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Thursday, February 28, 2008

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Wildfowl at Holme Fen NNR

Goosander Mergus merganser


Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis, courting pair



Gadwall Anas strepera, pair

© Brian Stone Digiscoped with Canon Powershot A640 and Leica APO77 x32

Saturday, February 23, 2008

Cattle Egret, Fotheringhay

Brian Stone writes: First past my bedroom window in Elton then relocated near Fotheringhay. Golly!

Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis

© Brian Stone Digiscoped with Canon Powershot A640 and Leica APO77 x20



© Mike Weedon

Sunday, February 17, 2008

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Goosander - Deeping High Bank


© Roy Norris
Poor light shots of a Goosander today North of the Water Tower

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Monday, February 11, 2008

Recent Gulls


1st-winter Caspian Gull (with deformed bill), 10th Feb


Juvenile Glaucous Gull (the small, paler bird), 10th Feb


argentatus Herring Gull with retained juvenile plumage, 10th Feb


Adult Herring Gull with aberrant primary pattern and colouration, 11th Feb

Black-necked Grebe at Orton Brick Pit, 10.2.08



© Mike Weedon
Contrast between morning and evening light...
This bird was found a few weeks back by Dave Bradley

Iceland Gull at Dogsthorpe Tip, 9.2.08


© Mike Weedon
Perhaps the fourth first-winter Iceland Gull in the area this winter.

Wednesday, February 06, 2008

Little Grebe - Ferry Meadows


© Roy Norris
Dabchick observed today on small river East of Ham Bridge.

Sunday, February 03, 2008

Saturday, February 02, 2008

Glaucous Gull, Tanholt Pits



This adult Glaucous Gull is the third (or fourth/fifth) to be recorded this winter in the PBC area - an excellent total. A very small individual (presumably a female), this bird was initially though to be an Iceland Gull but structure, bulk and short primary projection lean towards Glaucous. This bird is not much larger than a Herring Gull, and initially fooled the observer...

Barn Owl at Crowland

© Will Bowell

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Orton Brick Pit



Red Crested Pochards
Eugene

Friday, February 01, 2008

Brambling


© Roy Norris
♀ Brambling observed today in Rice Wood, Helpston area.