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.
Sunday, 18 March 2012
Queen Mother Res - 15 March 2012
A brief visit after work to get out and enjoy some of the nice weather after being stuck in the office all day proved a fairly worthwhile visit with a second winter Iceland Gull in the roost sitting in the middle of the reservoir looking at a distance almost pure white. The Great Northern Diver was still present, only 20 feet from the reservoir wall, but no camera. A nice male Black Redstart was on the fence making feeding sorties onto the reservoir inside concrete bank, with a small flock of Fieldfare and Redwings feeding on the grassy bank.