Friday 5 January 2018

Autumn Leaves


 
In the blink of an eye 6 months has gone by - wow.
 
What to tell....
 
A summer trip to the southern heaths ill judged in rain and roaring winds, yielded Keeled Skimmer and White-legged Damselfly, both new to me.



A muggy August walk across Burwell Fen with a Hobby accompanying us all afternoon

 
Ben giving the bird the bird - alternatively known as the Blackcap balancing act
 
 
 
Our Cranes on the Washes peaked at 36 with 6 or more young and were a joy to watch as they danced their merry dance
  

 
Hawfinches invaded and morning watches produced several birds over the last weeks of October including 8 over the garden over a week and 3 at Roswell Pits. Hawfinch was a new bird for me in the Ely10 and the same day I checked out Fordham Woods and managed to see Nuthatch and Marsh Tits too - not a trio I thought possible in the area a few years ago.

Early November saw another Ely10 tick in the shape of a fine Shorelark at Burwell Fen.  I waited in the dark for light to come and in the gloaming began picking out birds.  Not long after dawn in the gloom I managed to watch this fantastic bird in snatched minutes before work.
  

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