Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Willow Warbler



Peacock Butterfly

Peacock butterfly on budlea

Worlaby sunset



Stunning sunset at Worlaby

Bempton

Bempton 2008. A lovely place to visit

Wheatear



Nightjar

This was Karen's 'find of a lifetime' at Crowle Moors 2007

Swan



Robin

Central Park, Robin

A bid for freedom..



Making an escape

Four Spotted Chaser

4 spotted chaser, July 2008, Messingham NR

Stone Curlew at Greetwell



Weasels at Worlaby



Weasels at Worlaby

Fabulous photo !

Grey Squirrel



Squirrel with lunch

Long Eared Owl



Found this at Winteringham Haven. A Cracker !!

Common Spotted Orchid



Willow Warbler



Woodlark



Yellow Bunting



Sunday, July 27, 2008

Waxwing



Tree Creeper

Tree Creeper sunning itself

Song Thrush



5 Spoonbills



Alkborough Flats 2007, Spoonbills

Spoonbill

Alkborough Flats, Spoonbill

Yellow Wagtail



Sparrowhawk



Chiffchaff



Brumby Wood, Scunthorpe

Bluebells in Brumby Woods, Scunthorpe

Long Legged Buzzard



Long Legged Buzzard in Lesvos

Firecrest

Barton, Firecrest, Waters' Edge

Bee Swarm



Bee swarm, Crowle Moors. Quite scarey, glad they passed by !

Peregrine



Peregrine on Lincoln Cathedral

Stoat in a barrel


An excellant capture !

Peregrine

Peregrine with lunch on Lincoln Cathedral

Black Tailed Godwit



Friday, July 18, 2008

Poland, May 2008

In May this year we went birdwatching to Poland. A truly magnificent country, totally unspoiled. Farming is still carried out with a sythe, a rake and a couple of horses. Wildlife thrives, birds, flowers and insects can be seen everywhere. Would highly recommend a visit to this country. We used the services of Poland Birding Services, excellent value for money. Our guide was Andrzej Petryna, a very knowlegable guide and a lovely chap. Poland is covered by 30% forest. We went to the Bialowieza Forest which is the only remaining medieval forest in Europe. A forest guide is also needed to enter the forest. It is so thick and dense, must resemble tropical rain forest. Then we went onto the Biebrza Marshes, which just seems to stretch forever. Seeing Poland made us realise that we have got everything wrong in this country. The abundant wildlife spoke volumes. We met some lovely people here in Poland and the food was lovely, homemade, wholesome good grub. We saw 131 species. Highly recommended and will definately go back.

Red Squirrels

Red squirells in a Warsaw park

Fieldfares


Fieldfares

Fieldfares were everywhere in Warsaw

Citrine Wagtail, Poland


White Wagtail


White wagtail with ring

Poland

A magnificent country x

Dawn


Common Cranes

Common Cranes flew over daily

Montagues Harriers

Montagues Harrier. Up to 5 pairs in the air at one time.

Penduline Tit


Great Reed Warbler


Ortolan Bunting


Biebrza Marshes, Poland



Biebrza Marshes, Poland



Swallowtail Butterfly