Bittern, Fishers Green, Lee Valley, Essex 8th February
Spent a couple of hours in the hide waiting for this bird to finally show itself it the open and when it did it was as a brief dash across the cut in the reeds only.
2009 Photos - page 1
Bittern
Night Heron
Brent Goose
Purple Sandpiper
Turnstone
Great Black-backed Gull
Part Albino Herring Gull
'omissus' Herring Gull
Caspian Gull
Yellow-legged Gull
Penduline Tit
These pages will be added to when new photos are taken
Waxwing
Night Heron, Royal Military Canal, Kent 18th January
The temptation of this long staying and obliging bird only an hour away was to much to resist, it performed very well at times: for more of this bird click here.
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Brent Goose, Southend Seafront, Essex 11th January
Small groups of Brent Geese can often be found scattered along the seafront where they can be quite approachable.
Purple Sandpiper, Southend Pier, Essex 11th January 2009
Only one has returned this winter though as before it is a showy bird.
Turnstone, Southend Pier, Essex 11th January 2009
Yellow-legged Gull, Hole Haven Creek, Essex 2nd January 2009
This fine third-winter was one of the few successes at Hole Haven Creek in the early winter.
Snow Bunting
Kittiwake
Mediterranean Gull
Iceland Gull
Glaucous Gull
Yellow-legged Gull, Pitsea, Essex 14th February 2009
A fine individual. Yellow-legs are outnumbered here at the moment by white-wingers and Caspians.
Galway - Ireland
