Monday, 28 April 2025

20250428 Dark-breasted Barn Owl & common Crane, Willow Tree Fen, Bourne

 

20250428 CCrane
Bustle shot.

20250428 CCrane
Inquisitive birds at Willow Tree Fen.

20250428 CCrane
Mature pair without young saw off 3rd bird from their patch.

20250428 C
Crane
Pair with 2 young in front of VP.

20250428 Dark-breasted Barn Owl
Tyto alba guttata

20250428 Db Barn Owl
Hunting Christmas tree farm mid-afternoon.

20250428 DbBOwl
Dark eye shadow.

20250428 DbBOwl

20250428 DbBOwl

20250428 DbBOwl
Rich golden base tone to upperparts.


Friday, 18 April 2025

20250418 Osprey & Common Tern, Ranworth Broad

 

20250418 Common Tern
From electric Little Tern.

20250418 Osprey
Progressing well....

20250418 C Tern
Escorting Osprey from its fishing territory.


20250418 Great Crested Grebe
Pairs displaying, nesting and a flock of 28 nearby VC.


Thursday, 17 April 2025

20250417 White Wagtail, Cley Marshes

 

20250417 White Wagtail
1st summer male.

20250417 White Wagtail

20250417 Pied Wagtail
Male yarrelli

20250417 Pied Wagtail
Female yarrelli


Thursday, 10 April 2025

20250410 Buzzard Sp & Booted Eagle, Cley

 

20250410 Buzzard Sp.
In from NE over shingle ridge and carried on SW over Res.
Continous and languid action without glide.

20250410 Buzzard Sp.
Very pale underparts lacking barring.


20250410 Buzzard Sp.
Bent at the carpal joint.


20250410 Glossy Ibis
Off Serpentine and into NFWood roost this evening. 
Easy Birder....

20250410 Buzzard Sp.
P1 moult causing kink in wing.

20250420 Booted Eagle
Captured by GRGS as it flew West over the Glaven...
never to be seen again??


Friday, 4 April 2025

20250404 Black-tailed Godwit EW90583, Cley Marhses

 

20250404 Black-tailed Godwit
Female as larger than other Icelandica in flock.
No longer goes into breedinng plumag...? Due to age?
Metal: EW90583
Lt: yellow orange red.
Rt: green yellow green.

20250406 Blackwit
EW90583 
Left leg.
No sign of breeding plumage.
Ringed 20110826 Aldeburgh Suffolk. 14yrs +

Left leg: yellow over orange over red on tibia.

Right leg: green over yellow over green on tibia.

Metal ring no. EW90583

Ringed  26/8/11 as an adult female at Hazelwood Marshes, Aldeburgh, Suffolk.

Movements: Freiston Shore (Lincs) 30/10/11, Breydon Water (Norfolk) 26/2/12-25/4/12, Ramsholt (Suffolk) 17/1/13, Mistley Walls (Essex) 31/1/13, Cantley Marshes (Norfolk) 25/3/13, Breydon Water 13/4/13, Titchwell (Norfolk) 24/7/13, Frampton Marsh (Lincs) 14/8/14-29/9/14, Freiston Shore 29/9/14, Mistley Walls 11-21/1/15, Minsmere (Suffolk) 11/4/15, Freiston Shore 17/8/15, Snettisham (Norfolk) 24/8/15, Freiston Shore 29/8/15-4/10/15, Snettisham 19+29/8/15, Freiston Shore 3-4/10/16, Welney WWT (Norfolk) 4+15/12/16 and 21/4/17, Frampton Marsh 6+30/8/17, Welney 10/11/17-13/3/18, Berry Fen (Cambs) 15/4/18, Frampton Marsh 28/8/18, Welney 2+26/1/19 and 4/4/19, Frampton Marsh 26/8/19-8/9/19, Welney 1+10/11/19, Fen Drayton (Cambs) 6/3/20, Snettisham 7/8/20, Frampton Marsh 25/8/20+13/9/20, Welney 4/11/20, Breydon Water 10/2/21, Welney 13/4/21, Frampton Marsh 23/7/21-11/9/21, Breydon Water 3/11/21, Welney 7/11/21, Welches Dam (Cambs) 29/11/21, Breydon Water 13/1/22, Nene Washes (Cambs) 5-6/4/22, Breydon Water 18-29/4/22, Butt of Lewis (Outer Hebrides) 11/5/22, Frampton Marsh 11/8/22-14/9/22, Snetttisham 15/10/22, Welney 15/2/23-3/3/23, Needingworth (Cambs) 11/3/23, Fen Drayton 15-26/3/23, Nene Washes 4-14/3/23, Cley Marshes 26/4/23-5/5/23, Frampton Marsh 8/5/23 and 21/7/23-30/9/23, Minsmere (Suffolk)  7+29/4/24. Had extremely limited breeding plumage when seen at Cley in 2023 and at Minsmere in 2024.