Sunday, November 30, 2014
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Wednesday, November 26, 2014
Short-eared Owl
Monday, November 24, 2014
Friday, November 21, 2014
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Starling
Three more images from Monday nights roost.
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Starling
Following the thread on Cambirds relating to counting birds in flight, anyone is welcome to count these - and no, I have no intention of trying it myself!!! GP
Monday, November 17, 2014
Wigeon Hybrid
'...these were some of the plumage features which led us to
believe that it could be a yank x eurasian:
The bird shows rather pinkish flanks, but greyer tones
across the mantle. The forehead and crown is bright and whitish (unlike the
buffish yellow colour on a drake Eurasian Wigeon), whilst the cheeks are pale
and there is a dark eye-stripe showing green tones at certain angles (though
some Eurasian Wigeon can show this). The rear of the head is more typically
Eurasian Wigeon coloured (chestnut). The bird also has very white axillaries
(seen by Martin when it wing-flapped) like an American Wigeon. ' JW - Sent at the request of the editor.
Thursday, November 13, 2014
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Snow Bunting
Editors Note The attached comment from James Hanlon is relevant to this bird.
'Despite some speculation on Twitter that the bird is a female, it appears to be a first winter male on account of the mainly white greater (secondary) coverts but mainly dark (greater) primary coverts. Like the last bird at Ouse Fen it appears to be a young male nivalis (Greenland/ Scandanavian race) rather than the darker (Icelandic) insulae.
