Bird Lover

Last week weather-wise was a rerun of the previous week.  Wednesday, Thursday and Friday afternoon were as grey as the previous week, but Tuesday and Friday morning were quite bright. Despite this some photographers managed to get some fairly good pictures.   Drake Goosander (c) 2017 Dick Watson   I found some photos from last week's visit to Waters' Edge including this male Bullfinch, a Dunlin and some Pink-footed Geese flying NW. Male Bullfinch   Dunlin   Pink-footed Geese Both Wednesday classes went to Waters' Edge last week where the afternoon group had excellent views of a very pink Lesser Redpoll. The morning group saw a Water Rail.  Other birds encountered included:  Siskin, Goldeneye, Pink-footed Geese, Curlew, Redshank, Dunlin, Bullfinch, Long-tailed Tit, Shoveler, Gadwall, Little Grebe, G S Woodpecker, etc   Female Goldeneye   Ditto   Long-tailed Tit   Ditto Lesser Redpoll   Ditto   Ditto   Siskins   Female Siskin (c) 2017 Tony Robinson   Male Siskin  (c) 2017 Ton

It was an awfully grey week until Friday last week, when both groups enjoyed the sunshine at Wheldrake.  So, the vast majority of the photos are from there, with only Aileen being brave enough to take photos at East Park on Wednesday.  Get well soon Aileen! The three Egyptian Geese in the afternoon were a bit of a surprise! The summary of what else we saw at Wheldrake is:  Peregrine, 2 Marsh Harriers, Pintail, Black-tailed Godwits, Kingfisher, Golden Plovers, Lapwing, Wigeon, Teal, Shoveler, Shelduck, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, GS Woodpecker, Cormorant etc Drake Pintail and Wigeon (c) 2017 Mike Woods   Ditto   Drake Pintail ( c) 2017 Mike Woods Pintail (drake) & interloper (c) 2017 Jane Robinson   Drake Pintails on ice in the New Year  (c) 2017 Jane Robinson   Dabbling Drakes  (c) 2017 Jane Robinson   Pintail  (c) 2017 Jane Robinson   Dabbling Drake  (c) 2017 Jane Robinson   Drake Pintail  (c) 2017 Jane Robinson Present in the New Year, but not for us  Male Stonechat  (c) 2017 Jane Robi