A few hours at Oare

Today between work I managed a few hours at Oare marshes, one of my old local haunts from uni days! Not much has changed apart from the additional highland cattle which are currently churning up a superb area for breeding Lapwing behinds the east hide. Species of note included- Hen Harrier ( ringtail), Swallow (35), Black-tailed Godwit (17), Avocet (13), pintail, wigeon, teal, gadwall, snipe, lapwing, water rail, med gull, little egret, bearded tit (6) and 3 water pipit.

Below are some images again taken by handholding the iPhone to the scope, not too bad, I am sure you will agree

Little Egret

Teal

Black-headed Gull

Black-tailed Godwit

 Avocet

Pintail

Migrants at Last

Well it's not just the parents that are out birding and having fun, finally out of the office as the survey season swings into action! Today I have been working in the South East and at last my first real taste of migration in 2013. As usual with work related posts no site specific information can be divulged but today I recorded - Yellow wagtail (2), Swallow (2), Wheatear (5), Yellowhammer (10+), Corn Bunting (6). A drive nearby produced - Shelduck (35), Lapwing, Golden Plover, Dunlin and a Marsh Harrier

Green Woodpecker

Wheatear

Shelduck

Now as Mum and Dad have the camera with them I would just like to point out that this blog post was brought to by Apple! Yes, you guessed it, the above images were taken with an iPhone 4S handheld and this post has been wrote using the blogger app! Technology at its finest!