Coal Tits are common enough birds, often nipping in and taking seed from the feeders before nipping off again to eat its treat somewhere out of sight. I came across a pair locally which had nested in a hole at the base of a birch tree and were busy coming and going with food for […]
Chical Road and Awa Road (NW Ecuador)
We awoke at 05:30 and then headed the short distance from Casa de Eliza in Limonal, northwards, to the start of the Chical Road. After a wrong turn into a dead-end street we were on our way up the gravelled road, as the light increased we passed through small homesteads, banana and cassava plantations with […]
Circus Berserkus
The circus is in town, what do you see? As I look out at you, and you look in at me Do you see me as a large, roaring captive toy, Or do you look into my eyes, just know pain, no joy. Do you giggle and point as you mill around my cage, In […]
Zorzal colorado (Rufous-bellied Thrush) Turdus rufiventris
ESte fin de semana estuve haciendo tareas de jardinería en mi casa, aproveché para cortar un poco el césped y con la lluvia de hoy Domingo algunas especies de aves tenían un banquete de insectos a su disposición, entre las que estuvieron de visita le dediqué algunas fotografías a un zorzal colorado que estuvo mas […]
Noar Hill National Nature Reserve, Selbourne
After a breeding bird survey near to Havant I headed to Noar Hill National Nature Reserve to see if I could connect with Duke of Burgundy. This 20 hectare reserve was was formerly a medieval chalk working is owned and managed by Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust (HIWWT). The reserve consists of a […]
Serin at Littlestone and a first for London
Jim and I travelled down to Littlestone in Kent this morning and before 7am we had found our first target as we pulled up outside the golf course to park and we could hear the European Serin singing it’s heart out. The singing made it quite easy to pick out the bird as it moved […]
Red-belted Clearwing, Romsey
Over the winter I purchased a full set of clearwing pheromone lures and a pheromone trap from Anglian Lepidopterist Supplies (ALS) I was keen to see more of these species having only encountered Currant Clearwing and Six-belted Clearwing previously. So with a partial day working at home in Romsey and lovely warm and sunny conditions, […]
Common Langurs in amazing Kabini
Sometimes the most common subject might give you an amazing sighting, if you are aware and patient. That is what happened to us, one warm morning in the Kabini Tiger Reserve. We were heading towards the gates to exit the national park when we spotted three Langurs sitting in the middle of the road. We […]