Friday 1 February 2019

JANUARY PART 2

We have reached the end of January and its snowing big time outside tonight.
I have been around various venues over the past couple of weeks,like most birders getting the year list up and running,here are a few photos from my travels.


 NUTHATCH- Bossenden Wood.
NUTHATCH
 ROBIN
 TURNSTONE Admiralty Pier Dover
 KITTIWAKE Dover
 GREY HERON River Dour Dover
 GREY WAGTAIL River Dour Dover.
 GREY WAGTAIL
 GREY WAGTAIL
 GREY WAGTAIL
 GREY WAGTAIL
 WATER RAIL River Dour near the Corn Mill.
WATER RAIL
 MALE CROSSBILL HEMSTEAD FOREST
 FEMALE CROSSBILL
 -
 MALE CROSSBILL



 THAI AIRLINES A380 over Hemstead Forest
 BARN OWL hunting at Shirley Moor Appledore.








 HMS ENTERPRISE Exploring the final frontier off Samphire Hoe.
 WIGEON on Bushy Ruff lake
 MISTLE THRUSH- BUSHY RUFF
 MISTLE THRUSH
 I SPY A WORM
 MARSH TIT calling.
 MARSH TIT
 BRAMBLING - THROUGH THE BRANCHES CHILHAM
These took me by surprise as I drove out of Dymchurch the other day.
BRINGING UP THE RHEA
 NO NEED TO VISIT BRAZIL NOW.
 COLOUR RINGED ROCK PIPIT AT CONYER,evidently it is a French ringed bird.
 ROCK PIPIT
 SHORE LARK AT CONYER one of four.
 SHORE LARK,
 HIGHLAND BULL AT OARE
 AND ANOTHER
 PINTAIL AT OARE
 PINTAIL
 PINTAIL
 PINTAIL
And to finish the month my favourite shot from January,the Barn Owl at Appledore.