Waxwings !

10th January 2017

Last post before Christmas !

11th December 2016  - A great Christmas met up at Rainham Marshes with some of the B.I.E members, group photo taken in the Purfleet Hide.  A nice sunset at the end of the day.

Ingrebourne Valley

6th December 2016

Photo's from the Ingrebourne Valley visitors centre. Great Spotted Woodpecker and love or hate them Ring-necked Parakeets.

Rainham Marshes

30th November 2016

A few from Rainham - Wigeon, Teal, Pintail and Coot. All taken from the Butts Hide.

The Ouse Washes

26th November 2016

Another day trip out with  Havering local group of the RSPB. Click on photo's to enlarge.

Some nice Whooper Swans -

A terrible photo of  a male Tree Sparrow

From left to right Female Stonechat, Male Stonechat and Pied Wagtail

Moorhen....like he's Wellington boots,surely not he's legs.

Green Sandpiper

Titchwell RSPB Reserve

29th October 2016

A nice coach trip with the RSPB Havering group to Titchwell, a few photo's of the day.

Hundreds of  Golden Plover on one of the Islands, Teal,  Dunlin,  Redshank and a naff photo of a Kingfisher ( to far away really)

Holland Haven

26th October   Holland Haven.          Click on photo to enlarge

 Only stayed for an hour - Mainly Greylag geese , but sometimes they are accompanied by friends


                                                  Greylag with Snipe.

                                                       
                                  Greylag and you can just about see middle left a Curlew lying low.

                                                                                           
                                          Greylag grazing.

                                                Pied Wagtail

                                                     
                                        ....and as the sun was setting boats on the Walton backwater.