Garden Birding in the lockdown

Hi All

A few pictures from the Garden over the last 2 weekends during self isolation :-)

Cheers

Sean

Morning Walk Around The Lodge Sunday 9th Feb 2014

14 brave souls got out of their beds this morning with the wind and rain howling through the rafters and went up to the Lodge for the Beds Birds morning walk hosted by Gen Carpenter. On arrival the driving rain relented and we were left with a pleasant dry but very windy walk around the site, starting at the top heath finishing about 2 1/2 hours later after pretty much a full circuit in the hide.

Due to the wind it was pretty quiet generally but I still managed to come across the usual suspects on site, Raven, Sparrowhawk (2 fly-throughs whilst I was in the hide), Buzzard, Crow, Jackdaw, Magpie, Jay, Treecreeper, Nuthatch, Goldcrest, Blue, Great, Coal, Long-Tailed Tits, Great Spotted and Green Woodpeckers, (sadly no Lesser Spotted)? Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Chaffinch, Robin, Wren, Dunnock, Common Redpole, Blackbird, Fieldfare. I didn't come across any Crossbills, Redwing, Song, Mistle Thrushes or Siskin.

As usual a good day out with the Beds Birds Gang and thanks to Gen for being the leader for the day, job well done.

Dunstable Sewage Works Sunday 7th July 2013

What a lovely day weather wise in fact probably too hot at 28 deg! Had a great start to the day on the photography front, with some nice shots of Swift, Blackbird and Goldfinch in the garden early this morning before moving on to the Dunstable Sewage Works for a brief visit today as it was the first Sunday of the month.

Things were quite active at DSW this morning with lots of Sedge, Willow & Reed Warblers, Reed Bunting, Pied Wagtail, Dunnock, Wren, Blackcap, Canada Geese, Coot, Moorhen, Swift, House Martin, Buzzard, Mallard & Tufted Ducks, Magpie, Green Sandpiper, Common Tern, Black Headed Gulls and Heron amongst others, many with young by their sides.

I was treated to a blackcap singing in the car park on arrival, and on my travels around the site spotted all the above. Got some nice sequence shots of a Common Tern scanning the pond for a meal, it eventually dived and got the fish but I missed the important bit as usual?