Local Shag

an adult Shag turned up on the local Sailing pit in the week and was still there today -- it was in exactly the same place when I saw it as three birds on February 6th 1996; a really rare bird on my patch as follows:
November 26th 1987
2 juvs trying to roost on the Humber bridge October 22nd 1991 with one there November 9th
3 September 6th 1992
April 20th 1994
3 February 6th 1996
a juv August 23rd 2008

Tufted Ducks

Goshawk blobs

never seem to be close at Wykeham and light was dire again

Common Crossbill

lots of crossbill activity at Wyekham on Thursday in the dull and cold weather -- one flock of about 45 and several pairs courtship feeding

white wingers Kirkby

the 2cy Glaucous and a new 2cy Iceland Gull at Kirkby Pits yesterday - never an easy place to photograph gulls and certainly not assisted by the antics of tip operators letting of fiz bangers to disturb the gulls -- WHY -- humans create edible waste that the gulls clean up yet these people hate gulls doing what is simply natural and environmentally friendly --

Bluethroat in Lincs

paid homage to the south Lincs Bluethroat and got a wet leg and very muddy bum in the bargain --
Logic dictates that it is a first-winter male but According to Robins and Chats a first-winter male should have tawny or rufous buff fringes to greater coverts and tertials and I cannot seem to equate those features to this bird --- all are with the Canon 5D3, Canon 400 DO II and eitehr 1.4 or 2x mark 3 converters