Whos keeping an eye on me....

Monday 21 April 2014

Spring Migrants at last

Managed to get out for a quick walk this morning to the Goyt Valley and picked up the two target species. Both Pied Flycatchers and Common Redstarts showed in poor light and a little distant when the camera came out. However  I was very happy to see a pair of each showing well at times.

female Common Redstart
 

male Pied Flycatcher



female Pied Flycatcher

 
The evening before I stopped at the other end of the valley while returning from a day out and managed a single Short Eared Owl .




3 comments:

Adam Jones said...

Great stuff Dave. I need to get to Goyt this week myself to see both. I was only thinking tonight about the SEOs at that end but thought better of it as it started to rain a little.

Margaret Birding For Pleasure said...

Hi Dave 3 great birds found and photographed especially the Owl in flight.

Pam said...

Great shot of the owl, seems like it's giving you quite the look!