3rd Time Lucky!!!

Dad asked me this morning if I wanted to try for the Tree Sparrows at Ampton again, as I had a rough idea of where I was going this time, I obviously said yes. We got there and found 2 Tree Sparrows on 1 feeder that we could see, but where were the other 60 odd? We drove up into a gap past the 1st feeder, and there were toones of Tree Sparrows on about 10 feeders in this garden. It was incredible. At least 60 birds present, the most I have ever seen at one time. I had a search through the flock, as a Mealy Redpoll was reported in the morning, and there it was, on the front feeder. It didn't stay for long enough though as we hadn't got the cameras ready yet, so it flew off with 1 Lesser Redpoll, so no photo. We then started taking pictures. We also got a Brambling amongst the flock....

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Isle of Mull - Day 5

Target Bird - Crossbill

On the Wednesday, it was something that we always do when we come up to Mull, and that is have a guided tour with Bryan Rains - Wild About Mull. This is a fantastic day out, were Bryan takes you around the south of the island looking at Mull's birds and wildlife. There fantastic!

Before we even got on the tour, we had an Otter swim past our hotel, which was fantastic. This was our first Otter for Mull this year.

Bryan picked us up, and then the other guests. We got the Sea Eagle on the nest, then we got another Otter.

We then got another White-tailed Eagle, which soared right over us.

We then got to the Golden Eagles nest, and we were treated to both birds sitting on the top of the hill. Here's 1!

At Carsaig, we picked up a Wood Warbler.

We then moved to the stores, to get lunch, picking up a pair of Hen Harrier on the way. We got to the stores, and we picked up at least one Crosssbill to go onto the year list, where it was chipping away in the trees. We'd already seen Razorbill, Cuckoo, G-N Diver, Common Tern, Stonechat and Whinchat and Eider..... the list gets longer and longer! 

We got to Fidden, where we got Whimbrel, Linnet and Mountain Hare. The, I plunged onto a Tree Sparrow in a stony area. Not great photo's, but still Awesome!!

Here's the Whimbrel and Linnet.

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Tree Sparrow Update

The Tree Sparrow was seen yesterday at 6:45am, and 17:30pm, showing quite well on the evening. Unfortunately, the Tree Sparrow wasn't seen today. A Long-tailed Tit was seen though today.

Pictures and Video to be Added

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Tree Sparrow Lingering plus a new year tick!

The Tree Sparrow lingered throughout the day today, with another bird possibly present but not confirmed.

Going to school this morning, a pair of Red Kites were flying around the Haughley area today, showing a bit distant, but the fork really showing off. I'm doing really well this year, being on 140 for the year already!

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Garden Lifer

An incredible sighting in the garden today was in the presence of a Tree Sparrow, showing at 7:15am, and 5:30pm. This is the first ever for the garden, and for the year. Also in the garden today was a flock of 6 Long-tailed Tit, plus a Lapwing over this morning.

Dad's stunning digiscoped shot...

And my video...

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