Cormorant, Earith, 30th December 2020 © Simon Stirrup
Thursday, December 31, 2020
Great White Egret
Great White Egret, Between Earith & Haddenham, 30th December 2020 © Simon Stirrup
'Attached is a record shot of one of the 2 GWEs near Hill Row
Doles between Earith and Haddenham. I saw another near Aldreth this
afternoon – before this year there had only been one parish record.' SS
Tuesday, December 29, 2020
Ring-necked Parakeet
Ring-necked Parakeet, Dunkirk, 29th December 2020 © Tony Martin
'This noisy bird has been whizzing overhead
Dunkirk daily for a couple of years, but rarely lands. It did so this
afternoon, in appalling light. A welcome
splash of colour, nonetheless.' TM
Monday, December 28, 2020
Thursday, December 24, 2020
White-fronted Goose
Russian White-fronted Goose, Fen Drayton Lakes RSPB, 24th December 2020 © James Hanlon
Tuesday, December 22, 2020
Unidentified Gull
Unidentified Gull, Isleham Washes, 22nd November 2020 © Simon Henderson
'Just thought people may be interested in the attached photos of a bird I saw at Isleham washes on 22 Nov and whether you could post them on the CBC gallery. I thought it was a little gull initially due to its small size in comparison with adjacent black headed gulls (see attached pic) but on closer inspection it clearly wasn’t. I’d forgotten just how small Bonaparte’s gull is and it wasn’t until some weeks later and a chance conversation with another birder (Jeremy Holding) that it dawned on me that this was most likely an adult winter Bonaparte’s gull. I’d be interested to know what you and others think.
Apologies to all for not identifying it immediately and alerting others to its presence but the thought that it might be a Bonapartes didn’t even enter my head.' SH
Thanks to Steve Cooper for responding as follows:-
'The gull on the web site is a Black headed gull most likely female due to
size , the ear spot is small (large in Bonaparte's) the bill is bye coloured
red and black it matches the other Black headed standing behind (black and
spikey looking in Bonaparte's ), the nape is white (grey in Bonaparte's) and
the the dark bar across the the crown is large even on this over exposed photo
(small in Bonaparte's) Never under estimate the difference in size between male
and female gulls.' SC
