I've been up ( and down!) The Burgh recently on the trail of the
Pallid Harrier. Several
Harrier sp.sightings (and one was very convincing) and four days later I finally caught up with the bird definitively. And it was on the deck in a stubble field. And sat there preening. For ten minutes. Excellent! The only issue was photos which were pretty difficult with a bridge camera through a hedge & so I'm kicking myself for not taking the iPhone scope adapter but never mind. Here's the best I could do:
Pallid Harrier:
Wheatear:
Also about the area by the dewpond track which the
Pallid Harrier seems to favour were a
Marsh Harrier, a
Harrier sp. (probably
Hen), a
Sparrowhawk, two
Snipe over, a
Siskin, a
Hobby, several
Buzzards and
Red Kites and numerous
Kestrels.
