Ouse Fen Birder
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I think therefore I bird. Local patch RSPB Ouse Fen and RSPB Fen Drayton Lakes. Achieved birding ambition of seeing a representative from every bird family worldwide in 2024.
A bit surprised when a Glossy Ibis walked out at cell 10, RSPB Ouse Fen this morning: I’d already been waiting 90 minutes to confirm the identity of 5 Ringed Plovers and a juv Little Stint. Amazing how birds hide away there.
September 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM
A bit surprised when a Glossy Ibis walked out at cell 10, RSPB Ouse Fen this morning: I’d already been waiting 90 minutes to confirm the identity of 5 Ringed Plovers and a juv Little Stint. Amazing how birds hide away there.
A few bits and pieces from birding around RSPB Ouse Fen and Fen Drayton Lakes yesterday: (clockwise) Whinchat, Whinchat flying, distant pair Cranes, adult Caspian Gull, Glossy Ibis (one of two).
September 19, 2025 at 10:41 AM
A few bits and pieces from birding around RSPB Ouse Fen and Fen Drayton Lakes yesterday: (clockwise) Whinchat, Whinchat flying, distant pair Cranes, adult Caspian Gull, Glossy Ibis (one of two).
Just watched the superb Yes Minister where Hacker accepts the job of Transport Supremo, tasked with developing an Integrated Transport Policy - so no surprises when I awoke to find my train was no longer stopping at the station I’d bought a ticket for!
September 17, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Just watched the superb Yes Minister where Hacker accepts the job of Transport Supremo, tasked with developing an Integrated Transport Policy - so no surprises when I awoke to find my train was no longer stopping at the station I’d bought a ticket for!
Just back from a few days at RSPB Snettisham, recording a remarkable 25 species of waders. Love the place!
August 28, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Just back from a few days at RSPB Snettisham, recording a remarkable 25 species of waders. Love the place!
Wonderful to meet my old mate Mike Carr at RSPB Ouse Fen recently: good job he recognised me as I didn’t recognise him. It must be more than 30 years since we last met and both of us are showing a few miles on the clock @mike-carr.bsky.social
August 17, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Wonderful to meet my old mate Mike Carr at RSPB Ouse Fen recently: good job he recognised me as I didn’t recognise him. It must be more than 30 years since we last met and both of us are showing a few miles on the clock @mike-carr.bsky.social
Same bird? A 2CY Arctic Tern I videoed on 27th July at RSPB Snettisham
August 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Same bird? A 2CY Arctic Tern I videoed on 27th July at RSPB Snettisham
Video grabs of White-rumped Sandpiper at RSPB Snettisham this morning. It appears the individual pre-high tide (l) is different to the one post-high tide. @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social
August 12, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Video grabs of White-rumped Sandpiper at RSPB Snettisham this morning. It appears the individual pre-high tide (l) is different to the one post-high tide. @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social
Adult White-rumped Sand showing well on mud in front of benches RSPB Snettisham 10:40 @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social
August 12, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Adult White-rumped Sand showing well on mud in front of benches RSPB Snettisham 10:40 @birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social
Lovely White-rumped Sand on the falling tide at RSPB Snettisham today. Also yesterday’s Pec Sand still on the pits - it is a different bird to last week’s bird
August 11, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Lovely White-rumped Sand on the falling tide at RSPB Snettisham today. Also yesterday’s Pec Sand still on the pits - it is a different bird to last week’s bird
Pectoral Sandpiper from Shore Hide RSPB Snettisham this evening. Fairly sure it’s not the same individual last reported here 3/8 but will compare photos when I get an opportunity. @birdguides.bsky.social
August 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Pectoral Sandpiper from Shore Hide RSPB Snettisham this evening. Fairly sure it’s not the same individual last reported here 3/8 but will compare photos when I get an opportunity. @birdguides.bsky.social
I’m guessing there wasn’t much happening in the penalty box then.
August 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I’m guessing there wasn’t much happening in the penalty box then.
Blink and you miss it: the Zitting Cisticola at Walberswick yesterday.
August 9, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Blink and you miss it: the Zitting Cisticola at Walberswick yesterday.
Apparent display today between the Caspian Gull (left) and Lesser Black-b Gull at RSPB Fen Drayton Lakes. Let’s hope they don’t hit it off!
July 31, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Apparent display today between the Caspian Gull (left) and Lesser Black-b Gull at RSPB Fen Drayton Lakes. Let’s hope they don’t hit it off!
It’s fascinating to find out where birds have been: this Dunlin at RSPB Snettisham on Sunday had been colour-ringed in 2024 at Ynyslas National Nature Reserve, Wales
July 30, 2025 at 9:42 AM
It’s fascinating to find out where birds have been: this Dunlin at RSPB Snettisham on Sunday had been colour-ringed in 2024 at Ynyslas National Nature Reserve, Wales
A leucistic Black-tailed Godwit at RSPB Snettisham yesterday
July 30, 2025 at 9:37 AM
A leucistic Black-tailed Godwit at RSPB Snettisham yesterday
Lovely juv Wood Sandpiper at Lockspit’s Mere, RSPB Ouse Fen this afternoon
July 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Lovely juv Wood Sandpiper at Lockspit’s Mere, RSPB Ouse Fen this afternoon
907.7 new record for one tank out of my 2014 Dacia Stepway 1.4 diesel - and the low fuel light hadn't even come on! Quite a bit of M6 crawling in traffic too. I reckon 1,000 miles from one tank may just about be possible www.facebook.com/DaciaUK ?
Brilliant car: 105K and still going strong.
Brilliant car: 105K and still going strong.
July 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
907.7 new record for one tank out of my 2014 Dacia Stepway 1.4 diesel - and the low fuel light hadn't even come on! Quite a bit of M6 crawling in traffic too. I reckon 1,000 miles from one tank may just about be possible www.facebook.com/DaciaUK ?
Brilliant car: 105K and still going strong.
Brilliant car: 105K and still going strong.
It doesn’t matter how often you see one - Siberian Rubythroats always bring joy. This one in Hokkaido, Japan
June 14, 2025 at 11:03 AM
It doesn’t matter how often you see one - Siberian Rubythroats always bring joy. This one in Hokkaido, Japan
The legendary Bonin Whiteeye: curiously for many years it was considered a honeyeater! The island it inhabits is remote - but the dozen tubenoses we’ve seen so far en route make this one of our best birding trips ever.
June 9, 2025 at 7:51 AM
The legendary Bonin Whiteeye: curiously for many years it was considered a honeyeater! The island it inhabits is remote - but the dozen tubenoses we’ve seen so far en route make this one of our best birding trips ever.
Visiting my Dad in Durham and a walk along the river produced this male Mandarin - a County tick for me
May 7, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Visiting my Dad in Durham and a walk along the river produced this male Mandarin - a County tick for me
Some of the 7 Arctic Terns that dropped into Ferry Mere, RSPB Fen Drayton Lakes at 09:30 this morning: they only stayed about half an hour @birdguides.bsky.social
May 5, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Some of the 7 Arctic Terns that dropped into Ferry Mere, RSPB Fen Drayton Lakes at 09:30 this morning: they only stayed about half an hour @birdguides.bsky.social
Hairy up at RSPB Fen Drayton Lakes: the Odonata season is truly upon us. Yesterday dozens of Variable Damsels & Banded Demoiselles & a single Four-spotted Chaser at RSPB Ouse Fen @britishdragonflies.bsky.social
April 30, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Hairy up at RSPB Fen Drayton Lakes: the Odonata season is truly upon us. Yesterday dozens of Variable Damsels & Banded Demoiselles & a single Four-spotted Chaser at RSPB Ouse Fen @britishdragonflies.bsky.social
No Mow May is paying off: our back lawn today @britishwildlife.bsky.social
April 17, 2025 at 11:48 AM
No Mow May is paying off: our back lawn today @britishwildlife.bsky.social
Thanks to Richard Bradbury’s quick texting, we managed to add White Stork to the Over house list yesterday. Today (15th), the highlight for me a flyby Glossy Ibis at Berry Fen RSPB Cambs at 12:20 @birdguides.bsky.social
April 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Thanks to Richard Bradbury’s quick texting, we managed to add White Stork to the Over house list yesterday. Today (15th), the highlight for me a flyby Glossy Ibis at Berry Fen RSPB Cambs at 12:20 @birdguides.bsky.social
Taken at Berry Fen, Cambs this afternoon
April 13, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Taken at Berry Fen, Cambs this afternoon