Video of Buff-bellied Pipit

Here is a video of the Buff-bellied Pipit.

Buff-bellied Pipit

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BUFF-BELLIED PIPIT!!!

Today my mum and dad gave me a lift to see the Buff-bellied Pipit in Berkshire. When I arrived I bought a permit and headed straight for the Pipit after about half an hour of walking I arrived and I had my first views of the BUFF-BELLIED PIPIT (lifer). As we (there was a large crowd of people) watched the bird it came as close as 6 feet!!! The light conditions and the raised bank made it hard to get a decent photo but here are my attempts.

Buff-bellied Pipit

Pied Wagtail

Bramfield and Therfield Heath

Today at 9:30 me and Chris headed off to Bramfield to see some Hawfinches. When we arrived the last they had been seen was about an hour before. We stayed at the front of the church yard for a while until someone inside the churchyard called us over because they had found one. As soon as I got there the bird flew off and I only saw it in flight. We then headed round the back of the church yard where we waited. After about 5 minutes of waiting I saw something large move in a tree it hopped from one tree to another slowly making its way towards me I then saw the huge bill and the orange plumage of a HAWFINCH (life tick). I showed Chris and by this time a few people were on it. Due to so many people being underneath it, it decided to fly over to another tree from this tree I could see it very well but due to the fog the colours were dulled down. It stayed in the tree for little longer then two seconds and then flew off. After that me and Chris located another few before we left (at one point we saw three together in flight). Before leaving we went around the field behind the church were we located another single Hawfinch, two Lesser Redpoll, A few Nuthatches and a few Fieldfares. After that we headed back to the car. When we got to the car we were not sure were to go next because nothing else of much interest had been seen near to Bramfield we then remembered about the Great Grey Shrike which was overwintering in Therfield Heath so we set the Satnav for there and headed off. Half an hours car trip later we arrived. We walked to the heath, on the we saw a few Yellowhammers, Reed Buntings, Red-legged Partridges and a few flocks of Corn Bunting. When we arrived at Therfield Heath Chris checked for were the Great Grey Shrike had last been seen and we found out it was only around the corner when we located the correct place we scanned for a while but we were fruitless in our efforts. We then headed back to the car and went home.

A picture just for the sake of having one on this post.

And its a Dunnok

Woodcock in Kings Langley

I just took my dog out for a walk to the common today. It was around dusk which is about 4:15 now a days.  When I got onto the common something suddenly came over the woods very quickly. It was about Feral Pigeon size and was flapping its wings very quickly as well as not keeping to a straight line. All these things only pointed to one bird a WOODCOCK this is a first for Kings Langley. But like my brother Samuel I didn't get enough features on it to tick.

101st post and a local Waxwing flock.

Well I forgot to celebrate my 100th post so I decided to say that this was my 101st post now since I started my blog in march 2011. I hope I haven't been boring you with my posts and I hope to make my writing more interesting soon. Luckily to celebrate my 101st blog post I saw a flock of 5 WAXWINGS fly. I was walking down to do my community work which was assigned by my school when I saw a flock of 5 chubby birds fly over it was almost immediately followed by the unmistakable call of a Waxwing. This is my first local record of the year and I look forward to being able to see more.
In the last two weeks I have been out with my friends and I haven't had time to go birding so hopefully I can post something from this weekend with some pics.
See you then.