Monday, March 24, 2008

Great Crested Grebe




A pair of these locally, beautiful plumage!

Great Spotted Woodpecker



Great views of this lovely chap today!

Saturday, March 22, 2008

Water Vole





At last our much loved "Ratty" is a fully protected species and about time too! Such a wonderful little creature. This one is on our local patch and always a pleasure to see!

A few local birds






Shown here are blut tit, house sparrow, tree sparrow and lesser redpoll

Female Reed Bunting






Quite a confiding little bird!

Goa In February

Recently returned from Goa holiday, lots of birds and wildlife seen. Below are some pics of them, we managed to identify most of them but please correct us if we have made any mistakes!
We would recommend anyone interested in birds to visit this wonderful place in India. Its awesome! Enjoy the photos!

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Brown Breasted Flycatcher




This cute little bird was quite undisturbed by us. It is a similar bird to the Asian Brown Flycatcher, however this species has a totally pale lower mandible but the Brown one has only a pale base to the lower mandible

White Faced Langur Monkeys




These were very confiding and happy to take food from us

Flameback Woodpecker



This woodpecker was very high up so cropped images.

Jungle Minah




These were seen regularly both in small and large flocks

Three Striped Palm Squirrel





These little darlings provided a lot of entertainment, they were very territorial and fights were common! The have a bird like squawking voice and their squeaks worked in unison with their tails moving up and down, very comical!

Little Heron/Pond Heron





This heron was a very common sight in Goa, it was sometimes difficult to differentiate the two species as many were juveniles

Adjutant Stork



A very peculiar looking bird!!

Osprey




This osprey was quite a way off so heavily cropped photos

Mudskippers



We came across these characters amongst the mangroves, very entertaining to watch!

Paradise Flycatcher




We saw quite a few of these lovely birds, the males have the long tail streamers

Friday, March 07, 2008

Orioles





The first two are Black Capped Oriole, the two record shots are of Eurasian Golden Oriole