More pics here: http://peteralfrey.blogspot.com/2010/12/beddington-mystery-gull-december-2010.html There were several features of this first...

These long winter evenings! Tonight was whiled away making coq au vin with the help of Proctor and Lynch's Avian Structure and Function....

Been out practising with the camera again. Things are beginning to thaw out now on the farm. I had the Iceland Gull from the window this aft...

Trying out the new camera- things are still frozen out there. About 100+ Shoveler in the pools, 15 Teal, 1 Pochard, 2 Egyptian Goose, 3 She...

Happy Xmas- here's a little ditty from my band.

I decided to upgrade my 400D and got myself a 7D. Tried it out on this interestingly marked Blackbird and on the gulls (Common Gull pic 2)....

Highlight of today was this stunning Caspian Gull. Also 2 Yellow-legged Gull but generally fairly quiet. 150-200 Fieldfare were on the move...