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| Greylag Geese. |
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| 1st winter Lapwing. |
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| Adult winter Spotted Redshank. |
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| Adult winter Spotted Redshank. |
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| Adult Redshank. |
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| Ruff. |
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| Record shot of the Wing-tagged Juvenile Marsh Harrier. |
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| One of the Konig Ponies. |
Welcome To My Blog,This Will Be Mainly Used As A Diary For My Local Birding Patch At East Halton/Goxhill On The Banks Of The Humber Estuary,With Occasional Twitching And Visits Elsewhere Including Photos From Mine & Tracey's Walks Around Our Beautiful Countryside.
Wednesday 20 August 2014
Blacktoft Sands RSPB...Sunday 17.08.2014.
A change of scenery today and a trip just over the border into the home county at Blacktoft to see what was on offer.The previous day a Temminck's Stint had been reported and i thought to myself how long it had been since i had seen an autumn juvenile....a long time.Unfortunately the bird was not present today,but some nice sightings were added to the notebook otherwise.The most interesting sighting went to a wing-tagged juvenile Marsh Harrier,this bird has also been seen hunting at nearby Alkborough Flats and is sporting green tags with NT on each wing.The bird is thought to be from a ringing programme in East Anglia so has dispersed quite a way from it's natal area in a short time.Another juv and a second calendar year male were also seen,but it looks like most of the breeding birds have moved elsewhere or were busy hunting off the reserve.Waders featured quite heavily in the sightings during the visit and included at least 20 Spotted Redshank,7 Ruff,24 Black-tailed Godwit,2 Greenshank,1 Green Sand and 16 Snipe.A few interesting insects were observed and included a couple of Red Admiral.Not a bad visit,but the reserve is a shadow of it's former self with regards to numbers of waders thanks to it's neighbour at Alkborough.Another nice day out and about enjoying this fine hobby.
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