Thursday, February 28, 2019
Tuesday, February 26, 2019
Sparrowhawk
Male Sparrowhawk, Cambridge, 22nd February 2019 © Mark Jackson
'Male sparrowhawk in my north Cambridge garden 22 feb. Female also around. I'm hoping for successful breeding after last year's failure.' MJ
'Male sparrowhawk in my north Cambridge garden 22 feb. Female also around. I'm hoping for successful breeding after last year's failure.' MJ
Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Monday, February 18, 2019
Wednesday, February 13, 2019
Caspian Gull
1st Winter Caspian Gull, Grafham Water, 1st February 2019 © Ian Dawson
'– this classic first-winter bird performed superbly off the
dam at Grafham on 1st February, terrorising a pack of Coots, one of
which it successfully isolated before losing interest.' ID
Scaup
Female Scaup (4th from right)
Male and Female Scaup, Grafham Water, 11th February 2019 © Ian Dawson
'...the female on 5th February was off the northwest end of the dam, then in Gaynes Cove by Plummer carpark on 11th, presumably the same bird; on the latter date there was also a male in the same Tufted Duck flock, though the two Scaup were not really associating.' ID
Male and Female Scaup, Grafham Water, 11th February 2019 © Ian Dawson
'...the female on 5th February was off the northwest end of the dam, then in Gaynes Cove by Plummer carpark on 11th, presumably the same bird; on the latter date there was also a male in the same Tufted Duck flock, though the two Scaup were not really associating.' ID