Still birdy

Varied Tit

In the tiny park near my place there were 4 species of tit, Great Spotted Woodpecker, a small flock of Brambling, 1 Hawfinch, a male Daurian Redstart, 1 Long-tailed Rosefinch, several Dusky Thrush, 2 Eurasian Nuthatch and 4 Crossboll. On the river were Great Egret, Grey Heron and above was a Eurasian Sparrowhawk. Not a bad haul…

Not great photos. Shoulder issues etc etc…

Eurasian Nuthatch
Common Crossbill

Not there

Varied Tit

There has been a family of Oriental Scops Owls showing well in one of the local parks and we went to look for them this morning……………….but couldn’t find them.

Quite a few birds around though: Coal and Varied Tit, Grey-headed Woodpecker, Common Crossbill, Narcissus Flycatcher and Kamchatka Leaf Warbler.

2020 begins

Varied Tit

January 1st was a write-off with blizzards and hangover knocking any ideas of birding on the head.

Today we headed east on white snowbound roads. In one park in town we got a few common species like the above Varied Tit as well as Crossbill and Eurasian Sparrowhawk and a flock of unidentified Waxwings seen briefly from the car.

The Mountain Hawk-Eagle spot had no raptors at al except for a flyover Peregrine and a few Black Kites. There were only a few Kittiwakes around compared to last week. Other stuff of interest included Blue Rock Thrush, Glaucous-winged Gull, Harlequin Duck, Black-necked Grebe and White-tailed Eagle.