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Tuesday, 27 February 2024

20240227 Great Grey Shrike, Weeting

 

20240227 GG Shrike



20240227 Woodlark
Shot at twilight.
Abundant and widespread in Brecks.


Sunday, 28 January 2024

20240128 Green-winged Teal, Holkham Freshmarsh

 

20240128 Green-winged Teal
With male Eurasian Teal and lacks white scapular stripe.



20240128 Green-winged Teal 
Deeper pinkish buff breast than Eurasian with vertical white stripes show well head on.

20240128 E Curlew
Warham Greens, subject ID and focus points over the whole sensor....

20240128 Mistle Thrush
Lady Anne's Drive.


20240128 Green-winged Teal
Image from RAW.
Fine vermaculations pick-up on lower flank only....

20190620 Green-winged Teal
Male at Cley.
Note camera able to pick up vermaculations on Eurasian but not those on the American bird.

20190620 Grreen-winged Teal

20240203 American Black Scoter
Adult male in this flock of Eurasian and Velvet Scoter.


Friday, 26 January 2024

20240126 Long-tailed Duck & Goldeneye, Snettisham

 

20240126 Lt Duck

202401026 Lt Duck
Topaz trialed on this image... massive detail appeared and noise is controlable!
But was the detail in the eye say, actuallly there on original shot...?
The AI software detected duck but failed to pick up the dark outer primaries,
thin scapular points and long tail...

2024021026 Lt Duck

20240126 Goldeneye
Male in breeding finary and displaying.

20240126 Goldeneye

20240126 Pink-footed Goose
Into land, Holkham Freshmarsh. 20,000+ here today.
OM1 Subject dection bird...

20240126 Red-breasted Merganser
BOStaithe Quay.
Male de-legging crab.


Thursday, 18 January 2024

20240118 XAC Pink-footed Goose, Cley

 Grey neck collar with code XAC

Metal ring no1704003.

Mate of Tag no1499 the bird with Orange ring on left leg and black code CAB.

Ringed as an adult at High Kelling 16/1/18.

Movements Cley Marshes 12-25/10/18(with 2 juveniles), in fields at Weybourne 21/10/18, inland of Cley 31/10/18-3/11/18, Binham 9/12/18, Weybourne 14+16/12/18, Holkham (Norfolk) 22/12/18, Docking (Norfolk) 27/12/18, Saxlingham (Norfolk) 11/1/19, Docking 20/11/19, Snettisham (Norfolk) 26/11/19, Heacham (Norfolk) 5/1/20, Wells (Norfolk) 6/11/20, Holkham 7/11/20, Wighton (Norfolk) 19/10/21, Bircham Newton (Norfolk) 25/11/21, Rollesby (Norfolk) 22/11/22, Weybourne 30/11/22, Frodsham Marsh (Cheshire) 27/2/23. Seen in fields south of Walsey Hills NOA 30/9/23+10/10/23 and S of Cley 18/1/24.

20240118 Pink-footed Goose
XAC and probable leg ringed partner 2nd bird to left.

20240118 Pink-foot
XAC from the 'old High Kelling' ringing effort.

20240118 Pink-foot
XAC over 6 years old this winter.

Pink-footed Goose Colour-marking Project CGXAC 16/01/2018 NORFOLK High Kelling Adult Bird ID METAL RING First Ringed Re-sighted Sex: Region: Site: Date Age Date Site Region Status Goslings GBT1704003 No. of Mate 12/10/2018 Cley NORFOLK 2 Seen Alive roCAB 13/10/2018 Cley NORFOLK Seen Alive 16/10/2018 Cley NORFOLK Seen Alive 18/10/2018 Cley NORFOLK Seen Alive 20/10/2018 Cley NORFOLK Seen Alive 21/10/2018 Cley - Weybourne NORFOLK Seen Alive 31/10/2018 Cley Village NORFOLK 2 Seen Alive roCAB 02/11/2018 Old Woman's Lane, Cley NORFOLK 2 Seen Alive roCAB 03/11/2018 Old Woman's Lane, Cley NORFOLK 2 Seen Alive roCAB 09/12/2018 Binham NORFOLK Seen Alive 14/12/2018 Weybourne NORFOLK Seen Alive 06 February 2024. Pink-footed Goose Colour-marking Project 16/12/2018 Weybourne 22/12/2018 Holkham 27/12/2018 Docking 11/01/2019 Saxlingham 20/11/2019 Docking 26/11/2019 Snettisham Coastal Park 05/01/2020 Heacham Bottom Farm 06/11/2020 Wells 07/11/2020 Lady Anne Drive, Holkham 19/10/2021 Crabbe Road, Wighton 25/11/2021 Bircham Newton 22/11/2022 Rollesby 30/11/2022 Weybourne 27/02/2023 Frodsham Marsh 30/09/2023 Walsey Hills 18/01/2024 Cley Marshes NORFOLK. A joint initiative of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust and the Icelandic Institute of Natural History. Further details are available from Goose and Swan Monitoring Programme, WWT, Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, GL2 7BT - colourmarkedwildfowl@wwt.org.uk