A great day! Finally saw my first Great White Egret in the Scunthorpe recording area today plus Great Grey Shrike also in Scunthorpe recording area.
Saturday 31 December 2011
Saturday 24 December 2011
SEASONS GREETINGS
NORMANBY NATURE WISHES ALL OUR VIEWERS A VERY MERRY AND PEACEFUL CHRISTMAS AND A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR
Tundra Bean Geese and Eurasian White-fronted Geese on the Humber
Another excellent winter for wild geese on the Humber from Read’s Island to Alkborough Flats, with around 120 White-fronted Geese and several groups of Tundra Bean Geese totalling around 60 and roughly 1600 Pink-Feet..so first image below shows 1 White front with Tundra Beans and the second solely Bean’s.
Sunday 18 December 2011
Sri Lanka - a summary
A stunning Island with fabulous food, people, scenery, mammals and of course birds - if you need any further info about our trip contact me otherwise just go and see for yourself you will not be disappointed!
Thursday 15 December 2011
The Sacred Temple of Tooth - Shri Dalada Maligawa
There are very few sacred places remaining, where the Buddhist world can actually worship. The Sacred Temple of Tooth in Sri Lanka being probably one of those very special places. This magnificently decorated palace enshrines the sacred left upper canine tooth relic of Lord Buddha, which rests on a solid gold lotus flower, encased in jewel caskets that sit on a throne. The tooth is on view to the public twice a day and we were lucky to go to a viewing in the evening.
As with all temples shoes are left outside..
Friday 9 December 2011
Sinharaja
What can I say about Sinharaja - well it’s very hot and humid, it’s full of leeches and it has one of the bumpiest windiest roads leading up to it but it has fantastic birding!
The track up to Sinharaja (Wayne and Chaminda)
Chaminda feeding the chickens! Jungle Fowl were never this easy in Thailand.