Goosander

©Peter Beesley
Female Goosander at Welland Bank



©Peter Beesley
Male Goosander at Welland Bank

Red-breasted Merganser

©Peter Beesley
Red-breasted Merganser at Welland Bank

Scaup, Ferry Meadows

© Mike Weedon
Moulting first-winter drake still present on Gunwade Lake (with Pochards), 21.1.09

European White-fronted Geese, Deeping Lakes LWT

© Mike WeedonThese shots show part of a flock of 16 (roughly half and half adults and juveniles) found on 17.1.09

Pink-footed Geese at Baston & Langtoft Pits

© Josh Jones

Four birds, which have been wintering in the Langtoft area since mid-December at least.

Whooper Swans at Ferry Meadows

Four of the five Whoopers that dropped into Ferry Meadows this morning. Firstly landing on Lynch Lake and then moving to Overton Lake.






I still have my doubts about the second from right above being a Bewick's
© Roy Norris

Glaucous Gull At Dogsthorpe Tip

© Mike WeedonThis bird was the first white-winged gull we have had locally this winter. It was at the tip on 11.1.09. It can be aged as a second-winter by its generally pale, blotchy plumage, pink bill with darker tip and its pale iris. Iceland Gulls are smaller and gentler looking, with much smaller (generally darker) bill and long wings.

Caspian Gull at Dogsthorpe Tip

(c) Josh Jones

A very smart first-winter present on Friday 9th; phonescoped.

Kestrel

©Peter Beesley
Female Kestrel at Southorpe, Peterborough

Gulls, Tanholt

first-winter argentatus-type Herring Gull


juvenile argentatus Herring Gull


adult Yellow-legged Gull

© Josh Jones
Plenty of gulls around at the moment, though currently a case of quality rather than quantity. Lots of these dark argentatus-type Herrings about this winter, presumably they have come from somewhere a bit further north than here.