Saturday 30 November 2013

JUST A LITTLE OARE

Having popped down to the harbour at first little and recorded now't,i had towards oare marshes as was pasting down the a2 at barham i had a close encounter with a red kite flying low over the carriage way,arriving at oare with a brisk wind it felt very raw in the wind,but the sunshine made up for it,most of the time was spent with two stonechats that just happen to stay put for once




Sunday 10 November 2013

BY HECK THAT WAS COLD

Grenham bay first list light with a stiff nw wind meant only one thing, should have been at home in the warm i sum it up sod all single rt diver south two bonxies west then south, three pom sorry juv gannets which hung about a few scoters not bad in three and a half hour crap strings to mind,rest of the time spent on the beach clicking away at anything that moved,had my reasons to snap away








been getting out of focus shots lately, so had a word with steve who sorted me out straight away told me what was wrong ,so had a go today well pleased,all it was i was to high on my F stops,so i dropped back down to f5.6 and 6.3 and bingo all sorted was getting between 1/2500 and 1/3200 ideal for birds in flight so cheers mate,he still the main man

Sunday 3 November 2013

NEVER REFOUND,and GAVE UP

After having a day in yesterday with jackie and spending the day at a rabbit welfare place at southend looking for a new house rabbit,so i was up early headed down to the patch which is yet to produce anything that can be posted only birds seen common scoter still hanging about and a single grt crested grebe,the winds need to change a bit and temp drop or i can see the harbour having a quiet winter,so i headed up to joss bay with target bird in mind woodlark,still need for my kent list,having parked by car by the pumping station i had slow stroll along the cliff top,with a few pipits flying about,then i noticed a wheatear sitting on the wire fence,i must admit i did not a lot of notice until it flew,no tbar on tail and black band and white rump,so quickly headed to the bay and the beach and walked along under the cliff the i relocated it feed on the sea weed my tweet that i sent was how i saw the bird,this is my tweet it went,WHESTEAR AT NORTH FORELAND,NO BLACK TBAR ONLY BACK BAND WHITISH REST OF TAIL PALISH BIRD NO WHITE EYE STRIP,DESERT??the bird was hopping and flying along then it happened dog walker and jogger at the same time the bird flew along the cliff face but never went over the top,so i let barry and martyn know and gave them the jizz of the bird i tryed for the next three hours to find but the tide came in and no joy,this is a image i found that resembles the bird which i saw
very very close match the bird i saw was just a little bit darker anyway never saw it again,so i headed to foreness point and found a snowbunting on the apron on the under cliff