Robin's Wildlife Blog

12th December - Waxwings

Robin — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 14:40:21 +0000

A large flock of Waxwings has taken up residence on a Folkestone Retail Park..This tree contains a large part of the flock.

The birds are stripping berries from the trees on the park.

23rd July - Eastwell

Robin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:27:02 +0000

On our regular walks to Eastwell Church we have seen 2 adult Spotted Flycatchers – increasingly hard to find these days..

We have not seen any young birds – yet.

Dungeness 19th July

Robin — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:29:41 +0000

The White-tailed Lapwing is still present but decided to stay sat on the shingle. We saw a Purple Heron flying to and from the nest site.

We saw a small group of Tree Sparrows at the reserve entrance

and a Corn Bunting sang from the wires nearby. A Black-tailed Skimmer basked on the reeds at Dengemarsh.

Butterflies etc.

Robin — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:13:56 +0000

Hamstreet Woods and King’s Wood and good for butterflies at this time of year. We saw White Admiral at both sites and Silver-washed Fritillary at Hamstreet, although both did not want to pose for the camera.

Here is a selection.

Peacock,

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White-tailed Lapwing

Robin — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 19:29:20 +0000

A White-tailed Lapwing arrived at Dungeness on 11th July via Lancashire, Essex and Gloucestershire. It was still present this morning when I went to see it.

This is a first for Kent (and me!)

Rather too far away for photography but here is a record shot.

11th June - Simcoe

Robin — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:19:05 +0000

I have finally got round to finishing the blog!!!!!!

We had a fantastic trip - birds, wildlife, scenery and great company - what more could you want.

We spent some time on the deck on the last day. Here is a selection of photos from that day.

And the one bird we didn’t see on our first trip (amazingly)

10th June - Simcoe

Robin — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:43:59 +0000

The day starts very wet and windy so we decide to spend some time sorting out and (in my case) catching up with my blog!.

After lunch we walk along a section of the Simcoe-Port Dover railway which is now a 10K trail. Very pleasant to get out into the open after the wet morning.

8th June - Prince Edward County

Robin — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:04:10 +0000

The last day of our “road trip”. It’s another lovely day and we spend the first part of it exploring Sandbanks Provincial Park on the island.

We don’t get any new birds for the trip but we do get good views of a Brown Thrasher.

After an excellent ice cream we set off for Simcoe arriving home at about 9:30.

Photos to follow.

7th June - Prince Edward County

Robin — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:00:47 +0000

We spend the day exploring the island - the weather is warm and sunny.

At the Observatory at Prince Edward Point we get a couple of new birds: Tennessee Warbler and Eastern Towhee. We see quite a few other species (including Yellow Warbler), Turkey Vultures and a couple of Red-tailed Hawks overhead.

At one point we pass a dead tree with Turkey Vultures roosting.

At the south-west point of the island we get brief views of Eastern Meadowlark.

6th June - back into Canada

Robin — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 15:57:18 +0000

We drive into Canada in heavy rain. We were intending to take a 1000 Islands boat trip but the visibility is so poor we decide not to bother.

We drive along the Loyalist Highway and cross into Prince Edward County. We spend some time at the Lake in the Mountain watching Tree and Cliff Swallows catching insects over the lake.

We go to our B&B – Duck and Loon in Picton.