Sunday 19 October 2014

SCAUP surprise - and DARTFORD WARBLER


David Bilcock discovered two juvenile GREATER SCAUP on Wilstone Reservoir this morning - both birds still being present when Dave and I returned this evening (photographed by Dave Hutchinson above). Dave also had an adult MEDITERRANEAN GULL.

Also this evening, both Whooper Swans present (one being particularly vocal), 13 Pintail, 200+ Wigeon, 300+ Teal, 25 Gadwall, 116 Pochard, 35 Tufted Duck, 23 Great Crested Grebe, 5 Little Grebe, 2 BLACK-TAILED GODWITS, the juvenile RUFF, 2 Common Snipes and 260 Black-headed Gulls.

On the Hills, Ephraim Perfect photographed a male DARTFORD WARBLER just up from the S-bend on Ivinghoe Beacon

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