1,2) Barred Warbler at Kelling
3) Common Rosefinch at Warham Greens
4) Sabine's Gull at Cley
Saturday, 13 October 2007
Autumn in Norfolk, October 2007
A superb set of photos from north Norfolk by John Miller:
1,2) Barred Warbler at Kelling
3) Common Rosefinch at Warham Greens
4) Sabine's Gull at Cley
1,2) Barred Warbler at Kelling
3) Common Rosefinch at Warham Greens
4) Sabine's Gull at Cley
Tuesday, 9 October 2007
Colour-ringed Spoonbills
Can you help the BTO to track Spoonbills in the UK?
Colour-ringed Spoonbills: It is expected that some of the Spoonbills in the southwest at the moment will be colour-ringed. The bird currently on the Hayle Estuary, Cornwall, was ringed in the nest in Holland in June 2006, and was also seen on the River Taw, Devon, from 10 to 23 October 2006. These birds have a coloured ring on each leg carrying a two-digit code, and anyone seeing one of these birds should report it at www.ring.ac or by email to colour.ringing@bto.org
Colour-ringed Spoonbills: It is expected that some of the Spoonbills in the southwest at the moment will be colour-ringed. The bird currently on the Hayle Estuary, Cornwall, was ringed in the nest in Holland in June 2006, and was also seen on the River Taw, Devon, from 10 to 23 October 2006. These birds have a coloured ring on each leg carrying a two-digit code, and anyone seeing one of these birds should report it at www.ring.ac or by email to colour.ringing@bto.org
Saturday, 6 October 2007
Blyth's Reed Warbler, Spurn, 6th October 2007
Trapped at Spurn this afternoon, Dave Tucker was in the right place at the right time to get up-close and personal with a bird not normally renowned for giving good views. So certainly a nice experience to be able to see a Blyth's Reed Warbler that's not hidden behind two feet of deep brambles!
Turkestan (Isabelline) Shrike, Yorkshire, October 2007
Usually distant and never particularly easy to photograph, Tristan Reid still managed a nice set of photos at Buckton in East Yorkshire on 2nd October. Some observers believed from the outset that this 1st-winter bird had features more in common with the extremely rare ssp phoenicuroides than the more common British vagrant isabellinus, and when the bird was eventually trapped by Buckton stalwart Mark Thomas, in-hand features confirmed the bird's true racial identity.
This is only the 9th British record of Turkestan Shrike out of a total of 70 accepted records of Isabelline Shrike up to 2005, though no doubt some records were indeed of phoenicuroides but overlooked as such during times when bird identification wasn't quite as complex as it can be today!
And to finish with some good news, as a result of local landowners kindly allowing safe parking in their fields for a small donation, this bird managed to raise a total of £651 which will be donated to the St.Catherine's Hospice in Scarborough.
This is only the 9th British record of Turkestan Shrike out of a total of 70 accepted records of Isabelline Shrike up to 2005, though no doubt some records were indeed of phoenicuroides but overlooked as such during times when bird identification wasn't quite as complex as it can be today!
And to finish with some good news, as a result of local landowners kindly allowing safe parking in their fields for a small donation, this bird managed to raise a total of £651 which will be donated to the St.Catherine's Hospice in Scarborough.
Tuesday, 2 October 2007
Red-flanked Bluetail, Weybourne, Sept 2007
Not the extreme rarity it once was (remember the excitement in 1993!), and now even an expected autumn vagrant, but still always a spectacular bird. Photos by Julian Bhalerao:
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