Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Ravens


 Raven, Fowlmere, 19th September 2022 © Steve Cooper

'More Raven behaviour, the photo shows part of a flock of 22 stashing small potatoes in a stubble field at Fowlmere, note the feeble Carrion Crow at the rear.' SC

Pectoral Sandpiper


 Pectoral Sandpiper, Dernford Reservoir, 20th September 2022 © Alan Fersht

Ringed Plover


 Ringed Plover, Dernford Reservoir, 20th September 2022 © Alan Fersht

Whinchat



     Winchat, Dernford Reservoir, 20th September 2022 © Alan Fersht

Dunlin


 Dunlin, Dernford Reservoir, 20th September 2022 © Alan Fersht

Curlew Sandpiper


 Curlew Sandpiper, Dernford Reservoir, 20th September 2022 © Alan Fersht

Ruff


 Ruff, Dernford Reservoir, 20th September 2022 © Alan Fersht

Common Scoter



Common Scoter, Dernford Reservoir, 19th September 2022 © Ian Dale

"The resident Coot took strong exception to the presence of the Common Scoter and were pretty aggressive, although it gave as good as it got!" ID


 

Pectoral Sandpiper


 Pectoral Sandpiper & Curlew Sandpiper, Dernford Reservoir, 19th September 2022 © Ian Dale

Little Stint



 Little Stint, Dernford Reservoir, 19th September 2022 © Ian Dale

Dunlin


 Dunlin, Dernford Reservoir, 19th September 2022 © Ian Dale

Ringed Plover


 Ringed Plover, Dernford Reservoir, 19th September 2022 © Ian Dale

Little Egret


 Little Egret, Dernford Reservoir, 19th September 2022 © Ian Dale

Tuesday, September 20, 2022

Osprey




 Osprey, Paxton Pits, 17th September 2022 © Jonathan Stephenson

Great White Egret



 Great White Egret, Paxton Pits, 17th September 2022 © Jonathan Stephenson

Monday, September 19, 2022

Common Scoter


 Common Scoter, Dernford Reservoir, 19th September 2022 © Matthew Binns

Little Stint



 Little Stint, Dernford Reservoir, 19th September 2022 © Matthew Binns

Sunday, September 18, 2022

Wader Ensemble


 Curlew Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Dunlin & Common Sandpiper, Dernford Reservoir, 18th September 2022 © Roger Hardie

Whinchat



 Whinchat, Dernford Reservoir, 18th September 2022 © Roger Hardie

Whinchat


 Whinchat, Dernfordf Rservoir, 18th September 2022 © Matthew Binns

Pectoral Sandpiper


 Pectoral Sandpiper, Dernford Reservoir, 17th September 2022 © Cookie Shorten

Dunlin


 Dunlin, Dernford Reservoir, 17th September 2022 © Cookie Shorten

Ruff


 Ruff, Dernford Reservoir, 17th September 2022 © Cookie Shorten

House Sparrow


 House Sparrow, Grafham Water, 8th August 2022 © Stephen Buckle

'I was looking through my photos from a visit to Grafham Water on 8th August (to see the Cape Gull), and I noticed that this photo I had taken of a female House Sparrow by the café showed a quite well-defined spider in its bill.' SB

Friday, September 16, 2022

Pectoral Sandpiper


 Pectoral Sandpiper, Dernford Reservoir, 16th September 2022 © Paul Chamberlain

Thursday, September 15, 2022

Yellow-legged Gull


 Yellow-legged Gull, Fowlmere, 7th September 2022 © Doug Radford

'This gull HD 610 was one of several following a plough along with c300 Lesser Black-backed Gulls. The ringer informed me that it was ringed as a chick on 17th May 2019 near Chables on the south-east side of Lac de Neuchatel in Switzerland. In September 2019 it was seen in Bucks and Leics, but not subsequently until it turned up in Wiltshire in February this year. Presumably it returned to its breeding area before coming back to England.' DR

Sunday, September 11, 2022

Common Sandpiper




 Common Sandpiper, Dernford Reservoir, 10th September 2022 © Ian Dale