Brambling

This female appeared below the feeders, an unusual bird for the site.

Yellow Wagtail

Male Yellow Wagtail, Radwell Lakes, 30th March 2008 by Steve Blain.

Surprise bird in a small garden!

A new bird for our garen list - Red-legged Partridge feeding on seed in our Lower Stondon garden. The garden is quite enclosed and only 20ft by 20ft!
Photos by Andy Banthorpe.

Black-tailed Godwit

G.W's Godwit feeding in the rain at MVCP this morning

Merlin Broom

Rubbish quality as expected...!

Little Owl

Showing the eyes in the back of the head effect as it turns. 26/03/08

White-winged Herring Gull

Herring Gull, Stewartby Lake, 23rd March 2008 by Steve Blain.

Willington.

Myself and Sarah took a walk around here this morning, on the fishing lake we saw the single Common Sandpiper. On the main water there were good numbers of Wigeon, a pair of Oystercatcher flew over and there were 15+ Sand martins. A pair of Shelduck on the pit to the left as you walk from the stile and around the surrounding bushes and trees at least 6 Chiffchaff.

Brambling video

Brambling, Broom, 23rd March 2008 by Steve Blain

Yellow-legged Gull

Yellow-legged Gull, MVCP, 22nd March 2008 by Steve Blain.

Kittiwake

First-winter Kittiwake, Stewartby Lake, 22nd March 2008 by Steve Blain. This bird remained for only a few minutes before lifting off the water and heading towards Brogborough.

Short-eared Owl

Short-eared Owl, Cardington Hangers, 15th March 2008 by Steve Blain.

Roxton.

After no luck with grey wagtails at Gt.Barford weir on Sunday 9th morning i moved onto Roxton weir where i found a pair showing well for some time before flying off high out of sight. Also in fields near the end of Ford lane a pair of oystercatchers were seen feeding.

Woodlark

Woodlark, Sandy Heath, 9th March 2008 by Steve Blain

Caspian Gull

Caspian Gull, MVCP, 8th March 2008 by Steve Blain.

Woodlarks at last!

It has taken me eleven visits to catch up with these beasties on Sandy Heath. And, if I say so myself, not a bad shot considering the photographer...

Long-tailed Tit - MVCP 1st March 2008

This Long-tailed Tit was near the MVCP sewage works , photo by Martin Green.