Birds
White-winged Gull !
L.B-backed adult with all black in primaries replaced with pure white.
Also Mallard with body plumage white; remaining feathering as normal. Two unique sights.
Probable Sanderling flew over. (The Wickster).
Feeding Common Terns departing with fish off to the NW.
2 Juvenile B.H. Gulls fledged from breeding raft.
Otherwise many breeding birds in full song around Pink Hill reserve, including Cuckoo, Sedge, Reed, Rebo, Chiff and Blackcap.
- Farmoor 1 - 14:15 - 16:15. 28th
Goldeneye 1m & 2f Teal 1f Herring gulls included one dark-eyed, pure white headed adult bird; smaller than any LB-bG and as pale mantled as BHG... tiny argenteus??? Thrushes c150 mixed Redwing & Fieldfare in heavily berried Cotoneaster by...
- 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...
- Cranes, Little Gulls And Snow Geese; Tick, Tick, Tick
3 Common Cranes heading NE on the NE side of Farmoor, lost to sight behind hilltop reservoir (Beacon Hill) at 18:19 (BST) 5 Little Gulls; 4 together plus 1 remaining apart for 2 hours plus - all winter plumage adults (Breeding plumage adult seen earlier...
- Farmoor Reservoir: 6th September
Farmoor Reservoir White-winged Black Tern: over F1 with 4 Black Terns, seeming to favour the Western side of F1. Often by itself but sometimes associating with the Black Terns allowing for good plumage comparisons to be made despite the very strong winds...
- Iceland Gull Ardley 24th Feb
A 1st winter Iceland Gull at Ardley Field Quarry this afternoon, watched for almost an hour, resting, preening and wing stretching. With about 500 other gulls mostly Lesser B-b and some Herring and Black-h.Milky-tea white, pure white primaries.Grid Ref...
Birds
The White morning to be at Farmoor F1
White-winged Gull !
L.B-backed adult with all black in primaries replaced with pure white.
Also Mallard with body plumage white; remaining feathering as normal. Two unique sights.
Probable Sanderling flew over. (The Wickster).
Feeding Common Terns departing with fish off to the NW.
2 Juvenile B.H. Gulls fledged from breeding raft.
Otherwise many breeding birds in full song around Pink Hill reserve, including Cuckoo, Sedge, Reed, Rebo, Chiff and Blackcap.
- Farmoor 1 - 14:15 - 16:15. 28th
Goldeneye 1m & 2f Teal 1f Herring gulls included one dark-eyed, pure white headed adult bird; smaller than any LB-bG and as pale mantled as BHG... tiny argenteus??? Thrushes c150 mixed Redwing & Fieldfare in heavily berried Cotoneaster by...
- 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...
- Cranes, Little Gulls And Snow Geese; Tick, Tick, Tick
3 Common Cranes heading NE on the NE side of Farmoor, lost to sight behind hilltop reservoir (Beacon Hill) at 18:19 (BST) 5 Little Gulls; 4 together plus 1 remaining apart for 2 hours plus - all winter plumage adults (Breeding plumage adult seen earlier...
- Farmoor Reservoir: 6th September
Farmoor Reservoir White-winged Black Tern: over F1 with 4 Black Terns, seeming to favour the Western side of F1. Often by itself but sometimes associating with the Black Terns allowing for good plumage comparisons to be made despite the very strong winds...
- Iceland Gull Ardley 24th Feb
A 1st winter Iceland Gull at Ardley Field Quarry this afternoon, watched for almost an hour, resting, preening and wing stretching. With about 500 other gulls mostly Lesser B-b and some Herring and Black-h.Milky-tea white, pure white primaries.Grid Ref...