Photos:
Lesser Black-backed Gull at Sunerland Point (forgot to put this on for yesterday but I do like this bird a lot)
Mediterranean Gulls, Caton
Bewick's and Whooper Swans, Melling
November 10th
This morning I got up, opened the curtains and immediately saw a Raven flying over the field towards the van. It gave a loud Kronk as it went over. I then took Bill for a walk along the footpath from Lloyn Bridge towards Melling. I wanted also to see if the Bewick’s Swan that had pitched up with the Melling Whoopers was still around and whether it could be seen from this path. Anyway after much trudging through boggy ground I found a bank which overlooks the fields and there was the Bewick’s with the seven Whoopers. I carefully let them know I was there and waited until they settled down feeding then set the scope up for some digiscoping. They seemed a little interested and then appeared to grow bored and ignored me. On the way back there were a couple of Goosanders in the river and a small flock of thrushes (22 Redwings and a Fieldfare) flew over.
Back at Caton I noticed a flock of Black-headed Gulls in the fields north of the laybye which is west of the village. I habitually stopped and scanned them and found two adult Meds. In the field one looked vaguely similar to yesterdays bird at Halton weir (just round the corner) but didn’t seem to have any back markings on the bill (which the Halton bird had). I thus thought they were both different birds. Looking back at the photos I digiscoped this bird is the same one as the Halton bird – not sure how I missed the bill markings.
At the van a flock of 35+ Redwings and a Sparrowhawk passed through the park this afternoon.
This morning I got up, opened the curtains and immediately saw a Raven flying over the field towards the van. It gave a loud Kronk as it went over. I then took Bill for a walk along the footpath from Lloyn Bridge towards Melling. I wanted also to see if the Bewick’s Swan that had pitched up with the Melling Whoopers was still around and whether it could be seen from this path. Anyway after much trudging through boggy ground I found a bank which overlooks the fields and there was the Bewick’s with the seven Whoopers. I carefully let them know I was there and waited until they settled down feeding then set the scope up for some digiscoping. They seemed a little interested and then appeared to grow bored and ignored me. On the way back there were a couple of Goosanders in the river and a small flock of thrushes (22 Redwings and a Fieldfare) flew over.
Back at Caton I noticed a flock of Black-headed Gulls in the fields north of the laybye which is west of the village. I habitually stopped and scanned them and found two adult Meds. In the field one looked vaguely similar to yesterdays bird at Halton weir (just round the corner) but didn’t seem to have any back markings on the bill (which the Halton bird had). I thus thought they were both different birds. Looking back at the photos I digiscoped this bird is the same one as the Halton bird – not sure how I missed the bill markings.
At the van a flock of 35+ Redwings and a Sparrowhawk passed through the park this afternoon.
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