undisclosed site

got brians text and went straight there
only 1 lrp and no juveniles
1 lapwing nest although exact location not known
blowing gale force 10-wind speed 200mph
2 wheatear
2 mipits
2 lapwing-protecting nest

ogden

look round this morning
goldcrests
not much else

white stork-shibden

ducklings (stork food)
read ians post in spanish this afternoon and got all excited. rung mum after school and got picked up and went straight there. no sign at first and were just giving up when suddenly the ducks went wild and the stork flew straight down and landed in the feild-fab views=fab shots

Clouded-bordered Brindle

ok its not a bird, but its pretty and i like moths.
found it on my water pistol

ogden

its raining owls

soil hill-1 little ringed plover
1 short eared owl
kestrel only 70cm away from where i was standing
red legged partridge heard
5 mipits
3 skylarks

undisclosed site-1 tawny owl-typical it being a leo site
1 breif view of a long eared owl
blackbirds

ogden

not much there this morning
a grebe sitting on the lake
chiff-chaff heard in the wood

sparrows taking a dust bath outside my house this afternoon
left when i came with the camera (typical)

scotland holiday-last day

threave gardens:
one of the best birdwatching sites ever in my oppinion. not as good as last time when there were wood warblers and spotted flycatchers

female siskin

greater spotted woodpecker

chaffinch at restaurant

blackbird at restaurant

nuthatch on feeder in the hide



woodpecker video
also seen were
blue tit
coal tit
great tit
chaffinch
greenfinch
willow warblers
roe deer

scotland holiday-day 4

wigtown local nature reserve:
back again

lapwing which my dad drove past
no violent dabchick
2 shoveler
2 reed bunting
1 peregrine
1 sedge warbler
plus the usual
appart from the dab chik this was the most amazing part of my holiday-i was standing on a rock trying to get photos of some swift which were flying less that a meter away. i had just atempted to take shot and was looking at my camera screem froma mere 30cm away from my haed and a swift flew between my head and the camera-wow

isle of witon:

a beach next to a seaside harbour. wether=bad

sandwhich tern diving for fish

rock pipit on rock

scotland holiday-day 3

logan botanical gardens:
scotlands largest garden for tropical plants. because of the gulf stream many tropical plants can be grown here. this did affect the wildlife in a way but there were some briliant photo oppertuneties.

chaffinch that walked right past me



red legged partridge-really close but not as tame as the chaffinch

mull of galloway-RSPB
have been before but the visitor center wasnt running. now it was so we all had a nice lunch. it had much improved since the last time especially the wildlife. last time it was just kittywakes and stonechats and guillemots but this time there was

poor male linnet shot
1 twite only my second
3 mipits
2 wheatear
2 rock pipits

2 black guillemots
2 common gullemots
infinate razorbills
2 puffins
infinate gannets
2 hourbour porpoise
perched male peregrine-absolutely amazing
5 manx shearwater
infinate kittywakes
infinate herring gulls
infinate greater black-backed gull
infinate shags
infinate cormornat
raven

port logan:
sandy beach with rocks at either end
10 ringed plovers
2 sandwhich tern
been snorkeling here before and seen cuckoo wrasse but today the wether was apauling