Sunday 31 October 2010

Hayle Estuary

We have been twice to try to see the American Bittern and today was our lucky day (no photos), probably due to the fact that Monty was there and he seems to be making a habit of seeing rarities on his birthday. Last year it was a Raddes. So thank you Monty and happy 90th!
Here are some pictures from Hayle Estuary over the weekend.



Think this is an Adult Med. Gull and this one probably a 2nd Winter Med Gull.

Thought this was interesting as one of the Greylags has a collar on.



23 comments:

  1. All are great, but I adore the Greylags, such cool looking birds~

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  2. Great shots John, I never did see that Spoonbill!!!

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  3. Well done on the Bittern and apparently the Greylag with the collar is the only tickable Greylag as it is guarenteed wild .
    Sam

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  4. Thanks Sam,it's the first collard i've seen,very interesting,thanks for the info.
    John.

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  5. Excellent and I love the lapwings. Maybe you can send it to me ;-)

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  6. Lovely shots as usual. Particularly like the Lapwings and the Little Egret. Just love their yellow feet. Spoonbills seem to be getting more and more common, just like the Egrets did.

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  7. Great selection of images once again!I particulary like the first image of the Spoonbill surrounded by those ducks etc.

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  8. Hi Both
    Great to catch up with you again this morning,and to see the American Bittern,thanks for the good wishes. Yep its becoming a habit picking up rarites on my birthday, so you better stick close to me next year I may go for a big one. Super set of images by the way.
    CU Soon EYH.

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  9. American Bitterns are very hard to see in the habitat. I recall one time sitting in my canoe at dat break in a swamp and I caught a glimpse of movement and observed the bittern for 20 mins motionless, only to notice a second bittern not far from the first.

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  10. Amazing captures as always! Love those Little Egrets.

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  11. Hi JR and Sue.
    Well done on finally catching up with the American Bittern.
    A nice selection of photo's, as we have come to expect.

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  12. Lovely series of shots! The Lapwings and Little Egrets are very nice!

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  13. Super set of pictures from your latest trip.

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  14. I've yet to see a Bittern!!! I just loved all these photos. I hope that I am still birding when I am 90!! ~karen

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  15. Excellent series, especially those Lapwings.

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  16. Wonderful shots in special the lapwings

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  17. Beautiful collection of fantastic images! Love the Spoonbills and lapwings. Thank you for sharing these wonderful photographs.

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  18. Preciosas todas las fotos, y mis felicitaciones por el magnifico blog.
    Un saludo

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  19. Dear John and Sue,

    I hope you won't mind my asking you the following:

    I want to sell my Nikon ED78 digiscoping kit shown in this blog post ...
    http://northumberlandnaturalist.blogspot.com/2009
    /04/introduction-to-digiscoping.html
    ... and I wonder if you both, being digiscopers, might know of anyone who would be interested.

    I can be contacted by email at ... northumberlandnaturalist@gmail.com
    ... if need be.

    I hope you might reply (no need to publish this comment)
    Best wishes
    Emma Anderson

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  20. Thank you for all your comments.
    John.

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  21. Lovely set of images. Congratulations on the American Bittern.

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  22. I had to stop by and look at all these beautiful birds again!! ~karen

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