Birds
Thanks to Richard Hazel for alerting us to the presence of
this stunning bird and for permission to use his excellent photos.
There has been a Mealy (Common) Redpoll visiting a niger feeder in a garden at Milcombe village for the last week including today. Milcombe is about 6km south-west of Banbury off the A361. It is a strikingly pale individual, bordering on Arctic, though it has a large bill and heavily streaked flanks and undertail coverts. The garden is viewable from a public right of way across paddocks accessed from Paradise lane in Milcombe at SP 410348. There are only up to 7 Redpolls (Lesser) visiting but very irregularly so you may be in for a long wait. As usual please respect the privacy of the residents, particularly the garden into which you are viewing, whose owner was kind enough to alert us of the birds presence.
The juv Glaucous and Iceland Gulls were both on the Spit Pit at lunchtime before being flushed by some more tiresome scaring antics. What a sad profession.
- Hinksey Park 10-10:30 (18th Jan)
Common Redpoll -1 Still 2:30 showing well in private garden. Also seen in Hinksey Park near tennis courts.Lesser Redpoll - 6Blackcap - 1 female. Mealy (common) Redpoll & Lesser Redpoll South Oxford please view at 720p HD All the above in the...
- Milcombe: 3rd November
Milcombe 8 Common Crossbill: Mixed male/female flock of 8 birds on private land nr. Milcombe. Richard Hazel...
- Mealy Redpoll 5th March
Mealy Redpoll still coming to feeders in Milcombe garden this morning. Viewable from footpath SP.409.348 Photo's at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Banburybirds/...
- Milcombe 10th Feb
The 'Super' Mealy Redpoll still present at Milcombe 10:35am (per Pete Barker)...
- Milcombe Redpolls
11:30 to 13:30 today - No sign of the pale 'super mealy' (I like that term) for me but a photographer there had seen it earlier and got a decent shot so it is still in the area. Also another chap saw what he was pretty sure was it before it flew....
Birds
Mealy Redpoll at Milcombe
Thanks to Richard Hazel for alerting us to the presence ofthis stunning bird and for permission to use his excellent photos.
There has been a Mealy (Common) Redpoll visiting a niger feeder in a garden at Milcombe village for the last week including today. Milcombe is about 6km south-west of Banbury off the A361. It is a strikingly pale individual, bordering on Arctic, though it has a large bill and heavily streaked flanks and undertail coverts. The garden is viewable from a public right of way across paddocks accessed from Paradise lane in Milcombe at SP 410348. There are only up to 7 Redpolls (Lesser) visiting but very irregularly so you may be in for a long wait. As usual please respect the privacy of the residents, particularly the garden into which you are viewing, whose owner was kind enough to alert us of the birds presence.
The juv Glaucous and Iceland Gulls were both on the Spit Pit at lunchtime before being flushed by some more tiresome scaring antics. What a sad profession.
- Hinksey Park 10-10:30 (18th Jan)
Common Redpoll -1 Still 2:30 showing well in private garden. Also seen in Hinksey Park near tennis courts.Lesser Redpoll - 6Blackcap - 1 female. Mealy (common) Redpoll & Lesser Redpoll South Oxford please view at 720p HD All the above in the...
- Milcombe: 3rd November
Milcombe 8 Common Crossbill: Mixed male/female flock of 8 birds on private land nr. Milcombe. Richard Hazel...
- Mealy Redpoll 5th March
Mealy Redpoll still coming to feeders in Milcombe garden this morning. Viewable from footpath SP.409.348 Photo's at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Banburybirds/...
- Milcombe 10th Feb
The 'Super' Mealy Redpoll still present at Milcombe 10:35am (per Pete Barker)...
- Milcombe Redpolls
11:30 to 13:30 today - No sign of the pale 'super mealy' (I like that term) for me but a photographer there had seen it earlier and got a decent shot so it is still in the area. Also another chap saw what he was pretty sure was it before it flew....