Wonderfull day at the Ingrebourne Valley

Stealth is the only way.

The right place at....

The Little Circus Act

Harvest Mouse

Great Grey Shrike reappears

It was just a matter of time.   This bird first showed briefly at the end of November on the edge of the glades,  then a little over a month later appeared suddenly on Bonnetts Wood Hill on the 5th of January,  which was a more substantial sighting,   since then all searching could not find anything until Martin Jordan walked into a small clearing in Berwick Woods on the 17th of January.   Hopefully with not too much chasing it should stay in the area until the Spring.

Redpolls chased it off.

Waxwings Ashton Road

Sea Eagle Isle of Skye, David McGough Junior.

 Sea Eagle Isle of Skye, 

Bit of a contrast,  Parakeet Ingrebourne valley feeders,(DMcG)

Birds from across the Pond September.

Osprey

SemiPalmated Sandpiper

Semipalmated Plover

Greater Yellowlegs

Great Egret?

Mockingbird

Greater, Lesser Yellowlegs, L B Dowitcher

Belted Kingfisher

Kestrel

S P Sandpipers

Grey Plover

Piping Plover

Least Sandpiper

Western Sandpiper?

Sanderling

Greater Yellowlegs

Snowy Egret

American Redstart

Big Fish

Grey Catbird

Bobolinks among the Zineas

Piping Plovers. Header, Red-Tailed Hawk (Plum Island MA)

    There aren't many birds around the world that I would see before JL,  you would think I should have done,  after all I am slightly older.     The Piping Plover was disappearing in the US until they started a conservation program and closed the beaches and dunes during the breeding season and is now doing quite well along the east coast of America.   The Parker River National Wildlife refuge (Plum Island) is a fabulous reserve about 50 miles north of Boston at Newburyport,  everything breeds or migrates through here.   Ospreys,  Snapping Turtles, Bald Eagles,  this is where I saw my first Piping Plover some years ago, they are like an anaemic Ring Plover and are mainly seen at the end of the Spit about 8 miles from the start of the reserve,  luckily you can drive along the reserve and stop at different habitats along the way. 

More Fauna from the Isle of Skye

Juv Cuckoo near David McGough juniors garden,  probably Meadow Pipit hosts.  A breakfast surprise for David and Katrinas guests,  Roe Deer fawn through the window.

Ullinish Isle of Skye