slavonian grebe

I went to Little Brook in Dartford to see a slav grebe and had some fantastic views of this very confiding bird . It came as close as 12 feet at times and in the calm water of the lake . I filled up the memory card in about 30 mins and left very happy.

garden winterland

The extreme cold weather and snow brought in some unusual sightings in the garden today .

Firstly a fieldfare which is a pretty rare garden visitor .

Then a pair of pheasants arrived

The male started chasing the female getting in front of her twisting his body and displaying 

he done this 3 or 4 times  

 never seen this before !

loads of dipper

When I arrived this morning before work at Three Nun's Bridge there was no sign of the dipper but after speaking to a dog walker he told me it sometimes moves to another part of the river

1/4 of a mile away near a pub could The Bridge

 ( loads of bridges in Thetford )

He was right !!!

 After work I returned and this time it was at Three Nuns Bridge

and much better views 

Maybe to many

Happy days

lea valley buzzard

When I heard of a rough legged buzzard at lea valley and an afternoon off work , I arrived and scanned the area and thought I was in luck . But depends what you call lucky I had this cracking sparrow hawk with prey and this pale buzzard which at first I thought I had bagged it .

Happy new year

Destination 

Loads of waxwings

Nice and close

 Happy new year