CASPIAN TERN

22/07/2016 - Carr Vale NR

This site turned up another first for me when a stonking Caspian Tern appeared for a day and entertained all present by fishing around the reserve, catching and dropping a Perch in the process

KINGFISHER

18/07/2016 - Rutland - River Gwash Trout Farm Osprey Hide

A bonus Kingfisher in fading light

RED KITE

18/07/2016 - Rutland - River Gwash Trout Farm Osprey Hide

A baking hot day and no Ospreys turned up, however a Red Kite perched up as consolation

SABINES GULL

15 - 20/07/2016 - Carr Vale NR

A total of four visits for this long staying bird, not full adult but my first Sabines

WHITE-WINGED BLACK TERN

09/07/2016 - Orgreave Lakes

An early morning visit to Orgreave Lakes paid off with this little beauty spending 20 mins perched up

BLACK-NECKED GREBE

10/04/2016 - Undisclosed (Schedule 1)

A sunny day at a South Yorkshire venue taken from a public footpath

BLACK REDSTART

21/01/2016 - Waverley Estate, Orgreave, Sheffield

A lovely adult male appeared for a couple of weeks and many trips to the site resulted in the following. Never quite got close enough but here are the best.