What a day!!!

What a day!!! Saw around 40 Hobby, 20 Sparrowhawk, Rough Legged and Common Buzzard plus a pair of White-tailed Eagle flew right over my head. Cuckoo in grey and brown morph. Added to this the Whiskered Tern have returned in big numbers. I also saw Collared Flycatcher, my first Oriole of the year, good close views of Glossy Ibis feeding, Gadwall, and what I am 99% sure was Marsh Sandpiper, will be going back to check that one later. Saw most of the usual suspects for here too. What a day!! Oh and I located the tree where our guest Jochen saw Wildcat last week, so will be staking that spot out regularly. For those who missed the Wildcat pic, here it is again.

Earth day

Nice article about our Earth Day event. Just cut and paste this link into your browser

http://sedmicata.net/2011/04/20

Thanks to all the volunteers for their participation and also to our guests Ward and Jill for their kind donation that covered the costs of gloves, bags and refreshments.


Here are some pics from 'Waste Away'.

Happy Birdday!!

A great walk today and saw a good number of birds too:
Little Grebe,
Great Crested Grebe,
White Pelican,
Dalmatian Pelican,
Cormorant,

Pygmy Cormorant,
Night Heron,
Little Egret,
Great Egret,
Grey Heron,
White Stork,
Black Stork,
Spoonbill,
Mute Swan,
Greylag Goose,
Mallard,
Teal,
Garganey,
Pochard,
Ferruginous Duck,
Marsh Harrier,
Common Buzzard,
Honey Buzzard,
Pheasant,

Moorhen,
Coot,
Black-Headed Gull(2500+),
Mediterranean Gull,
Wood Pigeon,
Collared Dove,
Hoopoe,
Green Woodpecker,
Syrian Woodpecker,
Middle Spotted Woodpecker,
Skylark,
House Martin,
Pied Wagtail,
Wren,
Robin,
Redstart,
Black Redstart,
Song Thrush,
Fieldfare,
Blackbird,,
Chiffchaff,
Great Tit,
Long-Tailed Tit,
Lesser Grey Shrike,
Magpie,
Jay,
Jackdaw,
Rook,
Hooded Crow,
Starling,
House Sparrow,
Tree Sparrow,
Chaffinch,
Goldfinch,
Hawfinch,
Yellowhammer.
Still plenty more exciting species to arrive before we are fully stocked here:-))
But enough to see already here to be worth a visit now.