelduck and the Owls,  thats birding.

Fairlop Waters and Dagenham Chase

Russ and I took another look at both places and were rewarded by both the birds and the sun with the Great Northern Diver and a surprise appearance of a Peregrine Falcon at Fairlop Waters,  and then the Ferruginous Duck at the Chase.

Sleek!

Rear end

We can still see you"

Unexpected Peregrine Fairlop.

Ferruginous Duck!

Recent photos from The Ingrebourne , Jack Snipe!

Jack Snipe, Scrape.

Goldcrest, Flew into Window

at Centre but recovered.

Short-Eared Owl at Mucking

Russ and I took a reasonable early trip to EWTs  Thurrock nature Park on Wednesday,  got there to early for the gate to be open so we parked up and headed up the path,  no sooner had we started walking when a Short-Eared Owl came flying towards us,   it eventually settled on a fence post along the circular path and we managed to get some photos.   Although there seems to be a good number of these fabulous birds about at the moment this one appears to be the only one here.  I am hoping that when the weather changes this weekend it will push more of these birds and other species down.

Bobolink Mass

Bobolink

Bobolink

Palm Warbler

DeCordova Museum and Sulpture Park

Ditto

La Meme