Chris Courtaux

[Chris Courtaux @Courtauxbird]

@WarranPhoto Chris, how do you mean hassle. It is a private site with no access except viewing from the road.

[Chris Courtaux @Courtauxbird]

Trip to Kwatu Lodge in PNG completed and returned to PoM safely. Thanks to local guide Jimmy for a special and very emotional moment with a King BoP, the bird I was trying to see when I fell 2 years ago.

[Chris Courtaux @Courtauxbird]

2 years ago, I attempted PNG and returned with a broken shoulder after 7 days... Now trying again and 14 days in...but,
Now off to the fateful King BoP site on the Elevala River..

[Chris Courtaux @Courtauxbird]

At roost..very late evening..near dark.@DorsetBirdClub

[Chris Courtaux @Courtauxbird]

Red-eyed vireo gone to roost in Ash N of CP near centre..Durston CP. Good views at dusk....@DorsetBirdClub

[Chris Courtaux @Courtauxbird]

Red-tailed/ Isabelline Shrike still showing in fields along footpath North of junction..Gillingham. @DorsetBirdClub

[Chris Courtaux @Courtauxbird]

@PaulUpwey @DorsetBirdClub Excellent..nor me...attracted by the grazing cattle??

[Chris Courtaux @Courtauxbird]

Local Barn Owl pair near Dorchester feeding two youngsters well. @DorsetBirdClub

[Chris Courtaux @Courtauxbird]

@BBC_HaveYourSay look out for the chaos at T5..miles of queues waiting to get through passport control.. what is the story...UK services strike again..

[Chris Courtaux @Courtauxbird]

Gull flock with Bonaparte settled then just flew E. from Wareham Common floods.

[Chris Courtaux @Courtauxbird]

Woodchat Shrike male showing well at hedge in CP at Abbotsbury Beach..@DorsetBirdClub

[Chris Courtaux @Courtauxbird]

Just walked tracks east of Little Sea, beside pin and along track further East that runs up to Knowle Beach..no sign of Hoopoe for past 2 hours...@DorsetBirdClub

[Chris Courtaux @Courtauxbird]

Happy Days, another Dorset life bird. The Dark-eyed Junco still showing well. Many thanks to owner of house Nathan. @DorsetBirdClub

[Chris Courtaux @Courtauxbird]

Finally Forster's Tern back at Shipstall. Now perched up on red Post. @DorsetBirdClub

[Chris Courtaux @Courtauxbird]

Little gull juv still performing at RSPB Lodmoor, no adults.
@DorsetBirdClub @RSPBDorset

[Chris Courtaux @Courtauxbird]

@SwannerySteve @BayHoles @harbourbirds @DorsetBirdClub @SightingDOR Steve, that looks right...Nice to get to the bottom of this...

[Chris Courtaux @Courtauxbird]

@DorsetBirdClub @BayHoles @harbourbirds @SightingDOR It did neither whilst I was watching..it preferred the mud and follow the wigeons about..the bird I was watching appeared to have quite a dark nape/ neck and in some lights quite light flanks...I was unsure of the id but it had RCP characterics. Are there two birds?

[Chris Courtaux @Courtauxbird]

@geoff_langrish @DorsetBirdClub @TreesforDorset @Dorset_NL @RareBirdAlertUK Thanks for location Geoff, both still present today but in very mobile Chaffinch flock....@DorsetBirdClub