Birds
Arrived 16:40, so far too late for any hope of raptor watching. 1 Rockit, 2 Mipit and perhaps 20 Pied Wags plus 1 Ringed Plover in the SE of F1. Enormous gull roost this evening and gusting gale force WSW, so concentrated on F1 only. Common Gull totalled at least 16 birds, with 1 1stW, a few adult and the remaining being 2ndW plumage. Yellow-legged Gulls of all ages but not really counted as concentrating on searching through Black-headed for Med Gulls and better(?) Med success with 1 1stW (no real mask as yet) on water before leaving F1 for F2 at 17:25 and then another 1stW did similar at 18:15 - seen only in more distant flight. Must assume two birds as no return of gulls from F2 to f1 noted during watch. Who knows what could be seen here if there was a wind proof shelter to observe from.....
- Farmoor Roost - 17th August 2014
Juvenile/1stw Caspian Gull in roost + 3 juvenile/1stw Mediterranean Gulls...
- Farmoot Gull Roost Extras
Add to the gull roost: - Leaving the 'common' birds for Nick to find.... The rarest bird of the roost.... a Black-headed Gull with partial albino plumage; completely white flight feathers and wing coverts. 2nd only such plumage I have noted in...
- Farmoor - Sunday Roost
4.50-6.30pm. Light not good for distinguishing gulls (sharp light plus some initial air shimmer over water). Very noticeable increase in large gull numbers, since last few visits and large gulls still arriving at 6.25. Med Gull 1 adult seen when it flew...
- Farmoor Gull Roost
Single adult winter Little Gulls in SE corner and East side. c 95% BH Gulls are now adult plumaged. c100 Common of all ages but possibly more immatures than recent days, The large gulls again looking to be mainly immatures and less of them; But lock out...
- Thrupp Lake, Radley 1st Jan 2011 3.00-4.40pm
Wrong side of Abingdon for Bittern (again!), but female SCAUP present throughout visit along with much reduced waterfowl numbers from recent times: c260 Coot, c30 Teal, c10 Gadwall, small numbers of Tufted, Pochard and Wigeon. NO GC Grebes, Little...
Birds
Farmoor Med Gulls in late afternoon
Arrived 16:40, so far too late for any hope of raptor watching. 1 Rockit, 2 Mipit and perhaps 20 Pied Wags plus 1 Ringed Plover in the SE of F1. Enormous gull roost this evening and gusting gale force WSW, so concentrated on F1 only. Common Gull totalled at least 16 birds, with 1 1stW, a few adult and the remaining being 2ndW plumage. Yellow-legged Gulls of all ages but not really counted as concentrating on searching through Black-headed for Med Gulls and better(?) Med success with 1 1stW (no real mask as yet) on water before leaving F1 for F2 at 17:25 and then another 1stW did similar at 18:15 - seen only in more distant flight. Must assume two birds as no return of gulls from F2 to f1 noted during watch. Who knows what could be seen here if there was a wind proof shelter to observe from.....
- Farmoor Roost - 17th August 2014
Juvenile/1stw Caspian Gull in roost + 3 juvenile/1stw Mediterranean Gulls...
- Farmoot Gull Roost Extras
Add to the gull roost: - Leaving the 'common' birds for Nick to find.... The rarest bird of the roost.... a Black-headed Gull with partial albino plumage; completely white flight feathers and wing coverts. 2nd only such plumage I have noted in...
- Farmoor - Sunday Roost
4.50-6.30pm. Light not good for distinguishing gulls (sharp light plus some initial air shimmer over water). Very noticeable increase in large gull numbers, since last few visits and large gulls still arriving at 6.25. Med Gull 1 adult seen when it flew...
- Farmoor Gull Roost
Single adult winter Little Gulls in SE corner and East side. c 95% BH Gulls are now adult plumaged. c100 Common of all ages but possibly more immatures than recent days, The large gulls again looking to be mainly immatures and less of them; But lock out...
- Thrupp Lake, Radley 1st Jan 2011 3.00-4.40pm
Wrong side of Abingdon for Bittern (again!), but female SCAUP present throughout visit along with much reduced waterfowl numbers from recent times: c260 Coot, c30 Teal, c10 Gadwall, small numbers of Tufted, Pochard and Wigeon. NO GC Grebes, Little...