© Phil Ackerman
Sunday, April 25, 2004
Hoopoe at Stibbington GP
© Kit Day
© Brian Stone
© Katie Fuller
Another top find by local recorder Brian Stone: "Arriving to do my WeBS count at Stibbington this morning, I flushed a Hoopoe from the entrance track. A year and ten days since the one I saw at Elton Furze!
"The bird is returning to feed alongside the hardstanding near the start of the track near the Hall. Coming into the village from the A1, park carefully before the track and approach with caution, staying back from the Private sign. Grid ref: TL087987."
Friday, April 23, 2004
Thursday, April 22, 2004
Sunday, April 18, 2004
Saturday, April 17, 2004
Friday, April 16, 2004
Wheatear at Ferry Meadows CP
© Katie Fuller
Passage has been a bit slow this year, so this male Wheatear was a nice find on the edge of Coney Meadow and Lynch Lake.
Grey Partridge at Baston & Langtoft GP
© Will Bowell
The male Grey Partridge has a brighter face than the female. Nationally, the species has declined massively in recent years. Sympathetic farming methods, like those practiced nearby by Nicholas Watts, can help.
Wednesday, April 14, 2004
Blue-headed Wagtail at Prior's Fen GP
© Kevin Du Rose
This bird is a bit different to our usual Yellow Wagtails that breed in the area (subspecies flavissima). Its very pale head looks like the eastern European Blue-headed race, beema (known as Sykes's Wagtail), though it could perhaps be a flavissima/flava hybrid.
Yellow Wagtail races merge into each other so there may be no definitive answer!
Monday, April 12, 2004
Saturday, April 10, 2004
Friday, April 09, 2004
Sunday, April 04, 2004
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