Siempre cuando finalizaba la jornada en la playa cuando caÃa el sol, al irse la gente aparecÃan las aves. Los PelÃcanos, Gaviotines y Cormoranes se animaban a pasar un poco mas cerca de la costa, y junto a ellos aparecÃan también estos playeritos. Verlos correr sobre la arena mojada cuando se retiraba el agua del […]
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Pennington Marsh and Woodchat Shrike at Chipping Sodbury
Another beautiful sunny morning at Pennington Marsh and I decided to walk my normal circuit in reverse, first out past Fishtail and to Keyhaven and back past Butts and Jetty Lagoon and finally past Pennington Lagoon and Shoveler Pools. I had much of the morning to spare after dropping Tobias off so my birding was […]
Harlequin Quail – Near Jizan
Whilst birding the area just north of Jizan on 7-8 July 2017 I saw at least six Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei with many other birds calling. This species had not been recorded in Saudi Arabia for many years, until I found some in the same area in 2015. On the 6 July Phil Roberts and […]
Federal (Scarlet-headed Blackbird) Amblyramphus holosericeus
El pasado 8 de Julio cuando fuimos con Willy a Ituzaingó unos dÃas después que Lucho fotografió a la Monjita coronada en el Camping El Mirador mientras recorrÃamos el camino de entrada al camping observamos a una bandada de Federales volando sobre un pirizal a unos 100 metros del camino. Luego de revisar un poco […]
Glossy Ibis and Cattle Egrets
Two visits to Walmsley sanctuary at Wadebridge to see the recent arrival of both Glossy Ibis and Cattle Egrets. Fourteen Ibis have been seen here (I saw seven of them) and it looks like the Cattle Egrets have bred here or nearby as two juvenile birds have been observed along with seven adults. Who knows […]
Grouse Shooting
Recently I made a couple of trips into Bowland looking for some opportunities to photograph Red Grouse in amongst the purple heather. It didn’t quite work out as there was much activity from grouse shooters with guns and dogs. The large estates in Bowland are very busy at this time of the year with shooting […]
Mashatu grazers and browsers
This is a fourth post from our recent trip to Mashatu Nature Reserve in south-eastern Botswana in mid-August 2017. In winter in Mashatu the grass dries and thins out. This forces grazers to become browsers but nature is bountiful. As one source of food disappears another more localised source appears. An adult Kudu bull with […]
Tiger cubs suckling in wild Tadoba
Watching Choti Tara (Tigress) with her two cubs blissfully sitting in the open, in Tadoba National Park was an amazing sighting. But we were not prepared for what happened next. One of the cubs walked over to Choti Tara and we watched her shower her affection on him. After a few moments of affection, the […]