Birds
Garganey (male). This morning's bird still there: gorgeous bird in breeding plumage. Active: feeding around north end of flood, showing very well from Burgess Field gate.
5 Ruff: One individual with a strikingly pale head: presumably coming into breeding plumage.
(Steve Goddard)
Also:
6 little ringed plover
3 dunlin
2 oystercatcher
(Gnome & Richard Foster)
+ Greenshank (RBA)
Some video footage of it dabbling away on the floods.
Photos and more details at Port Meadow Birding
- Port Meadow 1st Novermber: American Golden Plover!
A juvenile American Golden Plover was in amongst the usual golden plover flock late afternoon today. Unfortunately it was found too late to get the news out before dark so let's hope that it sticks around longer than the last one. Record shot digiscoped...
- Port Meadow: 16th August
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- Goingbirding: 7th April
Port Meadow 5 Oystercatcher 5 Redshank 3 Little Ringed Plover 2 Dunlin Ringed Plover Port Meadow: Burgess Field Nature Park Sedge Warbler Richard Foster ...
- Port Meadow 29th March
5 Little Gulls hunting flies over floods late afternoon 9 black-tailed godwit 8 redshank 8 dunlin 5 Ruff 4 little ringed plover 2 oystercatchers (per Gnome & Richard Foster) More details on Port Meadow Birding...
- Well Done Adam!!
cracking find Adam, and thanks for getting the news out. cheers. Bird still showing well at 08:10 at least along with Little Stint, Ruff, Dunlin(2) and Redshank, can be mobile around the flood though. The lesser yellowlegs this morning. More photos on...
Birds
Port Meadow 22nd March P.M
Garganey (male). This morning's bird still there: gorgeous bird in breeding plumage. Active: feeding around north end of flood, showing very well from Burgess Field gate.
5 Ruff: One individual with a strikingly pale head: presumably coming into breeding plumage.
(Steve Goddard)
Also:
6 little ringed plover
3 dunlin
2 oystercatcher
(Gnome & Richard Foster)
+ Greenshank (RBA)
Some video footage of it dabbling away on the floods.
Photos and more details at Port Meadow Birding
- Port Meadow 1st Novermber: American Golden Plover!
A juvenile American Golden Plover was in amongst the usual golden plover flock late afternoon today. Unfortunately it was found too late to get the news out before dark so let's hope that it sticks around longer than the last one. Record shot digiscoped...
- Port Meadow: 16th August
...
- Goingbirding: 7th April
Port Meadow 5 Oystercatcher 5 Redshank 3 Little Ringed Plover 2 Dunlin Ringed Plover Port Meadow: Burgess Field Nature Park Sedge Warbler Richard Foster ...
- Port Meadow 29th March
5 Little Gulls hunting flies over floods late afternoon 9 black-tailed godwit 8 redshank 8 dunlin 5 Ruff 4 little ringed plover 2 oystercatchers (per Gnome & Richard Foster) More details on Port Meadow Birding...
- Well Done Adam!!
cracking find Adam, and thanks for getting the news out. cheers. Bird still showing well at 08:10 at least along with Little Stint, Ruff, Dunlin(2) and Redshank, can be mobile around the flood though. The lesser yellowlegs this morning. More photos on...