A HARD CHOICE TO MAKE

With all the news breaking about natural england and me being a volunteer on stodmarsh and grove nnr,i had make a decision, i wanted to sign the petition, as a lover of birds and wildlife i made the choice so i quit and then signed the petition,i not going to knock anyone as i have enjoyed it,i just think they have has loss there way,and goverment pressure and cuts do not help,enough said have not been posting lately as it has be very quiet i did manged a shot of the montys on saturday

popped down after work to recuvler for a quick walk,seeing plenty of ring plovers on the beach and a female eider which is moulting

i only walked up to cold harbour and seeing a nice yellow wag which sat still long enough for a shot

AT LAST GOT IT

being away the other week when the bonapartes gull turn up on sheppey i thought i was going be a long wait for this bird to be added to my kent list but it turned up at oare so quick whizz up after work it was feeding in the creek,a photo from the eastbourne one

and tuesday had a look at a tame bar headed goose a very smart bird

ONLY WENT FOR A WEE

popped down to grove on monday evening with the rain coming down i went no further then feast hide,watching the swifts and swallows and sandmartins checking all the time for the little jem,as sitting there i was breaking a leg so i shot outside for the called of nature,as i was stand there this bird flew past straight i knew what it was a red rump swallow with this, i just watched it fly up and down, back in the hide still seeing the bird a marsh harrier flew in and ever thing vanished and to make matters worst a hobby flew along as well,so the next 50min i spent hunting high and low to refind but to no avail

lesvos last year

A GOOD TERN DESERVE ANOTHER

very quiet in the valley today with only a single garganey showing at harrisons and the grasshopper warbler still in it bush along marsh drove for the third week running with it reeling now and again,marsh hide four canada geese,swans and greylags and the bittern booming from behind the hide,main lake had a influx of terns over nite going up to 15 instead of three,great white egret noted flying high out over hersden indust est,and good number of hobbys, sedges and reeds seem to be still in low numbers, waders seem to have deserted the place full stop.

NO BONES ABOUT THIS

firstly well done steve on finding the dusky thrush in margate cemetery,thanks to martyn and adam on letting me know other wise i would still been at grove,great views on this first for kent a few shots that i took before we departed

so well done again steve cracking start to the weekend

EVEN MORE ........................PUFFINS

CARRYING on from my post

PUFFINS...........................AND MORE PUFFINS

how can you not enjoy these cheeky chaps,we arrived on the island after a choppy three hour trip a few miles off staffa,had to prebook  as the places are limited,we went with http://www.turusmara.com/so it is worth a quick look,it my seem pricey but worth every penny just over a £118 for both of us my missus loved  it so i just going post puffin pictures so enjoy,they were just mating and making nest......experienceon it own

SCOTTISH TRIP

not going to bore you with the details,a few birds we did see was blackthroated diver,red throated neither birds i got photos of the bird i did shots of are as below will do a write up at some stage

crested tit

golden eye

common sand

black guilli

otter

shags

eider

puffins