Germany

Germany like the Isle of Sheppey turned up more then I expected. On the first day we went out we went to a woods which was near by were we saw Treecreepers, Nuthatches, MIDDLE SPOTTED WOODPECKER, CRESTED TITS and even a  SHORT-TOED TREECREEPER. The next surprise on the trip was a walk to bachholz which is a church in the village on the way we passed field and my brother managed to find 2 RED- BACKED SHRIKES and after I found another one which made it three one of which was a male. Later on the walk I also heard a prob. Cirl Bunting. Later on in the week I went with my brother to the altenburg hutte which was perfect for migrating raptors and storks by the end we saw 1 BLACK STORK. By the end of the week me and my brother set off with our bikes to a nature reserve. It was the first place we had seen that week which had water on mud for waders. We did see a Wood Sandpiper but more importantly we saw a OSPREY flying almost next to the hide.

Black Redstart which there were plenty of

Pale Morph Buzzard

And now I'm off to the Isle of Wight.

Isle of Sheppey

Isle of Sheppey turned out to be a good trip for birding especially taking into account that it was summer. I even managed to get a few pictures. The highlights of the trip were Whimbrel, Barn Owl which flew right infront of me, Little owl, Turtle Dove and a few Med Gulls.

 Landscape at the Swale

Stone on the Beach

Med Gull flying away

Find the 3 Med Gulls

Hare infront of gull flock

Common Darter

Isle of Sheppey

This week I went with my family for a family holiday to the Isle of Sheppey well actually the Isle of Harty which is a small island off the Isle of Sheppey. I will be writing up about my experience soon when I get home and can download my images all I can say now is that the highlights of the trip were Turtle Dove, Whimbrel, Barn Owl and a trip to Elmley Marshes.

shrike it is

Yesterday and today after a long period of no birding I was able to go to the Red-backed Shrike in Lake Farm CP. The first time I went it was showing very well and I only saw it a few times for about 30 seconds.
But luckily I was more lucky today and the Red-backed Shrike was showing for longer amounts of time in more open places one of the reasons being that today was more sunny then yesterday.

male Red-backed Shrike at Lake Farm CP

Red-backed Shrike eating what looked like a dragonfly

Find the Red-backed Shrike

Sabine's Gull (3/7/12)

Yesterday I went with my brother to see the Sabine's Gull as soon as I heard of it. Luckily we were given a lift and arrived around 17:30. We saw it almost immediately and then moved further around the reservoir so as to get a better view. It came very close and showed amazingly but unfortunately there was rain and I couldn't risk having my camera out for to long and so I didn't get very good pictures.