Sharpes birds

Sunday, 14 November 2010

Just a little mixture from the past month

Common Redpoll Barred Warbler , Brambling Roe Deer Golden Plover Grey Heron Kestrel and Mealy Redpoll

Waxwing on Warley Road

There was a flock of 20 circling around but unfortunately there were also two boys playing around the trees .Not the best combination

Wednesday, 3 November 2010

Goldcrest

Quite a highlight was the large numbers that decended over a small period of time. One of our all time favourites

The Mob

This little lot came down to the Crown and Anchor car park to see a Little Bunting in the hand . For the curious thats me on the right

Rose coloured starling

Quite a drab bird in some ways but nice to see anyway

Waxwing

This little beauty wouldnt let go of its berry.It had been through the full ringing process yet it still held on to the food

RoughLeggedBuzzard

What is usually a very rare bird at Spurn and one day we had four. Since then we have had quite a few more in singles . Cracking bird

Friday, 8 October 2010

After having a battle with two crows and getting drenched by the tide this is one lucky bird . After drying with a hair drier and nibbling on some bacon rashers it was released to fight again . I dont know whether the blood on its beak is from the crow or from Pauls finger

Wednesday, 6 October 2010

Spotted Flycatcher

Redstart

Pintail

Pied Flycatcher

Common Whitethroat

Common Sandpiper

Pectoral Sandpiper on Clubleys Scrape

Tuesday, 5 October 2010

Squacco Heron

Bird of the year for us is this squacco heron found by Kath at Garrys Place. When we found it it was blowing an absolute gale and I could hardly hold the camera to get a picture of it through a gap in the gate .To confirm our suspicions , as we had never seen one before , we checked with Andy Gibson who nearly had a pulmonary convulsion .