We are delighted to announce the results of our latest photo competition. Kath Aggiss wins First Prize for her brilliant capture “Yipeeee!”. Kerry Singleton is awarded Second Prize for her outstanding image “Long Tailed Weasel”. Third Prize goes to Bob Shepardson with “Right Cross”. See detailed results below: (click on thumbnails for full scale […]
Category: Wildlife
Blackcap Singing
Blackcaps are quite stocky birds, about the size of house sparrows. They are mainly light grey-brown in colour with the male having a neat black cap on its head, while the female’s cap is chestnut-brown. In summer, recently fledged young also have a chestnut-brown cap, with young males gaining their black cap by late autumn. […]
Slimbridge Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust – 22nd April
We had a weekend at the cottage in the Cotswolds planned but there was to be little time for birding – I need brownie points for an up coming trip! Still, I managed to convince Sarah that a trip to Slimbridge might be nice and she duly arranged to meet with her sister so that […]
Black-crowned Tchagra at the bottom of Raydah Escarpment – Abha
Whilst birding the bottom of the Raydah Escarpment in late March I came across a Black-crowned Tchagra. This was a new species for me in Saudi Arabia and one I was surprised I had not seen before. The bird was at the bottom of the Raydah Escarpment an area known to attract several African species […]
So quiet
Some spring days just feel birdless and today was one of those. After getting a feeling over Easter that things were warming up I expected quite a bit from today but was to be very disappointed. An overnight frost and cloudless, windless skies in the morning seemed just to have encouraged birds to move on […]
VOTE for the Best Photo of the Week 29 Apr 2017
Welcome to the “Best Photo of the Week” competition showcasing and celebrating the biodiversity of Planet Earth. Voting is easy and lots of fun. First click an image and browse through the slideshow. Then select the three images you like best of all and click the VOTE button at the bottom of the page. […]
Surucuá aurora (Blue-crowned Trogon) Trogon curucui
Con estas fotografías de un Surucuá aurora obtenidas por Luis Krause en el Pantanal brasilero durante el pasado mes de enero del 2016 completamos en el blog a los 3 integrantes de la familia Trogonidae que habitan en la Argentina, de los tres este es el único que no se encuentra en la Provincia de […]
Immature Eurasian Spoonbill – Jubail
I was birding the Jubail area when I found an immature Eurasian Spoonbill on a wet Sabkha area. The bird was quite some distance away on the ground but flew after a couple of minutes. It circled around but unfortunately did not land again and flew off and away. The status of the species has […]