Showing posts with label chiffchaff. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chiffchaff. Show all posts

Saturday, April 20, 2013

North meets south

Chiffchaff 'control'

Some people reckon spring is at least three weeks late this year, and there are certainly some interesting combinations of birds around as spring migrants are slow to arrive, and winter visitors not keen to move back north.

This morning, the first bird out of my net was a female Brambling (below) - a garden ringing tick. And the second was a Chiffchaff control - that's when a bird has already been ringed by someone else! So it'll be interesting to see where it's been previously.

Female Brambling

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Fowlmere

Fowlmere
Along the boardwalk

Catkins
Catkins

Chiffchaff
Singing Chiffchaff

Fowlmere
Dyke

Brown Trout
Brown Trout swimming in one of the chalk streams

photos taken with Canon EOS 30D, EF 300mm f/4L IS USM or Canon Powershot A640

Saturday, September 15, 2007

Fowlmere

Chiffchaff. Darren managed to 'pish' this bird - it's the first time I've ever seen pishing work. It sat right up and cocked its head towards us.

Common Darter. No pishing required

Hawthorn leaves

And stunningly bright berries

Ivy - leaves and flowers

Phragmites

Southern Hawker

Umbellifer of some description (Cow Parsley, I suppose)

Distant new galaxy, or spider web?

Motion on water created by whirligig beetles

photos taken with Canon EOS 30D, EF 300mm f/4L IS USM