Wednesday 3 February 2021

Before Lockdown

I've just realised that the photos from the last few weeks of the classes haven't been uploaded yet.  This was a difficult time with domestic chores coming to the fore.   We had a brief visit from a male Brambling in the garden on 18th November.  
Male Brambling 

Meanwhile, two Buzzards are still present in the cemetery, but this is the photograph of the smaller individual. 
Buzzard

The 16th of November saw a trip to Barmston
Twite
ditto



Stonechat
Pied Wagtail
ditto
Unfortunately, the following photos have uploaded in reverse order, so the pictures of the Peregrine carrying a small bird from the beach were those seen first.  
Peregrine






Oystercatchers
ditto
On 25th November we took a look at the local Starling murmuration.
Pink-footed Geese

















On to Keyingham Marsh on 23rd of November.  
Greenfinch in sun
When the sun went in
Short-eared Owl
ditto
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Back to the local murmuration towards the end of November. 
Starlings 







A final visit to Barmston.
Twite
ditto





Buzzard
Final visit to the local Starling murmuration.
View























On 10 December we saw plenty of Winter Thrushes at Stone Creek
Fieldfare
The following day we convened at East Park
First winter Black-headed Gull
ditto
Cormorants
Goosanders out of the water
Drake Goosander
Female Goosander
Little Grebe
Long-tailed Tit
Moorhen
female Red-Crested Pochard - pale morph
Ring-necked Parakeet


Song Thrush
Male Sparrowhawk
Tufted Duck
Back in the cemetery at the base of an Ash tree.
Shaggy Pholiota
We went to North Cave Wetlands on 15 December.
Female Blackbird
Little Grebe
Pink-footed Geese
Redwing
ditto
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Reed Bunting
Shelduck
Tufted Ducks 
ditto