journey home

great grey shrike at the service station today

last day

very sparse birds today:
cormorant
herring gull
greater black backed gull
house sparrow
greenfinch
goldfinch

normandy-day 4

not much seen today:
buzzard
kestrel
chaffinch
house sparrow
house martin
swift

normandy-day 3

todays birds:
2 white storks-my first wild ones-pity their not in england
spotted flycatcher
greater black backed gull
skylark
swift
chaffinch
buzzard
kestrel
house sparrow
moorhen

normandy-day 2

birds seen today were as follows:
1 very breif glimps of a purple heron-wow :)
white wagtail
great tit
greenfinch
swift
house sparrow
chaffinch
black headed gull

new bird on day 2-looks like a good holiday

normandy-day 1

first time abroad so really happy and lots of hope for new species
the boat journey:
gannet
fulmar
kittywake
the journey:
woodpigeon
house sparrow
house martin
swift
swallow
white wagtail
grey heron
goldfinch
kestrel
mallards

foxglove covet

went today for about 4 hrs
walk:
1 reed warbler
1 kestrel
1 coot family
pond dipping:
stickleback
3 reed bunting
6000000000000000 toad-poles
walk:
common spotted orchid
chiffchaff

wow

an elephant hawkmoth at my school today
my first
had it on my hand whilst i fed it through the fence to saftey (as it was on the floor in stepping on range)
was going to come back with the camera but it had gone
it was really cute
wow!!!!!
wow!!!!!
wow!!!!!
might have some picsa later (operative word being might)

last night

up on warley moor and res last night with david sutcliffe
2 twite (or one come round twice)
1 juvenile stonechat
a family of 6 juvenile kestrels plus 2 adults
1 sand martin at dean head