Titchfield Haven - 28th July

I spent the morning in the Titchfield Haven area where unfortunately I did not connect with any Roseate Terns, though there were one or two reports during the time I was there. However I did connect with two other interesting terns among the large numbers of Common Terns present in the area.

Adult Arctic Tern

Juvenile Black Tern

Sunset at the Kench, Hayling Island last night (27th July)

Hayling Island - 24th July 2011

Not a great deal or interest around the west of the Island this morning though two Yellow-legged Gulls and a Little Owlett were of some note.

Yellow-legged Gull, Hayling Island - July 2011

I have a few photos below of a Yellow-legged Gull that is currently frequenting the seafront near the funfair on Hayling Island. There is also a short video on my page here http://www.digitalwildlife.co.uk/videos/  in which you can see the bird among Herring Gulls for comparison.

There are also a few more pictures of this bird here

http://www.digitalwildlife.co.uk/birds/yellowlegull.htm

Little Owls, Passfield - July 2011

I have spent I some time over the last week in the territory of a reliable pair of Little Owls, though I haven’t seen much of the adults, they have at least two full grown juveniles which have been quite showy. There are a few photos below and a video here http://www.digitalwildlife.co.uk/videos/  edited together from full HD clips taken on the Canon 7D.

Richard

WWT London Wetlands Centre, Barnes - 4th July 2011

WWT London Wetlands Centre, Barnes

I spent a very pleasant day at the WWT London Wetlands Centre, Barnes great to see so many different waterfowl species breeding here including several pairs of Pochard with ducklings.

A few photos from the day below

Red-breasted Goose 

Bathing female Tufted Duck

Little Grebe

Bathing female Tufted Duck