Birds
With the two sets of spoonbill sightings yesterday in the county one could wonder whether the Port Meadow bird was one of the party of three that were at 1066 earlier. By looking at the bill pattern there was only one of the 1066 Three that it could have been (the middle bird) so I've done a more detailed comparison photo below. Although the bills are at different angles there seems to be subtle differences in the pattern of yellow at the end of the bill. It's also difficult to judge but the 1066 bird doesn't seem to have much of a crest and has darker markings under the chin (c.f. the photos on Port Meadow Birding). All this would lead to the conclusion that this was a different bird.
- Abingdon/sutton Courtenay 24th February
1066 (north of B4016 between Sutton Courtenay and Drayton) SU489941 2 Green Sandpiper: Very active, feeding amongst 40+ Teal Abingdon Marina Gadwall 40+ Abingdon: Abingdon Sewage Farm 2 Chiffchaff: One quite yellowish by comparison (per Gerry Quinn)...
- Re Otmoor Spoonbill
Could anyone with any more info on this bird and especially a picture please contact me through the otmoorbirding blog. Thanks Peter It was found yesterday by Carol Monger. There's a photo of it on Flickr which I've copied to here. It may well...
- Spoonbill Port Meadow
This evening on Port Meadow a spoonbill at the North end of the floods. It looked settled and like it was going to go to sleep there. Also 2 little ringed plover 5 oystercatchers Some video of the spoonbill feeding (c) Adam Hartley More to follow at...
- Review Of The Year 2010
So another birding year is up and so I thought that I'd write my traditional** end of year report for the county. I've been moaning all year that it hasn't been as good a year as last year but looking at the totals it doesn't seem that...
- Oxon Photographers Success
Congratulations should go to Roger Wyatt and Nigel Forrow who both got honourable mentions in this weeks Bird Guides PotW (Photo of the Week) competition. It's great that the county has such a high calibre of bird photography expertise. Both Roger...
Birds
Spoonbill Comparison
With the two sets of spoonbill sightings yesterday in the county one could wonder whether the Port Meadow bird was one of the party of three that were at 1066 earlier. By looking at the bill pattern there was only one of the 1066 Three that it could have been (the middle bird) so I've done a more detailed comparison photo below. Although the bills are at different angles there seems to be subtle differences in the pattern of yellow at the end of the bill. It's also difficult to judge but the 1066 bird doesn't seem to have much of a crest and has darker markings under the chin (c.f. the photos on Port Meadow Birding). All this would lead to the conclusion that this was a different bird.
- Abingdon/sutton Courtenay 24th February
1066 (north of B4016 between Sutton Courtenay and Drayton) SU489941 2 Green Sandpiper: Very active, feeding amongst 40+ Teal Abingdon Marina Gadwall 40+ Abingdon: Abingdon Sewage Farm 2 Chiffchaff: One quite yellowish by comparison (per Gerry Quinn)...
- Re Otmoor Spoonbill
Could anyone with any more info on this bird and especially a picture please contact me through the otmoorbirding blog. Thanks Peter It was found yesterday by Carol Monger. There's a photo of it on Flickr which I've copied to here. It may well...
- Spoonbill Port Meadow
This evening on Port Meadow a spoonbill at the North end of the floods. It looked settled and like it was going to go to sleep there. Also 2 little ringed plover 5 oystercatchers Some video of the spoonbill feeding (c) Adam Hartley More to follow at...
- Review Of The Year 2010
So another birding year is up and so I thought that I'd write my traditional** end of year report for the county. I've been moaning all year that it hasn't been as good a year as last year but looking at the totals it doesn't seem that...
- Oxon Photographers Success
Congratulations should go to Roger Wyatt and Nigel Forrow who both got honourable mentions in this weeks Bird Guides PotW (Photo of the Week) competition. It's great that the county has such a high calibre of bird photography expertise. Both Roger...