Red-breasted Goose (honest!). The poor lighting conditions and distance to the bird made digiscoping extremely difficult. It is also amazing how well this birds blends in to the dark-bellied Brent geese despite the red breast. This is a proper wild bird unlike the escapee that visits Martin Mere and points around.
Red-breasted Geese breed in the Taymyr Peninsular (Russian Arctic) and winter mainly on the western Black Sea coast.
Med gull. Three adults were present - two unringed birds had largely moulted into breeding plumage. The third bird was very shy and is still in winter plumage.
Another Med gull shot.
And another....
Confiding Little Egret. I watched it slowly work its way up a channel and past me - consequently it didn't see me until it had walked past.
Dark-bellied Brent geese. The dark-bellied race originates from western Siberia as opposed to the pale-bellied race which originates from Svalbard, Greenland and NE Canada.
Another Med gull shot.
And another....
Confiding Little Egret. I watched it slowly work its way up a channel and past me - consequently it didn't see me until it had walked past.
Dark-bellied Brent geese. The dark-bellied race originates from western Siberia as opposed to the pale-bellied race which originates from Svalbard, Greenland and NE Canada.
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I have been out on the road this week so not much to add. I started on Monday morning with a trip to Barrow-in-Furness before heading south towards Southampton. Just got back this evening. Two Bramblings, one male and one female, were in the garden Monday am. Otherwise a few recent snaps.
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