Richmond Park Deer

Today I set off to Richmond Park to photograph the deer originally I was hoping to get a picture with the mist underneath the deer and the sun shining on it to make it look golden. It didn't happen, but instead I went and took pictures of the deer when I could.

Red Deer

KL School

Today I took my dog for a walk down Barnes Lane passing the fields of the KL school. As I was walking to the viewpoint I saw 3 Possible White-fronted Geese. Unfortunately I did not have my binoculars out and could not identify them properly. I carried on and looked over the field. On the field there were no wagtails but 3 Green Woodpecker and a few Magpies.

Barnes Lane and KL school

Today I decided to go down Barnes Lane to see if any Yellow Wagtails had turned up yet for the autumn migration. Unfortunately there were none to be seen but instead a large amount of Black-headed Gulls and some thrushes which were to far away to tell what they were due to it being foggy. I walked down Barnes Lane and looked in the pastoral fields to see if any birds had been pushed down by the fog. Again there were none and I headed back home. I looked over the playing field of the KL school and saw a large amount of Pied Wagtails c. 20 and and a Mistle Thrush.

Kent Wryneck at last

Today I went with Chris, Brendan and Paul to Kent. We had the idea of looking for the roost of the Long-eared Owl on Sheppey. When we arrived at Elmley we went straight to the orchard to look for them. After about five minutes someone found one which was hiding in plain sight. The LONG-EARED OWL (lifer) was roosting almost in front of us and when the warden spoke loudly it didn't move.

Long-eared Owl

After looking at the Long-eared Owl for a while we moved on and went to Dover to see a Wryneck. Again we talked to people and they told us where it had been seen. We walked to the right place and after a few minutes a thrush like bird flew from the undergrowth to a bush we ID it as a WRYNECK (lifer). It showed well but unfortunately my camera didn't focus on the bird properly so here is a out of focus shot of the Wryneck.

Wryneck in bush

Birding in Kings Langley Booklet

Hello everyone.
My booklet on birding in Kings Langley is now available. If you would like to get one please email me at ephraim@ephraimperfect.co.uk. The booklet is free. For more information click here.