57
species in total. A very good total considering the lockdown
situation and the recorders are visiting much less often for their
allowable exercise.
The
highlight is undoubtedly the sighting of common scoter. Scoters are
sea ducks and at the beginning of the month there was a large
movement from the west coast to the east. Looks like we had some
tired individuals stopping off for a rest.
The
Spring migrants have started to arrive. The highlight of these were
some very obliging wheatear. An uncommon bird at our reserve.
Many
thanks to all the contributors especially Mike Henshaw, Jeff Milne
and Graham Haigh.
Cromwell
Bottom Bird Sightings April 2020
Mute
Swan Great Black Backed Gull Willow Warbler
Greylag
Goose Stock Dove Chiffchaff
Canada
Goose Wood Pigeon Wren
Mallard
Kingfisher Great Tit
Common
Scoter Great Spotted Woodpecker Coal Tit
Goosander
Skylark Blue Tit
Little
Grebe Sand Martin Long-tailed Tit
Cormorant
Swallow Nuthatch
Grey
Heron House Martin Magpie
Buzzard
Meadow Pipit Jay
Sparrowhawk
Pied Wagtail Jackdaw
Kestrel
Grey Wagtail Rook
Moorhen
Dunnock Carrion Crow
Coot
Robin Starling
Oystercatcher
Wheatear Chaffinch
Black-headed
Gull Song Thrush Goldfinch
Common
Gull Mistle Thrush Bullfinch
Herring
Gull Blackbird Greenfinch
Lesser
Black Backed Gull Blackcap Reed B
Posted
by Vic
2 comments:
Hi. Wonder if you could help identifying a bird. My friend and i were sitting at the bird viewing station and saw a jay. Right before that we saw a bird of similar size with a dark turquoise flash as it flew but the rest of it was a much darker brown.
Thanks for the question. Jays have a turquoise flash on the wing, Not many other birds have this feature so my best guess would be that it was also a jay. There will be juveniles around now which are slightly different in their colouring. There will also be natural variations in colouring throughout the population. Some look quite pink and others tend towards brown. I hope this helps.
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