A couple of flying visits over the past few days had failed to turn up (no pun intended) any interesting migrant terns or waders. A small number of Common Sandpipers have been present daily and a pair of Tufted Duck were seen yesterday evening as well as a couple of adult Great Black-backed Gulls.
A visit at lunchtime today produced a rather odd looking goose.
A visit at lunchtime today produced a rather odd looking goose.
Obviously it has got some Greylag Goose in it, but what about the rest? Swan Goose has been suggested, and the colouration on the neck may support that, and Lesser White-fronted Goose was also mooted. Whatever it's parentage, it was an interesting bird.
There were also loads of hirundines feeding over the reservoir today, including the first Sand Martins I'd seen for a few weeks.
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