Robin

Robin in a Peterborough Garden

Fulmar

Fulmar at Hunstanton

Spring

Spring has Sprung
the Grass is ris(e)
Oh What a lovely day it is!

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker

What a way to celebrate a Birthday, 59 again

A male LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER

For the first time in 3 years I managed to hear, see and digitally record this scarce little Woodpecker at Caster Hanglands.

A total of 15 visits were needed during the 3 years and only '' The Great Ornithologist in the Sky'' knows how many hours this represents?

 Dedication Eh!

Also Nuthatch, Tree Creeper, Goldcrest and a Tawny Owl calling in bright sunshine at Midday!

Robin

 Robin in Peterborough garden

Common Buzzard

Common Buzzard, Marholm Village

Blue Tit

Blue Tit in a Peterborough Garden

Red Kite

Red Kite at Caster Hanglands.
Also a pair of flying Mandarin Ducks which landed in a tree area but could not be located.

Myrtle or Yellow-rumped Warbler

Myrtle or Yellow-rumped Warbler. High Shincliffe, Durham

A very ambitious shot of this rare North American Wood Warbler. Feeding on a Coconut in the middle of a dense shrub from whence it refused to move. Perhaps because of the wind, rain and freezing temperatures!
However, surprisingly , alot of the ID features can , with imagination, just be seen---Dark Cheek, Eye ring,  Pale Throat, Wing Bars , a hint of Yellow on its side and  Streaked breast.
You will have to believe me that it did have a very bright rump!

What it would have looked like if it decided to stop hiding in the centre of the dense bush

Short-eared Owls

Short-eared Owls, Holme Fen, Peterborough

Red-crested Pochard & Great Northern Diver

 Red-crested Pochard, Langtoft Pits, Peterborough

Great Northern Diver, Maxey Pits, Peterborough

Short-eared Owl

Short-eared Owls, Holme Fen, Peterborough

Ferry Meadows

Grey Heron

Mallards

Canada Goose

Goldeneye

Male Goldeneye at Rutland Water, also Black-throated Diver and Black Redstart

Great Tit

Great Tit, Sherwood Forest, Notts.

Coal Tit

Coal  Tit, Sherwood Forest, Notts.

Marsh Tit

Marsh Tit, Sherwood Forest, Notts.

Nuthatch

Nuthatch, Sherwood Forest, Notts.

Parrot Crossbills

 Parrot Crossbills, Budby Common, Sherwood Forest

Ring-necked Duck

Ring-necked Duck, Eyebrook Reservoir

Ivory Gull

Ivory Gull ( Juvenile) . Patrington Haven, Humber Estuary.
The Ivory Gull is a small gull, the only species in the genus Pagophila. It breeds in the high Arctic and has a circumpolar distribution through Greenland, northernmost North America, and Eurasia

Baikal Teal

Six hours travelling to see this very rare vagrant from Siberia. Was it worth it.
Of-course it was. Another tick on the way to 500.

The Baikal Teal (Anas formosa), also called the Bimaculate Duck or Squawk Duck, is a dabbling duck that breeds in eastern Russia and winters in East Asia.

Mangrove Kingfisher, TANZANIA & ZANZIBAR

More images can be seen of a trip to Tanzania and Zanzibar by clicking on http://tanzaniazanzibarbeesley.blogspot.co.uk/ or Clicking on the relevant entry in the GALLERY on the Right Hand Side