First stop this morning was Kiln Lane Ely where we parked up and walked down the lane a few hundred yards to view the flooded fields. The first walk along the footpath failed to locate the Ibis that’s chosen to over winter in Cambridgeshire. As I walked back the Jims called to say the target […]
Category: Wildlife
Results of the Best Photo of the Week Ended 04 Mar 2017
We are delighted to announce the results of our latest photo competition. Sherry Shepardson wins First Prize for her brilliant capture “Kalahari Adonis”. Bob Shepardson is awarded Second Prize for his outstanding image “What Are You Doing Here?”. Third Prize goes to Walter Nussbaumer with “Long Eared Owl”. See detailed results below: (click on […]
Ranthambhore cleanup – birds
As I had limited wifi and time in Ranthambhore, my ‘real-time’ blogposts from there were rather brief. I did photograph a lot, so here is a collation of some photos taken during the 2.5 days of safari there, mainly of common birds. Asian Openbill Grey Francolin – very common Great Thick-knee. Great indeed Plum-headed Parakeets […]
More sun – more food – more birds
We had a winter warm-up this week with temperatures exceeding 60 degrees. Most of the snow melted and the birds were loving it. I’ve seen Mourning Doves basking in the sun. American Robins have already started their switch from a winter-berry diet to picking out meaty morsels as the surface of the soil begins to […]
Picaflor común (Glittering-bellied Emerald) Chlorostilbon lucidus
Luego de bastante tiempo sin publicar imágenes del picaflor común en el blog comparto estas fotografías que pude obtener hace algunos minutos en el patio de mi casa. En honor a la verdad los tenía desatendidos a estos bichitos y hoy por la mañana adquirí un nuevo bebedero para ellos. Afortunadamente no tardaron mucho en […]
Winter visitors and passage migrants – Haradh
Phil Roberts and I went to Haradh recently and found plenty of good birds despite the temperature being 1 degrees Celsius the coldest day for many years in the region as well as a bitingly cold northerly wind. Some birds were winter visitors such as Mallard, Northern Lapwing, Desert Wheatear, Eastern Imperial Eagle and Tawny […]
VOTE for the Best Photo of the Week 04 Mar 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. […]
More of the stunning Bluethroat
I took the plunge today and drove the 100 miles to the Willow Tree Fen in Lincolnshire in the hope that the sun would shine and the bird would show. On arrival I parked in the small car park having set the sat nav to postcode PE11 3JH . At 7am I was sitting on […]