KINGFISHER KEARSNEY ABBEY-note the red underside to the bill indicating that this is a female bird.
The SMEW is a winter visitor from the far north of Europe and Russia where it breeds.
Monday 26 January 2015
A WINTERS TALE
At last a few things to talk about- Bullfinch in the garden,Smew,Bittern and Kingfisher at Dungeness,Black Redstart in Langdon Hole,but the list is definitely not endless:-
GREAT TIT looking for spiders.
Two Bewick Swans flew in to the new RSPB pools at Willow Farm last Thursday afternoon.
TEAL AT REST AT RESTHARROW SCRAPE
TEAL NO LONGER AT REST AT RESTHARROW SCRAPE
BULLFINCH AT PYROCANTHA BERRIES IN MY GARDEN
taken through my bathroom window-note to self- must clean windows
EXMOOR PONIES are back in LANGDON HOLE.
A DIFFERENT VIEW OF FIRECREST at SOUTH FORELAND VALLEY
POCHARD -DUNGENESS Look at that red eye.
FEMALE SMEW- aka REDHEAD.
MALE SMEW a stunnigly beautiful bird.
The SMEW is a winter visitor from the far north of Europe and Russia where it breeds.
THIS MALE SMEW HAS ABOUT 10 FEMALES IN HIS HAREM.........
KINGFISHER ARC PITS DUNGENESS-all black bill=male.
TUFTED DUCK
BITTERN at the ARC PITS sky pointing-distant but a good sightnevertheless.
DRAKE GOLDENEYE displaying.
WATER RAIL at Stodmarsh.
SONG THRUSH inLANGDON HOLE
BLACK REDSTART also in LANGDON HOLE yesterday morning.
The SMEW is a winter visitor from the far north of Europe and Russia where it breeds.
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Looks like you have had a couple of good weeks Phil. Some very nice birds and images . That Drake Smew is a real cracker.
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