Red tailed hawk

At dusk, the escapee remains at large; the incongruous native American species that's been causing some local avian controversy...

Story here: http://iwradio.co.uk/2016/12/09/fear-for-islands-red-squirrels-following-bird-of-prey-reported-sighting/

Digiscoping

Med gull on the beach. Without an adapter mind but shows potential.

Moon

Pale-bellied (hrota)

hrota at Foreland...plus one purple sandpiper at least.

branta bernicla hrota

Kingfisher - Bembridge harbour

Tame fox

Slav grebe - Seaview

Been trying it out...really impressed.

Digi without an adapter etc -  and not the easiest of subjects either - but still adequate. 

New scope and SDL eyepiece

http://www.opticron.co.uk/Pages/mm3_scope.html

SE Owl

Dusk

wood pigeons - St Caths

c200 - but 1000s can be on the move so not quite the spectacle it couldve been.

juv Brent 

grey wag in a tree

mistle thrush in a tree

Tried a different area today. Highlight was 1 ring ousel. And a dartford warbler - well away from the prime local spots.

Yesterday a black red landed nearby.

St Cath's

honey B over Binstead?

Driving to work this morning and this heavily mobbed raptor flew over my car. 

quote

"When Photography gets so technical as to intimidate people, the element of simple enjoyment is bound to suffer. Any man who can see what he wants to get on film will usually find some way to get it;
and a man who thinks his equipment is going to get it for him is not going to get much of anything."
-- Hunter S. Thompson February 26th, 1962 (Published in The Proud Highway)

More of these...

....on the way??

St caths YB Warbler and Firecrest

Nice morning. Some vis mig.
Yellow-browed warbler (heard) and firecrest the highlights.

Yellow- browed calling

Despite being close and showy, this was my best shot of the firecrest.

Worthy of trektellen - siskin past the lighthouse

Southern Hawker (I believe)

Over Brading marsh

Sprawk and ring ouzel. Plenty of ringos about but none were too keen on being papped..

Rocken end

Had some time lunch time. Headed for st caths.

Great black backed gulls

Bembridge Harbour

x 56

st cath's

Steady vis mig SE (more due E) winds.
Merlin the highlight.

This grey heron was loudly calling high over the sea. I tracked it west and it joined two more. Last seen moving in a SW to westerly direction over the sea.