Saturday, 28 September 2024

20240928 Pale-legged Leaf Warbler, Bempton Cliffs

 

20241002 Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes
Gave one loud call first thing in morning, strong metallic 'chi-ink', or 'pink'
Somewhat explosive in quality.

20241002 Pale-legged Leaf Warbler
Species record on Thailand trip 2000.
Note white claws enhancing pale feet and legs.

20241002 Pale-legged Leaf Warbler

20241002 Pale-legged Leaf Warbler
Has the jizz and behaviour akin to a Radde's Warbler....

20241002 Arctic Warbler
Spurn NNR Discovery Centre Scrub.
In shade for comparison with Pale-leg...
Greener and not so bulky, compact large headed phyllosc shape.



20241002 Arctic Warbler
In bright direct sunlight, no comparison....
yellowish green.

20240929 Yellow-browed Warbler
Frequently showed in skylight out of cover.
Pale-legged loosley associated with 2 Yellow-browed Warblers above it on a feeding circuit.


20240929 Pale-legged Leaf Warbler
Slowly moved through dense bramble tangle, giving only brief views as here.

20240930 Pale-legged Leaf Warbler
However deep in cover the pink legs and feet showed through.
Also the greater covert bar showed.
Pink-legged Leaf Warbler would be more memorable...

20241002 Pale-legged Leaf Warbler

20241002  Pale-legged Leaf Warbler
Lesser covert bar on left wing. 

20241002 Pale-legged Leaf Warbler
Small head to bulky body jizz.

20241002 Song Thrush
On territory.
As one vol said ' its about time Bempton had a good bird'....


20241002 Tree Sparrow
Colony about feeders.

20241002 Pale-legged Leaf Warbler


Sunday, 22 September 2024

20240922 Siberian Stonechat, KWMeadows

20240923 Siberian Stonechat
1st winter male.
Much pale buff edging....

20240923 Siberian Stonechat
Where in the cline of maura to stejnegeri can only be determined by DNA...?
or can it be a lack of field knowledge...

20240923 Siberian Stonechat

 
20240923 Siberian Stonechat
Black underwing coverts.

20240923 Siberian Stonechat
Dark malar stripe and eye mask show well face on, also the paler supercilium becomes clearer.

20240926 Siberian Stonechat
Quite a richly toned specimen.

20240926 Siberian Stonechat

20240926 Siberian Stonechat

20240926 Siberian Stonechat
Black Ax and coverts, edged with off white indicating 1st cy.

20240926 Yellow-browed Warbler
Waco Camp.

20240926 Yellow-browed Warbler


Tuesday, 10 September 2024

20240910 Wood Warbler & Flycatchers, Holkham Pines

 

20240910 Wood Warbler
In The Dell

20240910 Wood Warbler

20240910 Pied Flycatcher

20240910 Willow Warbler

20240910 Spotted Flycatcher
An exceptional autumn for this migrant.


Friday, 6 September 2024

20240906 Spotted Flycatcher & Tree Pipit migrant fall, Blakeney Point

 

20240906 Golden Plover
Lone bird on the Spit. A portent of the day ahead...
ENE18 and N Wheatear abundant...


20240906 Spotted Flycatcher
6+ on The Hood.
A fall....?

20240906 Tree Pipit
Briefly down onto bramble patch and off inland, calling: 'spihhzz'.

20240906 Spotted Flycatcher

20240906 Spotted Flycatcher

20240906 Garden Warbler

20240906 Pied Flycatcher
Adult Female.

20240906 Redstart

20240906 Willow Warbler
1st autumn down on The Hood.

20240901 N Wheatear
E16 sunny.
50+ to The Watch House.

20240901 Whinchat
Fairway.