Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Goldeneye

Female Goldeneye, Fen Drayton Lakes RSPB, 19th November 2013 © Colin Brown

Pied Wagtail

Pied Wagtail, Fen Drayton Lakes RSPB, 19th November 2013 © Colin Brown

Monday, November 18, 2013

Sparrowhawk

Sparrowhawk, Fowlmere RSPB, 18th November 2013 © Gary Thornton

Saturday, November 16, 2013

Ring-necked Parakeet

Ring-necked Parakeet, South Cambridge, 16th November 2013 © Mary Howard.

Friday, November 15, 2013

Great Grey Shrike

Great Grey Shrike, Holme Village, 15th November 2013 © Neil Bramwell
'In one of the pictures the shrike had just finished hawking up a package of remains' NB

Thursday, November 14, 2013

Great Grey Shrike

Great Grey Shrike, Holme Village, 14th November 2013 © John Chance
Persistence and patience is required for good bird photography, specially with this species and John was rewarded with this image after several visits.

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Great Grey Shrike

Great Grey Shrike, Holme Fen, 13th November 2013 © John Chance

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Great Grey Shrike

Great Grey Shrike, Holme Village, 12th November 2013 © Alan Reynolds

Sparrowhawk

Male Sparrowhawk, Holme Village, 12th November 2013 © Alan Reynolds

Fieldfare

Fieldfare, Holme Village, 12th November 2013 © Alan Reynolds

Sunday, November 10, 2013

Common Gull

Common Gull, St.Ives, 10th November 2013 © Simon Stirrup

Great Grey Shrike

Great Grey Shrike, Holme Fen, 10th November 2013 © Martin Bell

Thursday, November 07, 2013

Water Pipit



Water Pipit, Ouse Washes RSPB, 7th November 2013 © Roger Cresswell

Monday, November 04, 2013

Carrion Crow

Carrion Crow, Fen Drayton Lakes RSPB, 4th November 2013 © Garth Peacock
I watched these three gather next to this bush, previously noisy and then quiet. Odd for Crows. Then the adult walked out from behind the bush and all three jumped on it, gave it a mild going over before running off, cawing to each other. We know that Crows are intelligent but do they indulge in childish pranks? Certainly appeared so.

Wood Pigeon

Wood Pigeon, Fen Drayton Lakes RSPB, 4th November 2013 © Garth Peacock

Pied Wagtail

Pied Wagtail, Grafham Water, 4th November 2013 © Garth Peacock

Saturday, November 02, 2013

Northern Harrier

Northern Harrier, Ouse Washes RSPB, 2nd November 2013 © Brendan Doe

Mediterranean Gull

Mediterranean Gull, Paxton Pits NR, 2nd November 2013 © Jamie Wells

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Hen Harrier

Juvenile male Hen Harrier, Ouse Washes RSPB, 30th October 2013 © Garth Peacock
In the late afternoon sun when the light was on the wane but a consolation for the Northern Harrier that did not come close enough for better shots than my last visit.
Note - for those interested, I originally posted this as a female until kindly corrected by James Hanlon. His interesting identification pointers are as follows.
'It is aged primarily by the pale tips to the greater coverts but the warm buff ground colour to the underparts, the rather uniformly dark ear coverts, the narrower streaking on the belly (than the breast) and the appearance of fresh flight feathers of a seemingly single age class (a bit hard to see admitedly) are other good pointers. The yellow eye indicates it is a male; the dark eye of juv females becomes paler with age.' JH

Marsh Harrier

Male Marsh Harrier, Ouse Washes RSPB, 30th October 2013 © Garth Peacock