Pine Lake, Leighton Moss & Sizergh Castle, 23/10/09

Hawfinch

Great White Egg & Little Egg

All photos digiscoped. The day started with a visit to Pine Lake to see the Slavonian Grebe that was present but, to distant for photographing. Next onto the Allen Pools in an attempt to see the 2 Great White Egrets. Eventually one put in an appearance here while the other was seen from Grizedale Hide later on. Finally a visit to Sizergh Castle to try and see the Hawfinches that have been around of late. Thankfully 2 birds showed and so completed the hat-trick of top birds for the day.

Garden, 23/9/09

Always a decent find in the garden......Chiffchaff.

The last Spanish posting....

Arguably one of the best birds of the holiday was the

sighting of 2 Nightjars feeding along the sea-front

each evening. Unfortunately trying to photogragh

them was nigh on impossible. So just to prove they

were there, here is a crap photo of one of them.

Garden, July/Aug '09

'The Kids'

'The Daddy'

Little Grebes, Astley Park, July '09

Owls, June '09

Barn

Little

Spanish Dragons....

Southern Spain, part 6.

Med Gull

Cattle Egret

Booted Eagle

Turtle Dove

Southern Spain, part 5.

Spotted Flycatcher

Monk Parakeet

Southern Spain, part 4.

Woodchat Shrike

Great Grey Shrike

Southern Spain, part 3.

Red-rumped Swallow