20240108 Northern Waterthrush, Haybridge Creek, Maldon Essex

 

20240108 Northern Waterthrush
Seiurus noveboracensis
A New World Warbler that dwells on stagnant wet ground....

20240108 Northern Waterthrush
The light wing loading of a long distance migrant.
Triangular shaped wing as Starling.
Advanced emargination on P7 & P8 obvious.
These create gaps at the wingtip which forces air through the remiges, increasing the generation of lift.

20240108 NWaterthrush
The ultimate pose.

20240108 Dyke at top end of Haybridge Creek
Favoured by Waterthrush.
All the signs of a large twitch over several days....
Excellent level of camoflage here, JboMac would be pleased.
Shame about the dark green rucsack and the pinky brown camera cover though.
Quote of the day:... 'no I don't twitch at weekends due to the fighting..?!?'

20240108 NWaterthrush
Called frequently a sharp and loud 'chi-ink' when moving location.
Would set all alarm bells ringing for a British birder... as the mayor of Hiroshima said...

20240108 The Dyke at Heybridge Creek
By midday the snow began to fall. Time to wrap the days retirement twitch.

20240108 NWaterthrush
Suitable flecking through chin and throat cf S motacilla

20240101 Dark-bellied Brent Goose D3 & J4, Salthouse Marshes

 

20240101 Dark-bellied Brent
J4 and D3 with 2 1st winter birds.
The pair are in the Cley area for the 5th successive winter...!

20240101 Db Brent
Adult D3 with 8 1st winter birds... number fluctuated about 7, is this a creche?
Pair can lay up to 8 eggs.

20240101 Db Brent
 green D, lime 3

Left leg: lime ring with black code 3.

Right leg: green ring with white code D.

Metal ring no.6181795

Ringed 14/5/19 as an adult male on the island of Terschelling (Netherlands

53 22N 05 16E).

Paired with

Left leg: lime ring with black code 4.

Right leg: green ring with white code J.

Metal ring no.6184219.

Ringed 14/5/19 as an adult female on the island of Terschelling (Netherlands

53 22N 05 16E).

Sightings 2023 Cley Marshes 5/1(DHo), 26/2(with 5 juvs)(ACh,GBo), 12/3(with 5 juvs)(JMc), 20/11(with 7 juvs)(DPW), 5/12(with 9 juvs)(only one ring code read on each bird)(DPW).

Movements Seen again on Terschelling 17/5/19. Probably present at Cley Marshes 14/12/19 and 24/1/20 but codes could not be made out, codes read there on 15/2/20 then at Salthouse Marshes 17/2/20. Seen at Terschelling 16+19/3/20, Texel (Noord-Holland, Netherlands) 2/4/20 and then at Stavstensudden (Trelleborg, Malmohus, Sweden 55 22N 13 05E) 25/11/20. Seen back again at Cley Marshes 4/12/20 then at Salthouse 8/12/20, S of Cley 17/12/20(with a brood of one), Cley Marshes 12/1/21, 23-24/2/21 (codes could not be read on the first date). Seen again in the Netherlands at Texel 30/3/21 then at Terschelling 10/4/21 – 15/5/21. Seen 21/11/21 at Cley Marshes, S of Walsey Hills 25/11/21 and Cley Marshes 21/12/21. Seen at Texel again 15/3/22-13/4/22 then at Polder Hee (Freisland, Netherlands) 17/4/22-14/5/22. Cley Marshes from 21/12/22 with a brood of 5 youngsters. Subsequently seen at Texel again 19/3/23 then Terschelling 29/3/23-18/5/23.

20231220 Pallas's Leaf Warbler, Warham Greens & Glossy Ibis, Stiffkey

 

20231220 Pallas's Leaf Warbler
Golden face.

20231220 PLWarbler
Very bright and golden bird.
Shot about on its own all morning.

20231220 PLWarbler
Located on call, a quiet 'chuee'.
Louder strong disyllabic 'wee-esp' given only once prior to longer flight.

20231220 Pallas's Leaf Warbler
1000th sec didn't freeze bird...
Fast and jurky movements with swift flights along hedge lines.
Largest yellow rump ever seen on vagrant Pallas's.

20231220 Goldcrest
2 birds in the fruiting Xmas Ivy by copse, no association from Pallas's.

20231220 Glossy Ibis
COP28 bird at Stiffkey.

20231222 Glossy Ibis
Dull 1st winter bird.
Slightly richer brown on breast.

20231226 Pallas's Leaf Warbler
Fast and flitting.

20231226 Pallas's Leaf Warbler
Kept low to ground, calling frequently for periods.
A soft 'chuee'.

20231215 Short-eared Owl & Bewick's Swan St Benet's Abbey

 

20231215 Short-eared Owl 
6 birds here.
OM-1 Subject detection birds...

20231215 Whooper Swan
Ludham Airfield

20231215 SEOwl
The Hover.

20231215 SEOwl
The dive.

20231215 SEOwl
The flyby.

20231215 SEOwl
The miss.

20240103 SEOwl
4 birds roosting in thicket along bank.

20240104 SEOwl

20240104 SEOwl

20240104 SEOwl

20240104 Kestrel and SEOwl

20240104 Bewick's Swan 10 of 24 in at dusk.

20240104 Tundra Swan
One with neck color tracker.
White D or O.... WWT?