A last look at Norway………for now
Spectacular views Snow Bunting Herring Gull Mealy Redpoll Meal time for a Mealy Spot the King Eider! One of the cloudier days Me and the group Common Gull Sunset over the fjords
Entries by David Lindo
Norwegian wanderings
1st winter Kittiwake Kittiwake 2nd winter Glaucous Gull Brunnich’s Guillemots Iceland Gull Arctic Redpoll Arctic Redpolls
Views from Norway
1st winter Herring Gull Waxwing Hooded Crow House Sparrow
Hurtigruten Norwegian Cruise
Until April 19th I will be leading an RSPB Group on a cruise up the Norwegian coast up to the Arctic Circle and back. Drake Eider White-tailed Sea Eagle Kittiwake Some of the amazing scenery Sunrise over the fjords
Battle for the streets of London – over The Scrubs
Common Buzzard Common Buzzard under attack from a local Sparrowhawk
Has spring finally come at The Scrubs?
Some of the activity over and on Wormwood Scrubs today. Some of the 800+ Black-headed Gulls (and Lesser Black-back) that flew over Black-headed Gulls Starling Sparrowhawk being chased by Carrion Crow Cormorants Female Greenfinch Long-tailed Tit Goldfinches
First day of summer – freezing at The Scrubs!
Male Chaffinch Male Blackbird Female Blackbird Canada Geese
Another cold spring day on the patch
It’s so flaming cold! What gives?!? Strolled around the patch today and despite the chilling northeasterly wind there were some signs of spring. Quite a few birds were in song although none of the expected Chiffchaffs or Blackcaps were either discovered or heard. They are decidedly late. The surprise of the morning was an adult […]
The other day at The Lodge – The RSPB’s HQ
Male Siskin Female Siskin Siskins and a female Brambling Another female Siskin
Streatham Common Nature Trail opening
TUB being introduced by ‘trail blazer’ Peter Newmark from The Friends of Streatham Common TUB taking the stage …….and cutting the ribbon Looking up ……. even in the snow!
White-winged Crow – new to science?
A Carrion Crow – so it seemed…. But then it flew… Exposing nice white wingbars Birding this morning at The Scrubs produced the interesting sight of a Carrion Crow with white wingbars. When I first saw the bird it was heading low towards me above the grassland. The white on the wing initially startled me. […]
Londinium
Female Brewer’s Blackbird Alas my American adventure is over and I am now sitting here in west London jetlagged and freezing cold filled with memories of a very eventful past few weeks. For those of you who are interested I have compiled the list of species that I saw in the US. Watch out for […]
Golden Gate Birding
Black-necked Stilt California Ground Squirrel American Avocet Grey Plover Yellow-rumped Warbler Male Varied Thrush Another male Varied Thrush Mew Gull Great Horned Owl – adult with owlet TUB with Golden Gate Audubon’s Eddie Bartly & Noreen Weeden White-crowned Sparrow
Catching the Clap(pers) in the Bay Area, California
Clapper Rail – obsoletus race from the San Francisco Bay Area Long-billed Curlew Clapper Rail – obsoletus race Turkey Vulture California Towhee Goldeneye Horned (Slavonian) Grebe Lesser Scaup White-crowned Sparrow Forster’s Tern Least Sandpiper Sleeping drake Northern Pintail with a pair of dozing Green-winged Teal
More from Ballona Wetlands
Looking out at one of the jettys Up the beach towards the airport Royal Terns Male Surf Scoters Caspian Tern California Gull California Gull joined by an American Herring Gull Double-crested Cormorant Pied-billed Grebe
Ballona Wetlands – my LA local patch
Popped out of my sickbed on Sunday to lead a small walk down at my favourite LA birding spot Ballona Wetlands (pronounced Bi-yona) on the coast near LAX Airport. Unfortunately, I didn’t last long because I felt rotten and my throat felt as though someone had drop-kicked me there. Despite all that, I still managed […]
Doorstep birding – in LA
Male Black Phoebe I’m back in LA after a couple of mostly cold weeks on the east coast. I haven’t been well since leaving Tucson and it’s now abundantly clear that I need to see a doctor fairly urgently for a prescription of antibiotitics to fight the pain in my throat, hacking cough and general […]
Propect Park bird walk
The bird walk that I led last Sunday at Prospect Park, Brooklyn was well attended despite the rain. The Brooklyn Crew Grey Squirrel Pine Siskin
Yale
I was invited to the screening of film maker Jeffrey Kimball’s brilliant ‘Birders Central Park Effect’ at Yale’s Environmental Film Festival tonight. After, I was on stage answering questions along with Jeffrey and eminent Yale ornithologist, Dr Richard Prum. Inside Yale Jeffrey Kimball – film maker The Reading Room at Yale. After going out for […]