Category Archives: Image

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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Red Squirrels

Posted on April 19, 2011 by admin

I’ve regularly seen this pair whilst cycling to and from town, they live by the lake on the bike path, tried a few times to get a picture but thy are very quick, today they were far more interested in … Continue reading →

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Fieldfare on track

Posted on April 16, 2011 by admin

In a near literal depiction of the name of this blog here’s a small, colourful and near-tame fieldfare on the Rostcock Velodrome: Also seen today (from the car) Red Deer, first sightings although they are apparently frequent and have traditional … Continue reading →

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Red Kite, Black Kite, Osprey nest!

Posted on April 9, 2011 by admin

Country drive this morning and we saw first a colourful Red Kite, then almost immediately after, as if to give us a good comparison, a confirmed black kite, the second definite sighting this year. Also, one of the nests atop an electricity … 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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Osprey!

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Winston

Our first evening picnic of the year, at the small harbour of the village. What’s that huge bird on the other side of the lake my partner commented…..large and dark above and white below flying above the water…..possibly an osprey … Continue reading →

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Red necked grebe

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Winston

Another “first” for me, assumed it was a Slavonian Grebe…as this was the only grebe I could think of that wasn’t a great crested or dabchick…quick check of the bird book at home confirmed it as a red-neck. Edited: have … Continue reading →

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