A very short walk beside the Trent at Burton Joyce yesterday yielded new pages and additions. In the space of 20 minutes, we saw amongst other things a heron, a pied wagtail, several common terns, Greylag and Canada Geese with young and a female mallard with ducklings. Follow the links above to the new pages and […]
Tern, Wagtail & Ducklings
May 24th, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: Tags: birds, burton joyce, River Trent, UK
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Goosanders on the River Wharfe
April 7th, 2009 · No Comments
A very enjoyable couple of days spent in Wharfedale included a very pleasant walk along the River Wharfe upstream of Grassington. A pair of goosanders was quite unconcerned that we were close by, and we were able to watch them for about twenty minutes. Some of the resulting photographs are posted on goosanders page.
Tags: Tags: birds, goosander, Grassington, Nottinghamshire, Notts, River Trent, Wharfdale
Categories: Photographs · Wildlife
Wigeon
March 1st, 2009 · No Comments
A large flock of wigeon was grazing across the River Trent near Shelford yesterday, and I managed some photos in failing light.
Tags: Tags: birds, River Trent, Shelford, widgeon
Categories: Photographs · Wildlife
Hawk v Pigeons
December 29th, 2008 · No Comments
Walking past Bulcote farm buildings this morning, the birds which perch on the roofs of the farm buildings suddenly flew off, looking a bit like flocks of starlings getting ready to roost. But one bird was flying differently from all the others; this was a hawk. For five minutes or so, it tried to isolate […]
Categories: Wildlife