Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Iceland

Fantastic long weekend in Iceland with my family. Birds were not our priority but saw plenty of Raven in Reykjavik. Lots of Eider, Whooper swanIceland and Glaucous Gulls, singing  Redwing and Snow Bunting. As well as all the amazing geology, the Aurora Borealis seen on our last night were breathtaking.


























Sunday, February 16, 2014

Myrtle (yellow rumped) Warbler

Great views of the rare American vagrant at High Shincliffe County Durham today in sunshine























Thursday, February 13, 2014

New Nikon Kit!

Just spent 5 minutes playing with new Nikon D7000 and Nikkor 300mm F4 lens with Nikon TC-14E teleconverter and already impressed. These pics shot at ISO 6400 in dark garden light. Streets ahead of my old kit. Interesting leucistic Goldfinch too



 Also noticed one of our Robins has a deformed foot






Saturday, February 1, 2014

More Bullfinch in the garden


Great to see a pair of Bullfinch feeding regularly in the garden. Also saw Siskin for the first time this winter in the garden