Thursday 8 April 2010

Whitethroat, Staszelowka Witow, Poland 12.7.2009


Grey Wagtail, Witow, Zakopane, Poland, 11 & 13.7.2009


Crossbill, Lysa Polana, Poland, 10.7.2009

Black Redstart, Staszelowka Witow, Poland, 12.7.2009

Short-toed Eagle, Karagaac,Turkey, 26.3.2009


Blue Rock Thrush, Tlos, Turkey, 25.3.2009

Black Redstart, Kaya, Turkey, 24.3.2009


Barnacle Geese with young, Adventfjorden, Spitsbergen, 11 & 14.7.2008



A frequent nesting bird, those from here spend the winter on the Solway.

Little Auks, Plataberget cliffs, Adventfjorden, Spitsbergen, 14.7.2008

Puffins, Gasoyate, Adventfjorden, Spitsbergen, 15.7.2008

Snow Bunting, Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, 14.7.2008



Female feeding young. Ventilation openings in the walls of the wooden houses of the settlement seem to be a favoured nesting site.

Purple Sandpiper, Adventfjorden, Spitsbergen, 13.7.2008

Long-tailed Duck, Adventdalen, Spitsbergen, 11.7.2008

Ivory Gull, Adventdalen, Spitsbergen, 13.7.2008


Grey Phalarope,Adventdalen, Spitsbergen, 12.7.2008



A rare photo of a chick. Often tended by the male bird rather than the female

Glaucous Gull, Adventdalen, Spitsbergen, 11.7.2008

Brunnich's Guillemot, Billefjorden, Spitsbergen, 15.7.2008



Large nesting colony, Diabasodden cliffs

ArcticTern, Adventdalen, Spitsbergen, 12.7.2008

Arctic Skua, Hotellneset, Adventfjorden, Spitsbergen,12.7.2008

Green Sandpiper, Phassouri, Cyprus, 20.4.2008

Spur-winged Plover, Phassouri, Cyprus, 20.4.2008

Masked Shrike, Smyies, Cyprus, 16.4.2008


Pied Wheatear, Platres, Cyprus, 18.4.2008


Bonelli's Eagle, Choletria, Cyprus, 18.4.2008

Black-winged Stilt, Phassouri, Cyprus, 20 4.2008