Kensington Gardens

I went to Kensington Gardens with my eldest son today hoping to see the Tawny Owl again but sadly it was hidden in it's hole. Didn't matter as we had a great day and my son fully enjoyed feeding birds from his hands and getting such good views of ring necked parakeets. Only 2 new birds for my list but a couple of other pics I quite liked too.
60. Carrion Crow

61. Starling

Have already counted Ring necked Parakeets and Blue Tits but I was pleased with these pics:

And finally a picture I forgot to post last time:

62. Reed Bunting

A day at Dungeness

Spent Tuesday at Dungeness with my sons. A slightly disappointing day on the photography front as a lot of the birds we saw were too far away for photos. Did manage a few new species however.
57. Wood Pigeon

58. Tree Sparrow

59. Kestrel

I stated at the start that blurry, distant record shots would not count. Therefore unfortunately I cannot count this Great White Egret seen:

Over a third of the way there!

Managed to squeeze in a days photography in between watching the winter olympics and football. Fortunately the weather was good and I managed to see quite a few birds and get a few half decent pictures.

I started the day at Paghem North Wall where there was a low but rising tide. There was a nice curlew on the mud flats that provided me with my first photo op. I then walked along the river a bit to see many ducks and geese - sadly many of these were a little too distant to photograph but I did get some shots.

48. Curlew

49. Wigeon

50. Brent Goose

Saw pintail, teal and various waders too but sadly all  alittle too far away.

I then headed to Pagham Lagoon where I was particularly pleased to see a Slavonian Grebe quite close to the edge allowing some photo ops.

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52. Goldeneye

53. Mediterranean Gulls

I then headed from Pagham to Widewater lagoon. I was hoping for sanderlings on the beach but due to the good weather there were too many walkers around for waders to be present. I did get a couple of new species for my list though.

54. House Sparrow

55. Goosander

My final stop for the day was Beeding Brooks where I had hoped to see an owl or two. I wasn't disappointed and managed to see both short eared owls and a barn owl. I didn't manage a barn owl picture but did get a couple of the short eared owl

56. Short Eared Owl

A morning at Arundel.

With the forecast being good for Sunday I wanted to get out somewhere but couldn't decide where. With the Albion playing Sunday afternoon I wanted to get back to listen to it on the radio (wish I hadn't bothered!) so I only had the morning free. I opted for a morning at Arundel. First of all I went to the WWT centre and got some nice close up views of various ducks including:
44: Gadwall

45. Pochard

46. Shellduck

After a little while at Arundel I decided to head up to the Burgh to look for Red Kites. Sadly I didn't see any but did manage a (slightly dodgy!) picture of a yellowhammer:

47. Yellowhammer

A lazy morning at Warnham

A very lazy morning of Birdwatching involved sitting in one hide at Warnham watching the birds come and go. Highlight was a Mealy Redpoll which appeared briefly before disappearing. Lots of lesser redpolls about as well as a few other bits and pieces. Sadly not much on the lake (although it was about twice as large as it usually is!!). Managed a few decent pictures and some new species for my challenge :)
37. Mealy Redpoll

38. Dunnock

39. Blackbird

40. Nuthatch

41. Blue Tit

42. Great Spotted Woodpecker

43. Chaffinch

and one I've photographed before but because I like them here's another Long Tailed tit!: