Showing posts with label Black-necked Grebe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Black-necked Grebe. Show all posts
Sunday, 21 July 2019
Friday, 14 September 2018
A weekend away...
Last weekend we visited a UEA open day, and stayed overnight in Kings Lynn. This allowed us to do a bit of birding the evening after at Titchwell as well as stopping at Frampton on the way home...
Titchwell held a great selection on Saturday evening, including 10 Spoonbills, Great White Egret, Little Stint, 2 Curlew Sandpipers, Bearded Tits, and best of all, 4 adult Turtle Doves sat together...
A stop at RSPB Frampton on the way back on Sunday morning was also very enjoyable with highlights including the Long-billed Dowitcher, 16 Spotted Redshanks, Curlew Sandpiper, Spoonbill, Black-necked Grebe and an impressive 1500+ Black-tailed Godwits. 3 Willow Emerald Damselfly were an odonata tick for me.
Titchwell held a great selection on Saturday evening, including 10 Spoonbills, Great White Egret, Little Stint, 2 Curlew Sandpipers, Bearded Tits, and best of all, 4 adult Turtle Doves sat together...
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| Turtle Doves |
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| Bearded Tits - adult female and juvenile male (bottom). |
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| Yellow-legged Gull |
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| Curlew Sandpiper |
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| Black-tailed Godwit |
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| Spotted Redshank |
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| Black-necked Grebe |
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| Willow Emerald Damselfly |
Monday, 7 May 2018
Another confiding scarcity!
After still being on a bit of a high from the Little Bittern, it was great to get some more amazing views of an unusual waterbird, with the Glossy Ibis showing superbly by the old coal road at Druridge this morning until it was flushed by the farmer on his quadbike...
Other birds around Druridge Pools included a Wood Sandpiper, drake Garganey, 4 Black-tailed Godwits and a Roseate Tern and Puffin offshore...
East Chevington produced a Black-necked Grebe, while the Channel Wagtail still at Bell's Farm rounded off another good day.
Other birds around Druridge Pools included a Wood Sandpiper, drake Garganey, 4 Black-tailed Godwits and a Roseate Tern and Puffin offshore...
East Chevington produced a Black-necked Grebe, while the Channel Wagtail still at Bell's Farm rounded off another good day.
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| Glossy Ibis |
Monday, 15 February 2016
Round the bay...
A similar selection of birds in the bay again today...
First at Woodhorn the goose flock to the southeast of the main roundabout held 5 Greenland White-fronted Geese and 2 European White-fronted Geese. A brief seawatch from Hadston Carrs provided a Great Northern Diver and a Velvet Scoter heading north, with Gannet and Skylark both new for the patch year list.
Moving south to Druridge Bay Country Park the drake Goosander was very confiding with 9 Red-breasted Mergansers also on the lake. On reaching Chevington a Merlin whizzed through chasing a Snipe. The north pool still held the Black-necked Grebe and female Common Scoter. 15 Whooper Swans were visible in the distance.
By the road just north of Widdrington the Waxwing was feeding on the solitary berry-covered hawthorn. 4 more Whooper Swans were opposite the entrance to Druridge Pools with 3 drake Pintail on the Budge Fields. Finally the first-winter Long-billed Dowitcher was again at Cresswell Pond.
First at Woodhorn the goose flock to the southeast of the main roundabout held 5 Greenland White-fronted Geese and 2 European White-fronted Geese. A brief seawatch from Hadston Carrs provided a Great Northern Diver and a Velvet Scoter heading north, with Gannet and Skylark both new for the patch year list.
Moving south to Druridge Bay Country Park the drake Goosander was very confiding with 9 Red-breasted Mergansers also on the lake. On reaching Chevington a Merlin whizzed through chasing a Snipe. The north pool still held the Black-necked Grebe and female Common Scoter. 15 Whooper Swans were visible in the distance.
By the road just north of Widdrington the Waxwing was feeding on the solitary berry-covered hawthorn. 4 more Whooper Swans were opposite the entrance to Druridge Pools with 3 drake Pintail on the Budge Fields. Finally the first-winter Long-billed Dowitcher was again at Cresswell Pond.
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| Goosander |
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| Waxwing |
Saturday, 6 February 2016
Patching
Had another trip to the patch this afternoon hoping to catch up with a Bittern, while we were unsuccessful with this it was still a nice afternoon's birding...
Chevington had a very similar selection to last weekend with the north pool holding the Black-necked and Slavonian Grebes still, the pair of Scaup and female Common Scoter were also still present along with a Water Rail and 6 Red-breasted Merganser. The female Marsh Harrier was once again over the south pool with an adult Mediterranean Gull over and a Barn Owl again.
A further 5 Red-breasted Merganser were at Druridge Bay Country Park along with a drake Goosander. The goose flock was the highlight at Druridge Pools. It held 10 European White-fronted Geese (including five first-winters), a first-winter Greenland White-fronted Goose and a Barnacle Goose among the 400+ Pink-feet. 15 Whooper Swans were also visible in the distance.
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| From 2012 on Teesside - a first-winter Greenland White-fronted Goose (front) with Eurasian White-fronts. |
Sunday, 31 January 2016
Another good day...
Spent most of the day ticking off some birds I still needed for Patchwork Challenge, with Chevington being particularly productive...
A look on the north pool gave the Black-necked Grebe right alongside the Slavonian Grebe providing a great comparison, a pair of Scaup, a female Common Scoter (second of the winter on the pool) and at least 77 Goldeneye.
A flock of Greylag Geese dropped onto the south pool which also held a Pink-footed Goose and 2 European White-fronted Geese, and a Black-tailed Godwit flew over heading north-east.
We walked down to the burn mouth where my dad picked up a female Velvet Scoter with a small and relatively close flock of Common Scoter. 2 Barn Owl were also sat on the fence and 2 Red-breasted Mergansers were offshore.
Next to Druridge Pools where 3 Pintail were on the Budge Fields along with a Black-tailed Godwit and a Ruff. Around 10 Barnacle Geese flew over with the thousands of Pink-feet and a single Red-breasted Merganser was on the north pool.
Just as we were leaving we heard of 2 Waxwings on wires between Druridge Pools and Widdrington village. Sure enough when we got there they were sat on the wires, so we rushed back to Druridge to try and get them on the patch list, but by the time we got there they had disappeared. Perhaps they were just passing through as we don't know of any berry bushes in the area...
PWC 2016
Species: 104
Points: 127
A look on the north pool gave the Black-necked Grebe right alongside the Slavonian Grebe providing a great comparison, a pair of Scaup, a female Common Scoter (second of the winter on the pool) and at least 77 Goldeneye.
A flock of Greylag Geese dropped onto the south pool which also held a Pink-footed Goose and 2 European White-fronted Geese, and a Black-tailed Godwit flew over heading north-east.
We walked down to the burn mouth where my dad picked up a female Velvet Scoter with a small and relatively close flock of Common Scoter. 2 Barn Owl were also sat on the fence and 2 Red-breasted Mergansers were offshore.
Next to Druridge Pools where 3 Pintail were on the Budge Fields along with a Black-tailed Godwit and a Ruff. Around 10 Barnacle Geese flew over with the thousands of Pink-feet and a single Red-breasted Merganser was on the north pool.
Just as we were leaving we heard of 2 Waxwings on wires between Druridge Pools and Widdrington village. Sure enough when we got there they were sat on the wires, so we rushed back to Druridge to try and get them on the patch list, but by the time we got there they had disappeared. Perhaps they were just passing through as we don't know of any berry bushes in the area...
PWC 2016
Species: 104
Points: 127
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| European White-fronted Geese |
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| Black-necked Grebe - record shot! |
Sunday, 15 March 2015
Catch up...
Over the past couple of weeks I've had a couple of trips to the patch.
Last weekend the highlight was the number of Whooper Swans around, with 73 at Chevington, 60 at Widdrington Moor Lake (along with my 3rd Northumberland Bewick's Swan), 20 off Hadston and 11 at Warkworth Lane. The Ross's Goose was also at Widdrington Moor Lake. Back on my patch the first Lesser Black-backed Gulls started to appear last weekend, and the Black-necked Grebe remained at Chevington.
Today it was even quieter around the bay. At least 2 obvious Scandinavian Rock Pipits were on the beach at Hadston. For some reason they looked more obvious in the field than in my photos...
The Black-necked Grebe was still at Chevington along with a drake Pintail.
On a different note here's a photo of Uranus which was visible just to the left of Venus through the telescope on the 4th.
Last weekend the highlight was the number of Whooper Swans around, with 73 at Chevington, 60 at Widdrington Moor Lake (along with my 3rd Northumberland Bewick's Swan), 20 off Hadston and 11 at Warkworth Lane. The Ross's Goose was also at Widdrington Moor Lake. Back on my patch the first Lesser Black-backed Gulls started to appear last weekend, and the Black-necked Grebe remained at Chevington.
Today it was even quieter around the bay. At least 2 obvious Scandinavian Rock Pipits were on the beach at Hadston. For some reason they looked more obvious in the field than in my photos...
The Black-necked Grebe was still at Chevington along with a drake Pintail.
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| Bewick's Swan with Whoopers |
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| Ross's Goose |
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| Whooper Swans |
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| Scandinavian Rock Pipits - the bird in the first five photos is perhaps the most striking littoralis that I've ever seen. |
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| British Rock Pipit |
Saturday, 28 February 2015
Owls...
Two Short-eared Owls at Warkworth Dunes this afternoon...
At Chevington there was a Scaup, Pintail, 4 Red-breasted Mergansers and the Black-necked Grebe still.
Afterwards these two Barn Owls were at Cresswell in the near darkness...
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| Short-eared Owls |
At Chevington there was a Scaup, Pintail, 4 Red-breasted Mergansers and the Black-necked Grebe still.
Afterwards these two Barn Owls were at Cresswell in the near darkness...
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| Barn Owls |
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