Birds
Otmoor Snipe drumming (c) P.Barker
more at http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/OtmoorBirding
Male Snipe have a drumming display in which they circle high
on rapid, clipped wingbeats then dive at a steep angle with
outer tail feathers held out at almost a right angle to
the body; air rushing over these feathers make the characteristic
drumming sound.
- Otmoor.a.m. 8th April.
Drumming Snipe (c) T.S 6 Little Egret 2pr. Linnet, (one pair nest building) 3 Snipe (drumming) 2 Curlew....
- Otmoor Sunday Morning
All Pics (c) P.BarkerThree Male Redstarts Drumming Snipe Five Wheatears Usual Warblers No sign of the Garganey this morning Otmoor Birding...
- Foxholes Bbowt 14 April
Cuckoo 1 Tawny Owl 1 Barn Owl 1 Tree Creeper 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker 4+ drumming Green Woodpecker 1 drumming...
- Otmoor.a.m. 4th April.
2 Oystercatcher 1 Greensandpiper 14 Snipe 2 Pintail M/F 6 L.Egret 1 Swallow 1 Treecreeper http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/OtmoorBirding...
- White-fronts Otmoor 3rd Jan A.m
Pill ground C.30 White fronted geese still around and flew over me and landed on Ashgrave 2 ravens flew over later very high giving a lovely aerobatic display. (per Paul Greenaway) http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/OtmoorBirding...
Birds
Otmoor Snipe drumming (c) P.Barkermore at http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/OtmoorBirding
Male Snipe have a drumming display in which they circle high
on rapid, clipped wingbeats then dive at a steep angle with
outer tail feathers held out at almost a right angle to
the body; air rushing over these feathers make the characteristic
drumming sound.
- Otmoor.a.m. 8th April.
Drumming Snipe (c) T.S 6 Little Egret 2pr. Linnet, (one pair nest building) 3 Snipe (drumming) 2 Curlew....
- Otmoor Sunday Morning
All Pics (c) P.BarkerThree Male Redstarts Drumming Snipe Five Wheatears Usual Warblers No sign of the Garganey this morning Otmoor Birding...
- Foxholes Bbowt 14 April
Cuckoo 1 Tawny Owl 1 Barn Owl 1 Tree Creeper 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker 4+ drumming Green Woodpecker 1 drumming...
- Otmoor.a.m. 4th April.
2 Oystercatcher 1 Greensandpiper 14 Snipe 2 Pintail M/F 6 L.Egret 1 Swallow 1 Treecreeper http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/OtmoorBirding...
- White-fronts Otmoor 3rd Jan A.m
Pill ground C.30 White fronted geese still around and flew over me and landed on Ashgrave 2 ravens flew over later very high giving a lovely aerobatic display. (per Paul Greenaway) http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/OtmoorBirding...