Sharpes birds: October 2011

Thursday, 27 October 2011

Just a few more from last week

Reed Bunting

Ring Ouzel

Sanderling

Scaup

Tree Sparrow

Wheatear

Various Birds from During the Week

Cormorant landing

Corn Bunting at " Garrys"

Curlew and Bartailed Godwit

Jack Snipe

Little Egret

Pinkfooted Geese on the move

Purple Sandpiper

RedBacked Shrike

Superb little bird stayed around for a couple of days

Raptors

Kestrel on New Rocks

Little Owl outside Sandy Beaches

Merlin along Big Hedge

Heligoland Trap

This shows the basic configuration of the trap , the birds entering under their own volition and they procede down from the large open end to the narrow section and then into a catching box.

Here at the catching box they are taken out recorded occassionaly shown in the hand and then released unhurt by the experience. Here Tree Sparrow were being extracted by Barry .

Grey Seal

Slight diversion from birds as this fellow popped in to see what the human race was up to. And very welcome it was.

Not very confiding hence the distance it kept us , but Great Grey Shrike are good at any distance

Tiny little Goldcrest

Fieldfare

Beautiful Kestrel

Very sedate Merlin

Ring Ouzel

Just a few of the birds ringed over the past week. The total number was well into the 100,s

Brent Geese

A couple of pictures of Brent Geese . They were gathering in quite good numbers at Beacon Ponds and down on the Humber

Autumn Watch at Spurn Point

These are a few of the pictures taken in the car park with a Hawfinch being the centre of attraction . The crew were around most of the week , unfortunately the birds werent