RFBT in Middleton-in-Teesdale
Red-flanked Bluetail used to be a bird of legendary status. It seems wrong somehow that a relatively recent increase in national records...
Two yank ducks for the price of one!
I arrived at Auchincross Loch, New Cumnock, with little hope: the rain hadn't let up (like it said it would) and I wasn't even sure I was...
Ring-necked females at local pond
Longtown pond has been good for rare or uncommon ducks in the past and the report of Ring-necked Duck came as no surprise. But there was...
Fiery Eyes Caught on Camera
No White-winged Scoter at Musselburgh today but the local river was busy with unusually confiding displaying Goldeneye and Goosander,...
Waders in nice light
Again, nothing special here but Redshank, Golden Plover, Lapwing and Little Egret posed beautifully in the evening light at Anthorn today.
Smew frustrates and RBG no show
I dropped in at Strathclyde County Park for the Ring-billed Gull on my way north, but it failed to show. (It was seen later in the day,...
Great Spotted shows well
Nothing spectacular – just a chance for me to try out my new Mk. III 2x converter (as well as my usual 1.4x) and recently micro-adjusted...
Belter of a Kingfisher!
Today, the gods were on my side. I'd long since resigned myself to the fact that I'd missed the mega Kingfisher down south a couple of...
Greens and Greys on a wintery weekend
Saturday started well with 4 Greenland White-fronted Geese, amongst the usual Whooper Swan flock, near Kirkbride. I got a few nice images...
Home and away, and Isabelline 'blocker'
I had a nice time photographing Fieldfare and Redwing at my local patch on the Saturday before heading north on the Sunday, into the...
