Male Great Bustard from the Salisbury plain –

From today GBC walk at Ham Wall

A – White Spotted Bluethroat

35 speice seen, 3 Airborne Birds of Prey – Red Kite – Buzzard and Kestrel with snake – 58 Canada Geese & 6 Juvs and a Black Tailed Godwit around the pond

I visit RSPB Ynys-hir, walking to Salting hide look out on river mouth, when this rapter made airborne pass, just say i never been so dispointing with Peregrine, for a second i hope a Osprey. Ynys-hir is a lovely reserve, i manage Saltmarsh trail, Wetland trail and bit of the hard up and down woodland walk, Redstarts, Pied Flycatchers, saw spotted flycatchers, everywhere Canada Geese with all size of Goslins and some mad horses – Than dash up the boardwalk at Dyfi Osprey Project, well bit of lie, after 5&i/2 walk and sitting in hides around Ynys-hir my walk to hide was a hobble and got this years Osprey tick – My Airborne competition between buzzard and Red Kites tried at 6 each on both leg of the drive.

Male White Tailed Eagle – on Poole Habour Safaris, the highlights 3 sight of 2 Eagles – Well worth missing the cuckoo on Sunday trip – Well worth 155 miles drive – Well worth getting lost in RSPB Arne day before, end up on the part which being use for Spring Watch next week, 3 1/2 hours (God it was hot) made it back in bad way but Brittern 2022 still walking, just – Well worth suffering overnight Premier Inn Bed to have a White Tailed Eagle as my 200 British Bird since starting July 2021

in our back yard – Ogmore

started to build nest in front of Kenfig Hide

Even went into the next reedbed and had battle with pair of Coots, then after 1 &1/2 hour, pair swam out to centre of pond

Pest or should they be admired for adapting at Lamby Lakes Cardiff

Yes i soon learnt it a 1st winter Black Headed Gull – Gulls are crazy

Only notice as it started to move, so all i could do was snap and hope, waited but did not return – it was life newbie for me

See i was at WWT Llanelli on Friday, watch 2 Peregrine course havoc, moment after they attack the Greenshanks is what i call “Panic of the Little Egret” – first the scream – second the drive – third lets be cool what the problem

3 male and 1 female sitting up at Kenfig by the old feeding table – noon 26 Jan

24 Jan 2023 i took a trip to Forest of Dean – number one target was Hawfinches sucess with big tick – My 194 of my British life list – but failed with second Goshawk and Bramblings, the plus was seeing 60 Mandarin ducks and good set Pic’s of Treecreeper

This morning decide to walk on second day snow add to by heavy foot crunching frost, through the woodland made special as the warm of the sun started burn off the frost which rised in a mist among the trees, yes for Coal – Great – Blue Tits – Nuthatches – Great Spotted Woodpecker – Song Thrushes – Chaffinches – Goldfinches – Wren and at the bridge nice to see pair of Dippers the target for year list

Only thing missing was Bird of Prey until driving home across the moor at the back of Masons Arms when right in of my car big Red Kite swoop on a bit of road kill, Wow could do anything as too many car behind, time i turn only Magpie left.

Sparrowhawk scaring a flock of Siskins, Buzzard mobed by Crows, lots Reed Buntings at Hide 2, but the winner as they say Treecreeper

on the flood field, also 5 Redshanks – Flock of Teals – 4 Song thrushes – 2 shelduck

At WWT Llanelli on the 04 Jan Nice for New Year list

My first semi-decent Pic’s

Found at Parc Slip on 15 Dec 2022