'One of about 50 yellow wagtails
feeding in a former oilseed rape field, a lot easier to hear than to see!' DJR
Saturday, August 30, 2014
Friday, August 29, 2014
Starling
Starling, Dunkirk, 28th August 2014 © Tony Martin
'A few photos of the starling roost which develops at Dunkirk each summer. They dive in to the bramble thickets on the islands in the lake, just outside my house. Flock size is up to 10,000. There are 3,754 birds in image 572 (Lower image). Yes, I counted them!' TM
'A few photos of the starling roost which develops at Dunkirk each summer. They dive in to the bramble thickets on the islands in the lake, just outside my house. Flock size is up to 10,000. There are 3,754 birds in image 572 (Lower image). Yes, I counted them!' TM
Thursday, August 28, 2014
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Little Egret
Little Egret, Fowlmere RSPB, 20th August 2014 © Doug Radford
'It
is rewarding when birds use the habitat we provide for them. This little
egret landed next to Reedbed Hide in a tiny pool we have created. It had a very
successful foraging technique, disturbing the sediment with one foot
to flush out prey for it to catch.' DJR
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Yellow-legged Gull
Adult Bird
Fourth Calendar Year
Juvenile
Yellow-legged Gull, Milton Tip, 24th August 2014 © Steve Cooper
Fourth Calendar Year
Juvenile
Monday, August 25, 2014
Sunday, August 24, 2014
Friday, August 22, 2014
Thursday, August 21, 2014
Monday, August 18, 2014
Spotted Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher, Cambridge, 18th August 2014 © Jon Heath
'...a Spotted Flycatcher in my north Cambridge garden
this afternoon, for the second year running (last year's also turned up in
August).' JH
Sunday, August 17, 2014
Thursday, August 14, 2014
Corncrake
Corncrake, Nene Washes, 14th August 2014 © James Hanlon
'...adult bird (top image) is a wild-born female (aged by warm orange-brown
iris as opposed to colder olive tone of juvenile), mother of the (2nd gen
wild-born) chick.' JH
Editors Note - all images except bottom one taken of birds in hand.