Monday, May 28, 2012

May 27 2012

Another case of work getting in the way of life, that was Saturday. So Sunday, I was determined to make the most of it!
Out of the house by 5am, I went first for the Spotted Crake that never was. I wish I had known in advance who had claimed it, I would have missed out this early morning visit to Druridge!
So next I went to Chevington for the Marsh Warbler. Walking down the path I followed Dave into the site and he pointed out where the bird had been, and there it was singing now, but not to be seen. So I whipped out my equipment, missus, and started recording. Eventually the bird came up and showed very well, a Sedge Warbler! The bird was doing some pretty good impressions; Linnet, Goldfinch, Swallow, Reed Bunting and sometimes it even did Sedge Warbler. Apart from the background Reed Warbler, every thing in this recording is Sedge Warbler…
On the way back, this Common Whitethroat performed nicely and then not to be out done a Lesser Whitethroat had a go as well.



I called into Druridge and had a chunter with Andy and then acting on some info went inland.
Garden Warbler perched out in the open belting it out…


…and after a bit of a slog around, this Cuckoo showed very well. In  fact so well that if I had taken my camera I would have got some cracking shots!

While following the Cuckoo, a Curlew did it’s stuff.

Sunday, May 20, 2012

May 18 2012

After days of hoping it would stay, my chance came and I went!

There were thousands of these

Ringed Plover-8D3E8070

and thousands of these

Dunlin-8D3E8177

four of these

Grey Plover-8D3E8266

but only one of this

Kentish Plover-8D3E8210

and I only saw it because Paul came looking for me!

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Thick-billed Warbler

China

Thick-billed Warbler

Sedge Warbler

Northumberland

Sedge Warbler Sedge Warbler

Savi’s Warbler

Hungary

Savi's WarblerSavi's Warbler

Sardinian Warbler

Spain

Sardinian Warbler

River Warbler

Slovakia

River Warbler

Reed Warbler

Northumberland

Reed Warbler Reed Warbler

Red-winged Warbler

The Gambia

Red-winged Warbler

Radde’s Warbler

China

Radde's Warbler

Pallas’s Warbler

Northumberland

Pallas's Warbler Pallas's Warbler

China

Pallas's WarblerPallas's WarblerPallas's Warbler

Pale-legged Leaf Warbler

China

Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Pale-legged Leaf Warbler

Paddyfield Warbler

Scotland

Paddyfield Warbler (6)

Marsh Warbler

Northumberland

Marsh Warbler

Lanceolated Warbler

China

Lanceolated Warbler

Icterine Warbler

Slovakia

Icterine Warbler

Morocco

 Icterine Warbler

Hume’s Warbler

Northumberland

2006

Hume's Warbler

2008

Hume's Warbler Hume's Warbler

Great Reed Warbler

Spain

Great Reed Warbler

Turkey

Great Reed Warbler

Grasshopper Warbler

Northumberland

Grasshopper Warbler Grasshopper Warbler

Graceful Warbler

now called Graceful Prinia

Turkey

Graceful Warbler

Garden Warbler

Northumberland

Garden Warbler

Eastern Orphean Warbler

Turkey

Eastern Orphean Warbler

Dusky Warbler

China

Dusky Warbler

Desert Warbler

Morocco

Desert Warbler

Dartford Warbler

Spain

Dartford Warbler

Claudia’s Warbler

China

Blyth's Leaf Warbler Blyth's Leaf Warbler

Cetti’s Warbler

Spain

Cetti's Warbler

Bonelli’s Warbler

Morocco

Bonelli's Warbler Bonelli's Warbler

Blyth’s Reed Warbler

Northumberland

Blyth's Reed Warbler Blyth's Reed Warbler

Woodhorn 2007