https://pewit.blogspot.com/2013/11/grey-heron-and-prey.html
pewit: Grey Heron and prey
grey heronpewitprey
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2023/10/goldcrest-antics.html
pewit: Goldcrest antics
with a light south-easterly wind on Sunday 8th the expected arrival of wintering thrushes and other Scandinavian migrants duly materialise...
pewitgoldcrestantics
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2009/03/lk-and-moon.html
pewit: LK and moon
many thanks are due to Steve Fletcher for some excellent site info and some welcome cups of tea! Steve's web site can be found at http://www...
pewitlkmoon
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2005/06/adult-white-tail-varamger.html
pewit
Adult White-tail Varamger
pewit
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2018/10/two-days-seawatching.html
pewit: two days seawatching
Saturday on the Lincs coast -- 9 Short-eared Owls arriving in terrible weather off the sea -- variety of seabirds but nothing close for phot...
two dayspewit
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2019/06/may-25th-waterton-and-some-rain.html
pewit: May 25th Waterton and some rain
May 25 th : Heavy rain overnight and still dull with low cloud at dawn but calm at 8C warming up to 12C by midday with light rain showers...
pewitmaywatertonrain
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2008/04/female-ruppells.html
pewit: female Ruppell's
a distinctive 2cy bird but could it be a male?
pewitfemale
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2016/09/white-crowned-sparrows.html
pewit: White-crowned Sparrows
pewitwhitecrownedsparrows
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2006/06/repeat-quail-show.html
pewit: repeat Quail show
a Quail calling within 3m of the car at Worlaby this evening refused to reveal itself so I went off watching baby Redshanks---when forced to...
pewitrepeatquailshow
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2021/12/white-tailed-lapwing-finally-in.html
pewit: White-tailed Lapwing finally in Lincolnshire
What a truly bizarre end to 2021; December 31st - in summary a set of house keys were lost this morning; we were going out for the day but h...
pewitwhitelapwingfinallylincolnshire
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2019/12/december-2nd-on-patch.html
pewit: December 2nd on the patch
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https://pewit.blogspot.com/2007/06/spot-fly.html
pewit: Spot Fly
still not getting any decent Spotted Fly images but I liked the setting and the black backdrop on this shot
pewitspotfly
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2021/11/barnacle-geese-and-friend.html
pewit: Barnacle Geese and friend
Some of the upper Humber flock with one of the oddments, probably a Canada x Barnacle or back-cross -- probably one of the birds that has ...
barnacle geesepewitfriend
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2016/10/hudsonian-whimbrel.html
pewit: Hudsonian Whimbrel
these were without a doubt my favourite images from Vancouver island; the light was superb, the bird tame and approachable and the habitat n...
pewitwhimbrel
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2018/10/a-few-nonedescripts.html
pewit: a few nonedescripts
nice adult male Marsh Harrier and a 1cy bird, Fieldfare bird of the week with lots passing through, Black-tails and Knot and a lone Curly lo...
a fewpewit
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2019/09/juvenile-sanderling.html
pewit: juvenile Sanderling
surely one of the best looking juvenile waders
pewitjuvenilesanderling
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2009/12/bathing-merlin.html
pewit: bathing Merlin
well it kept trying but every time it settled in a puddle on this track up came some dog walkers, ignoring me there with a camera pointing ...
pewitbathingmerlin
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2014/07/pigeon-guillemots.html
pewit: Pigeon Guillemots
never close and usually against the light
pewitpigeonguillemots
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2007/04/back-from-aphrodites.html
pewit: back from Aphrodite's
a few reasonable pics to come from Cyprus when I get them sorted---
pewitbackaphrodite
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2005/05/exceptional-occurrence-on-flooded.html
pewit
an exceptional occurrence on a flooded grass field
pewit
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2009/03/short-eared-on-foreshore.html
pewit: Short-eared on the foreshore
local patch environment shots; there is not much foreshore here but it seems to be getting a living
on thepewitshortforeshore
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2007/02/fight.html
pewit: fight
a couple of male Mute Swans having a set to and trying to drown the Slav Grebe in the process
pewitfight
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2016/10/hooded-merganser-and-harlequins.html
pewit: Hooded Merganser and Harlequins
hooded merganserpewitharlequins
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2007/06/gilly.html
pewit: gilly
at least this Guilly had the decency to land on the cliff top path thereby excluding the fog from the foreground
pewitgilly
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2008/05/e-kingbird.html
pewit: E Kingbird
when you have a limited amount of time you sometimes have to take pics when the light is just too harsh and overhead or else come back witho...
pewitkingbird
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2016/12/sunrise-yesterday-proving-forebear-of.html
pewit: sunrise yesterday -- proving the forebear of a nice turdus
of apewitsunriseyesterdayproving
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2018/11/woodcock-in-off.html
pewit: Woodcock in off
one on the long coastal walk on Saturday
pewitwoodcock
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2008/03/black-tail-explosion.html
pewit: Black-tail explosion
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https://pewit.blogspot.com/2010/10/hen-harrier.html?showComment=1286453052505
pewit: Hen Harrier
some of the shots I have hoped for for several years -- a lot of bird photography is based on luck but being in the right place an...
pewithenharrier
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2017/12/sheld-duck.html
pewit: Sheld Duck
pewitduck
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2010/11/different-male-marsh-harrier.html
pewit: different male Marsh Harrier
just 1km from the first male harrier I came across another young adult male but a brighter more developed bird than the first -- it was ra...
pewitdifferentmalemarshharrier
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2009/08/moulting-sanderlings.html
pewit: moulting Sanderlings
huge numbers of moulting adult Sanderling were n the white sand beaches along with smaller numbers of Dunlin and Ringed Plovers -- it is dif...
pewitmoultingsanderlings
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2014/02/hairy-woodpeckers.html
pewit: Hairy Woodpeckers
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https://pewit.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-assassin.html
pewit: the assassin
at close range minus weasel
pewitassassin
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2013/12/feeding-parrot-crossbill.html
pewit: feeding Parrot Crossbill
a bit of S95 video taken last weekend
pewitfeedingparrotcrossbill
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2012/02/dark-bellied-brent-geese.html
pewit: Dark-bellied Brent Geese
pewitdarkbrentgeese
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2007/12/rcp.html
pewit: RcP
what a smart drake; it accompanied a small flock of 53 Pochard and left with them for the Humber feeding grounds off New Holland late am; la...
pewitrcp
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2010/08/chough-and-juvenile-black-guillemot.html
pewit: Chough and juvenile Black Guillemot
pewitchoughjuvenileblackguillemot
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2014/04/black-necked-grebes-and-slav.html
pewit: Black-necked Grebes and the Slav
pair of these beauties on the local patch today -- of course I was elsewhere so thanks for the call Mike -- they were never close enough for...
and thepewitblackgrebesslav
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2008/01/assorted-ducks.html
pewit: assorted ducks
the sun shone for about 11 minutes this morning up here----the Shoveler were very close but the light was dire and at high ISO in poor light...
pewitassortedducks
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2019/06/may-20th-pakouki-prairies-richardsons.html
pewit: May 20th Pakouki Prairies, Richardson's Ground squirrel and Pronghorns
one of the areas where you can actually walk across the open prairie with no fences along the roadside -- the farmstead is abandoned but not...
ground squirrelpewitmayprairies
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2016/02/micro-goshawks.html
pewit: micro Goshawks
some excellent Goshawk watching on Wednesday at Wyekham but the viewpoint is rapidly becoming overgrown with birch scrub and trees blocking ...
pewitmicro
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2010/08/blennerville-kerry.html
pewit: Blennerville Kerry
home of a particularly attractive gull see above! the location is rather more photogenic than the bird
pewitblennervillekerry
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2006/06/juvs.html
pewit: juvs
a brood of juvenile Swallows fledged from a nest under the drain bridge in Worlaby Carrs---amazingly I had only been there for about 30 minu...
pewit
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2020/05/garden-wildlife.html
pewit: Garden Wildlife
my very friendly House Sparrows, Blackbird, Woodpig, Collared Dove and some Bees and Taddies from the pond -- all taken with the Canon 5D4 a...
pewitgardenwildlife
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2016/11/ring-ouzel.html
pewit: Ring Ouzel
it was actually inside the tyre when I first saw it presumably drinking from water captured inside the tyre rim as its tail tip was moving u...
pewitring
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2013/12/first-light-at-patrington-haven.html
pewit: first light at Patrington Haven
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https://pewit.blogspot.com/2014/07/humpback-whales.html
pewit: Humpback Whales
lets face facts you are on a whale watching boat for 5 hours so your chances of getting those images of whales that you would like are prett...
pewithumpbackwhales
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2010/10/red-deer.html
pewit: Red Deer
no forecast of thick fog for this morning so I was out early and had to abandon my planned survey so wandered down to the Red Deer ...
pewitreddeer
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2019/12/juvenile-red-throated-diver-barton-pits.html
pewit: juvenile Red-throated Diver Barton Pits
quite a while since we had a long staying Red-throated Diver on the pits -- standard portraits and shots with a bit more atmosphere ...
pewitjuvenileredthroateddiver
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2016/01/goldeneye.html
pewit: Goldeneye
all wildfowl numbers really low around here this winter; did a full count of Pochard today and found 14 birds -- compares with up to 2000 in...
pewitgoldeneye
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2010/12/common-and-black-headed-gulls.html
pewit: Common and Black-headed Gulls
another loaf of bread and some snow
pewitcommonblackheadedgulls
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-elusive-cettis-warbler.html
pewit: the elusive Cetti's Warbler
on of my autumn goals was to try and upgrade my Cetti's warbler gallery -- getting there slowly
pewitelusivecettiwarbler
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2007/12/more-meds.html
pewit: more Meds
pewitmeds
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2010/07/different-dragonfly-images.html
pewit: different dragonfly images
Common Darter up close and Black-tailed Skimmers perched and in flight -- all have their merits but I must admit I love to get a flight shot...
pewitdifferentdragonflyimages
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2009/05/meadow-pipit-dull-bird.html
pewit: Meadow Pipit a dull bird
not the most exciting of species
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https://pewit.blogspot.com/2012/04/thayers-still-around.html
pewit: Thayer's still around
but no easier to get close to!
pewitthayerstillaround
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2009/01/january.html
pewit: January
in the depths of winter we again headed for the Camargue and Les Baux to try and photograph Wallcreepers; the weather was rather less than k...
pewitjanuary
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2013/12/common-buzzard.html
pewit: Common Buzzard
a chance passing bird in nice light; Canon 5D3 and 500f4II with 1.4x
pewitcommonbuzzard
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2010/11/whooper-swan-2.html
pewit: Whooper Swan 2
with a huge black snow cloud looming I thought I would try and get the Whooper in the superb light but as shown above things did not quite...
whooper swanpewit
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2010/10/hen-harrier.html?showComment=1286471803436
pewit: Hen Harrier
some of the shots I have hoped for for several years -- a lot of bird photography is based on luck but being in the right place an...
pewithenharrier
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2020/07/first-ginger-crowns-of-year.html
pewit: First ginger crowns of the year
always great to see some Marsh Harriers fledge successfully in what appears to be a poor year at least from evidence so far ...
of thepewitfirstgingercrowns
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2012/10/web-site-change.html
pewit: web site change
I have changed the address of my web site for now -- please access using the following link as opposed to the Nyctea link http://gcatley...
web sitepewitchange
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2007/04/pochard.html
pewit: Pochard
my local Pochard have never been very approachable this year
pewitpochard
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2020/06/marsh-warblers.html
pewit: Marsh Warblers
two different singing males from the June influx. -- first six bird one with song at end and second bird with its song ...
pewitmarshwarblers
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2009/09/spotted-flycatchers.html
pewit: Spotted Flycatchers
these were taken this morning between downpours all 500 + 1.4 on monopod, 800 ISO, between 125th and 200th second straight conversions from ...
pewitspottedflycatchers
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2005/06/juvenile-willow-tit-looking-for-its.html
pewit
juvenile Willow Tit looking for its own food
pewit
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2018/03/nutter.html
pewit: Nutter
on a dull wet day last week with time to pass in a wet wood I took a few Nuthatch images; no effort to make a nice perch but smart birds and...
pewitnutter
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2007/09/white-winger.html
pewit: white-winger
the forests of the Rockies seemed to be alive with White-winged and Red Crossbills due to a heavy spruce crop; most of the White-winged were...
pewitwhitewinger
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2011/12/mix-of-oddments.html
pewit: a mix of oddments
pewitmixoddments
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2016/11/records-of-juvenile-pallid-harrier-in.html
pewit: records of the juvenile Pallid Harrier in Lincs
again never came that close so only pin prick images but when it was closest against the sky the 7D2 went on one of its holiday jaunts and f...
of thepallid harrierpewitrecordsjuvenile
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2009/04/fox-adders-and-mystery-bird.html
pewit: Fox, adders and mystery bird
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https://pewit.blogspot.com/2010/05/more-oriental-pratincoles.html
pewit: more Oriental Pratincoles
more active today when the sun shone but the light conditions were difficult
pewitoriental
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2007/11/return-of-smew.html
pewit: return of the Smew
checking the local pits today I came across this drake Smew--it must be last winter's bird as it was feeding in exactly the same spot in a s...
of thepewitreturnsmew
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2012/04/younger-male-montagus-harrier.html
pewit: younger male Montagu's Harrier
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https://pewit.blogspot.com/2009/05/pochard-drake.html
pewit: Pochard drake
this male was busy fighting off other drakes from his mate
pewitpocharddrake
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2009/06/couple-from-archive.html
pewit: a couple from the archive
two from Varanger 2006
a couplefrom thepewitarchive
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2005/04/common-tern-showing-nice-precise-bill.html
pewit
Common Tern showing a nice precise bill and primary pattern
pewit
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2005/05/by-end-of-day-they-had-already-lost.html
pewit
by the end of the day they had already lost one cygnet
pewit
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2016/04/quick-trip-to-iceland.html
pewit: quick trip to Iceland
five days in Iceland with my daughter taking in some scenery and northern life; had not appreciated just how expensive it is for food and ac...
pewitquicktripiceland
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2007/04/flying-squacs.html
pewit: flying Squacs
I do like Squacco Herons but it is easy to overlook them when they are down in the vegetation as they are really quite small
pewitflying
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2016/09/spotted-crake.html
pewit: Spotted Crake
showing much better -- 3rd time lucky
pewitspottedcrake
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2010/08/sedge-and-reed-warblers.html
pewit: Sedge and Reed Warblers
plenty of acros in the reedbeds still
pewitsedgereedwarblers
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2005/12/local-fowl.html
pewit: local fowl
the Slavonian Grebe still around Barton pits along with its larger cousin here--also a drake Teal caught on take off
pewitlocalfowl
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2014/07/sedge-warbler.html
pewit: Sedge Warbler
pewitsedgewarbler
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2016/05/greater-sand-plovers.html
pewit: Greater Sand Plovers
heard about these two as we were on the way up to the Troodos; never thought they would stay all day on a busy, hot beach but still there wh...
pewitgreatersandplovers
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2014/09/juv-black-tails.html
pewit: juv Black-tails
pewitjuvblacktails
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2014/03/pochards.html
pewit: Pochards
I am not really a lover of ducks but if you have to choose one drake Pochards take a bit of beating
pewit
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2014/02/a-cracking-male-snowy-owl.html
pewit: a cracking male Snowy Owl
perfect camo in this environment, less so on a post
pewitcrackingmalesnowyowl
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2020/09/brown-shrike.html
pewit: Brown Shrike
after the Wolds appreciation took on some dodgy diesel which caused my engine to decide to half die on Sutterton roundabout but after a few...
pewitbrownshrike
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2010/05/late-may.html
pewit: late May
another dismal spring passage draws to a close -- after a night in the forest with plenty of Nightjar activity ( note the lack of Nightjars ...
pewitlatemay
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2023/11/red-throated-diver-away.html
pewit: Red-throated Diver - away
Not one but two juvenile Red-throated Divers on sailing pit yesterday and moving out of the way of the smaller boats until one faster vess...
pewitredthroateddiveraway
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2010/08/black-tails-when-subject-poses-stick.html
pewit: Black-tails --when a subject poses stick with it
will one of these shots show a bird with black axillaries and underwing coverts on the Humber again one day? its 29 and 27 years since the l...
pewitblacktailssubjectposes
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2018/08/local-birds.html
pewit: local birds
the eclipse drake Garganey still present at Barton, Black-tailed Godwits at Killingholme up to 4300 before the water level was raised to a s...
pewitlocalbirds
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2007/05/cygnets.html
pewit: cygnets
the Waters' Edge first brood--some finding it just too tiring
pewitcygnets
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2010/11/bittern.html
pewit: Bittern
sometimes a bird just happens to fly in front of a nice backdrop and that makes all the difference to a picture --oh and always use manua...
pewitbittern
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2010/04/tree-pipits.html
pewit: Tree Pipits
my first session in the forest since the trivialis arrived -- at least 14 males on site today and odd females passing through and causing th...
pewittreepipits
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-flood.html
pewit: the flood
Winterton Carrs -- the flood water pushed up the Ancholme Valley as far as Appleby Carrs
pewitflood
https://pewit.blogspot.com/2019/07/butterflies-of-day.html
pewit: butterflies of the day
big influx of Painted Ladies (81) counted on one forest ride today plus 190 Peacocks same ride and a few Red Admirals plus a couple of Brims...
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https://pewit.blogspot.com/2020/11/female-bearded-tit.html
pewit: female Bearded Tit
when you have so many images of a species something slightly different always stands out even if its not technically perfect
pewitfemalebeardedtit