Wood Warbler; Digiscoped with Panasonic GH4; 7th May 2015

A series of digiscoped images today of Wood Warbler. Looking at these photo's, one might think the bird was a real poser, this was certainly not the case! The bird was incredibly active and I spent two hours trying to get some decent images. As often as not, as soon as I got the bird in the scope and tried to slip the camera over the scope eyepiece the bird would have moved on. It was frustrating at times and I found myself wishing I had my DSLR with me, especially as the birds landed right in front of me a few times.
 As the bird sang from numerous perches I sat back and watched for a while, soon identifying a number of perches the bird used repeatedly. Eventually, despite the birds constant movements, I got few decent images. One of the better birds of summer in my opinion, I just love the song and they a tidy birds to boot.
 Over 40 Species seen today, nothing strange, though still a great morning. Best birds were Green Sandpipers on the breeding grounds, a pair of Slavonia Grebes, several Pied Flycatchers and Blackcap. All in all, a very nice morning...

Black-throated Divers; Tyresta National Park; 7th May 2015

 Black-throated Diver in summer, just about as good as it gets in my opinion. My best digiscoped shot from this morning...

 Above and below; The second bird looked a little smaller and sleeker, it also kept a little further back. Remarkably serpentine birds, perfectly appraised to life in the water...

Having spent several hours checking put the National Park from early in the morning I was most disappointed and suprised not to come across any Black-Throated Diver's on either Lake Flaten or Stensjön. These are both regular breeding sites for this species and I had never had any difficulty finding birds at either site in May before today. I was therefore thinking my luck was out and it wasn't until I got to Fatburen that my luck change. I was stopped in my tracks there by a Grey Heron that had somehow managed to catch a Tench and was trying to deal with this large fish. As I watched the Heron gave up, possibly because it was wary of my sudden appearance. All of a sudden. as if out of nowhere, a pair of Black-throated Diver appeared in the margins, ghosting up from under the water. The birds spent ten minutes fishing the area before leaving the bay, allowing a few half decent digiscopes to be taken. Quite simply put, these birds are stunning in summer garb. One of my favourite species and I will never tire of seeing them...