Birds
Fieldfare: c200 assembling in poplars west of Res.
Gulls:-
c1500 BH feeding well on huge hatch of midges.
5 Common
c200 L.B-b including a large graelsii amongst the 'normal' Dutch inergrades and intermedius.
c10 Herring (all imms)
1 G.B-b imm
- 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...
- Appleford Gull Loafing Site With Iceland's Plus Interest?
For near 2 hours, Gulls in SW of field viewed from gateway. Distant and half of them out of sight amongst ground undulations. A few exceptionally dark L. B-backs, even when sunlit and temptingly like Baltic Gull (L. f. fuscus), but too far away to confirm...
- Farmoor Res. F2 Basin 3.45 - 6.35pm
ENE wind and rain showers, mainly good light Black Redstart not looked for; Goldeneye 14 with just 1 in breeding male plumage; B-h Gull c200 insect catching near surface (only c2500-3000 in roost); Little Gull 1 adult non-breeding plumage, insect catching...
- Marcham Wednesday 20th
Actively feeding in open field, alongside east of road immediately due north of Marcham, near Abingdon. Fieldfare c400 Redwing c200 Starling c100 Wintering male blackcap back in garden last few days feeding on Ivy berries and fat balls. ...
- Adult Med Gull In Farmoor Roost
No Twite; No GG Shrike but an Adult Med Gull in the roost instead, photographed here at ISO 3200 setting near dusk i.e. more noise than sharpness but interestingly arty nevertheless. Roost also had plenty of G B-backs, Lesser Black-backs - varied intermedius...
Birds
Farmoor Roost 1845-1930
Fieldfare: c200 assembling in poplars west of Res.
Gulls:-
c1500 BH feeding well on huge hatch of midges.
5 Common
c200 L.B-b including a large graelsii amongst the 'normal' Dutch inergrades and intermedius.
c10 Herring (all imms)
1 G.B-b imm
- 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...
- Appleford Gull Loafing Site With Iceland's Plus Interest?
For near 2 hours, Gulls in SW of field viewed from gateway. Distant and half of them out of sight amongst ground undulations. A few exceptionally dark L. B-backs, even when sunlit and temptingly like Baltic Gull (L. f. fuscus), but too far away to confirm...
- Farmoor Res. F2 Basin 3.45 - 6.35pm
ENE wind and rain showers, mainly good light Black Redstart not looked for; Goldeneye 14 with just 1 in breeding male plumage; B-h Gull c200 insect catching near surface (only c2500-3000 in roost); Little Gull 1 adult non-breeding plumage, insect catching...
- Marcham Wednesday 20th
Actively feeding in open field, alongside east of road immediately due north of Marcham, near Abingdon. Fieldfare c400 Redwing c200 Starling c100 Wintering male blackcap back in garden last few days feeding on Ivy berries and fat balls. ...
- Adult Med Gull In Farmoor Roost
No Twite; No GG Shrike but an Adult Med Gull in the roost instead, photographed here at ISO 3200 setting near dusk i.e. more noise than sharpness but interestingly arty nevertheless. Roost also had plenty of G B-backs, Lesser Black-backs - varied intermedius...