Snowy Garden Visitors in Leighton Buzzard 2nd & 3rd March 2018

Had lots of visitors to the garden over the past couple of days with the cold and snow which has been a bit of a treat with a few garden firsts such as a Reed Bunting and a Grey Wagtail. I wasn't fast enough with the camera for the Grey Waggie unfortunately, i'll get him next time.

Dunstable Sewage Works Sunday 7th July 2013

What a lovely day weather wise in fact probably too hot at 28 deg! Had a great start to the day on the photography front, with some nice shots of Swift, Blackbird and Goldfinch in the garden early this morning before moving on to the Dunstable Sewage Works for a brief visit today as it was the first Sunday of the month.

Things were quite active at DSW this morning with lots of Sedge, Willow & Reed Warblers, Reed Bunting, Pied Wagtail, Dunnock, Wren, Blackcap, Canada Geese, Coot, Moorhen, Swift, House Martin, Buzzard, Mallard & Tufted Ducks, Magpie, Green Sandpiper, Common Tern, Black Headed Gulls and Heron amongst others, many with young by their sides.

I was treated to a blackcap singing in the car park on arrival, and on my travels around the site spotted all the above. Got some nice sequence shots of a Common Tern scanning the pond for a meal, it eventually dived and got the fish but I missed the important bit as usual?

Lovely morning at Dunstable Sewage works which is open to all Birders 08.00 to 12.00 on the 1st Sunday of every month. Bit short on water birds and waders as the Anglers were in when they shouldn't have been, but overall achieved 34 species seen this morning by me notably, Kingfisher, Yellowhammer, Corn Bunting, Wren, Dunnock, Pied or White Wagtail which was hawking for food, I couldn't work out which so posted a photo so any help appreciated, Common Whitethroat and lots of very noisy Reed & Sedge Warblers, there seem to be loads more Warblers on site this year than last. The Water Rail was heard on many occasions but didn't appear, I also got a report from 3 very reliable sources that we had a Turtle Dove flyover but as usual I missed that one.

White Or Pied???

Dived into Streatley in my lunch break today to try and catch up with the Great Grey Shrike, sadly I walked the loop from the Swiss cottages but absolutely no sign. Never mind I will try again over the weekend. I did however run into Yellowhammer, Read and Corn Bunting, Red Kite, Fieldfare, Skylark and a Pied Wagtail