Tried to get some flight shots of Plain Tiger - background a bit cluttered but moderate success - it was down a steep bank so 1.4x on the Canon 100-500 lens with the R6II - Fuerteventura March 2026
Black-bellied Sandgrouse Fuerteventura March 2026 - never got anywhere near them in Spain
Fuerteventura Green-striped White endemic to the island and Lanzarote - after rains the island was quite green in early March with lost of butterflies even in the cool northerlies
Don’t give up Dave a big push seemingly this spring new sites
Is that a bit of a tongue in cheek statement only the 9th! Try Lincs 0!!!
On another grey and dismal day watching a flock of 12 glowing Yellowhammers when an unfamiliar song drifted from the adjacent scrub: bubbly and piping it went on and initially had me wondering until the penny dropped full song of the Bullfinch but how often do you hear it particularly in February
What is the connection between an electric fire, Franklin's Gull, some mole hills and Cetti's Warbler? Another ramble down memory lane www.grahamcatley.com/blog-1/february-13th-the-rise-and-rise-of-the-cettis-warbler-on-my-local-patch-and-more-historical-ramblings
If seems the pertinent word: short distance return presumably but 53 Skylarks back on my survey site this week after a winter with less than ten and lots of territorial activity/ song on a less wet day
Well maybe an idea not to drive up and down in your tractor flailing the hedges then ?
Finally managed to get 14 White-fronts on my patch at Barton today after a few close calls - Greylags can be useful after all @lincsbirding.bsky.social
Thanks Richard interesting
Lice not live
Is that dark patch on the underside staining or maybe live? Have seen it on disappearing groups of Tree Sparrows that have disappeared in the following spring
No audience for facts and likelihood just sensationalism: MET Office seem to still be over reacting to Michael Fish
At least I can keep dry in the cafe while looking for the Black Duck
come to the conclusion it is just not worth bothering; protected areas by the Humber, right managed by Lincs Trust; track to a sailing pit, apparently hedge prevents wind and stops sailing; also harbours insects that used to feed 1000 Swifts and hirundines in spring - disconnect with natural world
Closed off January with 99 species on my patch list this adult Med Gull - have walked in excess of 130 miles in the month so not many rewards but 99 is still the highest January total for over 25 years
A Mute swan wandering round the fences trapped by wires and fencing
What happens when a gang of nature haters own a SSSI and turn it into a fish torturing pond? Legislation useless without enforcement: all fish eaters excluded GCG bred on here for 50 years : Barton on Humber Lincs
Keep checking all my ancient local churches in passing
“72% of satellite-tagged Hen Harriers were confirmed or considered likely to have been illegally killed, and this was ten times more likely to occur over areas of land managed for grouse shooting relative to other land uses.”
Goldcrests might be tiny, but they can certainly travel a long way. A male Goldcrest ringed in Lincolnshire was caught alive 1,665 km away in northern Sweden 11 months later! #Winterwatch
The current Lincs Great Grey Shrike - its set me off working on a past Great Grey encounters blog - sadly seem to be fewer and fewer every winter - in 1974-75 from UEA base we had a minimum of 11 different individuals and may I say none of them actually twitched
Don’t play with dictators
Thanks Steve
Thanks
In the Bearded also inaccurate? Moustachioed Reedling ?
Local male Marsh Harrier in low winter sun: that eye
