Hello
Today (Sunday) and Kenny Cramer presided over a busy ringing session at Linford Lakes on the edge of Milton Keynes, catching over a hundred birds of fifteen species, the majority of them being new. These birds included a juvenile Kingfisher, 2 Cetti's Warblers, 10 Blackcaps, 3 Sedge Warblers, 2 Reed Warblers, 7 Willow Warblers, 4 Chiffchaffs, 5 Wrens, 6 Dunnocks, 4 Robins, 22 Great Tits, 29 Blue Tits, 3 Long-tailed Tits, 2 Goldfinches and a Chaffinch.
Interesting non-avian wildlife seen included an impressive list of a Water Shrew, 2 Common Shrews, 4 Bank Voles, 2 Common Frogs, 3 Great Crested Newts and 5 Grass Snakes.
Birds at Pitsford Reservoir today, seen mostly by Jacob, included a Great White Egret, 2 Garganey, a Black Tern, a Black-tailed Godwit, a Ruff, 3 Ringed Plovers, 2 Dunlin, 2 Snipe, 8 Greenshanks, a Green Sandpiper, a Common Sandpiper, a Yellow-legged Gull, a Peregrine, a Hobby and a Grey Wagtail.
Regards
Neil M
Today (Sunday) and Kenny Cramer presided over a busy ringing session at Linford Lakes on the edge of Milton Keynes, catching over a hundred birds of fifteen species, the majority of them being new. These birds included a juvenile Kingfisher, 2 Cetti's Warblers, 10 Blackcaps, 3 Sedge Warblers, 2 Reed Warblers, 7 Willow Warblers, 4 Chiffchaffs, 5 Wrens, 6 Dunnocks, 4 Robins, 22 Great Tits, 29 Blue Tits, 3 Long-tailed Tits, 2 Goldfinches and a Chaffinch.
Interesting non-avian wildlife seen included an impressive list of a Water Shrew, 2 Common Shrews, 4 Bank Voles, 2 Common Frogs, 3 Great Crested Newts and 5 Grass Snakes.
Birds at Pitsford Reservoir today, seen mostly by Jacob, included a Great White Egret, 2 Garganey, a Black Tern, a Black-tailed Godwit, a Ruff, 3 Ringed Plovers, 2 Dunlin, 2 Snipe, 8 Greenshanks, a Green Sandpiper, a Common Sandpiper, a Yellow-legged Gull, a Peregrine, a Hobby and a Grey Wagtail.
Regards
Neil M
 |
| Peregrine. |
 |
| Hobby. |
 |
| Greenshank. All images taken at Pitsford Reservoir by Robin Gossage. |
No comments:
Post a Comment