LAST FROM HUNGARY

THESE ARE THE LAST SHOTS FROM OUR TRIP TO HUNGARY. 

WE HAVE DONE HARDLY ANY LOCAL BIRDING SINCE BEING 

BACK BUT HOPE TO RECTIFY THAT TOMORROW.

LESSER-SPOTTED WOODPECKER male

LESSER-SPOTTED WOODPECKER female

BLACK WOODPECKER

MIDDLE SPOTTED WOODPECKER

WRYNECK

LESSER SPOTTED EAGLE

LESSER SPOTTED EAGLE

IMPERIAL EAGLE on NEST

HOBBY

MARSH HARRIER

RED-FOOTED FALCON male

RED-FOOTED FALCON female

SAKER FALCON on NEST

SPARROWHAWK

WHITE-TAILED EAGLE, being mobbed

PURPLE HERON

GREAT WHITE EGRET

NIGHT HERON

SQUACCO HERON

WHITE STORK

Romania 2009

Got back from Romania on Tuesday. John picked up some kind of virus (not Swine flu), he soldiered on till the end but has now been signed off work, so that took the shine off our Hols a little. I had real trouble with the camera so most of these shots are Johns. We would never have believed how difficult it is to get a shot of a Wallcreeper, so these are really only record shots. Had great views though and It was a lifer for us.

The Black Woodpecker wasn't much easier than the Wallcreeper.