Garth Peacock
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A Red Kite Fest!!!

Friday 12th December 2025

Leighton Moss RSPB - My first visit

Monday 1st December 2025

Never visited here before

Monday 24th November 2025

Welney WWT Again - Goose and Duckfest

Thursday 20th November 2025

Welney WWT 28th October 2025

Friday 31st October 2025

A week that was entirely forgettable.

Tuesday 21st October 2025

Welney WWT Norfolk

Monday 6th October 2025

A week of varying fortunes

Monday 29th September 2025

Norfolk yet again

Thursday 25th September 2025

Lemsford Springs Hertfordshire

Monday 8th September 2025

A Day in West Norfolk

Friday 5th September 2025

Kingfishers and Hares

Thursday 21st August 2025

The last few days of July

Sunday 3rd August 2025

Another visit to Welney

Tuesday 8th July 2025

Another session with Owls

Friday 4th July 2025

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Wednesday 10th April 2013

At last, I have managed to complete the editing of the images from the first day of my Finland/Norway trip at Kaamanen. As a result, a total of 71 new images have just been posted to this website.

Pine Grosbeak was one of the main target species and I am delighted with the number of decent images. Here are a couple more

The main problem I have had is identifying which are Arctic Redpoll and Common(Mealy) Redpoll images. There was a constant mixed flock around that did not make it easy at the time but this is a common identification problem and I may have made a few errors in labelling the images I have posted - if so, I am sure that someone will let me know.

As a taster, here are a couple of Arctic Redpoll images

and a couple of Common Redpoll images

Causing no identification problems were Siberian Jays that were frequent visitors, clearing the area of any other species when they were around.

But quietly showing on reasonably regular but usually brief occasions was the odd Siberian Tit

More images are in the Recent Additions and the European Trip sections.

The next sorting process will be the images taken at Batsfjord - King Eider and Steller's Eider from a floating hide. Hopefully, it will not take me as long to complete them.

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