With my usual April cruise work and travelling knocked on the head for this year and being back in the UK I thought i'd have a look back at some past spring birding highlights for inspiration for when restrictions lift and we can get out birding again THREAD
Starting back in 2005, my first year with a DSLR, the groundbreaking Canon 300D, I was volunteering with the Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust for the spring and summer. I washed dishes in the Atlantic Inn in the evenings and spent every other daylight hour out exploring the islands
A few days after arriving on the islands, at the end of April, a stonking male Citrine Wagtail turned up on Bryher, my first twitch on one of the new jet-boats, Wizard possibly
A few days after arriving on the islands, at the end of April, a stonking male Citrine Wagtail turned up on Bryher, my first twitch on one of the new jet-boats, Wizard possibly
A few days after arriving on the islands, at the end of April, a stonking male Citrine Wagtail turned up on Bryher, my first twitch on one of the new jet-boats, Wizard possibly
A few days after arriving on the islands, at the end of April, a stonking male Citrine Wagtail turned up on Bryher, my first twitch on one of the new jet-boats, Wizard possibly
The next few weeks were busy with typical spring Scilly fare, a couple of Woodchat Shrikes, Red-rumped Swallow, and great views of scarcer migrants like Garganey and Turtle Dove
The next few weeks were busy with typical spring Scilly fare, a couple of Woodchat Shrikes, Red-rumped Swallow, and great views of scarcer migrants like Garganey and Turtle Dove
The next few weeks were busy with typical spring Scilly fare, a couple of Woodchat Shrikes, Red-rumped Swallow, and great views of scarcer migrants like Garganey and Turtle Dove
The next few weeks were busy with typical spring Scilly fare, a couple of Woodchat Shrikes, Red-rumped Swallow, and great views of scarcer migrants like Garganey and Turtle Dove
The next few weeks were busy with typical spring Scilly fare, a couple of Woodchat Shrikes, Red-rumped Swallow, and great views of scarcer migrants like Garganey and Turtle Dove
The highlight of my Scilly spring 2005 came when a female Black-winged Stilt dropped out of the sky above my head as I walked out of the Wildlife Trust office in Hugh Town. Raced down to Lower Moors on my bike and relocated it there, it later spent a few days on Porthellick
The highlight of my Scilly spring 2005 came when a female Black-winged Stilt dropped out of the sky above my head as I walked out of the Wildlife Trust office in Hugh Town. Raced down to Lower Moors on my bike and relocated it there, it later spent a few days on Porthellick
The highlight of my Scilly spring 2005 came when a female Black-winged Stilt dropped out of the sky above my head as I walked out of the Wildlife Trust office in Hugh Town. Raced down to Lower Moors on my bike and relocated it there, it later spent a few days on Porthellick
Later in June, I was brush cutting a footpath on Bryher when a fellow volunteer ran over waving at me at to stop. A mobile phone thrust into my face instructed me to look up as there was a Pallid Swift flying around overhead
Back on St Marys the evening after the Pallid Swift on Bryher, I paid an evening visit to Porthellick to see if any swifts were feeding there. No swifts, but a Night Heron walked out of the reeds in front of me. It hung around for a few days.
This photo of the Night Heron made inside front cover of Birdwatch magazine. To this day the most money i've made from a single photo. If i'd know at the time that would be the pinnacle of my photography career I probably wouldn't have spent £1000's on gear since...
2006 I was finishing college and went to Australia, 2007 I was working in the Picos de Europa, so tomorrow I'll take a quick look at Spring 2008, when I was living on Portland
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