Hello
A very pleasant walk around Ravensthorpe Reservoir this morning was overdue, after all many years ago this was very much 'my patch'! Birds included two Oystercatchers, a Lesser Black-backed x ? Gull hybrid (closely resembling a Yellow-legged Gull), at least two juvenile Grey Wagtails and the moulting ducks included Gadwall and a couple of Teal.
I saw a Hobby near Scaldwell today and with the arrival of the sunshine out poured plenty of butterflies with really good numbers of Meadow Brown, Red Admiral and of course lots of Painted Ladies.
A ringing session took place in the Scaldwell Bay at Pitsford Reservoir today and a little of yesterday evening, netting 79 birds of 20 species made up of 8 Mallard, a Blackbird, a Song Thrush, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Nuthatch, a Marsh Tit, a Coal Tit, 10 Blue Tits, 9 Great Tits, 4 Long-tailed Tits, 11 Wrens, 3 Robins, a Dunnock, 7 Treecreepers, 10 Blackcaps, a Garden Warbler, 2 Whitethroats, 3 Chiffchaffs, 2 Goldcrests and 2 Bullfinches.
Regards
Neil M
A very pleasant walk around Ravensthorpe Reservoir this morning was overdue, after all many years ago this was very much 'my patch'! Birds included two Oystercatchers, a Lesser Black-backed x ? Gull hybrid (closely resembling a Yellow-legged Gull), at least two juvenile Grey Wagtails and the moulting ducks included Gadwall and a couple of Teal.
I saw a Hobby near Scaldwell today and with the arrival of the sunshine out poured plenty of butterflies with really good numbers of Meadow Brown, Red Admiral and of course lots of Painted Ladies.
A ringing session took place in the Scaldwell Bay at Pitsford Reservoir today and a little of yesterday evening, netting 79 birds of 20 species made up of 8 Mallard, a Blackbird, a Song Thrush, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Nuthatch, a Marsh Tit, a Coal Tit, 10 Blue Tits, 9 Great Tits, 4 Long-tailed Tits, 11 Wrens, 3 Robins, a Dunnock, 7 Treecreepers, 10 Blackcaps, a Garden Warbler, 2 Whitethroats, 3 Chiffchaffs, 2 Goldcrests and 2 Bullfinches.
Regards
Neil M
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| Mistle Thrush. |
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| Moulting Mallard. |
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| Lesser Black-backed Gull. |
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| Common Tern. |
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| Woodpigeon. All images today from Ravensthorpe Reservoir. |
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