10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

The island is something of a sometimes island, a collection of rocks with a smattering of houses that is sometimes an island among the sandy expanses of the silted up estuary and sometimes actually an island in the Irish Sea. Brent Geese, with Wales behind. Hilbre looking north towards Liverpool.

Geese 100

Geese Seals Shelters Collecting 100

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Ottenby Nature Reserve is run by The Swedish Ornithological Society and visitors can observe researchers collecting data and birds being caught in the mist nest and funnel traps on site. Barnacle Geese and their downy-grey cygnets were everywhere, grazing alongside picnickers and sunbathers. How could Norway top this?

Sweden 168

Sweden Denmark Geese Birds 168

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2013

We returned to Lake Argyle before heading into town and the male Great Bowerbirds still had a bower in a very similar spot to last year with a similar collection of rocks and bones. They were collecting it and carrying it away for nesting under the culverts. Fairy Martin collecting mud. Bower at Lake Argyle.

Birds 145

Birds Collecting Seals Cattle 145