Thursday 17 March 2011

couple of county megas

it's been around since last year but finally got to see it today. bit slack i suppose since it is the rarest iow bird i've seen based on it being the first record in the ten years i've lived here.

seven barnacle geese on brading marsh which were first seen on 12th 

never seen a proper wild barnacle goose before, these have got decent credentials i reckon. well they were very wary. ok, it's on the list:-)

Wednesday 16 March 2011

the two ticks

heavy crop of a difficult bird. 

...but the full frame does look pretty

carrot bill

not the caspo i'm used to looking for