Proper Jack Snipe images

I have previously blogged about The day Mickys hair fell out !

That day having had the pleasure of the company of one of County Durham's foremost /& respected birdwatchers / fieldworkers, Michael Heron on a 12 hour, 35,000 step half marathon.

THIS post is simply to add a couple of his photographs.

I think you'll appreciate the colour and detail......

Beauty images cheers marra.
You can follow Mick (the man who leaves no bird un-named) on the Twitter  @houghtonbirder

Post Script:
I am hoping given this winters pilot fieldwork, our County Bird Club, DBC can look favourably on the opportunity it has to be the First English bird club to carry out a Countywide survey for this species.
We did it with Long-eared Owls, why not these too....?

Sweet Sixteen

I'm currently absolutely fixated !

I'm waking up & the first thing I think of is a pair of yellow stripes

Thought of a good place to try........

After Three Hours it was all over

Sixteen Jack Snipe found, with 5 photographed on ground

A great visit, also saw a Water Shrew, first Frogspawn of the year, 2Hares chasing, Kestrel displaying with 1 male luring 2 females into his nest tree at same time.

Mutant frogspawn....

  JACK SNIPE TALLY WINTER 2016/17 = 71 birds at 20 locations.