A round up of our bird ringing activities (all birds ringed under licence from the British Trust for Ornithology with schedule one authority where appropriate), birding trips and other wildlife sorties within the UK and whenever we get chance, elsewhere.
Wednesday 15 February 2012
West London run around - 8 February 2012
With the effects of the current weather making a bit of local birding potentially worth while I had a run around some of the West London reservoirs and adjacent areas. I started off at Queen Mother Res where the Great Northern Diver was still present, followed by 15 Smew at Wraysbury GP, then Staines Res where there were three Black-necked Grebes, two Smew, two male Scaups and the Shag still present. Another attempt was then made for Whiet-winged Gulls with visits to hedgerley and Knowl Hill lnadfill sites, both failing to produce any of the target Gulls, but two Caspians at Hedgerley and a single at Knowl Hill. A couple of colour rings were picked up at Hedgerley, one from the North Thames Gull Group and another from the Severn Gull Group. A retunr visit to the Gull roost at Queen Mother Res, again also failed to produce any white-winged Gulls.