Great Egret

A few images of the Great Egret at Bretton Country Park recently:

A female Smew found lurking under the trees:

Shetland 2018

Here are a selection of images from the October 2018 Shetland trip.

On the way up! American White-winged Scoter, Musselburgh:

Melodious Warbler, Lunna, Mainland:

Common Rosefinch:

A proper Record Shot! The rarest bird of the trip - River Warbler on Unst:

Citrine Wagtail on Bressay:

Raven, Mainland:

Lesser Whitethroat, Sumburgh Head, Mainland:

Hooded Crow, Lerwick, Mainland:

Black Guillemots:

Great Skua, Loch of Spiggie, Mainland:

Shetland images:

The best bird of the trip, but not on Shetand - Bee-eater, Haltwhistle, Northumberland:

Yellow Browed In Barnsley

A quick visit to Wombwell Ings to see the overwintering Yellow-browed warbler was worth it; the bird was found very quickly and showed well a few feet away.

Cold Weather Visitor

This lone Fieldfare arrived in my garden as it snowed heavily, feeding on nothing but apples from dawn to dusk for 5 days.  It vanished the day the snow thawed.

February Brambling

A couple of shots of a Brambling at Titchwell, Norfolk in February:

Not a Waxwing Winter

This single Waxwing at Sprotborough seems to have got the wrong message and made the journey to the UK this winter - one of only a few in the country at present.  Not surprisingly, it has found a nice cotoneaster to hang around.

Thanks for looking!

Hawfinch at Broomhill Flash

The lone Hawfinch currently visiting Broomhill Flash - early morning at drinking pool:

Hawfinch Action

Better late than never! With a couple of spare days over Christmas, I finally managed to locate some Hawfinches.  A group had been present around the church in Darley Dale, Derbyshire, for a couple of weeks.  I didn't expect so many; a flock of around 20 in the area, and whilst they were generally quite distant, a few occasionally appeared nearer to the road.

Thanks for looking!