Bird Lover

While I was busy catching up on admin, and making final preparations for the new term, at least 4 of my Friday students were out and about, and two of them were taking photos.  The Friday am contingent headed north and not too far from Scarborough they found some obliging Crossbills.  They were coming down for seed and water and gave some very good views.  Also seen on the same trip was a Red-legged Partridge, some Fieldfare and a Rook. Male Crossbill (c) 2018 Jane Robinson  Ditto  Ditto  Ditto  Ditto  Ditto  Female Crossbill  (c) 2018 Jane Robinson  Ditto  Ditto  Ditto  Ditto  Ditto Red-legged Partridge  (c) 2018 Jane Robinson  Ditto  Ditto  Rook  (c) 2018 Jane Robinson  Ditto  Ditto  Fieldfare  (c) 2018 Jane Robinson  Ditto  Ditto  Ditto Please be aware it may not be possible to emulate Jane's sightings  at the present time, as the Rapto...

On Tuesday and Wednesday it was too cold for the planned venues, so we switched to North Cave Wetlands.  The light was good, but it's never that easy there to get close views of the 44 or so species.   Some of the highlights included:  Mandarin, Marsh Harrier, Ruff, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Treecreeper, Snipe, confiding Redwing, Bullfinch, Siskin, Shoveler, Shelduck, Teal, Gadwall, and Long-tailed Tit etc. The Gleam in a Marsh Harrier's Eye!  Little Grebe  Tree Sparrow   Heron  (c) 2018 Aileen Urquhart   Ditto  Marsh Harrier  Ditto  Ditto  Oystercatcher  Ditto  Shoveler   Mandarin  Dunnock  Pochard  Lapwing (c) 2018 Aileen Urquhart Ruff  Ditto  Siskin Redwing (c) 2018 Aileen Urquhart Redwing Redwing (c) 2018 Tony Robinson Redwing  (c) 2018 Chris Lawson Treecreeper (c) 2018 Chris Lawson   Ditto Treecreeper  (c) 2018 Aileen Urquhart Snipe ...