Category Archives: Crane

Crane and White Tailed Eagle

Posted on February 20, 2012 by admin

In general it’s warming up but there was a pretty harsh frost last night so was surprised to see and hear a solitary crane on my ride this morning. Plenty of Siskins, Goldfinches and fieldfares today too and right at … Continue reading →

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Winter Cranes

Posted on January 15, 2012 by admin

According to this week’s BBC Earthflight  programme Cranes spend the winter in Africa. Someone forgot to tell these three, spotted today in fields that often have hundreds present in Spring and Autumn….they weren’t the only ones around either, after this sighting … Continue reading →

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Crane Rest Stop

Posted on September 26, 2011 by admin

For the last two weeks, just before Sunset thousands, I really mean thousands of Cranes fly right over my appartment. They fly in “V” groups of anything between 5 and 6 birds to around 30, I reckon over 50 “V”‘s … Continue reading →

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Easter Weekend

Posted on April 26, 2011 by admin

A quick visit north to the island of Usedom on he Baltic and between eating smoked fish, ice creams and Easter bunnies we spotted  Nuthatch, Black Kite, Cranes, Little Terns (wonder if we’ll see these further inland) and what I think was a … Continue reading →

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Hen Harrier

Posted on April 11, 2011 by admin

Got a clear below view today of a hen harrier, it was a male, circling over fields, I’d like to say it couldn’t’ve been anything else, but it may have been a male Montagu’s harrier which, according to the local … Continue reading →

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Black Kite

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Winston

Thought I saw one last October, but saw this one on perch quite close up before it took to the air, uniform dark brown in colour whilst sitting then noticed less prononced “V” of tail in flight compared to a … Continue reading →

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Things change quickly

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Winston

A few days in London so my first bike ride for about 10 days…much warmer, after seeing many more red crested pochards on the lake this morning, about nine birds, mostly male plus the pair of red-necked grebes I spotted … Continue reading →

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