June 6 2011

My stars, the Sun and the Moon are all aligned today; I’m off work and in the house, when I get a text from Stewart at 08:51.

“WHITE-THROATED ROBIN Hartlepool Headland trapped this morning”

From a standing start, I was showered, dressed, in the car, through the traffic and the Tyne Tunnel and watching the bird by 10:16.

The bird moved from one bowling green to another, and seemed faithful to one corner and after seeing it on the road beside the bowling green, I took a chance and sat down on the pavement, and waited. I could hear all the other photographers blasting away at it, but nothing for me, I couldn’t even see it. I was just starting to get nervous, when it appeared on the road again.

With my luck running, I’m just off to put the lottery on…

Black Stork

Northumberland

Durham

Spain

Hungary

Slovakia

Woodchat Shrike

Durham

  

Spain

October 7 2010

A long weekend, four days off!

What am I to do?

I think I’ll start by reading a few blogs, and I got no further than Birding Sometimes. John has been for the Woodchat Shrike at Hartlepool and has some nice pictures so that became today’s plan.

After all of a nano-second the bird was on view from the car before I had turned the engine off. So, ok, I’ll give this a try…

Shy, retiring & elusive it was not!

Moorhen

Northumberland



Durham