tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17298489086898284442024-02-18T17:50:06.393-08:00Walker's Wildlife PhotographySome of my favourite photography experiences Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05447535479324537877noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729848908689828444.post-49124768531775496852016-08-19T09:23:00.001-07:002016-08-24T12:33:06.659-07:00Lundy Island<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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During the holidays I went to Lundy Island for two weeks with the hope of nesting and birding. The island is in the middle of the Bristol channel but despite this the weather usually goes around the island leaving it in nearly constant sunshine (as result the island was experiencing a drought). When it isn't in sunshine it covered by a thick fog. However if you're at the top the central lighthouse you get a great view over the low cloud line and see Devon.<br />
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Also the location of the island means its a perfect spot for migrating birds and has had its fair share of rarities including; Booted Warblers, Icterine Warblers, Common Rosefinches, Blyth's Reed Warblers, Red-Flanked Bluetails, Rubbell's Warbler, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Western Bonelli's Warbler, Paddyfield Warbler, Citrine Wagtail, Little Bunting and Spotted Crake. All of these have been ringed on the island and have been seen more than once over the years. Here is a complete list of the birds ringed on the island - http://www.birdsoflundy.org.uk/index.php/ringing/31-ringing-totals - the majority of which seem to be very rare.<br />
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And thanks to the small size of the island (3x0.5 miles) and the fact there are only a few areas of scrub and cover, birding isn't to difficult as the areas are constrained to only small confined areas. The top of the island is a mixture of acidic bog, heath and grassland grazed by Soay sheep. This means the majority of the species are farmland birds including Meadow pipit, Skylark and Wheatear.<br />
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Meadow Pipit feeding young at the nest. The young will be reasonably large as its carrying large food </div>
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However the coasts hold a very different array of species. On the west coast there are steep cliffs due to the constant battering from weather and ocean currents providing perfect habitats for Puffins, Guillemots, Razorbills, Gulls and Peregrines. The west coast on the other hand is more sheltered and as a result is less step and the majority of it is covered in a thick coat of Bracken or grasses. This means the species here are similar to that on the top of the island as there are still tones of insects, plus Peregrines, nesting Manx Shearwaters and lower down near the water, where it is steep and rocky, Gulls.<br />
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Since we did so much I will focus on the highlights of the holiday, starting with the day I spent nesting. Since I was was missing out on looking for nests at home I took the opportunity to look for some species that I otherwise rarely search for. The main two species I focused on were Meadow Pipit and Skylark. Before I started I had been watching for adults carrying food during the days before so I had a ruff idea of where some pairs were. The first was a Skylark which took about an hour of watching the adults to find. This was more easy than usual as the young were at feather short (1/3 out) so the adults were bringing in large food so easier to watch. The last two were Meadow Pipit which were a lot harder. If they saw you within 20m of the nest they would go nowhere near it and alarm so every time we tried to get near and hide it would see us and we would have to go back wait and start again. This meant it took about 3 hours to find these two nests which were about 10m apart.</div>
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Skylark nest with 4 young with feathers short</div>
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The next highlight was thanks to a tip off from one of the staff on the island who gave us a good spot to watch the Manx shearwaters come into the burrows at night to feed their young. We went out at midnight and whole island was alive with the 'gohstly' call of the adults. Overall there are now over 3000 paris nesting on the island so we were surrounded by them. The cliff that we watched them go to had around 200-300 on. The best bit was watching them land and struggle to the nests as they don't so much land as they do crash land due to there long legs. as it got later though we had ann unexpected surprise as they started to crash closer and closer to us until they were landing right next to us. At that point we went back to the village.</div>
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The nesting habitat of the Manx Shearwater is this less steep cliff face covered by small rock boulders from previous rock falls and also covered by Bracken and Grass. The majority appeared to nest in rabbit burrows or even in deep natural holes between the large boulders.</div>
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During the last week we spent most days walking up the west or east coast. This gave us the opportunity to look of the Puffins on the west coast. With most of the adults already migrating the only ones left were the juveniles in flocks on the water. </div>
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Younger Puffins left by older adults and soon to be migrating </div>
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On the East coast the main things we looked for were Grey seals and Peregrines. There was one particular spot near near the north end of the island that had a pair of peregrines feeding a juvenile on a outcrop near the path which gave a brilliant view of it. This area was also great for the seals with groups up to fifty, mostly made up of young ones from this year making them very curious and keen to get a closer look if you you were swimming.</div>
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This juvenile peregrine was on this post every day for the two weeks we were there.</div>
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On the penultimate day before we left I spent the morning down in one of the small valley were the majority of the low scrubland was. This was mostly bramble and Blackthorn and provided a perfect habitat for Warblers and general birds you would expect on the mainland. The main warbler was willow warbler which seem to have brilliant breeding success rates every year and so in every bush there were about 10 so hundreds in the area 4 acre area. One bird that was a bit more rare was a Juvenile cuckoo that had bee reared on the island by Meadow Pipits.<br />
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Afterwards there was an extremely tame Fallow Deer just outside the house which spent every night around the village and seemed to have been cut off from the other groups.<br />
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The final highlight was on the return ferry to the mainland and was lessened by the fact we were leaving. The journey was very calm and only a few minutes in there were already loads of Manx Shearwaters flying around the boat and a few large flocks on the water. Further into the journey there were large flocks of Fulmars, Gannets and other gulls indicating large <span style="color: red;">shoals</span> of fish. On the back of these shoals were several schools of Common Dolphins, which were performing brilliantly with lots of jumps and coming right up to the boat.</div>
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Having made nearly 100 Passerine bird boxes and 5 raptor boxes I started putting them up around January . I started by putting up 20 in the nearest site on the top of Folly hill (a 2 minute cycle ride away). The main target species are Great tits, Blue tits and with a chance of Coal tits and if I'm really lucky, Nuthatches. For the Blue tits and Great tits I put the Bird boxes in the normal sites on trees around 4m up with a bit of cover or foliage near by. For the Coal tits I tried to put them in denser coniferous areas with slightly more vegetation in front and higher up. There's also several Robin nest boxes that instead of encouraging Robins got a Spotted Flycatcher nesting in one last year which will hopefully nest again this year.<br />
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The next site is a small area that I've been lightly managing and putting bird feeders up. I've put 8 boxes there all for Blue tits and Great tits. I've also been placing them around my village for House Sparrows which will be my main interest. There are several flocks of around 50 that move around 5 or 6 main areas of hedgerow that they're going in. To encourage them in, the boxes are in groups of at least 5.<br />
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The final site is the largest in Nuneham Courtney near Oxford where I'm putting 40, again for the same target species as the Folly. There are several types of habitat including, coppice, Arboretum plantation, oak and native woodland, coniferous wood and a Lime Wood. I'm also putting up 4 Tawny Owl boxes, a Little Owl box and eventually a Barn Owl box. I really can't wait to see if they are used so I can monitor them for the Nest Record Scheme and maybe ask my ringing trainer to come round and ring.<br />
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Through the spring and summer I'll check the ones near me and in my village every weekend along with open nests, and the ones near Oxford every week to a fortnight. every time I'll note the building, incubation or young stage of the nests. Hopefully I can get my Ringing trainer to come over to ring the Spotted Flycatchers and any interesting bird box nests like Nuthatches. Along with them there are the raptor boxes for the owls but also Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Red Kite and Kestrel open nests to monitor and maybe ring.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05447535479324537877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729848908689828444.post-66031451907925858972015-08-08T10:00:00.000-07:002015-08-12T06:46:34.859-07:00MinsmereIt was a rather early start if me and my parents wanted to get to Minsmere and still have a decent amount of time around the reserve. We left at 6:45 and arrived at 10:00. We first looked for the elusive <span style="color: red;">Turtle Dove</span> but sadly with no success. We then headed to Bittern hide where we had a quick glimpse of a <span style="color: red;">Kingfisher, Marsh Harrier and Bearded tits</span>. We then headed down to Island mere Hide where we had no success other than the occasional 'Ping' from a bearded tit group. On the way back to the visitor centre though we had a close encounter with a group of recently fledged <span style="color: red;">Sedge Warblers. </span><br />
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We then decided to have a rather early lunch whilst we watched the <span style="color: red;">Sand Martins</span> flying over our heads and diving into their nests. However the speed of them meant I didn't get any good pictures. We then bumped into David Walsh, a really nice birder who I have been in contact with for a few months. It was really good to go round with him and talk, (and find out that my Dad knew his grandfather). We were very lucky to have David with us and it helped when we got to the first hide (East hide). Within second he had spotted all the main species including, <span style="color: red;">Spotted Redshank </span>(one in jet black summer plumage)<span style="color: red;">, Redshank, Ruff, Dunlin and Ringed Plover. </span>David also spotted several<span style="color: red;"> Common Sandpipers </span>and two<span style="color: red;"> Green Sandpipers </span>meaning he could show me the difference.<br />
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On the way to the next hides we stopped to look at a Little egret and Common Sandpiper just past the Sluice where my Dad got a bit confused about the common names of birds and how they 'aren't in the same family'. Then on the way to the final two hides an even better view of the the <span style="color: red;">Little gulls</span> and an unusually amazing view of a <span style="color: red;">Cetti's Warbler. </span>In the penultimate hide (west) there was again good view of a <span style="color: red;">Ruff</span> and 5 <span style="color: red;">Knot</span> in partial Summer plumage. David was also able to show me the difference between <span style="color: red;">Spotted Redshank</span> and <span style="color: red;">Common Redshank</span> as they were feeding together. This was really helpful and by the time we got out of the hide I was more or less confident that I could tell the difference between them. We ended the day with a visit to the Cafe and shop. Overall a really good day birding and it was very nice to finally meet David and walk round the reserve with him.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05447535479324537877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729848908689828444.post-38935212910633382982015-08-04T11:00:00.000-07:002015-08-11T09:55:32.288-07:00Oxford Harcourt ArboretumAlthough the Breeding season has come to an end I recently went to the Oxford Harcourt Arboretum to partly look for nests but mainly to see what sort of stuff there is and to see wether I could include it as one of my Nest Record Scheme sites. The main species of interest there are; Little Owl, Barn Owl, Tawny Owl, Nuthatch, Willow warbler, Chiffchaff and potentially Spotted and Pied Flycatchers. There are three main areas where I think there are nests; a large young plantation of Ash, Willow and small shrub with wildflower (with Willow warblers and Chiffchaffs), A large old wood of mainly Oak (with Flycatchers, Tawny Owl, Red kites and Nuthatch) and finally two large fields of grazed and non-grazed wildflower with a barn and scarcely spread out trees (with Barn Owls and Little Owls).<br />
I started by heading to the wood where I heard what could be a Spotted and Pied Flycatcher but also spotted what could be a young Red kite from a nest that has been used two years in a row. There was also a large amount of good nest sites for the Flycatchers and Tawny Owls (dead trees with cavities and holes).<br />
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I then moved onto the young plantation where there were only Chiffchaffs and Willow warblers to be heard and after a while of searching there were no signs of nests. I then Finally went on to the Old barn where there was a Barn Owl box. The box had been used two years ago but in the last few years has been abandoned and it was only a few weeks ago that one of the staff realised there was a pair nesting in it and it was just possible to hear the young bumping around in the box. I also spent a bit more time around the edge of the field looking for signs of Little Owls and Tawny Owls in amongst the trees but found nothing other than a Stock Dove nest. Hopefully like in my local area and reserve I will be able to put up nest boxes for the Flycatchers and Owls, but if i'm really lucky put up a natural nest box either a Tawny or Little Owl or even a Nuthatch, made from a a dead trunk sawn off, hollowed out and attached back to the tree.<br />
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05447535479324537877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729848908689828444.post-39153562736509138242015-07-09T16:51:00.000-07:002015-08-12T07:34:06.500-07:00A Ridge Way CycleSince the Summer holidays have started me and my Dad decided to go for a short cycle ride along part of the Ridge Way. Although we were mainly cycling my Dad kindly let me stop occasionally to birdwatch, and do a bit of nesting. The main birds around were Lesser Whitethroats and Whitethroats with the occasional Yellowhammer, Skylark, Stock Dove and Corn Bunting but we started with a brilliant view of a hare running up the path. After around half an hour we stopped to take a look at a SSSI area (Site of Special Scientific Interest). There were several skylark squares in crop field next to the SSSI that also had cover crops so I had a quick look around the edges for any nests but with no success. We then carried on for a bit until we got to a spot where a pair of Whitethroats had been returning to one spot so I got a bit closer and could just hear the some young in amongst the vegetation. After another hour or so we stopped for lunch where me and my Dad got a brilliant view of several Corn Buntings<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05447535479324537877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729848908689828444.post-46251102054707447532015-04-15T05:13:00.002-07:002015-04-15T05:14:25.851-07:00MinsmereI had been planing to go to Minsmere for a month and after a few changes of dates because of bad weather we finally got a chance to go, and the weather was perfect. After a four hour journey at 6 o'clock, we finally arrived. We started by going to Island mere hide and Bittern hide where there wasn't much, but whilst walking between them we got a brilliant view of a black adder fighting another male.<br />
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We had a bit more luck from the North wall where a rather tame <span style="color: red;">Bearded tit</span> decided to put on a brilliant show, at the bottom off the wall moving around the tops of the reeds.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Mute swan, Canada geese, Barnacle geese, Greylag geese, Moorhen, Koot, Great crested grebe, Little grebe, Grey heron, Little egret, Tufted duck, Gadwall, Mallard, Shoverler, Teal, Shellduck, Cormarant, Oystercatcher, Lapwing, Jack snipe, Common snipe, Ringed plover, Redshank, Black-tailed godwit, Turnstone, Avocet, Black-headed gull, Herring gull, Great black-backed gull, Lesser black-backed gull, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Red kite, Pheasant, Skylark, Woodlark, Stone curlew, Blue tit, Great tit, Coal tit, Bearded tit, Goldfinch, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Linnet, Woodpigeon, Collared dove, Great spotted woodpecker, Blackbird, Treecreeper, Carrion crow, Jackdaw, Rook, Magpie, Sand martins, Swallow, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Starling, Heard a Bittern and Cetti's warbler.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05447535479324537877noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729848908689828444.post-89743157385118291182015-04-09T07:44:00.001-07:002015-04-09T07:44:23.493-07:00Signs of SpringWith the rapidly increasing temperature I have been able to get out more and see the changes that have been going on outside. The early trees, Willow and Hawthorn, have already got leaves on and are getting the attention of nesting birds and some resent migrants. I went out this morning on my bike not expecting to see much, maybe a chiffchaff and the odd thrush. So it was a bit of a surprise when a Blackcap few within meter of me and perched in a near by tree as if he owned the place. It was a bit of a struggle to get my camera out from my bag so the pictures weren't to good.<br />
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Having been round the lake twice I was about to call it a day, when I heard the unmistakable song of a Willow warbler (a falling pitch of notes). It took a while but after chasing the song round the reserve I finally got a quick glimpse of it in, guess what, a willow tree. But there have been more than just some summer arrivals. Woodpigeons have started nesting in near by pines and the Long-tailed tit nest I mentioned in my last post has got eggs in it. These though are not the earliest there has been a blackbird nest in the Oxford botanic garden with chicks in it. Unfortunately I didn't have my camera with me so I couldn't get a picture, and they have now fledged. Hopefully there will also be some more butterflies soon. I have though had a few peacock butterflies and a speckled wood.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05447535479324537877noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729848908689828444.post-7922213771957344862015-02-22T06:30:00.002-08:002015-02-22T06:30:52.108-08:00First nest of the yearLast Tuesday, thanks to the good whether and clear sky I decided to go to the oxford botanic garden. First I set up a spot where I could just wait and after I while the wildlife started to settle back down and get closer. The first bird ton catch my eye was a long-tailed tit, taking lichen and moss into a gorse bush. after they had left I went to investigate. It was a small hollowed out ball thing, made out of spiders' webs, lichen, etc... It had probable been started last week or the week before but when finished should have a roof. Among the nest found, there was a magpie nest, with an impressive half dome over the top, and a blackbird nest (no eggs yet). No nests or birds were disturbed. In among this searching, I also saw:<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05447535479324537877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729848908689828444.post-33709838329529187982015-02-01T14:05:00.003-08:002015-08-10T07:38:09.333-07:00Oxford Botanic Garden Yesterday I went to the Oxford Botanic garden for a brief visit, to do the Big Garden Birdwatch, It started off well, with 3 GOOSEANDERS and soon there were song thrushes, woodpeckers, redwings and nuthatches. But there were more Canada geese then there were species, over 100. The Gooseanders were also quite a sight, as they were unusually tame and didn't mind me getting within 4m of them. This meant that I could get some decent pictures of the stunning two males. Once I had gone round the garden I went through the meadow were there was a huge flock of Redwings flying through the trees, occasionally coming down to the ground for food.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05447535479324537877noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729848908689828444.post-86431100675555365072015-01-03T05:40:00.000-08:002015-04-15T07:51:14.238-07:00MinsmereA few days ago on the 28th of December I went to RSPB Minsmere. I got up at 5am and got there at 10am. we started by going to Island mere hide, however not seeing that much. The past few times I have seen Bitterns, kingfishers and bearded tits.<br />
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Bearded tit</div>
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(<i>Panurus biarmicus</i>) </div>
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Bittern </div>
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(<i>Botaurus stellaris</i>)</div>
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In the next hides around the main scrapes we saw Bewick's swans, Whopper swans, black-tailed godwits, Teal, Gadwall, Shoveler and Marsh harrier. Last time we were in those we saw a lot more and there were several rarities such as Collared Pratincole, little stint, greenshank, Spoonbills and Purple sandpiper. as we went through the forest there was a red deer. We left at around 4pm.<br />
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Collared Pratincole</div>
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(<i>Glareola pratincola</i>)</div>
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Little stint</div>
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(<i>Calidris minuta</i>) </div>
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Knot (in summer plumage)</div>
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(<i>Calidris canutus</i>)</div>
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Marsh Harrier</div>
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(<i>Circus aeruginosus</i>)</div>
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