Tuesday 4th November: Ring-Necked Parakeet + Farmoor Great Northern Diver
This morning starting out more sunny but quickly clouding over to leave things grey once more but with only a moderate breeze.
The Bewick's swan had moved on as expected - I'm still waiting to hear from Slimbridge as to whether it's one of theirs. A RING-NECKED PARAKEET flew over the Meadow close to the railway line, calling loudly, presumably the "Jericho" RNP which has been reported as being back in Walton Crescent in its usual tree a while ago. There was a large GOLDEN PLOVER flock again along the west shore of about 1000 birds with now 8 DUNLIN feeding in amongst them. The BLACK-TAILED GODWITS were still around, mostly on the west shore close to the boats. There were 3 COMMON GULLS present and again about 10 lesser black-backed. There was no sign of the redshank this morning. Also a cormorant over by stint corner. A grey wagtail by Burgess Field NR gate.
A pair of gadwall were seen amongst the usual ducks (WOM: J-PD) and 3 blackcaps were seen presumably by the hedge row (OOS: SHG).
At Farmoor: the grey phalarope was present for the third day along the south shore and a juvenile great northern diver was present for the second day, but only reported today. It was still present at around 11:30 when I went to see.
The Farmoor juvenile great northern diver this morning © Adam Hartley
The Bewick's swan had moved on as expected - I'm still waiting to hear from Slimbridge as to whether it's one of theirs. A RING-NECKED PARAKEET flew over the Meadow close to the railway line, calling loudly, presumably the "Jericho" RNP which has been reported as being back in Walton Crescent in its usual tree a while ago. There was a large GOLDEN PLOVER flock again along the west shore of about 1000 birds with now 8 DUNLIN feeding in amongst them. The BLACK-TAILED GODWITS were still around, mostly on the west shore close to the boats. There were 3 COMMON GULLS present and again about 10 lesser black-backed. There was no sign of the redshank this morning. Also a cormorant over by stint corner. A grey wagtail by Burgess Field NR gate.
A pair of gadwall were seen amongst the usual ducks (WOM: J-PD) and 3 blackcaps were seen presumably by the hedge row (OOS: SHG).
At Farmoor: the grey phalarope was present for the third day along the south shore and a juvenile great northern diver was present for the second day, but only reported today. It was still present at around 11:30 when I went to see.
The Farmoor juvenile great northern diver this morning © Adam Hartley