Saturday, August 30, 2008
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Cloud spotting
This is the unusual Mamma formation of clouds, seen over Broom GP in August, on par with a BBRC rarity I am informed.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Flamborough Flutterbyes
Wall, Peacock, Red Admiral, Painted Lady, Peacock and Small Tortoiseshell all in the wildlife garden we landscaped for our friend Mike in 2006.
tu, tu, tu for you !
We heard these five Greenshank calling over the camp site at Buckton and we eventually tracked them down to a small flooded pool within a corn field near the 'back of boards' road. Birds were rather quiet otherwise with the highlights being a female Marsh Harrier, Wheatear and 25 Sooty Shearwaters north at Flamborough.
Monday, August 18, 2008
Falco subbuteo
Guest appearance - Hobby by Stig Frode Olsen
Stig is a professional photographer from Norway who specialises on birds of prey and owls.
He has just published a book on this subject in Norway and is hoping to produce an English version in the near future.
See the following links
http://www.naturogfritid.no/default.asp?vs=detalj&R=F&ID=824001
http://www.naturogfritid.no/bilder/Jaktfalk.PDF
http://www.naturogfritid.no/bilder/hornugle.PDF
Don't forget to click on the Hobby to see it full size - simply stunning !
Buckton summer
A distant view of the 'cliff top dell' at Buckton , situated only 250m inland of the cliff edge and offering the best first arrival cover for incoming migrants.
A female/juv Merlin perched near the village pond August 16th.
So far we have ringed 50 juvenile Tree Sparrows at Buckton this year - all within 20 nest boxes purchased with a kind donation from Yorkshire Birding - thank you.
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