Just got back from Estonia where the trip results were the exact opposite of the fabulous three days I had in Greece a couple of weeks ago! The Greek trip resulted in over 5000 images in three days while Estonia resulted in around 20!! The reason for lack of images was the incredible freeze creeping across eastern Europe with...
Spent a couple of hours with Mike at his feeding station today. Lots of activity although limited species due to the mild weather. The great tits and blue tits performed very well but I was pleased with the three great spotted woodpeckers and the nuthatches that kept appearing on stage. At one point, the woodpeckers...
Got a call last night to say there was a great northern diver (common loon for the USA visitors) on Cawood’s Pool at Pugneys Country Park and it had still been there at dusk. So, I set off early this morning as the sun was rising and met up with this battle cruiser of a...
Over the last 10yrs or so, common buzzard has become, well, common! This species was such a rare bird in West Yorkshire that it would have been highly twitchable in the old days but the common buzzard is an avian success story and has spread across much of the country, let alone our county. The...
Got an email last night to say a pectoral sandpiper was at the local country park lake and then today, a phone call from Mike to say it was still there. So, late this afternoon, I gave up on the wedding edits and headed down to Pugneys Country Park in Wakefield to see if I...
