male Peregrine

a quick fly-by from this adult male at Alkborough this afternoon - not a lot to disturb apart from breeding birds 

juvenile Peregrines

 local birds found under a pylon nest in June - all 4 eventually fledged successfully 

Common Buzzard and a Peregrine

All taken today with the Canon R6 and the 400 DO2 and 2x converter hand held

 

coastal failures

its been one of those autumns where everything I seem to see is fleeting or elusive or both - haven't taken a decent image for weeks - on paper days like yesterday look OK; Olive-backed Pipit seen well by two of the crew but for me just a calling fly over, Pallas's warbler seen for less than minute at dusk, Dusky Warbler one calling and a couple of days previous calling and brief flight view, Yellow-browed Warbler just a few seconds view, Firecrest looking up into the canopy, Siberian Chiffchaff wrong side of the river,  but the Redstart, tired Redwing and 5 Crossbills showed well and a Woodcock landed briefly in an awkward pose on the track -- luck must change soon and still finding nothing - that Bluetail must be just around the corner!  also a juvenile Peregrine from earlier in the week 

adult Peregrine

a beautiful bird dashing past

juvenile Peregrine still around

juvenile Peregrine

an unusually co-operative bird

juvenile Peregrine

at Donna Nook today on elf two seen and a nice Merlin typically never close enough

juvenile Peregrine

on of four from this nest -- two males rescued in the downpour two weeks ago and fattened up by Jean (many thanks) for a week before being taken back to the nest where the adult female immediately took them back and all four are now doing very well 

March 29th 2019 on the patch

my first Speckled Wood of the year in 6 species of butterfly, Small White, Small Tort, Peacock, Brimstone, Comma -- a Great White Egret came in off the Humber fed in the Blow Wells ponds then headed west while the Peregrines were having a bit of a disagreement over the rights to a pigeon