Great White Egret and Great Grey Shrike

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.

SEASONS GREETINGS

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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.

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!

A few flowers and foliage of Sri Lanka

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..

The casket containing the tooth

A few more Sri Lankan birds..

Black-headed Oriole

White Bellied Drongo

Sri Lankan Green Pigeon

Red-vented Bulbul

White-rumped Munia

Yellow Billed Babbler

Black Bulbul

Black-throated Munia

Red-wattled Lapwing

Painted Stork

Barred Button Quail

Brown Shrike

Red-vented Bulbul

Peafowl

Pintail Snipe

Shikra

Stone Curlew