Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Bee Flies, Bees and Birds in Toft
Monday, April 1, 2024
First Breeding Bird Survey of 2024
Sunday, January 28, 2024
Winter Bird Survey Paxton
Sunday, May 7, 2023
Stars of Today's Paxton Surveys
I started today with an early morning Breeding Birds Survey at Paxton and it was wonderful to hear so many Garden Warblers, newly returned to the UK and singing their hearts out. The Dunnocks were also very vocal. When we had completed our part of the route, I spent 3 hours surveying an area for insects etc as I have to miss the official survey morning on Tuesday. Here photographs taken with a telephoto lens including spiders, bees, moths, butterflies and damselflies. Mainly I was working on much smaller subjects using a close macro (to follow).
Tuesday, December 20, 2022
Paxton Pits Snow, Ice and Birds
With the Pits themselves frozen, the water birds have congregated by the river, while smaller birds are struggling to find food in the snow covered vegetation. Only the Heron remained on Hernonry South Lake. The Barn Owl was out quartering around midday while the Goldcrest was tirelessly hunting on the river bank. Bright sunny day so the views were magical with the ice patterns and frost on top of snow