Sunday 16 December 2007
Rutland Water, 13th Dec
Hooray, a frosty, sunny day at last. Birds were extremely wary today probably not helped by 3 Sparrowhawks regularly hunting in the area.
Monday 10 December 2007
Ravens, Rutland Water, 9th Dec
Another completely dull day with no hint of the sun. However, a few birds managed to brighten up the day. Highlight was a pair of Ravens which spent at least an hour sitting on tops of conifers, dwarfing nearby Carrion Crows before heading east. Other highlights were 1800 Golden Plovers (1 flock), 130 Dunlin, Little Stint, 300 Greater Black-backed Gulls and Kingfisher.
Saturday 8 December 2007
Red Kites, 7th Dec
Tuesday 4 December 2007
A few more Kites and a Sparrowhawk
Sunday 2 December 2007
Fallows
Monday 19 November 2007
North East China, Oct - Nov 2007
The motorway connecting Beijing with the coast was shut because of 'fog', (smog, pollution, crap, etc) so we had to go on a smaller road. It was a hellish 5hr journey through what appeared to be a thick blanket of cement dust. It covered everything from people to trees for as far as the eye could see. We guessed it may have had something to do with the Olympics and the fact that they are not quite ready for it next year. Despite this bad start we did have some quality migration birding although several sky- watching days were lost due to smog filled skies. Click on pictures for bigger image.
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