Guernsey birds and moths

and other such nonsense

Birds

latest World tick : Black-headed Bunting, Guernsey, May 09          latest 'British' tick : Black-headed Bunting, Guernsey, May 09 

latest Guernsey tick : Lesser Scaup, Grande Mare, Nov 09          latest self-found tick : Red-throated Pipit, St. Etienne, Guernsey, Oct 09

latest Guernsey self-found tick : Red-throated Pipit, St. Etienne, Oct 09          latest garden tick : Red-throated Pipit, Oct 09

Bird photos from 2009

A selection of my photos of birds taken during this year. I am not an expert bird photographer, but I have an adapter which attaches my camera to my 'scope, which gets decent results. I am only really interested in taking pictures of rare, uncommon or interesting birds.

 

Lesser Scaup, Grande Mare, November

 

Siberian Stonechat, Pleinmont, September

 

Woodchat Shrike, Pleinmont, August

Fan-tailed Warbler, Port Soif, August

Black-headed Bunting, Jerbourg Point, May 

Water Pipit, Fort Le Crocq, January

Ring-billed Gull, Rue des Frances, January

Greylag Geese, Longue Rocque, January

Cattle Egret, Vauxbelets, February

Snowy Owl, Lihou, March

Hoopoe, Fort Doyle, April