I spent a few hours at South Gare on Saturday checking out the Black Necked Grebe that was there, there was also a Firecrest, but I found getting a photo of one very difficult as it never ca...
http://colsdigiscope.blogspot.com/2018/04/black-necked-grebe-south-gare.html
I am not sure if this Eagle Owl is an escapee or a wild bird, but its certainly living wild now and has been for 3 years according to some people. It was an uphill climb for about a mile, an...
http://colsdigiscope.blogspot.com/2018/03/eagle-owl-north-york-moors.html
The last Hawfinch I photographed was in Cleveland, so I was keen to see some in my home county of County Durham, and at least over the last week there has been half a dozen or so Hawfinch at Bi...
http://colsdigiscope.blogspot.com/2018/01/hawfinch-in-county-durham.html
Despite being off work over Christmas I only managed to get out bird watching a couple of times - thanks to the Aussie Flu. There has been a long staying Desert Wheatear at Whitby braving the ...
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A journey up to my favourite site for Crossbills proved to be quite productive. It had been cold and a bit snowy for two days prior to my visit, this is when I believe the Crossbills show best...
http://colsdigiscope.blogspot.com/2017/12/crossbills-in-teesdale.html
A short trip out on this frosty morning was most productive. Immediately as I arrived at Gosforth Park Nature Reserve I headed for the small bird hide where I had seen Bitterns before. Open...
http://colsdigiscope.blogspot.com/2017/11/still-recuperating-under-physios-orders.html
Having been give the all clear to drive by my physio - I have at last had chance to get out and do a brief spell of birdwatching. 2 Hours was all I could do. But in that time I got myself a r...
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Below are links to some of my books which can be viewed on line (Click on the text) COSTA RICA 2017 B IRDS OF NORTH EAST ENGLAND 2016 GAMBIA PHOTO BOOK 2016 NORTH EAST BIRD PHOTO...
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The Hoopoes this year played hard to get and although I have captured some photos of one - it was the only one. I did see them in a few locations, but they were always flying - and at distan...
http://colsdigiscope.blogspot.com/2017/10/hoopoe-and-sardinian-warbler.html
Another holiday to Gran Canaria, and more Desert Grey Shrikes. It took a few days to actually find a Shrike but I did find a pair with two fledged young birds. Although the adults were very app...
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Before I went to RSPB Sandy at the weekend, I decided to drop into see the Bee-eaters which have nested at a quarry in East Leake Apparently there are 3 nests which are due to fledge within th...
http://colsdigiscope.blogspot.com/2017/08/bee-eaters-at-east-leake.html
The trip down to RSPB Sandy this year was excellent as usual with the birds showing very well on my first visit on Friday, on the Saturday and Sunday they showed less well, perhaps because there ...
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I checked the bird reports after getting back from Scotland and saw that a Red Backed Shrike had been spotted and showing well at South Gare in Cleveland. I just had to get up early on the S...
http://colsdigiscope.blogspot.com/2017/07/red-backed-shrike-south-gare.html
I went up to the Borders at the weekend to see what raptors were around up there and although I saw plenty of birds of prey they were fairly distant and with a wind and heat haze the photos of th...
http://colsdigiscope.blogspot.com/2017/07/birding-in-borders.html
I had heard that the Peregrines had just fledged and are hanging around the cliffs, thanks to Pete. A very early morning departure had me at the Peregrine site by 7:30 ish, This meant I had the ...
http://colsdigiscope.blogspot.com/2017/06/peregrines-in-yorkshire-dales.html
Ok so to a brief description of my cuckoo encounter. This is the fourth trip in 3 weeks to try and get good photos of cuckoos, I have no problem finding them (or them me), but getting decent pho...
http://colsdigiscope.blogspot.com/2017/06/more-cuckoo-pics-all-digiscoped.html
This is just a quick post to get some photos on my blog - more to come later, plus a better description of this outstanding day.
http://colsdigiscope.blogspot.com/2017/06/amazing-cuckoo-day.html
It looks as though Spring is finally here in the North East. It has been a cold dry spring up here, but there are young birds about and the trees are just about all in full leaf. I have had a ...
http://colsdigiscope.blogspot.com/2017/05/teesdale-spring-birding.html
DIPPER - LOW BARNS I was tipped off about a Dipper feeding young on the river at Low Barns, this provided an opportunity to digiscope the bird from a distance as it brought in food to the...
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I have so many Costa Rican bird photographs I could put on here, but I am getting behind with my UK bird photos now, so that it for Costa Rican birds. I will be making a Costa Rica Bird Photobo...
http://colsdigiscope.blogspot.com/2017/04/back-to-british-birds.html
COSTA RICA REPTILES Below are some of the stunning reptiles that we saw. RED EYED TREE FROG - These were taken using a low powered torch rather than using the camera flash which is too power...
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One of the great things about birdwatching in the tropics is the stunning colour of some of the birds. They are just so bright that if you were to paint them you would not believe the colour. B...
http://colsdigiscope.blogspot.com/2017/04/costa-rica-some-of-more-colourful-birds.html
Another post from the Costa Rica photos, this time it is the turn of the Owls. We saw more type of Owl than I thought we would which was great. We got Spectacled (2), Black and White, Pacifi...
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Great Potoo This was a one of my target birds, and I quickly let Jehudi know that I wanted to see one, I thought that it was a big ask, and looking at Yehudi's face I think he thought it was too...
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I am not sure how many parts there are going to be - serves me right for taking so many photos. But this just reflects the quality of bird watching in Costa Rica where we saw over 325 species o...
http://colsdigiscope.blogspot.com/2017/03/part-2-costa-rica.html