Archive of less recent local rarities
Short-eared Owl , Aust Warth 13/12/07
One of two present today , click on the image for a look at both
Nikon D200 & 300mm +2x TC
Red-throated Diver , CVL 25/11/07
Nikon D200 & 300mm +2x TC
Glossy Ibis , Greylake RSPB - Somerset 9/11/07
Nikon D200 & 50-500mm Sigma!
Whooper Swans , Meare Heath - Somerset 1/11/07
Nikon D200 & 300mm
Peregrine Falcon (Male) , Catcott Lows - Somerset 1/11/07
Nikon D200 & 300mm & 2x TC
Merlin (Female) , Catcott Lows - Somerset 1/11/07
Nikon D200 & 300mm & 2x TC
Great Northern Diver (Summer plumage) , Barrow Gurney Reservoir 21/10/07
Nikon D200 & 300mm & 2x TC
Black-necked Grebe , CVL 14/10/07
Nikon D200 & 300mm
Lesser Scaup , Blagdon Lake 30/9/07
Nikon D200 & 300mm & 2x TC
Adult Mediterranean Gull , CVL 22/2/07
Nikon D200 & 300mm
Bittern , Slimbridge - Glos 25/1/07
Nikon D200 & 300mm
Dark-bellied Brent Goose , CVL 14/1/07
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Adult Mediterranean Gull , CVL 14/1/07
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Bittern , Slimbridge - Glos 1/1/07
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Ferruginous Duck (1st Winter Drake) , CVL - 20/10/06
Nikon D100 & 300mm
First winter Franklin's Gull , Northam Burrows - Devon 1/4/06
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Male Northern Wheatear , Northam Burrows - Devon 1/4/06
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Red-throated Diver , Exminster Marshes canal - Devon 1/4/06
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Second winter Ring-billed Gull , Chew Valley Lake 29/3/06
Click on lower image for a closer look
Nikon D100 & 300mm
White Stork , near Lympsham - Somerset 25/3/06
Click on lower image for a closer look
Nikon D100 & 300mm
First winter Bonaparte's Gull , Frome - Somerset 19/3/06
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Pair of Garganey , Frome - Somerset 19/3/06
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Little-ringed Plover , Frome - Somerset 19/3/06
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Laughing Gull , Reading - Berkshire 11/3/06
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Red-crested Pochard , Cotswold Water Park - Glos 11/3/06
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Little Owl , Godney - Somerset 4/3/06
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Greater Scaup , Herriots - CVL 4/3/06
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Little Egret , Tealham Moor - Somerset 4/3/06
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Wintering male Blackcap , Longwell Green - Bristol 25/2/06
Photo by Bill Mackie
Nikon D70s & 50 - 500mm
Woodlark , South Devon 25/2/06
Nikon D100 & 300mm
4 Common Cranes feeding in a distant snowy field , Chudleigh - Devon
and later roosting at Exminster Marsh - Devon 25/2/06
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Escapee Trumpeter Swan , Herriots - CVL 17/2/06
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Black-necked Grebe , Barrow Tanks 17/2/06
Nikon D100 & 300mm
One of five present today
Water Rail , WWT Slimbridge 11/2/06
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Black Redstart , Sharpness - Glos 11/2/06
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Dark-bellied Brent Goose , WWT Slimbridge 11/2/06
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Great Bustard , Bleadon Levels 10/2/06
A wing-tagged individual from the recent Salisbury Plain reintroduction scheme
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Bewick's Swans , Tealham Moor - Somerset 10/2/06
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Hawfinch , Brimsham Park - Yate 8/2/06
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Slavonian Grebe , CVL 28/12/05
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Turtle Dove , Martin Down - Hants 9/07/05
Nikon D100 & 50-500mm
Yellowhammer , Martin Down - Hants 9/07/05
Nikon D100 & 50-500mm
Black-winged Stilts , Saul Flashes - Glos 15/05/05
Nikon D100 & 50-500mm
Male Long-tailed Duck , WWT Slimbridge - Glos 15/05/05
Nikon D100 & 50-500mm
Male Pied Flycatcher , RSPB Nagshead - Glos
Nikon D100 & 50-500mm
Hobbies , Meare Heath - Somerset 6/05/05
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Drake Garganey , Catcott Lows - Somerset 2/05/05
Nikon D100 & 300mm
"Greenland" Northern Wheatear , Dawlish Warren - Devon 16/04/05
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Willow Warbler , Frampton - Glos 10/04/05
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Mandarin Ducks , Frampton - Glos 10/04/05
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Spoonbill , RSPB Lodmoor - Dorset 25/03/05
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Chiffchaff , RSPB Radipole - Dorset 25/03/05
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Little Owl , Portland Bill - Dorset 25/03/05
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Northern Wheatear , Portland Bill - Dorset 25/03/05
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Purple Sandpiper , Portland Bill - Dorset 25/03/05
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Chiffchaff , Frampton - Glos 20/03/05
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Kingfisher , Undisclosed site - Glos 20/03/05
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Female Black Redstart , Sharpness Docks - Glos 20/03/05
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Dipper , Pensford - Somerset 18/03/05
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Firecrest , Ashcott Corner - Somerset 13/03/05
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Common Redpoll , Ashcott Corner - Somerset 13/03/05
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Probable escapee Trumpeter Swan , Bowling Green Marsh - Devon 6/03/05
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Dartford Warbler , Dawlish Warren - Devon 6/03/05
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Glaucous Gull , Nether Stowey - Somerset 26/2/05
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Distant male Merlin , Steart - Somerset 26/2/05
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Black Redstart , Bristol Channel coast 20/2/05
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Rock Pipit , Bristol Channel coast 20/2/05
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Raven , Bristol Channel coast 20/2/05
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Raven , Bristol 19/2/05
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Adult male Peregrine Falcon , Catcott Lows - Somerset 12/2/05
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Juvenile male Sparrowhawk , Brislington - Bristol 7/2/05
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Red Kite - Llanddeusant feeding station , Brecon - Wales 23/1/05
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Waxwing - Easton , Bristol 23/1/05
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Approx. 350 in Goodhind St !!
Mistle Thrush - Easton , Bristol 23/1/05
Nikon D100 & 300mm
162 Waxwings - Easton , Bristol 21/1/05
Nikon D100 & 50mm
162 in Warwick Rd and 26 in Goodhind St
Waxwings - Easton , Bristol 19/1/05
Nikon D100 & 50 - 500mm
24 in Warwick Rd
Fieldfare - Easton , Bristol 19/1/05
Nikon D100 & 50 - 500mm
Waxwing , Ross-on-Wye - Herefordshire 15/1/05
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Adult male Marsh Harrier , Meare Heath - Somerset 8/1/05
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Redwing , Bristol 4/01/05
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Wintering Chiffchaff , Catcott Lows - Somerset 28/12/04
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Green-winged Teal , WWT Slimbridge - Glos 19/12/04
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Bullfinch , WWT Slimbridge - Glos 19/12/04
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker , WWT Slimbridge - Glos 19/12/04
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Treecreeper , WWT Slimbridge - Glos 19/12/04
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker , WWT Slimbridge - Glos 12/12/04
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Great Northern Diver , Cheddar Reservoir - Somerset 10/12/04
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Male Sparrowhawk , WWT Slimbridge - Glos 5/12/04
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Goldcrest , Meare Heath - Somerset 4/12/04
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Not rare just a nice pic
Tundra Bean Geese , Catcott Lows - Somerset 4/12/04
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Male Marsh Harrier , Meare Heath - Somerset 27/11/04
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Whooper Swans , Shapwick Heath - Somerset 27/11/04
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Short-eared Owl , Kennard Moor - Somerset 26/11/04
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Short-eared Owl , River Yeo Estuary - Clevedon 13/11/04
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Red-necked Grebe , Chew valley lake 4/11/04
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Water Pipit , Chew valley lake 4/11/04
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Spotted Redshank , WWT Slimbridge - Glos 31/10/04
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Male Sparrowhawk , Catcott Lows - Somerset 30/10/04
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Peregrine Falcon , Shapwick Heath - Somerset 19/09/04
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Greenshank , Chew valley lake 9/09/04
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Juvenile Arctic Tern , Slimbridge WWT - Glos 4/09/04
Nikon D100 & 300mm
Kingfisher , Willsbridge Mill 28/8/04
Nikon D100 & 50/500mm
Redstart , Priddy Mineries 21/8/04
Nikon D100 & 50/500mm
1st summer female Woodchat Shrike , Kennard Moor 21/8/04
Nikon D100 & 50/500mm
Osprey , Canada Farm 19/8/04
Nikon D100 & 50/500mm
Wheatear , Brean Down 24/7/04
Nikon D100 & 50/500mm
Marsh Harrier 11/7/04
Nikon D100 & 50/500mm
Hobby , Meare Heath 22/05/04
Nikon D100 & 50/500mm
Raven , Westbury-sub-Mendip 15/05/04
Nikon D100 & 50/500mm
Tree Pipit , Priddy Mineries 15/05/04
Nikon D100 & 50/500mm
Garden Warbler , Blagdon Lake 15/05/04
Best shot I could manage of this classic "skulking" songster
Nikon D100 & 50/500mm
Tree Sparrow , Green Ore 9/05/04
Nikon D100 & 50/500mm
Hobby , Meare Heath 7/05/04
Nikon D100 & 50/500mm
Whitethroat , Shapwick Heath 7/05/04
Nikon D100 & 50/500mm
Cuckoo , Meare Heath 7/05/04
Nikon D100 & 50/500mm
Whitethroat 17/04/04
Nikon D100 & 50/500mm
Male Blackcap 17/04/04
Nikon D100 & 50/500mm
Cetti's Warbler 17/04/04
Nest building at an undisclosed site
Nikon D100 & 50/500mm
Whooper Swan , Tealham Moor 8/04/04
Nikon D100 & 50/500mm
White-fronted Goose , Tealham Moor 4/04/04
Nikon D100 & 50/500mm
Short-eared Owl , Catcott Lows 30/3/04
A very distant record shot taken in the evening gloom
Nikon D100 & 50/500mm
Female Hen Harrier , Catcott Lows 21/3/04
Nikon D100 & 50/500mm
Peregrine Falcon , Shapwick West NNR 7/3/04
Nikon D100 & 50/500mm
Redpoll , Shapwick East NNR 7/3/04
Nikon D100 & 50/500mm
Ruff , Catcott Lows 7/3/04
Not a rare bird but nice to see at this time of year
Nikon D100 & 50/500mm
Bewick's Swans , Catcott Lows , 22/2/04
Nikon D100 & 50/500mm
Male Brambling , Shapwick NNR 14/2/04
Part of a mixed finch flock containing about 20 Bramblings
Nikon D100 & 50/500mm
Black Redstart (1st Winter Male) , Severn Beach 7/2/04
Nikon D100 & 50/500mm
Dipper , Wookey Hole , Somerset 1/2/04
Nikon D100 & 50/500mm
Starling Roost , Westhay Reserve 25/1/04
Nikon D100 & 50/500mm
Bewick's Swans , Tealham Moor 25/1/04
Nikon D100 & 50/500mm
Barn Owl , Nr. Bristol 18/1/04
Nikon D100 & 50/500mm
Marsh Harrier , Meare Heath 17/01/04
Nikon D100 & 50/500mm + 1.4x TC
Whooper Swan , Aller Moor 28/12/03
Nikon D100 & 50/500mm
Peregrine Falcon, Catcott Lows 28/12/03
Nikon D100 & 50/500mm
Marsh Harrier , Catcott Lows 21/12/03
Hunting over the Shapwick end
Nikon D100 & 50/500mm
Marsh Harrier , Catcott Lows 14/12/03
Nikon D100 & 50/500mm
Little Egret , Clevedon 7/12/03
Nikon D100 & 50/500mm
White-fronted Goose , Catcott Lows 23/11/03
Nikon D100 & 50/500mm
Marsh Harrier, Meare Heath 26/10/03
Digiscoped(!!) ID image of the sub-adult male seen recently
Pectoral Sandpiper , Meare Heath 26/10/03
Curlew Sandpiper , Meare Heath 30/9/03
Kingfisher , Herriots Bridge CVL 30/9/03
Blue-Winged Teal, CVL 23/8/03
Yellow Wagtail , Tealham Moor 5/6/03
Skylark , Tealham Moor 5/6/03
Hobby , Shapwick Heath 5/6/03
Drake Garganey , Godwin's Peat Works , Westhay 25/5/03
Female Red-crested Pochard , Meare Heath 25/5/03
Wood Sandpiper , Catcott Lows 4/5/03
Part of the Whimbrel influx witnessed today (4/5/03) on the Levels ,these at Catcott Lows
Willow Warbler , Frampton-on-Severn 26/4/03
Sanderling,Meare Heath 23/4/03
13 Little Egrets and 4 Grey Heron , Meare Heath 23/4/03
Slavonian Grebe , CVL 20/4/03
Blue-Headed Yellow Wagtail , CVL 20/4/03
Peregrine Falcon , Undisclosed Site 19/4/03
Skylark , Brue Estuary 18/4/03
Yellowhammer , Charterhouse 16/4/03
Great Grey Shrike , Catcott Lows 22/3/03
Lesser White-fronted Goose , Slimbridge 22/2/03
Smew , CVL 11/1/03
Whooper Swan , Wet Moor ,Somerset 14/12/02
Red Crested Pochard, Blagdon Lake
17/11/02
Pectoral Sandpiper , Cotswold Water Park 24/8/02
Great White Egret , Cotswold Water Park 24/8/02
Osprey , Canada Farm Lake 25/7/02