tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21428259473936907872024-03-13T01:28:57.298+00:00Hedgeland TalesMostly photos. Occasionally waffle.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14873306254026879892noreply@blogger.comBlogger548125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142825947393690787.post-8733389671706884612018-11-07T17:19:00.000+00:002018-11-07T17:19:16.875+00:00Red-necked Grebe at Ferry Meadows CP, Peterborough<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A bird in winter plumage, hence not really a red neck, but showing ridiculously well close to the visitor centre on Overton lake at Ferry Meadows CP.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14873306254026879892noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142825947393690787.post-81256128712482474622018-09-02T12:09:00.000+01:002018-09-02T12:09:26.466+01:00On reflection<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14873306254026879892noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142825947393690787.post-35020140525918196542018-08-12T09:57:00.001+01:002018-08-12T09:57:23.649+01:00Cuckoo in the nest<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A few weeks ago I was privileged to witness something that I consider to be a true wonder of the natural world and something that I had never witnessed before, a Cuckoo chick being fed by its' adopted parents. In this case the parent was a Reed Warbler which was extremely attentive, feeding its' oversized offspring every five minutes or so.<br />
The Reed Warbler does not question its' weird looking youngster and the Cuckoo chick knows that it is a Cuckoo, indeed it will fledge and then fly to Africa knowing where all the other Cuckoos go and then return to start the process all over again. The Reed Warbler will breed again the folowing year and probably raise Reed Warbler chicks, never once thinking that these young look different to the bird they raised the previous year.<br />
A true case of nature over nurture.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14873306254026879892noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142825947393690787.post-83355386348240769742018-04-29T09:36:00.000+01:002018-04-29T09:36:24.757+01:00Some more Otter photos<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14873306254026879892noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142825947393690787.post-62485621053405769132018-03-24T08:04:00.000+00:002018-03-24T08:04:40.664+00:00Goldfinch on a teasel (back lit)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This adult Red-throated Diver turned up on the partially frozen rowing lake at Thorpe Park in Peterborough on the 3rd March, obviously blown in by the easterly winds. Not a common bird inland, indeed the first time one has turned up in the Peterborough area for a number of years and so, a very welcome PBC tick for me.<br />
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The bird (in its' winter plumage, hence no red throat) showed very well whilst I was on site and continued to do so for the next couple of days until it made its' way to the larger Gunwade Lake at nearby Ferry Meadows CP when the thaw came. It remained there until yesterday, whereupon it obviously decided that enough was enough as there was no sign this morning.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14873306254026879892noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142825947393690787.post-4686401874590003052017-11-29T20:14:00.001+00:002017-11-29T20:14:58.409+00:00Male Green Woodpecker, the Yaffle bird<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Another male Woodpecker, shown by the red patch at the base of the bill. A female has an all black patch.</div>
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Told apart from the female because of the red mark on the back of its neck.</div>
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A species of bird found on the Canary Islands and Madeira and nowhere else as it doesn't like flying all that much! Two distinct sub-species, with the 'madeirensis' encountered by me on the Desertas Islands. The birds didn't seem to be too worried by humans, enabling me to get the above photos.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14873306254026879892noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142825947393690787.post-68658766977857992572017-10-18T16:43:00.002+01:002017-10-18T16:43:50.781+01:00Monk Seals, the Desertas Islands, Madeira<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A globally endangered species, with approximately 450-600 individuals. The Desertas Islands lie just off the east coast of the island of Madeira and is the only place that you will see these creatures in Europe and is home to just 48 individuals. We were lucky enough to see 2 on our recent trip there. Massive seals, weighing in at an impressive 3 tons, with the bulls getting up to 5 tons and 4-5 metres in length. Very impressive when they are swimming a few metres away from you.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14873306254026879892noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142825947393690787.post-23373815708665641482017-05-19T08:25:00.000+01:002017-05-19T08:25:57.174+01:00Hobby<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Crap photos, great birds!</div>
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The last, for now of the images of this amazingly confiding 1st winter male Bluethroat. I say "for now", because, as of writing the bird is still present and may require another visit or two!<br />
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A photo of this bird appeared on the internet on Friday 10th February and was met with disbelief. An overwintering Bluethroat, surely not?! Lots of hats have been eaten and humble pie scoffed upon confirmation of the sighting the next day, which is when I first visited to bag this lifer. The weather was wet and horrible and the bird showed well, but very distantly. Over the period of that Saturday and the Sunday the bird became more confiding, showing down to about 10 feet and seeming nonchalant to the people watching it. Monday the 13th was a sunny, beautiful day and after finishing work early, I paid a visit to see if any images could be got of this Robin-sized visitor.<br />
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Upon arrival at the reserve, the car park was full and several cars were parked on the road, a total of 40 vehicles were counted, such was the draw of this showy individual. A group of birders/twitchers/photographers, call them what you will were noted about half way down the entrance track where the bird had been reported from. I made my way and upon arrival the bird duly showed, hopping around on the sun baked track, looking for morsels to eat. I laid down next to the track and waited. The bird was showing ridiculously well and after a while came extremely close to me, where I got the images that I have posted. At one point he came too close for my camera to focus!<br />
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Since then, crowds have been steadily dripping to this little reserve on the Lincolnshire border, but unfortunately the poorer side of birding/twitching/photography has come to the fore. The bird is being harassed, due, in part to some individuals placing mealworms on the track in order for the bird to come closer. The bird is eating this food, but consequently is not showing for quite as long periods due to the fact that it doesn't need to forage and then when it has fed, it just sits in the reeds to digest the food. This has led to certain people and at points, groups, crashing into the reed bed in order to flush the bird so they can see it. When these people have been asked politely if they wouldn't mind doing that, individuals have been met with a barrage of abuse and name calling, being told that the habitat didn't matter, it's only a bit of reed bed and grass and that they had to see the bird. The bird has, unsurprisingly become more elusive over time, but hopefully, in time the crowds will diminish and the bird will be left alone.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14873306254026879892noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142825947393690787.post-33236353549327269502017-02-19T11:25:00.000+00:002017-02-19T11:25:17.327+00:00Bluethroat at Willow Tree Fen LWT, Lincolnshire. A few more.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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You will get fed up of seeing images of this first winter male Bluethroat over the course of the next few posts as I have literally hundreds of photos to go through, so for now, I will leave you with just a taster of this truly remarkable bird.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14873306254026879892noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142825947393690787.post-33912430601088232462017-02-06T13:36:00.000+00:002017-02-06T13:36:07.756+00:00Garden Bramblefinch<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14873306254026879892noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142825947393690787.post-81977719865747096382017-02-02T19:55:00.000+00:002017-02-02T19:55:18.301+00:00Great Grey Shrike at Deeping High Bank, Lincolnshire<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A couple of distant, ropey images of the Great Grey Shrike that was found by Ian Gordon on the Deeping High Bank on Monday of this week. The bird was frequenting a scrubby field by the river itself and was seen on numerous occasions making forays on to the ground in an attempt to capture some poor unsuspecting beastie. A great addition to my local year list.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14873306254026879892noreply@blogger.com12