#indoorstoomuch

Well finally, after many cant do that date conversations/moments, we were on the road heading to East Leake for the nesting Bee-eaters . We consisted this time of Monkey, me and Dan Barrett. Leaving just after lunch we headed north and up the M1. I was looking forward to this one - Bee-eaters, a bird that could seen from a mile away due to its over the top colour scheme. With its blues and yellows predominately screeching at you. After parking at the....... we made our way around to the viewing area. Now, i was a little disappointed to be honest. I appreciate that this was a special thing going on - breeding Bee-eaters but come on. they we're nesting in the quarry and it looked as if this was to the back by the footpath bridge. The footpath that had plenty of walkers and horse riders going along it. So why then we we situated as far back as we were. I'm not one of these that wants to be on top of the bird and cause it distress but we could have easily been a bit cl...

So, i've been reading some old posts on here from back in 2013; nothing much on here really content wise and photos are either borrowed.....erherm or taken by me. However its a great little diary of my birding and although i don't like doing it as much as i used to (the blog not the birding) i think i'll perceive, you never know i may actually find something decent one day. For now though i'll just have to go and see other peoples finds. This time it was the turn of a Marsh Sandpiper  at Cliffe Pools in Kent. A juvenile bird that's been hanging around with the Black Winged Stilts  that successfully breed this year. So on Sunday evening i head down at 6.30pm. A nice easy journey and the post code provided by RBA took me straight to the site car park. Upon arrival i asked two birders where the Sandpiper could be found and got told to head straight round this path until i get to the 2nd viewing area. So far so good. Then one of the old boys states that they we...